Category: WordPress
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New Features in WordPress 6.9 “Gene”
WordPress 6.9 “Gene”, named after American Jazz pianist Gene Harris, released on Dec 3 with many new features for everyone – bloggers, site owners, and developers. Some of the new features include five new core blocks, many other enhanced features for editing, collaboration, and integration capabilities. There are many excellent detailed resources covering the new…
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Installing WordPress Development Environment
WordPress contributor Manuel Camargo (SirLouen) posted in Slack channel the following YouTube video about installing WordPress Development environment, which I thought would be handy while working on theme development. More detailed documentation about installing WordPress Development Environment can be found in the following resource links, too. Related Resource Link
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WordPress 6.8 “Cecil”
The WordPress 6.8 “Cecil”, named after jazz pianist Cecil Taylor, was released yesterday, April 15. Because of the current legal turmoil at WordPress, this release is lighter than the previous releases and is said to be the major release for the year 2025. WordPress 6.8 polishes and refines the tools that you use every day,…
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Current Turmoil at WordPress
Following Matt Mullenweg’s State of the Word 2024 presentation, which included critical comments about WP Engine, WordPress has been embroiled in controversy. This has resulted in lawsuits against both Automattic and Matt himself. Matt has since shared on his personal blog and in Automattic’s news updates that approximately 8% of employees have left the company…
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WordPress 6.7 “Rollins”
WordPress 6.7, code-named “Rollins” was released on November 12. The release announcement post reads, “Rollins’ bold and exploratory style resonates with WordPress’ own commitment to empowering creators to push boundaries and explore new possibilities in digital expression.” WordPress 6.7 introduces the Twenty Twenty-Five theme, providing design flexibility and font management features. The Twenty Twenty-Five theme…
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Creating Custom Block and Style Variations for a WordPress Block Theme
In a previous guide, I discussed Global Styles settings for WordPress block themes. I covered how to configure these settings, from enabling editor features and controls to defining theme-wide CSS and customizing the appearance of specific blocks. Since then, significant progress has been made in adding new features, such as block shadows, theme.json updates, extra block supports, and more. Recent…
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Twenty Twenty-Five Default Theme
The new default Twenty Twenty-Five (TT5) theme, introduced with design Figma files, emphasizes simplicity for ease of use while keeping complexity manageable. This approach enhances the customization options for the default WordPress experience. The TT5 theme showcases its flexibility and adaptability by providing a range of patterns and styles for users to share their stories.…
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WordPress 6.6 “Dorsey” Released
Yesterday, much anticipated WordPress 6.6 “Dorsey”, named after a popular American Big Band leader, Tommy Dorsey. This released was focused on “creating and deploy beautiful and coherent design elements across your sites with WordPress 6.6. A new rollback option for auto-updating plugins gives you control, flexibility”. WordPress 6.6 delivers on the promise of a better…
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Exploring WP Playground Blueprints
WordPress Playground blueprints are becoming more popular than I had anticipated while learning and sharing my experience in the Smashing Magazine article, where I only briefly mentioned blueprints. In a recent WordCamp Europe 2024, Matt Mullenweg discussed, among other things, the latest innovations in WP Playground and it’s potential to the future the WordPress. More details about what a…
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Gutenberg Nightly Branch With Playground
I often find myself turning to Gutenberg Nightly build to explore and test the latest WordPress development features. My preferred go-to source for accessing it has long been a post on Gutenberg Times. The post contains useful download links for Gutenberg Nightly and others, curated by Birgit, as well as testing instructions. Almost every morning,…