WordPress Community Creates 1,000 Block Themes in 1,000 Days

admin October 23, 2024

In nearly 1,000 days, the WordPress community has created 1,000 Block themes—coming together to use the full potential of the Site Editor and unleash new creative possibilities for everyone. First introduced in WordPress 5.9, Block themes have steadily evolved, improving flexibility and functionality for themers, users, and agencies alike. Now, design tools allow customizing almost every detail. With style variations,...

WordPress 6.7 Release Candidate 1

admin October 22, 2024

The first release candidate (RC1) for WordPress 6.7 is ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, it’s recommended that you evaluate RC1 on a test server and site. Reaching this phase of the release cycle is...

WordPress

admin October 21, 2024

If you've ever thought about starting a blog but weren't sure where to begin, this book is your ultimate guide. "How to Start a Blog with WordPress: Beginner's Guide to Make Money by Writing Online" breaks down the process into easy-to-follow steps, from choosing the right blog topic to mastering email marketing and social media strategy. What sets this book...

How to humanize AI content

admin October 21, 2024

The CyberSEO Pro, AI Autoblogger and RSS Retriever plugins for WordPress give users complete control over the text prompts used by the language AI models to generate content for WordPress posts. This feature sets these tools apart from other similar solutions. One of the most obvious applications of this feature is humanizing AI-generated content. Because bypassing AI detectors is not...

WordPress 2025 Guide for Beginners

admin October 19, 2024

If you're a newbie looking to build and manage professional websites with ease, the WordPress 2025 Guide for Beginners is the perfect resource for you. This book provides a complete beginner's guide to help you navigate the world of WordPress and create stunning websites without any hassle. With 116 pages filled with valuable information, this guide covers everything you need...

Expanding Our Code of Conduct to Protect Private Conversations

admin October 19, 2024

At the heart of our community is our shared pledge to create a space that is harassment-free, welcoming, and inclusive for all. Our Community Code of Conduct already outlines a clear set of expectations, while also providing examples of unacceptable actions. Today, we are reinforcing our values by adding another element to our list of unacceptable behaviors: Publishing private messages...

WordPress Thanks Salesforce

admin October 18, 2024

In the midst of our legal battles with Silver Lake and WP Engine, I wanted to take a moment to highlight something positive. Because of my friendships with the co-founders of Slack, Stewart Butterfield and Cal Henderson, WordPress.org has had a free version of the Pro version of Slack since they started in 2009. We switched from IRC to Slack,...

WP Engine Promotions

admin October 17, 2024

Given the egregious legal attacks by WP Engine against WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg, a number of their customers have been looking for alternative hosting, and in return a number of hosts have created specials and promotions for WP Engine customers looking to migrate to a host that has great relations with WordPress.org. Here they are, in alphabetical order. We’ll update...

WordPress 6.7 Beta 3

admin October 14, 2024

WordPress 6.7 Beta 3 is now ready for testing! This beta version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, it is recommended you evaluate Beta 3 on a test server and site. You can test WordPress 6.7 Beta 3 in four ways: PluginInstall...

Secure Custom Fields

admin October 12, 2024

On behalf of the WordPress security team, I am announcing that we are invoking point 18 of the plugin directory guidelines and are forking Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) into a new plugin, Secure Custom Fields. SCF has been updated to remove commercial upsells and fix a security problem. On October 3rd, the ACF team announced ACF plugin updates will come...