More than 6,000 people are attending CloudFest in Europa-Park, Germany, this week. A strong contingent of WordPress developers and contributors are among them. During the Hackathon portion of the event, web professionals gather for a friendly competition, tackling problems for existing not-for-profit, OSS projects, creating solutions with a concentrated effort at a quicker pace than remote collaboration usually allows. WordPress …
The Ultimate Web Developer Toolkit
What constitutes the ultimate toolkit for web developers? To find out, we surveyed our members about what tools they use for their WordPress development business – and the results are in! To be clear, we’ve written previously about Must Have tools, but this list is based on what the members of our WPMU DEV community recommend. So, the results are …
WordPress Launches Wapuu Coloring Giveaway to Celebrate Upcoming 20th Anniversary
Wapuu lovers who are looking for a relaxing weekend activity will want to check out WordPress’ recently launched Wapuu Coloring Giveaway. The challenge is to style your own 20th anniversary party Wapuu using crayons, markers, colored pencils, pastels, or even digital drawing tools. Three random entries will be selected (which is why it’s called a giveaway and not a contest) …
Equalize Digital Raises Pre-Seed Funding for Expanding Accessibility Checker Plugin Development
Equalize Digital, a WordPress accessibility products and consulting company, has received an undisclosed amount of pre-seed funding from Emilia Capital, the investment company owned by Joost de Valk and Marieke van de Rakt. The investment will be used to accelerate the growth of Equalize Digital’s Accessibility Checker plugin, a tool for auditing websites for WCAG, ADA, and Section 508 accessibility …
How This Web Dev Went from 0 to 60 (Websites)
This is the first in a series, Member Success Stories, where we ask WPMU DEV-ers who are killing it in the WordPress web dev business to share key contributors of their success with us – and you. Today we welcome Phil, the owner of Capital Web Design, a Canadian web services agency based in Ottawa. WPMU DEV: Congrats on your …
Local 6.7.0 Adds Long-Requested Site Grouping Feature
WP Engine’s Local development app has released version 6.7.0 with Site Grouping, a highly requested feature that will greatly improve users’ workflows. It allows users to create custom groups in the sidebar of the Local dashboard page for better organization of their sites. Local users have been asking for this feature since 2017, as many are managing dozens of WordPress …
#67 – Talisha Lewallen on How CertifyWP Is Hoping To Offer WordPress Certification
Transcript [00:00:00] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress. The people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in this case, what a WordPress certification might look like. If you’d like to subscribe to the podcast, you can do …
Patchstack Tracks 328% More Security Bugs Reported in WordPress Plugins in 2022
Patchstack, a WordPress security maintenance and management tool, has published its “State of WordPress Security” whitepaper for 2022, tracking a few key metrics on publicly reported vulnerabilities. The findings highlight the risk of using unmaintained themes and plugins along with developers’ need to keep pace with updates to libraries and dependencies included in their work. Patchstack is tracking a significant …
17 Time-Saving CSS Tips For WordPress Users
WordPress offers endless possibilities for designing and customizing your website. In this article, we’ll share some practical CSS tips specifically for WordPress users, from styling your header to tweaking your fonts. While WordPress offers plenty of pre-made themes and templates, sometimes you need to take matters into your own hands and make customizations with CSS. If you have ever asked …
Toot the Word Survey Finds Mastodon Increasingly Important to WordPress’ Community of Tooters
More than 200 users on Mastodon who consider themselves part of the WordPress community, responded to the recent Toot the Word 2023 Survey, which was conducted by the admins of five WordPress-oriented Mastodon instances. The purpose of the survey was to help those running these instances understand how important Mastodon is for the WordPress community and what they can do …





