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September 22, 2023 Issue #188 - WordPress Plugins Review Team launches self-check plugin, announces new reviewers
September 15, 2023 Issue #187 - WordPress.com versus WordPress.org ranking battle sparks heated debate and personal attacks
September 8, 2023 Issue #186 - Sarah Gooding marks 10 years at WP Tavern
September 1, 2023 Issue #185 - WordPress.com launches unprecedented 100-Year Plan
August 25, 2023 Issue #184 - WordCamp US 2023 in full swing 🎉
August 18, 2023 Issue #183 - How WordCamp US 2023 has tackled DEIB and accessibility
August 11, 2023 Issue #182 - WordPress 6.3 "Lionel" is out and it's "a really big one"
August 4, 2023 Issue #181 - Open source CMS projects unite over proposed Cyber Resilience Act
July 28, 2023 Issue #180 - NASA launches WordPress-powered website
July 21, 2023 Issue #179 - Vox Media dumping its CMS, switching to WordPress
July 14, 2023 Issue #178 - Ambitious plans revealed for WordPress admin redesign as part of Gutenberg phase three
July 7, 2023 Issue #177 - WordCamp Dhaka (Bangladesh) canceled due to corporate influence and harassment
June 30, 2023 Issue #176 - WordPress 6.3 Beta 2 now available, on track for August 8 release
June 16, 2023 Issue #174 - Automattic commits €20,000 to fund Drupal Gutenberg editor
June 9, 2023 Issue #173 - WordCamp Europe 2023 is in full swing 💃🏼
June 2, 2023 Issue #172 - The #WP20 celebrations continue
May 26, 2023 Issue #171 - 20 years of WordPress 🥳
May 19, 2023 Issue #170 - WordCamp Europe global lead apologizes for Twitter outburst
May 12, 2023 Issue #169 - MasterWP and WordPress Foundation step up to support diversity at WordCamp US ✨
May 5, 2023 Issue #168 - WordCamp US tickets sell out, more available soon
April 28, 2023 Issue #167 - Joost de Valk leaving Yoast to 'get entrepreneurial juices flowing’
April 21, 2023 Issue #166 - Marieke van de Rakt leaving Yoast to "change the world for the better"
April 14, 2023 Issue #165 - Matt Mullenweg encourages WordPress community to leverage AI
April 6, 2023 We want to know what you really think
March 31, 2023 Issue #164 - WordPress 6.2 'Dolphy' is now available
March 24, 2023 Issue #163 - Debate over Awesome Motive's sales tactics heats up
March 17, 2023 Issue #162 - Long-time Plugin Review Team rep retiring
March 10, 2023 Issue #161 - Survey reveals WordPress pros' page builder preferences, revenue, and working capacity
March 3, 2023 Issue #160 - Contributors move quickly to resolve Openverse hotlinking concerns
February 24, 2023 Issue #159 - Tech layoffs shake up WordPress community, spark concern and support from the community
February 17, 2023 Issue #158 - WordCamp Asia is in full swing!
