WordPress Community Roundup
A New Home for the WordPress Community? RSS Friends • WP community stories of the pandemic • The History of Screen Readers • Dumb questions about disability • “Crip Time” Source
WP Rankings Helps Plugin Developers Track Growth and Competitors
Last month, WordPress.org removed the active install growth chart from plugins, upsetting plugin authors and leaving them with very little meaningful data. The Meta team is working on making more a… Source
New Patterns: Subscriptions, Link in Bio, Wireframes, and More
The newest additions to our Pattern library include newsletter subscriptions, link in bio designs, and minimalist wireframes. Source
WordPress 6.1.1 • FSE → Site Editor • Twenty Twenty Three
Get a look at the latest default theme, Twenty Twenty-Three! Full Site Editing has a new name: “Site Editor.” And WordPress 6.1.1 will be released on November 15. Source
Anders Norén Releases Oaknut, a New Profile Block Theme with 23 Style Variations
Anders Norén, a Swedish designer and prolific WordPress theme developer, has released Oaknut, a new profile block theme reminiscent of services like Linktree and Carrd. The theme is for users who w… Source
12+ Creative Ideas for Your 2022 Christmas Photography
Before you know it, you’ll be sending (and receiving) holiday cards and greetings. For many families – and designers – the perfect holiday image can make your card special. So how do you level up photos to have just the right Christmas feel? It’s all about photography. Here, we’v… Source
Learning and Pulling Together
This week was all about revisiting and continuing conversations that have special value and maybe for that reason tend to continue on with a life of their own. Tom Willmot dropped a fine Twitter thread about the challenge all enterprise WordPress agencies face. This came in response to Magne Ilsas' featured post here last week,…
WordPress 6.1 Retires Default Site Tagline in Favor of Empty String
WordPress’ default site tagline, “Just another WordPress site,” is now a thing of the past, though not yet fully retired to the realm of nostalgia. The recent 6.1 release resolved… Source
WordPress 6.1.1 Maintenance Release
WordPress 6.1.1 is now available for download. This maintenance release features several updates since the release of WordPress 6.1 on 01 November 2022. You can review a summary of the key changes … Source
CF Spark: A Powerful Text to Image AI Design Tool
Sometimes your design idea needs a little extra push to bring it to life. A new tool from Creative Fabrica allows you to create designs from text to image, backed by artificial intelligence. You can design and post images for yourself or even use the tool to create design elements that you… Source
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