This Week in WordPress #190

Issue #190  |  Tuesday, 21 Dec 2021  | Read online

This week’s WordPress news for the week commencing Monday 13th December 2021

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

• We talk about the ‘State of the Word’ address which Matt Mullenweg gave last week, and which Michelle was present at, and Anne was in!
• Will the next generation of theme authors do all-the-things inside the WordPress admin area?
• There’s a new Block Theme Generator app which might save you some time creating your theme.json files.
• Want a new Block Pattern every week next year? The Alara theme will do that for you!
• Did the ‘really really bad’ Log4j vulnerability affect you this week?

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 #190 – “Plumbing new Christmas Depths”

With Nathan Wrigley, Michelle Frechette, Anne McCarthy and Zach Tirrell.

Recorded on Monday 20th December 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.

WordPress Core

wordpress.org WordPress 5.9 Beta 3 WordPress 5.9 Beta 3 is now available for testing. Help test to make the release as good as it can be… wordpress.org WordPress 5.9 Beta 3 WordPress 5.9 Beta 3 is now available for testing. Help test to make the release as good as it can be…

Community

bigorangeheart.org Sponsors urgently needed for Big Orange Heart Sponsoring Big Orange Heart is an opportunity like no other because it’s a chance to feature across a globally unique service within the remote working communities. The positive brand association… bigorangeheart.org Sponsors urgently needed for Big Orange Heart Sponsoring Big Orange Heart is an opportunity like no other because it’s a chance to feature across a globally unique service within the remote working communities. The positive brand association… wptavern.com State of the Word 2021: WordPress Passes 43% Market Share, Looks to Expand the Commons Through Openverse Matt Mullenweg delivered his annual State of the Word address yesterday before a live studio audience in New York City. The majority of WordPress enthusiasts joined the event through the livestream on YouTube. More than 25 meetups gathered for in-person and online watch parties around the world – from Detroit, Singapore, Pakistan, and Medellín, to name a few… wptavern.com State of the Word 2021: WordPress Passes 43% Market Share, Looks to Expand the Commons Through Openverse Matt Mullenweg delivered his annual State of the Word address yesterday before a live studio audience in New York City. The majority of WordPress enthusiasts joined the event through the livestream on YouTube. More than 25 meetups gathered for in-person and online watch parties around the world – from Detroit, Singapore, Pakistan, and Medellín, to name a few… poststatus.com Post Status Team Responses to the State of the Word 2021 Openverse. Diversity. Training. Future generations. A whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. These are our quick takes on SOTW ’21… poststatus.com Post Status Team Responses to the State of the Word 2021 Openverse. Diversity. Training. Future generations. A whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. These are our quick takes on SOTW ’21… wptavern.com Creative Commons Search Is Now Openverse The Creative Commons search engine has been rebranded to Openverse and now redirects to its new home at wordpress.org/openverse.Users will find the revamped interface maintains the ability to search the same collections, narrowing results by use case, license type, image type, file type, aspect ratio, and more… wptavern.com Creative Commons Search Is Now Openverse The Creative Commons search engine has been rebranded to Openverse and now redirects to its new home at wordpress.org/openverse.Users will find the revamped interface maintains the ability to search the same collections, narrowing results by use case, license type, image type, file type, aspect ratio, and more… casabona.org The way to learn WordPress is not by contributing – Joe Casabona But when he was asked by Allie Nimmons and Michelle Frechette what new/young people can do to learn WordPress, he said that it’s easier than ever to contribute. Matt was basically saying if you want to learn WordPress, contribute to WordPress. While I encourage people to contribute, I don’t think the best way to learn WordPress is by contributing… casabona.org The way to learn WordPress is not by contributing – Joe Casabona But when he was asked by Allie Nimmons and Michelle Frechette what new/young people can do to learn WordPress, he said that it’s easier than ever to contribute. Matt was basically saying if you want to learn WordPress, contribute to WordPress. While I encourage people to contribute, I don’t think the best way to learn WordPress is by contributing… wpmudev.com 2021 Year-End Roadmap Roundup – The Most Wonderful Time of The Year! If you’ve been waiting for us to spill the beans… your patience is about to pay off! We’re coming in hot with the latest, greatest, and best that’s yet to come from WPMU DEV’s world… wpmudev.com 2021 Year-End Roadmap Roundup – The Most Wonderful Time of The Year! If you’ve been waiting for us to spill the beans… your patience is about to pay off! We’re coming in hot with the latest, greatest, and best that’s yet to come from WPMU DEV’s world…

