Category Archives: WordPress News

Weekly WordPress News: WordPress 6.1 Is In The Works

Hey, WordPress friends! We are checking in with your latest dose of weekly WordPress news. This week, Gutenberg 13.6 was released with an expansion of FSE features, some accessibility improvements and bug fixes. Beyond that, the first release candidate for WordPress 6.1 is ready for testing. We also have a lot of other news, tutorials [...]

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Weekly WordPress News: Mullenweg Identifies GoDaddy as “existential threat” to WordPress

Hey, WordPress friends! We are checking in with your latest dose of weekly WordPress news. In a series of tweets, WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg called GoDaddy a ”parasitic company” and ”an existential threat to WordPress’ future.”  Sarah Gooding covers the story in this WPTavern post. Beyond that, the WordPress Themes team released a plugin that [...]

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Weekly WordPress News: WPLift Is Listed On Flippa

Hey, WordPress friends! We are checking in with your latest dose of weekly WordPress news. This week, we’re sharing some important personal news. WPLift, one of the largest and most established WordPress blogs, is currently listed on Flippa. Daan decided to sell the business in order to focus on his newly launched advertising agency. This [...]

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Weekly WordPress News: Vulnerability Patched in Popular Forms Plugin

Hey, WordPress friends! We are checking in with your latest dose of weekly WordPress news. There was a critical vulnerability patched in Ninja Forms, a WordPress forms plugin with over one million active installations. Don’t forget to update to the latest version if you’re using this plugin. Beyond that, WPTavern shares how Gutenberg is being [...]

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Weekly WordPress News: Elementor Acquires Strattic

Hey, WordPress friends! We are checking in with your latest dose of weekly WordPress news. The WordPress acquisition train continues. This week, Elementor announced the acquisition of Strattic, a static and headless WordPress company. Beyond that, InstaWP received seed funding from Automattic. The founder Vikas Singhal shared more about it in this blog post. We [...]

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Weekly WordPress News: WP Engine Acquires 5 Delicious Brains Plugins

Hey, WordPress friends! We are checking in with your latest dose of weekly WordPress news. WP Engine acquired five plugins from WordPress product company Delicious Brains this week. This includes Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), WP Migrate, WP Offload Media, WP Offload SES, and Better Search Replace. Beyond that, Gutenberg 13.3 was released with support for an [...]

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Weekly WordPress News: WordPress Celebrates 19th Anniversary

Hey, WordPress friends! We are checking in with your latest dose of weekly WordPress news. Today marks the 19th anniversary of WordPress. Check out this community-wide celebration called wp19 day. Meanwhile, WordPress 6.0 was officially released with nearly 1,000 enhancements and bug fixes. Get a quick overview of some of its key features in the [...]

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Weekly WordPress News: WordPress’ Market Share Is Declining

Hey, WordPress friends! We are checking in with your latest dose of weekly WordPress news. This week, there were a lot of discussions on the declining market share of WordPress. WP Tavern shares more about the current state of WordPress and the possible reasons behind it. Beyond that, the WordPress 6.0 release candidate 3 is ready [...]

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Weekly WordPress News: WordPress 6.0 Almost Ready To Launch 

Hey, WordPress friends! We are checking in with your latest dose of weekly WordPress news. This week, the WordPress 6.0 second release candidate is now available for testing. Contributors published a field guide to help you explore the new features, enhancements, and bug fixes included in this major release. Beyond that, Gutenberg 13.2 was released [...]

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Weekly WordPress News: WordPress 6.0 Release Candidate 1 Is Here

Hey, WordPress friends! We are checking in with your latest dose of weekly WordPress news. This week, the first release candidate for WordPress 6.0 is now available. Contributors are welcome to perform final reviews and help test features before the official release on May 24. Beyond that, there are a couple of acquisitions in the [...]

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