The beauty of WordPress is that anyone with the skill and desire can extend the content management system (CMS) to suit their needs. And it’s possible to make a pretty good living doing so. The software provides an open door…
WordPress 6.1, “Misha”, was released on November 1. The new version features more than 120 enhancements and fixes over 240 bugs. Performance was a focus in this release, including increased efficiencies within WP_Query and the REST API. Query caching is…
The saga of WordPress.org active install data continues as more details trickle out. At WP Tavern, Sarah Gooding reported on an appearance by WordPress contributor Samuel Otto Wood on the WPwatercooler podcast. Wood says the decision to remove the data…
Discussion rolls on within the WordPress community regarding the removal of active install growth data from the WordPress.org plugin repository – but still no firm resolution is in sight. As we reported last week, WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg said that…
The recent pushback regarding WordPress.org’s removal of active install growth data shouldn’t be too surprising. It’s not the first time that a decision made by WordPress leadership has ruffled some feathers. But perhaps the people most directly impacted by the…
The conversation regarding the removal of WordPress plugin active install growth data has continued this week. The data chart was officially removed from the WordPress.org plugin repository back on September 29, 2022. Even as plugin authors and other community members…
The WordPress plugin ecosystem has been a big topic of discussion recently. WP Mayor’s Mark Zahra started things off with an in-depth article regarding deceptive marketing practices. Zahra provides specific examples of questionable tactics used by WordPress plugin developers. He…
The world of content management systems (CMS) isn’t known for its rivalries – but they do exist. And although they aren’t quite at the same level of ferocity as Coke vs. Pepsi or Internet Explorer vs. Netscape – there is…
The WebP image format has been a popular topic in the WordPress space of late. Created by Google, WebP supports both lossy and lossless compression techniques. It can result in smaller file sizes than older formats like JPEG and PNG….
At its best, the WordPress community is truly amazing. In my experience, it is both giving and nurturing. People from all over the world have come together to build software and an ecosystem that benefits us all. That’s pretty special….
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