Plugins / Themes / Blocks

wptavern.com The Next Generation of WordPress Theme Authors Will Design From the Site Editor Last week, I played around with a new plugin that allows users to export a custom theme.json file. The project is still a little buggy at the moment, but I look forward to covering it in more detail soon. The export function was more of a secondary objective for the plugin, but it represents a feature I look forward to landing in WordPress one day… wptavern.com The Next Generation of WordPress Theme Authors Will Design From the Site Editor Last week, I played around with a new plugin that allows users to export a custom theme.json file. The project is still a little buggy at the moment, but I look forward to covering it in more detail soon. The export function was more of a secondary objective for the plugin, but it represents a feature I look forward to landing in WordPress one day… wptavern.com Alara Block Theme Promises a New Pattern or Design Variation Every Week for the Next Year One month ago, UXL Themes released Alara. It was a theme that carried with it one bold promise: every week for the next year, users could expect a new design variation, child theme, or block pattern… wptavern.com Alara Block Theme Promises a New Pattern or Design Variation Every Week for the Next Year One month ago, UXL Themes released Alara. It was a theme that carried with it one bold promise: every week for the next year, users could expect a new design variation, child theme, or block pattern… wptavern.com David Gwyer Teases Block Theme Generator App, Plans for a Community of Creators David Gwyer has been teasing ThemeGen over the last couple of weeks. It is his upcoming block theme generator app. Piece by piece, it has seemed to be coming together and could prove invaluable for theme developers. Currently, it is in beta testing… wptavern.com David Gwyer Teases Block Theme Generator App, Plans for a Community of Creators David Gwyer has been teasing ThemeGen over the last couple of weeks. It is his upcoming block theme generator app. Piece by piece, it has seemed to be coming together and could prove invaluable for theme developers. Currently, it is in beta testing… richtabor.com Building WordPress Block Themes with the New Gutenberg Pattern Block The new Pattern block, recently merged into the Gutenberg plugin, is a block that renders a pattern used within a template from a WordPress block theme… richtabor.com Building WordPress Block Themes with the New Gutenberg Pattern Block The new Pattern block, recently merged into the Gutenberg plugin, is a block that renders a pattern used within a template from a WordPress block theme… seopress.org Dashboard rankings widget & email notifications SEOPress Insights 1.3 is now available. We encourage you to update your site as soon as possible to take advantage of the latest features and improvements… seopress.org Dashboard rankings widget & email notifications SEOPress Insights 1.3 is now available. We encourage you to update your site as soon as possible to take advantage of the latest features and improvements… wptavern.com 10up Releases the Publisher Media Kit WordPress Plugin Earlier today, version 1.0 of 10up’s Publisher Media Kit went live in the WordPress plugin directory. It is a preconfigured set of blocks and patterns for jump-starting a media kit page for small and medium-sized publications… wptavern.com 10up Releases the Publisher Media Kit WordPress Plugin Earlier today, version 1.0 of 10up’s Publisher Media Kit went live in the WordPress plugin directory. It is a preconfigured set of blocks and patterns for jump-starting a media kit page for small and medium-sized publications… wpstackable.com Learn – Basics of V3 Course Stackable Version 3.Take this short course to learn about the new features in our latest update, Stackable Version 3! wpstackable.com Learn – Basics of V3 Course Stackable Version 3.Take this short course to learn about the new features in our latest update, Stackable Version 3!

Deals

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Security

WP Builds

259 – How do we know what to charge? WordPress Business Bootcamp – Series 1 / Episode 2 Welcome to another in the WP Business Bootcamp series. It’s the series where we relearn EVERYTHING we know about building WordPress sites and running a web design business from start… 259 – How do we know what to charge? WordPress Business Bootcamp – Series 1 / Episode 2 Welcome to another in the WP Business Bootcamp series. It’s the series where we relearn EVERYTHING we know about building WordPress sites and running a web design business from start…

Jobs

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Not WordPress, but useful anyway…

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Check out some recent podcast episodes…

258 – Tired of WooCommerce? Try North Commerce You use WooCommerce, because you need an eCommerce platform and you like WordPress. It’s kind of the default isn’t it? WordPress + eCommerce = WooCommerce. Well, on the show today… 9 Dec 2021 258 – Tired of WooCommerce? Try North Commerce You use WooCommerce, because you need an eCommerce platform and you like WordPress. It’s kind of the default isn’t it? WordPress + eCommerce = WooCommerce. Well, on the show today… 9 Dec 2021 257 – Realistically defining our business model. WordPress Business Bootcamp – Series 1 / Episode 1 In this brand new, and huge series of podcast episodes we try to re-learn everything that we know about running a WordPress website business. We start from the idea that we know nothing (which was a surprisingly small leap)… 2 Dec 2021 257 – Realistically defining our business model. WordPress Business Bootcamp – Series 1 / Episode 1 In this brand new, and huge series of podcast episodes we try to re-learn everything that we know about running a WordPress website business. We start from the idea that we know nothing (which was a surprisingly small leap)… 2 Dec 2021

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