Chris Christoff of the Plugins Team has published the roadmap of Phase 2 of the Plugin Check plugin. According to the statistics shared at this year’s State of the Word, 41% fewer issues were reported per approved plugin after launching the Plugin Check tool, enabling the team to approve 138% more plugins …
Community Team Proposes Women-Centric WordPress Events for International Women’s Day
The WordPress Community Team has proposed hosting women-centric events on International Women’s Day through local WordPress communities to celebrate, empower, and inspire women. These events are envisioned as platforms where women can connect, share experiences, and enhance their skills in an inclusive and supportive environment. These events could take various forms, such …
India to Host Three WordCamps in January 2025
The Indian WordPress community is set for an exciting start to 2025, with three WordCamps scheduled for January, as per WordCamp Central. India has a thriving WordPress community and according to the WordPress Meetup global trends report (January 2023 to June 2024), published by the Community Team, Indian cities Ahmedabad and Mumbai recorded …
Nick Hamze’s Call to Make WordPress Themes Weird and Exciting Sparks Accessibility Discussion
Nick Hamze has called for making WordPress themes exciting and the web weird again. “WordPress desperately needs your creativity, your weird ideas, your willingness to break the visual rules. The future of the web shouldn’t be a monochrome landscape of identical layouts.”, he said. He believes there are plenty of good themes …
WordPress.org Services Resume After Holiday Break
Automattician Alex Shiels of the Meta team has announced the resumption of WordPress.org services after the holiday break of two weeks. Users can now register new accounts, submit plugins, themes, and photos, and review plugins once again. Last month, Matt Mullenweg declared WordPress.org’s first-ever holiday break. He said, “In order to …