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The WordPress Themes Repository has hit an exciting milestone of 1,000 block themes. As of today, the repository has over 12,000 free themes.  Block themes were introduced in WordPress 5.9 all… Source

Automattic’s Marketing Lead, Nicholas Garofalo, has announced that WordPress is adding a new element to the Community Code of Conduct: Publishing private messages without consent. This addition exp… Source

Automattic has agreed to remove the WP Fusion Lite Plugin from WordPress.com following a Cease and Desist letter filed by the plugin’s creator Jack Arturo on October 12, 2024. The letter accu… Source

Following the recent ban and ACF to Secure Custom Fields fork/takeover incident, some plugin authors have announced their decision to remove their plugins from the WordPress.org repository. Gravity… Source

On the podcast today we have Christy Nyiri and Mike Straw from Automattic’s Special Projects Team. They discuss their design work, contributions to WordPress, and the team’s internal, a… Source

There’s a lot of misinformation and fear being spread about WordPress. Here’s an objective overview of the latest WordPress drama, and how it may affect your website. Source