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Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like…nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute  We have to start this week’s news with coverage of WordPress’ 20th birthday. Our beloved CMS officially reached the milestone on Saturday, May 27. Dozens of celebratory events were held around the world. You can even sign an online birthday card as part…

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like…nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute  The hot topic this week was diversity. More specifically, how it relates to the upcoming WordCamp Europe speaker lineup. After the event announced its fifth round of speakers, StellarWP’s Michelle Frechette took to Twitter with the following observation: “So far only 25% of…

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like…nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute  Results from the WordPress 2022 Annual Survey have been released. WordPress Executive Director Josepha Haden Chomphosy notes that this was a slimmed down version of the survey. It featured 29 questions – as opposed to nearly 100 in past editions. This led to…

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like…nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute  On May 27, 2023, WordPress will celebrate its 20th birthday. It’s hard to fathom that the software has been around for so long. Yet some of us may struggle to remember what the web was like without it. Just think of the designers,…

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like…nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute  It looks like the days of automatically sharing WordPress.com content to Twitter are over. Automattic announced that customers will no longer be able to auto-publish to Twitter via the Jetpack Social plugin. You may recall that WordPress.com’s access to the Twitter API was…

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like…nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute  Managed WooCommerce hosting is a growing segment within the WordPress ecosystem. And it has a new entrant: WooCommerce. The Automattic-owned eCommerce provider recently launched WooExpress. The service is hosted by WordPress.com. It aims to be a one-stop shop for building and maintaining an…

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Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like…nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute  Do you remember what made WordPress 5.6 so historic? It was the first version of the software produced by an all-woman and non-binary release squad. And it looks like history is about to repeat itself. WordPress 6.3 is scheduled to be released in…

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like…nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute  After a time formatting bug caused a 24-hour delay, WordPress 6.2, code-named “Dolphy”, was released on March 29th. According to core contributor Jean-Baptiste Audras, 607 people from at least 50 countries were part of the release squad. Perhaps the biggest development in 6.2…

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like…nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute  March 28th was supposed to mark the release of WordPress 6.2. But a date formatting bug has delayed release for a day. The new target is Wednesday, March 29 at 1pm EST. The issue could potentially impact core features like date-based permalinks. But…

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like…nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute  In this episode Matt shares his opinion on the recent Awesome Motive irritation witnessed within the vocal minority of the WordPress community. Click here for the full article. Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/supportGet the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe ★ Support this podcast ★

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like…nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute  well-represented. Over at WP Tavern, Sarah Gooding reports that a Hackathon event has led to some innovative WordPress projects. For instance, there’s an in-browser development environment that uses the VS Code editor and allows developers to see changes in real-time. Meanwhile, the Wapuugotchi…

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like…nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute  Blocks are now a key part of the WordPress experience. But what if they were platform-agnostic? That’s the idea behind the Block Protocol. Founded in 2022, the organization recently released a WordPress plugin. In its initial release, the Block Protocol plugin adds over…

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like…nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute  If you’re a WordPress professional, it can be hard to know where you fit into the bigger picture. Online community The Admin Bar aims to provide a glimpse into the market with its annual WordPress Professional Survey. Web designer Kyle Van Deusen interviewed…

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like…nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute  WordPress 6.2 is slated for release on March 28. Among its most impactful new features will be the integration of the Openverse media search. This will allow users to add images, audio, and video that are available via a Creative Commons license. While…