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WordPress Photo Festival 2024, A Five Part Retrospective, Part 5, What We Learned, Where We’re Going
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More In this last episode about the Kerala WPPhotos Festival I talk not only about the project, but also where this project is leading us. Next Gen events are a breath of fresh air for those of us who need something more than the classic WordCamp. This article is available in…
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Reflecting on WordCamp Phoenix 2024: Struggles, Successes, and the Road Ahead
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More Seven months ago I registered for & scheduled a trip to Phoenix Arizona for a non-WordPress-related event! Crazy, right? As luck would have it, four months later, WordCamp Phoenix had announced that their event would be for that same weekend I was to be in town. How lucky was I…
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Acquisition Alert: Kestrel Acquires Seven Barn2 Plugins
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More Katie Keith, CEO of Barn2, announced that Kestrel has acquired seven plugins from her company for an undisclosed amount. She had tweeted about her plans to sell the plugins back in January to focus on the more profitable plugins. This is Kestrel’s first acquisition. Kestrel is a new venture by…
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The Block Bindings API Brings Dynamic Data to Blocks
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More As the block editor continues to evolve its content management capabilities, the lack of support for custom fields has been one of the key roadblocks for users and developers. While custom fields in WordPress are still widely used, in the block editor they’ve been relegated to a drawer at the…
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WordPress Photo Festival 2024, A Five Part Retrospective, Part 4, Next Generation Events
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More In the penultimate episode of this series I talk with Julia Golomb from the WordPress Community Team about Next Generation WordPress Events. We’ll include how the WPPhotos Event was a great template, and other ideas that could come. This article is available in video, audio, and transcribed text. Audio version:…
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Avada WordPress Theme Patches Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More ThemeFusion’s multipurpose WordPress theme Avada has patched an Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability. Avada is one of ThemeForest’s most popular premium themes with nearly 950k sales. This vulnerability was reported responsibly by Muhammad Zeeshan (Xib3rR4dAr) during Wordfence’s Bug Bounty Extravaganza earning him $2,751. The researchers have categorized it as a “high…
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Data Liberation: Meet WordPress.org’s Ambitious Plan for 2024
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More “Imagine a more open web where people can switch between any platform of their choosing. A web where being locked into a system is a thing of the past. This is the web I’ve always wanted to see.” At the end of his State of the Word 2023 keynote, Matt…
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WordPress Photo Festival 2024, A Five Part Retrospective, Part 3, Attendees
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More In this episode we interview three attendees, one in India, one in Spain, and one in the USA. We have a great conversation about what it means to “attend” a virtual event, and ways we could make it more engaging for those that wish it. In this particular we’ll meet…
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Automattic Faces Scrutiny Over AI Access Policy
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More This article is a joint effort by James Giroux & Jyolsna. After unconfirmed reports of Google entering into a content licensing agreement with Reddit for training its AI, 404 Media claimed yesterday that Automattic is set to sell Tumblr and WordPress.com users’ content to Midjourney and OpenAI. If true, this…
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‘Support Inclusion in Tech’ is Fundraising to Sponsor More Marginalized WordPress Contributors
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More Support Inclusion in Tech (SiNC) is now fundraising on the Open Collective (OC) Foundation’s platform. Spearheaded by Winstina Hughes, SiNC assists underrepresented WordPress contributors and provides financial support to WordCamp speakers for travel and hotels. What is SiNC? SiNC was proposed by Winstina Hughes in 2022 to mitigate the financial…