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The dispute between WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg and hosting provider WP Engine continues, with Mullenweg announcing that WordPress is “forking” a plugin developed by WP Engine, TechCrunch reported. Specifically, Advanced Custom Fields — a plugin making it easier for WordPress users to customize their edit screens — is being taken out of WP Engine’s hands and updated as a new
Matthias Pfefferie wrote on the WordPress website: Exciting times are here for all WordPress.com users! The revolutionary ActivityPub feature is now available across all WordPress.com plans, unlocking a world of engagement and interaction for your blog. You blogs can now be part of the rapidly expanding fediverse, which enables you to connect with a broader audience and attract more followers.
WordPress announced that they plan on treating Google’s new FLoC tracking technology as a security concern and plan to block it by default on WordPress sites, BleepingComputer reported. WordPress has joined the growing list of creators of browsers and search engines that refuse to implement Google’s FLoC in their content. There is a proposal on WordPress.org titled: "“Treat FloC as
Website hosting provider DreamHost offers a wide range of services to meet its customers' needs. One of those offerings is called DreamPress, DreamHost's fully managed service for users running WordPress-based websites. While it's possible to run a WordPress site on DreamHost's shared and VPS-based hosting solutions, DreamPress is different in that all facets of a user's WordPress installation are fully
Facebook opened up their embedded post option to everyone today. Now, you can take a post, grab the embed code and insert into a blog like Wordpress. Developers can now add this to their apps. They released a new version of the Facebook plugin for WordPress that supports Embedded Posts. Otherwise, you can copy code to bring an embedded post into your article.
Today Yahoo! announced they have purchased Tumblr for $1.1 billion. Of course, Yahoo's track record for buying companies seems to be that of a kid with ADHD at Christmas time - by February they want new toys. Will this be a great deal for Yahoo! or will we they just push aside for another acquisition down the road. Yahoo! Acquires
I you run a blog then odds are you are using Wordpress as your content management system. One of the most popular plugins is Jetpack -- a great solution for site stats that provides much better information than what is provided by default. Now the two have combined for an interactive annual report. It is not clear which is behind