Various attacks on WordPress user accounts have led to several plugins being compromised, allowing access to thousands of sites. 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 Javier Casares, and you’re listening to WordPress Podcast, bringing the weekly news from the WordPress Community. In this program, you’ll find the information from June 24 to 30, 2024. Is WordPress secure? The answer is clear and simple: yes. However, the users or individuals behind the entire Community are often the weakest link when it comes to IT security.…

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Although there are still a few weeks left until the release of WordPress 6.6, we already know almost everything this new version will incorporate. 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 Javier Casares, and you’re listening to WordPress Podcast, bringing the weekly news from the WordPress Community. In this program, you’ll find the information from June 17 to 23, 2024. On June 18, the latest beta version of WordPress 6.6 was released. With no beta 4 in sight, this means that we will soon have the first…

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Having dynamic elements in the block editor was still possible thanks to shortcodes… but that will change with Bits. 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 Javier Casares, and you’re listening to WordPress Podcast, bringing the weekly news from the WordPress Community. In this program, you’ll find the information from June 10th to 16th, 2024. Bits is the name chosen for dynamic tokens, a system that will allow external content to be inserted within posts in a more flexible and efficient way. Although it’s not the same…

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We now have WordPress 6.5.4, the version that fixes all the issues with plugin dependencies, and WordPress 6.6 Beta 1, which brings us closer to the new major 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 Javier Casares, and you’re listening to WordPress Podcast, bringing the weekly news from the WordPress Community. In this program, you’ll find the information from June 3rd to 9th, 2024. WordPress 6.5.4 has already been released and it finally seems to fix the problems with plugin installation and their dependencies with other…

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The second version of the Contributor Handbook is now available with a focus on broadening the diversity of the community. 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 Javier Casares, and you’re listening to WordPress Podcast, bringing the weekly news from the WordPress Community. In this program, you’ll find the information from May 27th to June 2nd, 2024. Contributing to the WordPress Community is always the main goal for everyone involved, which is why it’s important to highlight the WordPress Contributor Handbook second edition, a testament to the…

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The Themes Team is shifting its focus away from reviewing classic themes to becoming a generator of themes for experimentation. 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 Javier Casares, and you’re listening to WordPress Podcast, bringing the weekly news from the WordPress Community. In this program, you’ll find the information from May 20th to 26th, 2024. There’s no longer a need for extensive theme reviews. Well, not entirely true, but the shift to Block Themes has allowed the Themes Team, previously the Theme Review Team, to…

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A gallery, acting as a directory, will allow you to create a WordPress site with configurations, content, and material for an instant demonstration with just one click. 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 Javier Casares, and you’re listening to WordPress Podcast, bringing the weekly news from the WordPress Community. In this program, you’ll find the information from May 13th to 19th, 2024. Sharing or discovering projects within the WordPress community is not always straightforward, although it may be now. Thanks to the Blueprint Gallery, a directory…

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After installing a plugin, starting from WordPress 6.5.3, a message has been added prompting a page refresh to correct an error with plugin dependencies. 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 Javier Casares, and you’re listening to WordPress Podcast, bringing the weekly news from the WordPress Community. In this program, you’ll find the information from May 6th to 10th, 2024. When discussing sustainability on WordPress, we should not only think about WordPress consuming fewer resources or using fewer plastic bottles at WordCamp, but also about…

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With the creation of the Media Corps Team, we bid farewell to the Marketing Team after 9 years of operation. 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 Javier Casares, and you’re listening to WordPress Podcast, bringing the weekly news from the WordPress Community. In this program, you’ll find the information from April 29th to May 5th, 2024. Officially, on December 14, 2015, the journey of the WordPress.org Marketing Team began. The last 3 years had already been a working group at various Contributor Days, and their first project…

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