25% Off Annual Plans at WordPress.com

WordPress.com is now offering new annual plans at 25% off as part of their year-end promotion. The offer includes a free domain for the first year. This exclusive deal ends on December 31st, 2024. To claim the offer, use the coupon code DREAM25 at checkout. Please note this offer is only for new annual plan purchases and does not apply to renewals or upgrades for existing paid plans. Re Posted From: 25% Off Annual Plans at WordPress.comWP Tavern . . . [More]

25% Off Annual Plans at WordPress.com

WordPress.com is now offering new annual plans at 25% off as part of their year-end promotion. The offer includes a free domain for the first year. This exclusive deal ends on December 31st, 2024. To claim the offer, use the coupon code DREAM25 at checkout. Please note this offer is only for new annual plan purchases and does not apply to renewals or upgrades for existing paid plans. Re Posted From: 25% Off Annual Plans at WordPress.comWP Tavern . . . [More]

Automattic Complies with Court Ruling: WP.org Login Checkbox and WP Engine Tracker CSV File Removed

After the court issued a preliminary injunction in favor of WP Engine, Automattic has begun complying with the orders. The mandatory login checkbox in WordPress.org website has been removed, and the WP Engine Tracker website has been updated, including removing the controversial domains.csv files. The mandatory login check box in WordPress.org, introduced in October this year after WP Engine filed a lawsuit against Automattic and Matt Mullenweg, required users to confirm: “I am not affiliated with WP Engine in any way, financially or other . . . [More]

Automattic Complies with Court Ruling: WP.org Login Checkbox and WP Engine Tracker CSV File Removed

After the court issued a preliminary injunction in favor of WP Engine, Automattic has begun complying with the orders. The mandatory login checkbox in WordPress.org website has been removed, and the WP Engine Tracker website has been updated, including removing the controversial domains.csv files. The mandatory login check box in WordPress.org, introduced in October this year after WP Engine filed a lawsuit against Automattic and Matt Mullenweg, required users to confirm: “I am not affiliated with WP Engine in any way, financially or other . . . [More]

WPExperts Acquires Advanced File Manager Plugin 

WPExperts has acquired the Advanced File Manager plugin from Modal Web. WPExperts (formerly WooExperts) is a leading WordPress development company with an extensive portfolio of WordPress and WooCommerce plugins. The Advanced File Manager plugin has over 100,000 active installations on the WordPress Plugin Repository with a 4.8-star rating. CEO of WPExperts, Saad Iqbal, emphasized the strategic nature of the acquisition, stating: “Unlike other acquisitions, this one is different. Advanced File Manager is more of a developer-oriented too . . . [More]

WPExperts Acquires Advanced File Manager Plugin 

WPExperts has acquired the Advanced File Manager plugin from Modal Web. WPExperts (formerly WooExperts) is a leading WordPress development company with an extensive portfolio of WordPress and WooCommerce plugins. The Advanced File Manager plugin has over 100,000 active installations on the WordPress Plugin Repository with a 4.8-star rating. CEO of WPExperts, Saad Iqbal, emphasized the strategic nature of the acquisition, stating: “Unlike other acquisitions, this one is different. Advanced File Manager is more of a developer-oriented too . . . [More]

Barn2Plugins, Patchstack, and WP Deals Diversify Beyond WordPress

The CEOs of Barn2Plugins, Patchstack, and LayerWP have announced plans to expand their businesses beyond WordPress. While none of them are leaving the WordPress ecosystem, they are branching out into new territories to diversify their offerings and drive growth. Barn2Plugins: Entering the Shopify Ecosystem Katie Keith, CEO of Barn2Plugins, revealed on Twitter that the company will begin selling Shopify apps in 2025. “In 2025, @Barn2Plugins will diversify into selling Shopify apps as well as continuing to focus on our WordPress and WooC . . . [More]

Barn2Plugins, Patchstack, and WP Deals Diversify Beyond WordPress

The CEOs of Barn2Plugins, Patchstack, and LayerWP have announced plans to expand their businesses beyond WordPress. While none of them are leaving the WordPress ecosystem, they are branching out into new territories to diversify their offerings and drive growth. Barn2Plugins: Entering the Shopify Ecosystem Katie Keith, CEO of Barn2Plugins, revealed on Twitter that the company will begin selling Shopify apps in 2025. “In 2025, @Barn2Plugins will diversify into selling Shopify apps as well as continuing to focus on our WordPress and WooC . . . [More]

Ready to scale? The what, when, and how of monumental growth

There's a system to learn how to scale a small business (and we know it!) Serious about growing? Get actionable tips, strategies, and tools.Re Posted From: Ready to scale? The what, when, and how of monumental growthWoo Commerce . . . [More]

Ready to scale? The what, when, and how of monumental growth

There's a system to learn how to scale a small business (and we know it!) Serious about growing? Get actionable tips, strategies, and tools.Re Posted From: Ready to scale? The what, when, and how of monumental growthWoo Commerce . . . [More]

