Core Team Explores Idea to Automatically Upgrade Sites Running WordPress 3.7 to 3.8

WordPress 3.7 ‘Basie’ was released on October 24, 2013 and introduced automatic updates for minor releases to the masses. Although it’s not labeled as such, WordPress 3.7 has effectively acted as a LTS version or Long-term support. Security updates and crucial bug fixes have been ported back to previous branches up to 3.7. In this week’s WordPress developer chat, Aaron …

Ultimate Branding Just Made Customizing Login Screens Super Easy

Ultimate Branding just turned 5 and we’re celebrating with some epic new white label features! Our WordPress re-branding plugin is the all-in-one, everything you need toolkit for giving WordPress a completely new look WordPress. Personalize the dashboard, reconfigure the toolbar, add your very own hot links and tooltips, replace the WordPress logo absolutely everywhere including the […] View original post at …

Morten Rand-Hendriksen on What Gutenberg Means For the Future of WordPress

As work continues on Gutenberg, members of the community are discussing its impacts on WordPress’ future. Morten Rand-Hendriksen considers Gutenberg to be a watershed moment, “This is a revolution,” he said. “This is a watershed moment for WordPress. This is entirely new and fundamentally different from how WordPress works and how we work with it today. I cannot overstate it …