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The ManageWP.org news site has been…

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Dan Knauss

The ManageWP.org news site has been shut down by GoDaddy, as Jeffrey Carandang recently observed. ManageWP.org was an early source of WordPress news many years ago but was fading even before Godaddy acquired it along with the ManageWP.com monitoring and…

WordPress 5.4.2 is a security and…

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Dan Knauss
WordPress 5.4.2 is a security and maintenance release that rolled out on June 10. It features 23 bugfixes and enhancements. Make sure your sites are updated if that hasn't happened automatically. One maintenance update was also deployed back to versions…

WordPress 5.4.1 dropped this week. It’s…

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Dan Knauss
WordPress 5.4.1 dropped this week. It's a short-cycle security and maintenance release focused on seven security issues that affected WordPress 5.4 and earlier versions. If you haven’t yet updated to 5.4, all WordPress versions since 3.7 have also been updated.…

WordPress 5.3.2 dropped right before Christmas…

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WordPress 5.3.2 dropped right before Christmas with five bugfixes and enhancements. 🎅 It follows so quickly on the heels of 5.3.1 because it was a short-cycle maintenance release. (The next planned release will be 5.4.) WordPress 5.3.1 rolled out with…

WordPress 5.2.3 is out. It’s a…

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WordPress 5.2.3 is out. It's a security and maintenance release that includes 29 fixes and enhancements, including an update of jQuery for older versions of WordPress. ✨

Joe Howard, the head buff at…

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Joe Howard, the head buff at WPBuffs, talks about scaling WordPress maintenance tasks at the agency level. He covers "systemizing" everything — especially the boring stuff — documenting simple and complex tasks, and automating. 🤖

Video and Podcast Picks of the…

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Dan Knauss

Video and Podcast Picks of the Week đź“ą Here's my recommendation for video watching this week: Alex Young

WordPress 5.1.1 is out as a…

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Brian Krogsgard
WordPress 5.1.1 is out as a security and maintenance release. 🔒 The vulnerability fixed in the 5.1.1 is detailed by Simon Scannell of RipsTech, who discovered it. 5.1.1 also includes a new button that hosts can enable to encourage site owners to…

WordPress 5.1 “Betty” was released yesterday with…

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WordPress 5.1 "Betty" was released yesterday with many new features and enhancements. First and foremost are WordPress’s first Site Health features, significant performance improvements (especially in the editor), and numerous developer features. Developers, make sure you check out the field guide. 📕…

BuddyPress 4.2.0 is out. This important…

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BuddyPress 4.2.0 is out. This important maintenance and security release addresses a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in addition to a privilege escalation vulnerability.

WordPress 5.0.3 was released. It’s mainly…

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WordPress 5.0.3 was released. It's mainly a maintenance release that includes 37 bug fixes and seven performance updates, with a focus on fine-tuning the new block editor and fixing any significant bugs or regressions.

WordPress Coding Standards 1.2.1 has been…

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Dan Knauss

WordPress Coding Standards 1.2.1 has been released as a maintenance update for use with WordPress 5.0.  If you're not familiar with it, WordPressCS uses PHP_CodeSniffer to help developers enforce WordPress coding conventions.

Support for the Classic Editor plugin will end…

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Dan Knauss

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…

WordPress minor update blocks future minor updates

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Brian Krogsgard
WordPress 4.9.3 introduced a bug that causes a fatal error during automatic update attempts — effectively preventing future minor updates triggered by WordPress.org’s update system. The only way to fix it is to either manually upgrade or hosts to take…

The age of Gutenberg

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Brian Krogsgard

Gutenberg was the talk of town at WordCamp US, as you may expect. Most people have their own thoughts on the product itself, the necessity of its existence, the process in creating it, or a variety of other things. I…
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