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This week (April 14) there was…

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This week (April 14) there was a preannounced meeting with WordPress Project leaders Matt Mullenweg, Matias Ventura, Helen Hou-Sandi, and Josepha Haden Chomphosy. The purpose of the meeting was to host a "go/no go demo" to demonstrate and review the…

Liam Dempsey shares a collection of…

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Liam Dempsey shares a collection of blocks that he learned about in a recent Twitter conversation. There might be a useful block in there you haven't seen yet.

10up has released a Convert to…

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10up has released a Convert to Blocks plugin to support "safe migrations" to the block editor.👍 How it works: "The plugin works upon activation, with no configuration needed and does nothing until an editor needs to update or edit an…

Here’s a recent guide to Advanced…

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Here's a recent guide to Advanced Custom Field and ACF blocks from Iain Poulson, who says he realized while writing "how vital [ACF] is for WordPress development."

A new version of WooCommerce Blocks…

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A new version of WooCommerce Blocks is out, and as noted in these release notes, this release includes small tweaks and bug fixes worthy of an update. ✨

A new version of the Gutenberg…

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A new version of the Gutenberg plugin (9.6.0 🇨🇱) has been released with a focus on Full Site Editing and global styles. I especially like the new ability to drag blocks from the "inserter" into the block area. If you…

Gutenberg 9.2 has been released. This…

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Gutenberg 9.2 has been released. This is the final release to make it into WordPress 5.6 Beta, which also came out this week. ✨ Featured items in the Gutenberg release include: Support for video subtitles. The ability to transform multiple…

DĹŤvy Paukstys’ Redux interface framework recently…

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DĹŤvy Paukstys' Redux interface framework recently surpassed one million active installations. đź‘Ź Redux is one of the first popular Gutenberg-related WordPress plugins that added a library of blocks and block templates to WordPress.

There’s a new version of the…

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There’s a new version of the WooCommerce Blocks plugin available now. Version 3.5.0 is mostly a bug fix release with some enhancements for payment methods. 🛒

StudioPress recently announced it is rebranding…

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StudioPress recently announced it is rebranding the popular Atomic Blocks plugin it acquired from Mike McAlister in 2018 as Genesis Blocks. There is a free version still, and the pro version of Genesis Blocks is available in the Genesis Pro…

SEJ notes that Google Chrome 86…

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SEJ notes that Google Chrome 86 will show two warnings to users submitting insecure forms over the HTTPS protocol. ⚠️ Users who ignore an initial warning and then try to submit the form will receive a final warning that blocks…

Ellen Bauer, a front-end developer at…

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Ellen Bauer, a front-end developer at Elmastudio, announced the release of Aino Blocks. This plugin brings you a collection of page building blocks for the Gutenberg editor that can optionally work with a free Aino theme. Ellen is looking for…

🤝 Recently Joomla developers from JoomUnited…

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🤝 Recently Joomla developers from JoomUnited handed off the Advanced Gutenberg plugin to Steve Burge and PublishPress. Looking ahead, Steve says: "PublishPress has focused on the admin area of WordPress... With the addition of Advanced Gutenberg, we're also going to…

New in 5.5 WordPress 5.5 Release…

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New in 5.5 WordPress 5.5 Release Candidate 2 landed this week, and the final release date (August 11) is next Tuesday. Here are the latest updates and news about it: There is more support for modernized JavaScript i18n, which Justin…
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