Hey, WordPress friends. Two big bits of news this week. First off, WordPress 5.6 is officially out as of December 8th. It’s a major release, so there’s no pressing need to update right away. But once you have a moment to test things out, give it a run and see how you like it. Automattic/WooCommerce ... Read more
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Hey, WordPress fans. This week, WordPress 5.6 gets ready for prime time with its first release candidate. The official release is currently scheduled for December 8th – mark it on your calendars. Beyond that, the WordPress.org theme previewer might finally get starter content (no more ugly demos!) and WordPress.com kicked off a popular blog for ... Read more
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Hey, WordPress friends. This week, we get our first look at WordPress 5.6 in the first beta release. However, there are no block-based widgets, which might come as a surprise to some people. Beyond that, there was a big security issue in the Loginizer plugin, which prompted WordPress.org to automatically push the update to all ... Read more
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