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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 of which predate the modern era. Reading it feels like walking through the exhibits of a large museum with many different periods represented in its wings. 🏛️
Faces of Open Source is a site that aims to photographically document the people “behind the development and advancement of the open-source revolution.” It highlights foundational figures and influencers from Unix, WWW, BSD, and other significant projects. 📸
WooCommerce 7.7 If you’re running an online store using WooCommerce, you’ll be excited to hear about the recent 7.7 release! This latest update focuses on improving performance, security, and user experience. Among the key features in version 7.7 is the new Webhooks API, enhanced management of external products, and improved performance when modifying variations. From…
In this episode, Mark Westguard of WS Form joins Cory Miller to discuss OpenAI, the innovation we are already seeing, and what we can and should expect in the future when it comes to WordPress.
David and Olivia Bisset sat down for a chat with Matt Mullenweg about open source, Tumblr, and how Matt deals with negativity. Matt has three roles today: CEO of Tumblr, CEO of Automattic, and project lead for the next release of WordPress. He shares what went wrong with post formats and what he would love to acquire next if he could. The answer may (or may not) surprise you! Recorded shortly before WordCamp Europe 2022.
The Community Signal podcast has an interview with Brad Williams. They talk about building a Business in an open source community, primarily focused on how WebDevStudios (which contributes 60+ hours a week to WordPress) and employees are involved. Brad is also on the latest Matt Report.
There has been a big kerfuffle the last few days in the community of theme authors and theme reviewers on WordPress.org. The theme review team discovered that some themes are skirting (knowingly or not knowingly) some old-standing rules around content creation. What? It’s a long-standing rule that free WordPress.org themes should not create content (custom post…
