This Week in WordPress #173

July 27, 2021 • 01:35:53
This Week in WordPress #173
WP Builds
This Week in WordPress #173

Jul 27 2021 | 01:35:53

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This week’s WordPress news for the week commencing Monday 19th July 2021

Another week, and we’re bringing you the latest WordPress news from the last seven days, including…

There’s a whole lot more than this, as there is each and every week, and you can find all that by scrolling down and clicking on the links!

This Week in WordPress #173 – “Block Patterns should be called Brians”

This Week in WordPress #173 - WP Builds

With Nathan Wrigley, Michelle Frechette, Bob Dunn and Bernhard Gronau.

Recorded on Monday 26th July 2021.
If you ever want to join us live you can do that every Monday at 2pm UK time on the WP Builds LIVE page.

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WordPress 5.8 Tatum
Introducing 5.8 “Tatum”, our latest and greatest release now available for download or update in your dashboard. Named in honor of Art Tatum, the legendary Jazz pianist. His formidable technique and willingness to push boundaries inspired musicians and changed what people thought could be done…
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WordPress 5.8 “Tatum” Introduces Block Widgets, Duotone Media Filters, New Emoji Support, and More
WordPress 5.8 “Tatum,” named in honor of jazz pianist Art Tatum, landed earlier today. It is the second major release in 2021. It includes duotone media filters, block-based widgets, theme-related blocks, template editing, and theme JSON file support. The release also ships tons of other notable features, such as support for new Emoji and an Update URI field for plugin authors to offer custom updates. The latest update also drops support for IE11, saying goodbye to the era of Internet Explorer…

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Makers of TinyMCE Acquire Setka
Tiny, the makers of TinyMCE, have acquired Setka, a content design and editing platform, for an undisclosed amount. Founders Katya Bazilevskaya, Alexey Ametov, Vasily Esmanov, Roman Khudonogov, and the rest of the Setka team will join Tiny as part of the agreement…
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People of WordPress: Pooja Derashri
Pooja Derashri shares the story of how she went from being an introverted girl from a small village in India to becoming a developer, thanks to the WordPress community…
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More Than Just Joost’s Wife
Marieke van de Rakt from the Netherlands writes about her journey towards leadership.
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Substack and ghost have popularised the creation of free and paid newsletter, but you can create a Substack newsletter in WordPress…
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WordPress Pros and Cons: Why You Should Use It (And Why Not)
If you are unsure about whether WordPress is the right solution for you, in this post we weigh its pros and cons to help you decide…

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Kadence – Introducing Wireframe Blocks: The Easiest Way to Wireframe in WordPress
At KadenceWP we’re all about providing the support and tools to create highly effective websites. We stand behind this (like, really). We have made it our goal to put powerful tools in the hands of our users that enable them to create in an effective and efficient manner…
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Gutenberg 11.1 Adds Drag-and-Drop Support for List View and Upgrades Block Borders
The Gutenberg plugin continues to march forward. Yesterday’s release, coming merely a day after the launch of WordPress 5.8, brings several new features and nearly three dozen bug fixes. The big-ticket items are drag-and-drop blocks in the list view and a much-needed upgrade for border support…
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The WordPress.org Block Pattern Directory Is Now Live
Yesterday, the WordPress pattern directory went live to the world as the development team behind it put the finishing touches on the project. It will work similarly to the theme and plugin directories in time. Along with WordPress 5.8, users can browse and use block patterns directly from the post editor…
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BuddyPress 9.0.0 Transforms Legacy Widgets Into Blocks
BuddyPress 9.0 was released one day before WordPress 5.8. As all major BuddyPress releases are named for pizza joints, this one has been dubbed “Mico” in honor of Pizzéria Chez Mico, a small restaurant on the French riviera, where you just may find capers and anchovies on your pie…
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Identify and Select Blocks via the Wayfinder WordPress Plugin
Christopher John, a Seattle-based designer and UX engineer, released his first project to the plugin directory yesterday. Announced via Twitter to high praise, Wayfinder is a block outline solution for the WordPress editor…
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Revisions Extended Plugin Lets Users Schedule Updates to Published Posts
WordPress has long had the ability to schedule content to be published in the future, but it can only make immediate changes to posts that are already published. If you want to schedule changes to published content, a plugin is necessary…
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Toolset 1.6 – WordPress 5.8 Compatibility and Bugfixes –
This joint release of Toolset plugins ensures full compatibility with WordPress 5.8. It also includes fixes more than 150 bugs and usability issues…
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Introducing the New Gravity Forms reCAPTCHA Add-On: Support for Google reCAPTCHA v3
We are excited to announce the launch of the new Gravity Forms reCAPTCHA Add-On. With this add-on you will find support for Google reCAPTCHA v3, helping to prevent spam form…

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WordPress Vulnerability Report: July 2021, Part 3
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