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Executive Code When President Joe Biden…

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Executive Code When President Joe Biden took office this week, the official White House website was completely replaced — and it's still using WordPress. Of course, this sparked a public conversation (and also some private ones) about the theme and…

Jean-Baptiste Audras shared some fascinating stats…

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Jean-Baptiste Audras shared some fascinating stats and colorful charts on core contributions focusing on people and companies who contributed to the WordPress 5.6 release. You may recall it was directed by a 100% female Release Squad. Some highlights: 605 people…

Here’s a piece from The Repository…

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Here's a piece from The Repository focused on Yoast and Whodunit and why they contribute to WordPress core as well as the features they’re pursuing. Some notable stats are mentioned in this post where Jb Audras breaks out the companies…

Upcoming Events There is a call…

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Upcoming Events There is a call for speakers for WordFest Live 2021 which happens online on January 22, 2021. The deadline for speaker submissions is November 18 at midnight UTC. Selected speakers will be notified by December 2. 📅 On…

Yoast has created a page dedicated…

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Yoast has created a page dedicated to educating people about open source — what it is and how it provides "better solutions and a more inclusive society." This is a seriously detailed page including bios and snippets of information, some…

Omar Reiss at Yoast has assembled…

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Omar Reiss at Yoast has assembled a "WordPress and PHP 8 compatibility report." WordPress developers should take note, and it's also a good general resource for any PHP developer. The report covers some possible breaking changes and compatibility challenges. 💔…

Yoast has entered a partnership with…

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Yoast has entered a partnership with SEMrush. SEMrush is a large provider of SEO tools and powers some features that are already found in Yoast SEO 15.1. 🤝

It appears that Yoast founder Joost…

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It appears that Yoast founder Joost de Valk and Yoast’s current CEO Marieke van de Rakt have a stake in WordProof, which is building a Timestamp Ecosystem that will support multiple blockchains to verify online content. Wordproof explains the SEO…

Yoast just released their first update…

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Yoast just released their first update to the Duplicate Post plugin since they acquired it. The update contains several accessibility improvements. ✨ Additionally, Yoast has released version 14.5 of its own plugin with some fixes and enhancements. Notably, the plugin…

Smash Balloon and Duplicate Post Acquisitions…

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Smash Balloon and Duplicate Post Acquisitions Yoast SEO and Awesome Motive both made recent plugin acquisitions: 🔌 John Brackett and his whole team at Smash Balloon are joining Syed Balki at Awesome Motive. John is coming on board as a…

Upcoming Events Take note that WPCampus…

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Upcoming Events Take note that WPCampus 2020 Online has changed its dates to July 29-31. 📅 Other event reminders: WordSesh Americas 2020 is coming on May 27th. Registration is free and the lineup looks excellent. The call for speakers for…

Yoast has a blog post in…

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Yoast has a blog post in their developer portal about new features in the upcoming version (14.0) of their plugin. Some of these include moving all metadata from wp_postmeta to custom tables, changes in the Schema API, and "opening up…

Yoast is offering a new online…

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Yoast is offering a new online training course focused on the WordPress block editor. This is more than just a blog post — it's very well done and will "hand guide you through the process of creating a post with…
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