What’s New With WooCommerce: The First Edition

What's new on WooCommerce? A lot! Discover new products, updates, featured WooExperts, and more in the first edition of What's New With Woo.Re Posted From: What’s New With WooCommerce: The First EditionWoo Commerce . . . [More]

What’s New With WooCommerce: The First Edition

What's new on WooCommerce? A lot! Discover new products, updates, featured WooExperts, and more in the first edition of What's New With Woo.Re Posted From: What’s New With WooCommerce: The First EditionWoo Commerce . . . [More]

WordPress Plugin Developers Renew Demands for Better Plugin Metrics

It has be nearly one year since WordPress silently turned off active install growth data for plugins hosted in the official plugin repository, a key metric that many developers rely on for accurate tracking and product decision-making. “Insufficient data obfuscation” was cited as the reason for the charts’ removal, but this opaque decision landed without any communication from those who had made the call in a private discussion. In a ticket originally titled “Bring back the active install growth chart,” RebelCode CEO Mark Zahra mad . . . [More]

WordPress Plugin Developers Renew Demands for Better Plugin Metrics

It has be nearly one year since WordPress silently turned off active install growth data for plugins hosted in the official plugin repository, a key metric that many developers rely on for accurate tracking and product decision-making. “Insufficient data obfuscation” was cited as the reason for the charts’ removal, but this opaque decision landed without any communication from those who had made the call in a private discussion. In a ticket originally titled “Bring back the active install growth chart,” RebelCode CEO Mark Zahra mad . . . [More]

The WooExpert Awards: Americas, 2023

Five agencies were noted for exceptional work in ecommerce. See what made them stand out + find your own agency or register to become a go-to WooCommerce pro.Re Posted From: The WooExpert Awards: Americas, 2023Woo Commerce . . . [More]

The WooExpert Awards: Americas, 2023

Five agencies were noted for exceptional work in ecommerce. See what made them stand out + find your own agency or register to become a go-to WooCommerce pro.Re Posted From: The WooExpert Awards: Americas, 2023Woo Commerce . . . [More]

WordPress Training Team Seeks Community Feedback on Learning Pathways

Earlier this year, the WordPress Training Team published the results from the Individual Learner Survey completed in 2022. The goal of the survey was to identify the most useful and high-impact resources and content for Learn.WordPress.org and guide the future development of this community learning tool. One of the main takeaways of this survey was the need for a clear, structured, and user-friendly approach to presenting Learn WordPress content. This need was also confirmed by feedback from WordCamp Europe Contributor Day attendees. As a . . . [More]

WordPress Training Team Seeks Community Feedback on Learning Pathways

Earlier this year, the WordPress Training Team published the results from the Individual Learner Survey completed in 2022. The goal of the survey was to identify the most useful and high-impact resources and content for Learn.WordPress.org and guide the future development of this community learning tool. One of the main takeaways of this survey was the need for a clear, structured, and user-friendly approach to presenting Learn WordPress content. This need was also confirmed by feedback from WordCamp Europe Contributor Day attendees. As a . . . [More]

10up Merges With Fueled, Backed by Insignia Capital

10up, a leading development agency and contributor to the WordPress project, has merged with Fueled, a technology consultancy that specializes in mobile and web application development. Together, the companies now employ more than 400 full time team members, forming a digital powerhouse with expanded market reach across mobile and publishing sectors. “Fueled has built stand out iOS and Android apps � several of which I’ve personally used � for clients like Warby Parker, Verizon, the United Nations, and even Apple themselves,” 1 . . . [More]

10up Merges With Fueled, Backed by Insignia Capital

10up, a leading development agency and contributor to the WordPress project, has merged with Fueled, a technology consultancy that specializes in mobile and web application development. Together, the companies now employ more than 400 full time team members, forming a digital powerhouse with expanded market reach across mobile and publishing sectors. “Fueled has built stand out iOS and Android apps � several of which I’ve personally used � for clients like Warby Parker, Verizon, the United Nations, and even Apple themselves,” 1 . . . [More]

WP Includes Launches Women in WordPress Mentorship Program

photo credit: Brodie Vissers WP Includes is a new initiative that launched this week with the goal of improving equal representation of women at global WordPress companies. It was founded by Human Made COO Siobhan McKeown and XWP Director of Engineering Francesco Marano. “I’ve been in WordPress a long time and I’ve met a lot of talented women but not enough in leadership roles. It’s time to change that,” McKeown said. The website states the founders’ mission in launching the initiative: Disappointed by the lack of . . . [More]

