• 67. WordPress.org closes for the Holidays

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    For the first time in 21 years, WordPress.org has partially closed sections of its website, supposedly to give its contributors a break. Remember that you can listen to this program from Pocket Casts, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts or subscribe to the feed directly. Program transcript Hello, I’m Alicia Ireland, and you’re listening to WPpodcast, bringing the weekly news from the WordPress Community. In this episode, you’ll find the information from December 16th to 22th, 2024. For the first time in 21 years, WordPress.org has closed parts of its site. This is being done because Matt Mullenweg, co-creator of WordPress, wants to take…

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  • 66. [Special] State of the Word 2024

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    On December 16, 2024, from Tokyo, the State of the Word 2024 took place, the annual event where Matt Mullenweg summarizes everything that has happened in the WordPress world. Remember that you can listen to this program from Pocket Casts, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts or subscribe to the feed directly. Program transcript Hello, I’m Alicia Ireland, and you’re listening to WPpodcast, is this special about the State of the Word 2024. Once again, Matt Mullenweg presents the State of the Word, an event that provides a summary of the state of WordPress and everything that has happened, in this case, in 2024.…

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  • 64. Adopt (or Not) the WP Consent API

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    Since 2020, the implementation of an API to help with cookie consent and other privacy-related elements has been up in the air. Now, this open and pending issue is being revisited. Remember that you can listen to this program from Pocket Casts, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts or subscribe to the feed directly. Program transcript Hello, I’m Alicia Ireland, and you’re listening to WPpodcast, bringing the weekly news from the WordPress Community. In this episode, you’ll find the information from December 2nd to 8th, 2024. The WP Consent API was announced as a tool to help websites manage user consents more efficiently, especially in the context…

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  • 63. Bulk Translations

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    The Polyglots team has released an improvement to the GlotPress tool that enables bulk translations of strings. Remember that you can listen to this program from Pocket Casts, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts or subscribe to the feed directly. Program transcript Hello, I’m Alicia Ireland, and you’re listening to WPpodcast, bringing the weekly news from the WordPress Community. In this episode, you’ll find the information from November 25th to December 1st, 2024. The Polyglots team announced a new feature on the translation platform that allows GTEs to perform bulk translations. This tool automates the translation of multiple text strings, improving efficiency in large-scale projects. Additionally, it…

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  • 62. Roadmap for 2025

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    Now that WordPress 6.7 is available, the roadmap for all WordPress releases throughout 2025 is being outlined. Remember that you can listen to this program from Pocket Casts, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts or subscribe to the feed directly. Program transcript Hello, I’m Alicia Ireland, and you’re listening to WPpodcast, bringing the weekly news from the WordPress Community. In this episode, you’ll find the information from November 18th to 24th, 2024. Whenever a major version of WordPress is released, like 6.7, there are a few days dedicated to reviewing and preparing the next steps… The first of these steps has been the release…

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  • 61. [Especial] Automattic vs. WP Engine (part 2)

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    The WPdrama of the legal battle between Automattic and WP Engine continues, just before the hearing for the preliminary injunction. Remember that you can listen to this program from Pocket Casts, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts or subscribe to the feed directly. Program transcript Hello, I’m Alicia Ireland, and you’re listening to WPpodcast, in this special episode. The next November 26, 2024, is the date set by the judge for the hearing to seek preliminary injunctions that will define the situation in the legal battle between Automattic and WPEngine, which is affecting the WordPress Community as a whole. In the last special…

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  • 60. WordPress 6.7 Rollins

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    The new major version of WordPress has arrived, and it comes with some issues related to local edits and network congestion. Remember that you can listen to this program from Pocket Casts, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts or subscribe to the feed directly. Program transcript Hello, I’m Alicia Ireland, and you’re listening to WPpodcast, bringing the weekly news from the WordPress Community. In this episode, you’ll find the information from November 11th to 17th, 2024. After two extra release candidates, 4th and 5th, we now have WordPress 6.7, Rollins, named in honor of jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins. The highlights of this version include the new Twenty Twenty-Five theme, the Zoom…

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  • 59. WordPress 6.7 RC3 + RC4

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    Before the final release of WordPress 6.7, two release candidates have been launched to fine-tune the details for the final release. Remember that you can listen to this program from Pocket Casts, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts or subscribe to the feed directly. Program transcript Hello, I’m Alicia Ireland, and you’re listening to WPpodcast, bringing the weekly news from the WordPress Community. In this episode, you’ll find the information from November 4th to 10th, 2024. Before the final version of WordPress 6.7 is released, a Release Candidate 3 and Release Candidate 4 have been released, with some last-minute fixes and preparations for Twenty Twenty-Five. With these changes,…

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  • 58. First Major Step for Data Liberation

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    Finally, the Data Liberation project will be implemented on WordPress Playground and now has its base structure so that anyone can start developing on the tool. Remember that you can listen to this program from Pocket Casts, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts or subscribe to the feed directly. Program transcript Hello, I’m Alicia Ireland, and you’re listening to WPpodcast, bringing the weekly news from the WordPress Community. In this episode, you’ll find the information from October 28th to November 3rd, 2024. We can now talk about days instead of weeks until the launch of WordPress 6.7. With the release of WordPress 6.7 RC2, featuring…

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