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Press This Podcast: How Women & Teenagers in Africa are Using WordPress to Thrive with Mary Job

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Emily Schiola

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October 6, 2021

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Welcome to Press This, the WordPress community podcast from WMR. Here host David Vogelpohl sits down with guests from around the community to talk about the biggest issues facing WordPress developers. The following is a transcription of the original recording. David Vogelpohl: Hello everyone and welcome to Press This the WordPress community podcasts on WMR. This is your host, David Vogelpohl, I support the WordPress community through my role at WP Engine, and I love to bring the best of the community to you hear every week on press this as a reminder, you can find me on Twitter @wpdavidv, […]

Is WordPress Enterprise Ready? 9 Reasons Why (And Why Not)

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Nick Schäferhoff

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October 6, 2021

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Is WordPress enterprise ready? Can it handle the demands of large websites? Is it the right choice of CMS for websites with hundreds of thousands or millions of visitors? These are questions many people looking for an enterprise-grade CMS will probably ask themselves. In the past, the platform of choice for large-scale website projects was usually Drupal . However, in recent years, you can also find more and more examples of enterprise-level websites running on WordPress. There are good reasons to use the platform if you want to build a site of that scale. On the other hand, there are […]

Announcing #Contribute2WP A Two-Day WordPress Contribution Event

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Emily Schiola

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October 6, 2021

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WordPress, which is perhaps the most widely-recognized open source project in the world, now powers more than 42 percent of the web due in no small part to the mostly-volunteer work of its community members. Without its thriving community, WordPress would not be what it is today. But just as the pandemic has affected so many things around the globe, WordPress too has been hampered by more than a year and a half of widespread challenges and restrictions.We haven’t been able to hold in-person events or get together with our online friends, Unfortunately, WordPress contributions have been on the decline […]

3 New BuddyPress 9.0 Features (And How to Use Them)

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Will Morris

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October 5, 2021

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BuddyPress is one of the most popular online community plugins for WordPress sites. You may already be familiar with how to use it to create your own social network. However, the recent update may leave you confused about how to make the most of the plugin’s new features. With the BuddyPress 9.0 update, the plugin has introduced Widget Blocks and the option to convert Legacy Widgets into Block Widgets. Furthermore, website administrators can now use the new Sitewide Notices endpoint to share updates with their team members. In this guide, we’ll look at what BuddyPress is and why you might […]

How to Contribute to WordPress

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Emily Schiola

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October 1, 2021

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Open source projects greatly depend on the contributions of those in the community. Contributors catch bugs, suggest improvements, and overall make the experience better. WordPress now powers over 42 percent of the web, which wouldn’t be possible without all of the mostly-volunteer work from its thriving community,. In 2020, the world was rocked by a global pandemic. WordPress was no different. We couldn’t have in person events and get together with our online friends. Many people had less time outside of work to volunteer. For all those reasons, contributions to WordPress core were significantly low in 2020 and have yet […]

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