The WordPress theme repository reaches an important milestone: its first 1000 available block themes. 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 21st to 27th, 2024. The round number has been reached: the first 1000 block themes are now available in the WordPress repository. The first block theme was Armando, released on December 28, 2020, created by Carolina Nymark. In October 2023, there were…

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Now that the time is approaching for the first release candidate of WordPress 6.7, we already have most of the new features that this version will include. 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 14th to 20th, 2024. Matt wanted to thank Salesforce, the owners of Slack, for their donation of this tool to the community. With over 49,000 users on…

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The departure of Josepha Haden as Executive Director of the WordPress project has paved the way for the arrival of Mary Hubbard, also from Automattic after her tenure at TikTok. 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 September 30th to October 6th, 2024. With a brief message on the official WordPress site, Mary Hubbard was introduced following her exit as Director of TikTok…

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The expected release of WordPress 6.7, which will include the Twenty Twenty-Five theme, continues to be marred by the war between Automattic and WP Engine. 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 September 30th to October 6th, 2024. They say that after the storm comes the calm, and while it is true that since October 1st, the last episode of the…

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The tool for creating WordPress sites on the fly, WordPress Playground, has launched a manager that allows managing multiple instances simultaneously. 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 September 23th to 29th, 2024. The final tweaks to Gutenberg are being prepared with an eye on the next major WordPress release. The Zoom Out mode is no longer experimental and is available to…

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What better than a plugin that reviews the quality of other plugins before they are published in the WordPress repository? 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 WordPress Podcast, bringing the weekly news from the WordPress Community. In this episode, you’ll find the information from September 16th to 22th, 2024. The initial idea for the Plugin Check project was proposed in July 2022 with the goal of providing a tool to help WordPress plugin developers verify the quality and security…

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Knowing who, what, how, and when contributions are made to the WordPress project is one of the goals the Community has set to improve its health. 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 WordPress Podcast, bringing the weekly news from the WordPress Community. In this episode, you’ll find the information from September 9th to 15th, 2024. Understanding how contributions are made in WordPress is important, not just in terms of code, but across all teams. And for that,…

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There are only 2 months left until the release of WordPress 6.7, and the roadmap is ready, focusing on what this version could bring. 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 WordPress Podcast, bringing the weekly news from the WordPress Community. In this episode, you’ll find the information from September 2nd to 8th, 2024. What are the key aspects of WordPress 6.7? The roadmap has been published with the main ideas intended for the November 12, 2024 release. These include: Starting…

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