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The third and final WordPress Core update of 2022 landed today. 6.1 is named for Mikhail “Misha” Alperin, a Soviet-Norwegian jazz pianist. Alperin is known for forming one of the first jazz trios in the Moldavian SSR and founded the Moscow Art Trio. We are excited to welcome Misha into the WordPress family. Though the phrase Full Site Editing has been dropped from the WordPress vernacular, 6.1 still heavily focuses on design. Specifically, allowing site users to make design changes without using code. Though a lot of these updates may seem small, it is the beginning of giving more power […]

After two long years, WordCamp US is back and in person! The biggest WordCamp event in the US is back and better than ever in sunny San Diego, California. On September 9-11, hundreds of eager WordPressers will descend on Southern California to learn, network, and connect. 44 speakers from around the world are lined up to talk about everything from accessibility to the WP-CLI. While each talk is going to be incredibly informative and fun, we wanted to highlight a few you definitely won’t want to miss. Can’t make it in person? The whole even will be livestreamed here. Development […]

WordPress is known for its ease of installation, generally taking five minutes or less. But there’s a considerable risk involved in manually installing it on a web host. Earlier this month, Vladimir Smitka, a security researcher from the Czech Republic, highlighted the risk in detail. Upon sharing the article on Twitter, I noticed quite a few people who exclaimed that they had no idea about this attack vector, myself included. Most web hosts create an SSL certificate when setting up an account and the certificates become public knowledge. Attackers can use the Certificate Transparency Log to detect new entries and […]

This week, WordPress 6.0 was officially released. Named for latin jazz artist Arturo O’Farrill, the release focused heavily on design and performance. Users can now format and style as they create a blog post or landing page. Let’s take a look at what you can expect when you update. An Improved Writing Experience WordPress started as a blogging platform and continues to honor its roots by improving the in-platform writing experience. You can now copy and paste text from over multiple blocks. Also, styles will remain when moving to and from different kinds of blocks, so everything will look uniform. […]

No one knows better than WordPressers, the blood, sweat, and tears that goes into a really groundbreaking website. WP Engine in collaboration with the Webby’s looked to highlight some of the most beautiful and well-made sites on WordPress in the second annual Crafted with Code. The project aims to look at the stories and people behind the websites. All of the sites showcased below are powered by WordPress. Nylon The iconic magazine Nylon got a facelift from agency Code and Theory. The magazine covers all things entertainment, fashion, and culture, and the website needed to reflect that. According to the […]

Contribute2WP, a 48-hour contributor sprint led by the Torque team, wrapped up over the weekend with incredible participation and support from the WordPress community and beyond!  Veteran and first-time contributors were among the more than 60 two-hour pledges submitted, and from Friday at 8 a.m. PDT through Sunday at 8 a.m. PDT, Contribute2WP livestreams and Twitter activity fueled contribution projects forward—from bug fixes to documentation to video transcriptions and more!    Giving Back to WordPress  WordPress now powers more than  42 percent of the web, due in large part to the many hours of volunteer efforts from a dedicated group of […]