February 10, 2023 Issue #157 - GoDaddy cuts 530 jobs, 8% of global team
February 3, 2023 Issue #156 - WordPress Core Team tackling old Trac tickets in upcoming triage sessions
January 27, 2023 Issue #155 - Yoast challenges WordPress to prioritize admin redesign with new user-friendly UI
January 20, 2023 Issue #154 - WordPress Executive Director outlines 2023 goals for the WordPress project
January 13, 2023 Issue #153 - Decision Time for WordPress Performance Team: Unbundling the Performance Lab Plugin
December 17, 2022 Issue #152 - State of the Word focuses on Gutenberg and new community tools
December 9, 2022 Issue #151 - WP Community Collective: A new nonprofit to fund WordPress contributors
December 2, 2022 Issue #150 - Meetup.com removes accessibility overlay, commits to working with WordPress community
November 25, 2022 Issue #149 - State of the Word will be livestreamed from NYC on December 15
November 18, 2022 Issue #148 - Matt Mullenweg and Tumblr troll Twitter with 'useless' checkmarks
November 11, 2022 Issue #147 - FSE rebranded as 'Site Editor'
November 4, 2022 Issue #146 - WordPress 6.1 "Misha" now available
October 29, 2022 Issue #145 - Gutenberg contributors redesigning Site Editor navigation to feel more like design tool
October 21, 2022 Issue #144 - Plugin charts removed because 'nobody was using them'
October 14, 2022 Issue #143 - Mystery mostly solved: Active install growth data removed after abuse of endpoint
October 7, 2022 Issue #142 - Plugin developers demand transparency following removal of Active Install Growth Data
September 30, 2022 Issue #141 - MasterWP gets hate mail after publishing racism article
September 16, 2022 Issue #140 - WordCamp US: 'genuine humanness' was 'nothing short of magical'
September 9, 2022 Issue #139 - WordCamp US kicks off! 🥳
September 3, 2022 Issue #138 - WP-Optimize controversy a lose-lose situation
August 26, 2022 Issue #137 - DigitalOcean acquires Cloudways
August 20, 2022 Issue #136 - New jazzy designs for WordPress.org get thumbs up from community
August 13, 2022 Issue #135 - Twenty Twenty-Three Theme Now in Development
August 5, 2022 Issue #134 - WebP Images Set to Become Default in WordPress 6.1
July 29, 2022 Issue #133 - WordPress Executive Director wants to rename Full-Site Editing
July 22, 2022 Issue #132 - WordPress economy discussion throws up "radically different calculations"
July 15, 2022 Issue #131 - Ellipsis launches WordPress Weather Report 🌩️
July 8, 2022 Issue #130 - WPBeginner turns 13
July 1, 2022 Issue #129 - Michelle Frechette calls out misogyny in WordPress
June 24, 2022 Issue #128 - Mullenweg: GoDaddy is an "existential threat" to WordPress
June 17, 2022 Issue #127 - Elementor sacks 15% of its workforce, cites impending recession
June 10, 2022 Issue #126 - Elementor acquires Strattic
June 3, 2022 Issue #125 - WP Engine acquires Delicious Brains' plugins
May 27, 2022 Issue #124 - Happy 19th birthday, WordPress!
May 20, 2022 Issue #123 - Countdown on to WordPress 6.0 release
May 13, 2022 Issue #122 - WordPress market share is shrinking, but does it matter?
May 6, 2022 Issue #121 - WordPress 6.0 field guide out now
April 30, 2022 Issue #120 - MemberPress furore sparks debate about plugin renewals
April 22, 2022 Issue #119 - WordPress 6.0 release team calling for testers to help "kick the tires"
April 8, 2022 Issue #118 - WordPress.com slammed for lack of communication around pricing changes
April 1, 2022 Issue #117 - Performance Team proposes enabling WebP by default
March 25, 2022 Issue #116 - Joost de Valk moving to advisory role at Yoast
March 18, 2022 Issue #115 - Newfold Digital acquires WooCommerce company YITH
March 11, 2022 Issue #114 - Performance Lab plugin offers first look at what WordPress Performance Team is working on
March 4, 2022 Issue #113 - How WordPress folks are #StandingbyUkraine
February 25, 2022 Issue #112 - Standing by Ukrainian WordPress folks
February 18, 2022 Issue #111 - FSE themes? Block themes? What are we calling them?
February 11, 2022 Issue #110 - Lack of diversity in WCEU organizing team called out, leads to positive discussions
February 4, 2022 Issue #109 - Matt Mullenweg says Tumblr now his "top priority" at Automattic
January 28, 2022 Issue #108 - WordPress 5.9 "Josephine": Full site editing is here 🎉
January 21, 2022 Issue #107 - WordCamp Birmingham postponed as local Covid numbers skyrocket
January 14, 2022 Issue #106 - Yoast SEO set to launch on Shopify
December 17, 2021 Issue #105 - Matt Mullenweg delivers State of the Word 2021 live in New York
December 10, 2021 Issue #104- Gravatar leak exposes 114 million scraped emails
December 3, 2021 Issue #103 - Delicious Brains asks ACF lifetime licenses holders to pay again
November 26, 2021 Issue #102 - GoDaddy breach impacts 1.2 million managed WordPress accounts
November 20, 2021 Issue #101 - WordPress 5.9 pushed back to January
November 12, 2021 Issue #100 - GoDaddy acquires Pagely 🤯
November 5, 2021 Issue #99 - #WPYALL set to be first in-person WordCamp since pandemic ban lifted
October 29, 2021 Issue #98 - WordPress 5.9 release squad taking shape six weeks out from release
October 22, 2021 Issue #97 - WordPress 5.9: All proposed features approved
October 15, 2021 Issue #96 - Proposed WordPress Performance Team gets green light
October 8, 2021 Issue #95 - First look at Twenty Twenty-Two 😍
October 1, 2021 Issue #94 - WordCamp US 2021 is today!
