The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 28th November 2022
There’s no ‘This Week in WordPress’ show this week. We’ll be back next week!
Another week, and we’re bringing you the latest WordPress news from the last seven days, including…
- New features added to Gutenberg 14.6.
- Complete the 2022 WordPress survey to help steer the course of the project.
- New WP Community Collective launches this week to help fund contributors.
- Meetup.com removes accessibility overlay after concerns raised.
- Kinsta starts offering application and database storage.
- Oh, and loads of money in your back pocket if you can crack the Signal app – good luck!
There’s a whole lot more than this, as there is each and every week, and you can find all that by scrolling down and clicking on the links!
WordPress Core
 wptavern.com Gutenberg 14.6 was released last week with a long list of small but impactful refinements to core blocks and the full-site editing experience. One of the most practical enhancements included in this update is the new list view for editing the Navigation block… |
wptavern.com
Gutenberg 14.6 was released last week with a long list of small but impactful refinements to core blocks and the full-site editing experience. One of the most practical enhancements included in this update is the new list view for editing the Navigation block…
 wordpress.org The 2022 WordPress survey is open for your input and available in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish… |
wordpress.org
The 2022 WordPress survey is open for your input and available in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish…
Community
 wptavern.com The WP Community Collective (WPCC) officially launched today as a new nonprofit organization dedicated to funding individual WordPress contributors and community-led initiatives. It was founded by Sé Reed, Katie Adams Farrell, and Courtney Robertson… |
wptavern.com
The WP Community Collective (WPCC) officially launched today as a new nonprofit organization dedicated to funding individual WordPress contributors and community-led initiatives. It was founded by Sé Reed, Katie Adams Farrell, and Courtney Robertson…
 certifywp.com CertifyWP, a new organization, will soon launch a WordPress credentialing process, the first of its kind in WordPress… |
certifywp.com
CertifyWP, a new organization, will soon launch a WordPress credentialing process, the first of its kind in WordPress…
 wptavern.com On the podcast today we have Matt Medeiros. Matt is the driving force behind many WordPress initiatives. That could be the creation of plugins, WordPress news media… |
wptavern.com
On the podcast today we have Matt Medeiros. Matt is the driving force behind many WordPress initiatives. That could be the creation of plugins, WordPress news media…
 wordfest.live The Festival of WordPress! This will be the fourth 24-hour WordFest Live, and the theme this time around – transformation… |
wordfest.live
The Festival of WordPress! This will be the fourth 24-hour WordFest Live, and the theme this time around – transformation…
 rosswintle.uk Announcing (or re-announcing) WordlePress: a silly function-name guessing game for WordPress developers (and anyone else stupid enough to try). This post serves as the help page/instructions for WordlePress… |
rosswintle.uk
Announcing (or re-announcing) WordlePress: a silly function-name guessing game for WordPress developers (and anyone else stupid enough to try). This post serves as the help page/instructions for WordlePress…
 wordpress.org The latest People of WordPress story features Huanyi Chuang, from #Taiwan, on his journey to become a digital marketer and front end developer… |
wordpress.org
The latest People of WordPress story features Huanyi Chuang, from #Taiwan, on his journey to become a digital marketer and front end developer…
 wpvip.com When we were able to bring BigWP—the premier event for the enterprise WordPress community—back in person, we jumped at the chance. Here’s how we did it. |
wpvip.com
When we were able to bring BigWP—the premier event for the enterprise WordPress community—back in person, we jumped at the chance. Here’s how we did it.
 wptavern.com The overly was powered by EqualWeb, a product which claims to provide automated compliance with accessibility standards but doesn’t address inaccessibility at the root of the problem… |
wptavern.com
The overly was powered by EqualWeb, a product which claims to provide automated compliance with accessibility standards but doesn’t address inaccessibility at the root of the problem…
 switzerland.wordcamp.org We’re happy to announce that the next WordCamp Switzerland is going to be held in Murten on 1st April 2023! (No joke!) We’ve been able to secure the Centre Loewenberg, which has on-site catering and accommodation. We’d love it if you could join us… |
switzerland.wordcamp.org
We’re happy to announce that the next WordCamp Switzerland is going to be held in Murten on 1st April 2023! (No joke!) We’ve been able to secure the Centre Loewenberg, which has on-site catering and accommodation. We’d love it if you could join us…
Plugins / Themes / Blocks
 wptavern.com 10up has released version 4.4.0 of ElasticPress, its enhanced search plugin that speeds up searching while reducing the load on WordPress sites. The plugin is based on Elasticsearch and is used by customers of the ElasticPress.io service (a SaaS solution), as well as those who are hosting their own Elasticsearch instance… |
wptavern.com
10up has released version 4.4.0 of ElasticPress, its enhanced search plugin that speeds up searching while reducing the load on WordPress sites. The plugin is based on Elasticsearch and is used by customers of the ElasticPress.io service (a SaaS solution), as well as those who are hosting their own Elasticsearch instance…
 wptavern.com WordPress Core Committer Jb Audras, CTO of the France-based Whodunit agency, has released two new accessibility plugins in cooperation with Guillaume Turpin, another developer on the Whodunit team. These are small “micro” plugins developed to fill gaps in the block editor’s accessible content creation experience… |
wptavern.com
WordPress Core Committer Jb Audras, CTO of the France-based Whodunit agency, has released two new accessibility plugins in cooperation with Guillaume Turpin, another developer on the Whodunit team. These are small “micro” plugins developed to fill gaps in the block editor’s accessible content creation experience…
 devblog.jacobmartella.com Here’s how I created a custom block that allows a user to select a specific post and customize how that looks on a page… |
devblog.jacobmartella.com
Here’s how I created a custom block that allows a user to select a specific post and customize how that looks on a page…
 css-tricks.com One of the main goals of the WordPress Site Editor (and, yes, that is now the “official” name) is to move basic block styling from CSS to structured JSON… |
css-tricks.com
One of the main goals of the WordPress Site Editor (and, yes, that is now the “official” name) is to move basic block styling from CSS to structured JSON…
Deals
 WordPress Deals for Black Friday / Cyber Monday 2022. Loads of great deals on one searchable / filterable page! |
WordPress Deals for Black Friday / Cyber Monday 2022. Loads of great deals on one searchable / filterable page!
