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WordCamp Europe 2023 Tickets Now on Sale
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WordCamp Europe announced the first batch of tickets on sale for the 2023 event that will be hosted in Athens, Greece, June 8-10. General tickets are € 50.00, a fraction of their true cost, which is heavily subsidized by sponsors. It includes admission to the two-day event, lunches, coffee, snacks, Contributor…
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The Month in WordPress – December 2022
From wordpress.org Source: Read More Last month at State of the Word, WordPress Executive Director Josepha Haden Chomphosy shared some opening thoughts on “Why WordPress” and the Four Freedoms of open source. <a href="https://wordpress.org/news/2023/01/letter-from-wordpress-executive-
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WooCommerce Blocks 9.4.0 Adds Support for Local Pickup
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WooCommerce Blocks version 9.4.0 was released with support for a new block-powered Local Pickup option under shipping settings. The feature plugin offers users early access to new blocks and improvements to existing
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WordPress Project Aims to Complete Customization Phase and Begin Exploring Collaboration in 2023
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WordPress Executive Director Josepha Haden Chomphosy published a summary of the project’s “big picture” goals for 2023. The goals fall into three major categories: CMS, Community, and Ecosystem. WordPress development will focus on completing the
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Jetpack Revamps Mobile App, WordPress.com Users Must Migrate to Keep Using Stats, Reader, and Notification Features
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More When Automattic launched a mobile app for Jetpack in June 2021, it was targeted mainly at users who were on a paid Jetpack plan, as it enables access to features like backups, restores, and security scanning. Most importantly, the app gave Automattic a more direc
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WP Briefing: Episode 47: Letter from the Executive Director
From wordpress.org Source: Read More On episode forty-seven of the WordPress Briefing podcast, Executive Director Josepha Haden Chomphosy shares her vision and current thinking for the WordPress open source project in 2023. Rather read it? The full letter is also available. Hav
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Letter from WordPress’ Executive Director, 2022
From wordpress.org Source: Read More Last month at State of the Word, I shared some opening thoughts about “Why WordPress.” For me, this is an easy question, and the hardest part is knowing which lens to answer through. The reasons that a solopreneur will choose WordPress are different than the reasons a corporation would. And…
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WooCommerce 7.3 Introduces New Products Block in Beta
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WooCommerce 7.3 was released this week with the new Products block now in beta. In December 2022, the Products block went into testing in WooCommerce Blocks version 9.1.0. It’s based on the Query Loop block a
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Lettre Newsletter Theme Now Available on WordPress.org
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More Automattic has published its Lettre theme to WordPress.org. The company launched its newsletter product at the end of December 2022 using Lettre as the default theme. The self-hosted version of this block theme is for those who want to publish a newsletter usi
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New Video Explores Site Building Progress from WordPress 5.9 to 6.2
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WordPress 5.9 “Josephine” was released in January 2022, but that seems like ages ago when you compare the advances made in site building over the past year. Anne McCarthy, an Automattic-sponsored contributor who heads up the