#149 – Corey Maass on Optimising WordPress Images

Transcript [00:00:00] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress. The people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in this case, optimizing images in your WordPress projects. If you’d like to subscribe to the podcast, you can do that by searching for WP Tavern in your podcast player of choice. Or by going to wptavern.com/feed/podcast. And you can copy that URL into most podcast players. If you have a topic th . . . [More]

#149 – Corey Maass on Optimising WordPress Images

Transcript [00:00:00] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress. The people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in this case, optimizing images in your WordPress projects. If you’d like to subscribe to the podcast, you can do that by searching for WP Tavern in your podcast player of choice. Or by going to wptavern.com/feed/podcast. And you can copy that URL into most podcast players. If you have a topic th . . . [More]

Court Grants WP Engine Preliminary Injunction Against Automattic

Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín of the Northern California District Court has granted WP Engine’s motion for a preliminary injunction against Automattic and Matt Mullenweg. The ruling follows a November 26, 2024, hearing where the judge expressed an inclination to approve WP Engine’s request for injunction. Both parties were directed to collaborate on a stipulated order, but having failed to reach an agreement, they submitted competing proposals on December 2, 2024. The Court directed Automattic and Matt Mullenweg to immediately stop: . . . [More]

Court Grants WP Engine Preliminary Injunction Against Automattic

Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín of the Northern California District Court has granted WP Engine’s motion for a preliminary injunction against Automattic and Matt Mullenweg. The ruling follows a November 26, 2024, hearing where the judge expressed an inclination to approve WP Engine’s request for injunction. Both parties were directed to collaborate on a stipulated order, but having failed to reach an agreement, they submitted competing proposals on December 2, 2024. The Court directed Automattic and Matt Mullenweg to immediately stop: . . . [More]

WPForms Plugin Patches Vulnerability Affecting Stripe Payments and Subscriptions

Awesome Motive’s WP Forms plugin has patched a Missing Authorization to Payment Refund and Subscription Cancellation vulnerability. This issue allowed authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access or higher to refund Stripe payments and cancel subscriptions without proper authorization. Wordfence reports that “The WPForms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the ‘wpforms_is_admin_page’ function in versions starting from 1.8.4 up to, and including, 1.9.2.1 . . . [More]

WPForms Plugin Patches Vulnerability Affecting Stripe Payments and Subscriptions

Awesome Motive’s WP Forms plugin has patched a Missing Authorization to Payment Refund and Subscription Cancellation vulnerability. This issue allowed authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access or higher to refund Stripe payments and cancel subscriptions without proper authorization. Wordfence reports that “The WPForms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the ‘wpforms_is_admin_page’ function in versions starting from 1.8.4 up to, and including, 1.9.2.1 . . . [More]

Automattic Acquires AI Company ‘WPAI’

Automattic has announced that it has acquired WPAI, a company specializing in AI-powered tools for WordPress. Founded two years ago, WPAI has developed innovative products like CodeWP (an AI IDE for WordPress developers), AgentWP (an AI agent for WordPress), and WP.Chat (a ChatGPT alternative for WordPress). No financial details of the deal have been disclosed. WPAI’s founding members James LePage, Greg Hunt, and Ovidiu “Ovi” Iulian Galatan will join Automattic. “Our entire WPAI team is making the move to Automattic, and we’ll be i . . . [More]

Automattic Acquires AI Company ‘WPAI’

Automattic has announced that it has acquired WPAI, a company specializing in AI-powered tools for WordPress. Founded two years ago, WPAI has developed innovative products like CodeWP (an AI IDE for WordPress developers), AgentWP (an AI agent for WordPress), and WP.Chat (a ChatGPT alternative for WordPress). No financial details of the deal have been disclosed. WPAI’s founding members James LePage, Greg Hunt, and Ovidiu “Ovi” Iulian Galatan will join Automattic. “Our entire WPAI team is making the move to Automattic, and we’ll be i . . . [More]

State of the Word 2024 To Be Livestreamed From Tokyo Node Hall on December 16

WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg will deliver his annual State of the Word (SOTW) address on December 16 at 18:00 JST / 09:00 UTC, live from  Tokyo Node Hall in Tokyo, Japan. This marks only the second time the event will be held outside North America, following last year’s address in Madrid, Spain. A select group of 300 attendees will have the chance to experience the event in person, with ticket requests now open. For global audiences, the address will be live-streamed on the official WordPress YouTube channel. Community members are . . . [More]

State of the Word 2024 To Be Livestreamed From Tokyo Node Hall on December 16

WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg will deliver his annual State of the Word (SOTW) address on December 16 at 18:00 JST / 09:00 UTC, live from  Tokyo Node Hall in Tokyo, Japan. This marks only the second time the event will be held outside North America, following last year’s address in Madrid, Spain. A select group of 300 attendees will have the chance to experience the event in person, with ticket requests now open. For global audiences, the address will be live-streamed on the official WordPress YouTube channel. Community members are . . . [More]