 Find a deal in our searchable / filterable list. It’s like Black Friday, but every day of the year! |
Find a deal in our searchable / filterable list. It’s like Black Friday, but every day of the year!
Security
 wordfence.com Configuration files exist to make life easier for developers and website operators. In a world without configuration files, every instance of code that depended on a database connection could potentially… |
wordfence.com
Configuration files exist to make life easier for developers and website operators. In a world without configuration files, every instance of code that depended on a database connection could potentially…
 ithemes.com Each week, we report the latest vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins and themes. Vulnerable WordPress plugins and themes are the #1 reason WordPress sites get hacked… |
ithemes.com
Each week, we report the latest vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins and themes. Vulnerable WordPress plugins and themes are the #1 reason WordPress sites get hacked…
WP Builds
 So in the last episode of the WP Builds podcast we were talking about how WordPress hosting has changed. Today it feels like more of the same. Kinsta has been hard at work setting up a new service so that you can host applications and databases… |
So in the last episode of the WP Builds podcast we were talking about how WordPress hosting has changed. Today it feels like more of the same. Kinsta has been hard at work setting up a new service so that you can host applications and databases…
Jobs
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UpdraftPlus –Wanted: Senior WordPress plugin developer who has experience developing WordPress plugins and good experience of PHP. JavaScript useful. |
UpdraftPlus –Wanted: Senior WordPress plugin developer who has experience developing WordPress plugins and good experience of PHP. JavaScript useful.
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FreshySites, a leading WordPress web design agency, is looking to hire for a remote full time Back-end WordPress & WooCommerce Developer. The developer is responsible for troubleshooting and triaging numerous sites ongoing… |
FreshySites, a leading WordPress web design agency, is looking to hire for a remote full time Back-end WordPress & WooCommerce Developer. The developer is responsible for troubleshooting and triaging numerous sites ongoing…
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Gilmour Craves –WordPress Web Developer – Full Time, Onsite/Hybrid |
Gilmour Craves –WordPress Web Developer – Full Time, Onsite/Hybrid
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Post a Job If you know of a job in the WordPress community, please feel free to post it here… |
Post a Job If you know of a job in the WordPress community, please feel free to post it here…
Not WordPress, but useful anyway…
 torquemag.io Wondering how to transition to Google Analytics 4? Here’s everything you need to know about the new system and how to make the switch… |
torquemag.io
Wondering how to transition to Google Analytics 4? Here’s everything you need to know about the new system and how to make the switch…
 flickr.com I collection of stunning, and huge, images from the James Web Telescope. Humbling to say the least… |
flickr.com
I collection of stunning, and huge, images from the James Web Telescope. Humbling to say the least…
 darkreading.com Signal messaging app zero-day vulnerabilities have sparked a $1.5M bidding match, as gray-market exploit brokers flourish in today’s geopolitical climate… |
darkreading.com
Signal messaging app zero-day vulnerabilities have sparked a $1.5M bidding match, as gray-market exploit brokers flourish in today’s geopolitical climate…
 escapingtech.com I said that Mastodon moderation wouldn’t scale, it does. The cultural differences will likely continue to maintain a friendlier atmosphere regardless of size… |
escapingtech.com
I said that Mastodon moderation wouldn’t scale, it does. The cultural differences will likely continue to maintain a friendlier atmosphere regardless of size…
 techcrunch.com At its re:Invent conference today, AWS announced the launch of AWS Application Composer, a new low-code tool for visually designing and building serverless applications… |
techcrunch.com
At its re:Invent conference today, AWS announced the launch of AWS Application Composer, a new low-code tool for visually designing and building serverless applications…
 bbc.co.uk Really?!?!? The lawsuit says the company’s three-and-a-half minute preparation time claim is misleading… |
bbc.co.uk
Really?!?!? The lawsuit says the company’s three-and-a-half minute preparation time claim is misleading…
 blog.lastpass.com We are working diligently to understand the scope of the incident and identify what specific information has been accessed… |
blog.lastpass.com
We are working diligently to understand the scope of the incident and identify what specific information has been accessed…
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