BuddyPress has a maintenance release (6.2.0)…
BuddyPress has a maintenance release (6.2.0) that will get you ready for WordPress 5.5 — it “is a recommended upgrade for all BuddyPress installations.” ☝️
BuddyPress has a maintenance release (6.2.0) that will get you ready for WordPress 5.5 — it “is a recommended upgrade for all BuddyPress installations.” ☝️
Bet Hannon, CEO of AccessiCart, talks with Cory Miller about her journey in starting an agency focused on accessibility and e-commerce in the WordPress space. She highlights the importance of accessibility, not only as a legal requirement but also as a means to enhance the user experience for all visitors. Bet emphasizes the need for WordPress professionals to continually educate themselves about accessibility and user experience best practices, collaborate with communities, and consider the diverse needs of users with disabilities. By prioritizing accessibility and optimizing user experiences, we can create inclusive websites that benefit all users.
BuddyPress is 10 years old! Congrats to the contributors and those who have supported this project over the past decade. I remember using BuddyPress right around the time when it was first committed. I’ve personally seen it grow from its somewhat unstable early days into a powerful social platform. Paul Gibbs also (re)shares some thoughts…
WordPress 4.1.1 was released today with props for twenty one WordPress contributors, including the late Kim Parsell. The updates will roll out over a twelve hour period. According to lead developer Dion Hulse, over 99% of updates in the first five hours were done so automatically. Twenty two tickets were closed in 4.1.1.
WordPress plugin popularity has always been pretty tough to figure out. We only had download counts or independent, third party website scrapers to tell us anything. Now, WordPress.org itself has more data that’s being tested and launched to give us real insight into the popularity of WordPress plugins.
Support for the Classic Editor plugin will end in about 3 years — December 31, 2021, to be exact. Gary Pendergast explains, “it will be guaranteed to work as expected in the most recent major release of WordPress, and the major release before it.” Beyond that,” continued maintenance … based on usage” is expected to “to be…
It looks like BuddyPress 7.0 is gaining some new features, including a Gutenberg block to share a post/page via the Activity stream. The BuddyPress 6.2.0 Beta is available and needs testers. 🧪