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Post Status Notes #497
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Post Status Notes #497

ByDavid Bisset

WordPress is 19! • WP 6.0 news and Beta 4 release. • JetPack 10.9 • BuddyPress Rewrites 1.1.0 • Simple Local Avatars 2.3.0 • InMotion funds WCUS scholarships • RSS and Blogging FTW • Wishlist Member acquired • New leadership team at Yoast • and the rest of your weekly WP news roundup!

Active Install Charts Removed from Plugin Repo
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Active Install Charts Removed from Plugin Repo

ByDan Knauss

In reaction to as-yet-unpublicized details about the abuse of active install data in the WordPress.org plugin repository, the charts displaying that data have been removed from plugin pages in a move expected to be temporary. Important (and some familiar) questions are emerging as this story unfolds: how to balance the values of openness, security, and privacy as well as cooperation and competition at WordPress.org — still the central hub for WordPress plugin businesses.

BuddyPress 2.3, “Livio”

ByBrian Krogsgard

BuddyPress 2.3 has been released, and it’s called “Livio”, after the famous Tuscan restaurant. BuddyPress 2.3’s biggest feature is an attachments API that powers the new avatar interface. In the release post, Mathieu Viet calls the attachments API, “the long-awaited foundation for media-related BuddyPress components and features.” 2.3 includes a number of other features, but the…

An Interview with the MLA’s Humanities Commons Team
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An Interview with the MLA’s Humanities Commons Team

ByDan Knauss

The MLA’s Humanities Commons team maintains several WordPress projects to support Digital Humanities at colleges and universities.