Is Deceptive Marketing Ruining WordPress' Reputation? (wpmayor.com)
Flash sales, countdowns, lack of disclosure, questionable recommendations. What’s going on with the WordPress we grew to love over the years?
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PublishPress Acquires MetaSlider Plugin and MetaSlider Lightbox (wptavern.com)
PublishPress, a company that develops free and commercial publishing and permissions plugins for WordPress, has acquired MetaSlider from Extendify. The plugin is used on more than 700,000 sites to …
Matt Mullenweg Renews Push for Canonical Plugins (wptavern.com)
During WordCamp US’ contributor day this weekend, Matt Mullenweg published a renewed call for WordPress’ Make teams to adopt a plugin-first approach when developing new features for cor…
Gravity Forms Acquires Gravity Flow and Gravity Experts (www.gravityforms.com)
We are pleased to announce that Rocketgenius, the company behind Gravity Forms, has acquired Gravity Flow and Gravity Experts.
Not Sure How to WordPress Anymore? (css-tricks.com)
Neither do I! And that’s probably because there’s a lot happening in WordPress-land. The evolution towards full-site editing (FSE) introduces frequent changes
All of these (stolen) WordPress themes & plugins for $9 month (thewpminute.com)
I won’t link to the company website, or aide them by writing out the brand name. If you want to revel in the audacity of their claim, you can figure[…]
WordPress Creator Mullenweg: Designing In Wix is Faster (www.searchenginejournal.com)
Matt Mullenweg criticizes that it took a month to create two pages with the Block Editor, saying it’d take a day with Wix.
Rethinking WordPress Product Pricing Models (jonchristopher.us)
I just fully rebuilt and relaunched OrganizeWP. I’m experimenting with the pricing model; licenses for updates and support will be sold for each major version, and they don’t expire. I’ve[…]
Are WordPress hosting companies ready for full site editing? (masterwp.com)
WordPress is a content management system. So why is one of the best WordPress hosts telling me to manage my content elsewhere?
WordPress Block Themes: Who Will Lead the Way? (thewpminute.com)
It took time, but the WordPress theme repository now boasts 100+ block themes. These themes are among the very first to support Full Site Editing (FSE), which was released experimentally[…]
Pirate Forms Is Now WPForms 🎊🍾 (themeisle.com)
Pirate Forms has been acquired by WPForms. All Themeisle Membership users are now eligible to get a one-year license of WPForms Pro for no extra pay.
Contributing to WordPress: The Good, the Bad & the Polyglot (freemius.com)
Why does the community feel so passionate about contributing to WordPress & what are the perks & problems of contributing for free?
Gutenberg Times to Showcase the Pew Research Center’s “Block First Approach” in a Live Q&A on July 22, 2022 (wptavern.com)
The Gutenberg Times will be hosting representatives from the Pew Research Center in its Live Q&A session on July 22, 2022, with co-hosts Birgit Pauli-Haack and Anne McCarthy. After an[…]
Why the web is turning away from WordPress (cloudcannon.com)
WordPress’ market share is slipping where it matters, and sites built with static site generators, by contrast, are on the rise. Why? And what will these changes mean for you?