September 24, 2021 Issue #93 - Pippin Williamson retires from WordPress
September 17, 2021 Issue #92 - GiveWP vs Marion Millar #wpdrama
September 10, 2021 Issue #91 - WordPress 5.9 set for release on December 14
September 3, 2021 Issue #90 - Automattic acqui-hires Frontity team
August 27, 2021 Issue #89 - Classic Editor’s end of life pushed back a year
August 20, 2021 Issue #88 - Automattic valued at $7.5 billion
August 13, 2021 Issue #87 - Yoast acquired by Newfold Digital
August 6, 2021 Issue #86 - Automattic invests $30 million in email startup
July 30, 2021 Issue #85 - WordCamp US to return on October 1
July 23, 2021 Issue #84 - WordPress 5.8 "Tatum" brings first taste of Full Site Editing to core
July 16, 2021 Issue #83 - Forced security update to patch WooCommerce vulnerability pushed to millions of websites
July 9, 2021 Issue #82 - Podcasting company raises funds from Automattic and Yoast
July 5, 2021 Issue #81 - DreamHost leak exposes WordPress user data
June 25, 2021 Issue #80 - WordPress 5.8 Beta 3 out now, final release on July 20
June 18, 2021 Issue #79 - And the acquisitions keep coming…
June 11, 2021 Issue #78 - WordPress economy worth $500 billion
June 6, 2021 Issue #77 - Delicious Brains acquires Advanced Custom Fields
May 28, 2021 Issue #76 - WordPress is 18 years old
May 21, 2021 Issue #75 - ProfilePress pulls bait and switch, surprising WP User Avatar users
May 14, 2021 Issue #74 - Accessibility advocates sign open letter opposing overlay technologies
May 7, 2021 Issue #73 - Yoast launches Diversity Fund 2.0
April 30, 2021 Issue #72 - Creative Commons Search is joining the WordPress project
April 23, 2021 Issue #71 - Core contributors take stock of proposed plan to block FLoC
April 16, 2021 Issue #70 - Full Site Editing in WordPress 5.8 is a ‘go'
April 9, 2021 Issue #69 - Wix attacks WordPress in bizarre marketing campaign
April 2, 2021 Issue #68 - PHP hacked, new security measures announced
March 26, 2021 Issue #67 - WPTavern launches new podcast
March 19, 2021 Issue #66 - Elementor patches XSS vulnerabilities
March 13, 2021 Issue #65 - WordPress 5.7 "Esperanza" now available
March 5, 2021 Issue #64 - Elementor ads highlight split in WordPress community vs ecosystem
February 26, 2021 Issue #63 - 2+ years of burnout, harassment and abuse
February 19, 2021 Issue #62 - WordPress releases could be scaled back in 2021
February 12, 2021 Issue #61 - WordPress passes 40%
February 5, 2021 Issue #60 - Core contributors focus on WordPress 5.7
January 29, 2021 Issue #59 - Plugin Review Team members subjected to death threats
January 22, 2021 Issue #58 - New WhiteHouse.gov site runs on WordPress. Again.
January 17, 2021 Issue #57 - Is Gutenberg’s performance eroding the dominance of page builders?
January 8, 2021 Issue #56 - WordPress.com launches custom website service, causes stir
December 18, 2020 Issue #55 - State of the Word 2020: FSE, multilingual and extra polish
December 11, 2020 Issue #54 - WordPress 5.6 "Simone" release this week
December 4, 2020 Issue #53 - Yoast and Whodunit on why they contribute to WordPress
November 27, 2020 Issue #52 - WordPress 5.6 Field Guide now available
November 20, 2020 Issue #51 - Is Visual Composer for sale?