WP Includes Launches Women in WordPress Mentorship Program

photo credit: Brodie Vissers WP Includes is a new initiative that launched this week with the goal of improving equal representation of women at global WordPress companies. It was founded by Human Made COO Siobhan McKeown and XWP Director of Engineering Francesco Marano. “I’ve been in WordPress a long time and I’ve met a lot of talented women but not enough in leadership roles. It’s time to change that,” McKeown said. The website states the founders’ mission in launching the initiative: Disappointed by the lack of . . . [More]

ACF’s 2023 Annual Survey Results Reinforce Plugin’s Focus on Improving the Block Building Experi

Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), one of the plugins WP Engine acquired from Delicious Brains in 2022, has published the results if its first annual survey. Although ACF reports more than 4.5 million active users, including PRO site installs, the survey only gathered feedback from 2,031 respondents. These results are more representative of the plugin’s developer community, as 81% of respondents are developers who maintain between 11-50 websites. 63% use version control for their codebase, and 27% manage dependencies with Composer. The su . . . [More]

ACF’s 2023 Annual Survey Results Reinforce Plugin’s Focus on Improving the Block Building Experi

Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), one of the plugins WP Engine acquired from Delicious Brains in 2022, has published the results if its first annual survey. Although ACF reports more than 4.5 million active users, including PRO site installs, the survey only gathered feedback from 2,031 respondents. These results are more representative of the plugin’s developer community, as 81% of respondents are developers who maintain between 11-50 websites. 63% use version control for their codebase, and 27% manage dependencies with Composer. The su . . . [More]

Gutenberg 16.6 Introduces Block Hooks, Improvements to Toolbars on Nested Blocks

Gutenberg 16.6 is available with progress on a feature that was formerly called auto-inserting blocks but has now been renamed to block hooks. In a previous release (16.4), Gutenberg introduced auto-inserting blocks as an experimental feature that allows plugin developers to specify a location in which the block will be automatically inserted, such as before or after a template. Users can then reposition the blocks after insertion using the editor tools. Gutenberg lead architect Matias Ventura proposed renaming the feature to block hook . . . [More]

Gutenberg 16.6 Introduces Block Hooks, Improvements to Toolbars on Nested Blocks

Gutenberg 16.6 is available with progress on a feature that was formerly called auto-inserting blocks but has now been renamed to block hooks. In a previous release (16.4), Gutenberg introduced auto-inserting blocks as an experimental feature that allows plugin developers to specify a location in which the block will be automatically inserted, such as before or after a template. Users can then reposition the blocks after insertion using the editor tools. Gutenberg lead architect Matias Ventura proposed renaming the feature to block hook . . . [More]

GoDaddy Retires Media Temple Brand

Media Temple (MT) is closing its doors after 24 years in the hosting industry, with the brand now retired and customers fully migrated to GoDaddy. In 2013, GoDaddy acquired MT “to win the hearts and minds of developers,” as then-CEO Blake Irving told VentureBeat at the time. When it was purchased, the highly regarded brand was focusing on advanced technical services that GoDaddy had not yet adapted, and the plan was to have MT operate independently with no changes for employees or customers. Thanks for allowing us to serve you for 24 y . . . [More]

GoDaddy Retires Media Temple Brand

Media Temple (MT) is closing its doors after 24 years in the hosting industry, with the brand now retired and customers fully migrated to GoDaddy. In 2013, GoDaddy acquired MT “to win the hearts and minds of developers,” as then-CEO Blake Irving told VentureBeat at the time. When it was purchased, the highly regarded brand was focusing on advanced technical services that GoDaddy had not yet adapted, and the plan was to have MT operate independently with no changes for employees or customers. Thanks for allowing us to serve you for 24 y . . . [More]

#89 – Scott Kingsley Clark on Why the Time Is Right for the Fields API

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, why the time might be right for the Fields API. 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 forward slash feed forward slash podcast. And you can copy that URL into most podcast play . . . [More]

#89 – Scott Kingsley Clark on Why the Time Is Right for the Fields API

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, why the time might be right for the Fields API. 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 forward slash feed forward slash podcast. And you can copy that URL into most podcast play . . . [More]