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Mika Epstein explains why the plugin…

ByDan Knauss

Mika Epstein explains why the plugin emails sent to developers (who have plugins in the WordPress.org repo) are anonymous. The bottom line: plugin reviewers were finding themselves targeted in rather terrifying ways, including death threats and credible threats against their safety at upcoming WordCamps. 😲 Mika explains how bad this got for our volunteer reviewers:…

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SVG and WebP…finally

ByDan Knauss

I’m looking forward to lots of good things coming in the future on the new WordPress core Performance Team blog, and I’m glad SVG and WebP are finally going to be usable in WordPress by default. (This is already the case in some hosting environments.) But the forced on-by-default generation of WebP images when you…

This Week at WordPress.org (November 9, 2021)
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This Week at WordPress.org (November 9, 2021)

ByCourtney Robertson

Each week we are highlighting the news from WordPress.org that you don’t want to miss. If you or your company create products or services that use WordPress, we’ve got the news you need to know. Be sure to share this resource with your product and project managers. News Take the 2021 WordPress Annual Survey (and…

The power of WordPress.org on freemium products
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The power of WordPress.org on freemium products

ByBrian Krogsgard

There’s a ton of discussion going on around the WordPress.org theme review incentive program right now. The incentive program was structured around a concept of rewarding reviewers for their work by allowing them to choose which themes get featured on the WordPress theme showcase, based on how many themes they review and approve in a given month….