November 13, 2020 Issue #50 - Better than nothing: WordPress claims top spot in W3Techs ranking
November 6, 2020 Issue #49 - Auto-updates UI announced for WordPress 5.6 as misfire erodes trust in the system
October 30, 2020 Issue #48 - WordPress 5.6 Beta 2 now available
October 23, 2020 Issue #47 - Security update forced on 1+ million websites using Loginizer plugin
October 16, 2020 Issue #46 - WordCamp Austin's VR event gets rave reviews
October 9, 2020 Issue #45 - Block-based navigation screen dropped from WordPress 5.6, pushed back to 2021
October 2, 2020 Issue #44 - Yoast headhunts WordPress Core Team Rep Francesca Morano
September 25, 2020 Issue #43 - Matt Mullenweg is not a fan of Jamstack, ignites rivalry with tech CEOs
September 18, 2020 Issue #42 - GoDaddy acquires ecommerce company SkyVerge
September 11, 2020 We need your help! Take our 2020 survey
September 4, 2020 Issue #41 - iThemes and Liquid Web acquire popular Restrict Content Pro plugin
August 28, 2020 Issue #40 - Apple backs off, says it won't force free WordPress app to add purchases after all
August 21, 2020 Issue #39 - Work on WordPress 5.6 kicks off, team members hit back at critics of all-female release squad
August 14, 2020 Issue #38 - WordPress 5.5 “Eckstine” is here
August 7, 2020 Issue #37 - Big WordCamps canceled until 2022
July 31, 2020 Issue #36 - WordCamp US 2020 canceled
July 24, 2020 Issue #35 - Unsplash launches official WordPress plugin, causes stir with licensing
July 17, 2020 Issue #34 - WordCamp Europe to go virtual (again) for 2021
July 10, 2020 Issue #33 - Google launches Web Stories for WordPress
July 3, 2020 Issue #32 - Fighting climate change with sustainable web design
June 26, 2020 Issue #31 - Automattic criticized for "decimating" Longreads
June 19, 2020 Issue #30 - Tearing down systems of oppression
June 12, 2020 Issue #29 - Change is like flowers
June 5, 2020 Issue #28 - A heck of a lineup
May 29, 2020 Issue #27 - Technology is at its best when it brings people together
May 22, 2020 Issue #26 - Penguins are fun
May 15, 2020 Issue #25 - Smart play
May 8, 2020 Issue #24 - WordPress 💪🏼❤️
May 1, 2020 Issue #23 - Wear what you want
April 24, 2020 Issue #22 - Subscription-based economy
April 17, 2020 Issue #21 - The road ahead
April 10, 2020 Issue #20 - Fully remote
April 3, 2020 Issue #19 - "Say hello to more and better."
March 26, 2020 Issue #18 - Smells like community spirit
March 13, 2020 Issue #17 - WordCamp Europe postponed
March 6, 2020 Issue #16 - The future of WordCamps
February 28, 2020 Issue #15 - "It's a good day for Israeli WordPress startups 🇮🇱😎"
February 21, 2020 Issue #14 - See you in 11 months!
February 14, 2020 Issue #13 - “We stand with #WCAsia”
February 7, 2020 Issue #12 - What's the game plan?
January 31, 2020 Issue #11 - Gross (revenue) transparency
January 24, 2020 Issue #10 - Democratizing generosity
January 17, 2020 Issue #9 - There’s a lot to look forward to
January 9, 2020 Issue #8 - It’s 2020 already
December 19, 2019 Issue #7 - Happy holidays! 🥳
December 12, 2019 Issue #6 - The (frustrating?) State of the WordPress economy
December 5, 2019 Issue #5 - #yoastgate
November 28, 2019 Issue #4 - Black Friday / Cyber Monday doesn't have to be about discounts
November 22, 2019 Issue #3 - Can’t shake the feeling I’m looking at Windows ’95
November 15, 2019 Issue #2 - KIIIIIIIIIIIIRK!
November 8, 2019 Issue #1 - All roads lead to the block editor

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