Hey, WordPress fans. We are checking in this week with your latest dose of WordPress news. This week, WordPress.org removed some fake reviews for a plugin (though this is only the tip of the iceberg, in my opinion), the WordPress 5.7 beta 3 is out, EDD also has its 3.0 beta out, and Automattic released ... Read more
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Hey, WordPress fans. We are checking in this week with your latest dose of WordPress news. This week, WordPress.org removed some fake reviews for a plugin (though this is only the tip of the iceberg, in my opinion), the WordPress 5.7 beta 3 is out, EDD also has its 3.0 beta out, and Automattic released [...]
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Hey, WordPress friends. We are back with you after taking off a couple of weeks for the holidays. We enjoyed our break and we hope you did as well. Beyond that, Happy New Year! Here’s to 2021 being better than 2020 – it can’t be any worse (we hope). This week, we’ve got a big ... Read more
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This week, Automattic raised another $300 million in funding from Salesforce Ventures, bringing its valuation up to $3 billion. Automattic will use this money to accelerate and scale their roadmap and existing products. Google also made some changes to how they handle review rich results (the stars in Google search results) and there’s a new ... Read moreWeekly WordPress News: Automattic $3 Billion Valuation
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While no official decision has been made yet, it seems likely that WordPress will auto-update older sites to WordPress 4.7. Additionally, flush off its acquisition of Tumblr, Automattic also made another acquisition this week. They acquired the Zero BS CRM plugin and are considering rebranding it to Jetpack CRM. If you are looking into Dropshipping, ... Read moreWeekly WordPress News: Should WordPress Auto-Update Old Sites?
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In big news this week, Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, acquired Tumblr for pennies on the dollar (at least versus its previous acquisition price). We’ll have a few different articles covering the acquisition. Beyond that, the Trusted Authors Program at WordPress.org is no more, and we’ve also got tons of great tutorials as usual. And ... Read moreWeekly WordPress News: Automattic Acquires Tumblr
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As part of WordCamp Europe, Matt Mullenweg laid out the roadmap for Gutenberg over the next three months. In July, there will be a prompt to push more Gutenberg usage (as a plugin). Then, we might see a WordPress 5.0 beta in August. Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com also made a big acquisition. And in even more ... Read moreWeekly WordPress News: The Gutenberg Roadmap Is Out
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