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Google Delays Page Experience Ranking Signal Rollout until June 2021, Adds New Report to Search Console
Google announced this week that it will be delaying the rollout of the new page experience ranking signal to mid-June … Continue reading Google Delays Page Experience Ranking Signal Rollout until June 2021, Adds New Report to Search Console →
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WordPress Contributors Propose Blocking FLoC in Core
WordPress contributors are proposing the project take an active position on Google’s Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC). This particular mechanism … Continue reading WordPress Contributors Propose Blocking FLoC in Core →
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Patchstack Whitepaper: 582 WordPress Security Issues Found in 2020, Over 96% From Third-Party Extensions
Patchstack, which recently rebranded from WebARX, released its 2020 security whitepaper. The report identified a total of 582 security vulnerabilities. … Continue reading Patchstack Whitepaper: 582 WordPress Security Issues Found in 2020, Over 96% From Third-Party Extensions →
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Automattic Launches Jetpack Boost: A New Performance Plugin
The Jetpack team has been quietly testing a new plugin called Jetpack Boost, which addresses website owners’ performance and SEO … Continue reading Automattic Launches Jetpack Boost: A New Performance Plugin →
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Gutenberg 10.4 Introduces Block Widgets in the Customizer
The latest release of the Gutenberg plugin (10.4) brings block widgets into the Customizer. When customizing widget-enabled areas, a new … Continue reading Gutenberg 10.4 Introduces Block Widgets in the Customizer →
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Full Site Editing Is Partly a ‘Go’ for WordPress 5.8
Today, Josepha Haden Chomphosy announced the results of yesterday’s “go/no-go” demo and decision on whether Full Site Editing (FSE) would … Continue reading Full Site Editing Is Partly a ‘Go’ for WordPress 5.8 →
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Zerodium Temporarily Triples Payout to $300K for WordPress Exploits
Zerodium, one of the most well-known security vulnerability brokers, announced that it is tripling payouts for remote code execution exploits … Continue reading Zerodium Temporarily Triples Payout to $300K for WordPress Exploits →
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FSE Outreach Round #5: Venturing out a Query Quest
The Full Site Editing (FSE) outreach program is chugging along. Since December, it has called for and completed four rounds … Continue reading FSE Outreach Round #5: Venturing out a Query Quest →
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WordCamp Europe 2021 Opens Call for Speakers and Workshops
WordCamp Europe 2021 will be taking place online, June 7-10. This will be the second year in a row that … Continue reading WordCamp Europe 2021 Opens Call for Speakers and Workshops →
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Free Software Foundation Unrelenting on Stallman Reinstatement: “We Missed His Wisdom”
The Free Software Foundation has published a public explanation of why they decided to reinstate Richard Stallman to the board … Continue reading Free Software Foundation Unrelenting on Stallman Reinstatement: “We Missed His Wisdom” →
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Display Digital Sheet Music With the WordPress Block Editor
PhonicScore, a company out of Vienna, recently released its OpenSheetMusicDisplay (OSMD) plugin. It is a WordPress block built for rendering … Continue reading Display Digital Sheet Music With the WordPress Block Editor →
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Set Up a Gutenberg Test Site in 2 Minutes with the Gutenberg Nightly Plugin
WordPress contributors are working towards landing full site editing (FSE) sometime this year, an ambitious plan that will require all … Continue reading Set Up a Gutenberg Test Site in 2 Minutes with the Gutenberg Nightly Plugin →