Exiting — and Re-entering, Block Themes, GitHub Actions, and Assessing the Pandemic’s Impact on WordPress

The Post Status podcast picks of the week include two takes on selling businesses, going back to work for someone else, and then… Chris Coyier and Corey Maas tell their stories. • Daisy Olson has the lowdown on block themes. • Raquel Landefeld on the power of community. • Press the Issue launches a solidly… Continue reading Exiting — and Re-entering, Block Themes, GitHub Actions, and Assessing the Pandemic’s Impact on WordPress

How to Moderate New User Registrations in WordPress

Do you want to moderate new user registrations in WordPress? When you run a WordPress membership site, or allow users to register on your site, unfortunately it can often lead to spam user registrations. In this article, we’ll show you how to easily moderate new user registrations in WordPress, so you can manually approve and… Continue reading How to Moderate New User Registrations in WordPress

Exiting — and Re-entering, Block Themes, GitHub Actions, and Assessing the Pandemic’s Impact on WordPress

Selling businesses, going back to work for someone else, and then… Chris Coyier and Corey Maas tell their stories. • Daisy Olson has the lowndown on block themes. • Raquel Landefeld on the power of community. • Press the Issue launches a solidly journalistic WordPress podcast with Allie Nimmons investigating the pandemic’s impact on WordCamps… Continue reading Exiting — and Re-entering, Block Themes, GitHub Actions, and Assessing the Pandemic’s Impact on WordPress

WordPress Themes Team Releases New Plugin for Creating Block Themes

photo credit: Artsy Crafty Two weeks ago, WordPress theme author Rich Tabor tweeted, “Even with my theme developer hat on, I’m finding it easier and easier to create block themes ~ within ~ WordPress. I’m positive one day (soon) this will be the norm.” It looks like that day has arrived sooner than expected, as… Continue reading WordPress Themes Team Releases New Plugin for Creating Block Themes

Feedback Requested: Proposed Rollback Feature in 6.1, Performance Team Hosting Stats, and Recording Five for the Future Contributions

Get the scoop on planning for the WordPress 6.1 release, and help test its proposed plugin Rollback feature. There are also many calls for feedback from the Performance team and Five for the Future. The Performance team wants to explore ideas for automatically checking plugin best practices with a focus on security and performance, and… Continue reading Feedback Requested: Proposed Rollback Feature in 6.1, Performance Team Hosting Stats, and Recording Five for the Future Contributions

WordCamp US 2022 Tickets Now On Sale: Limited to 650 Attendees

WordCamp US will be hosting its first in-person event since 2019 in San Diego this year. The three-day event will run from September 9-11 at Town and Country Resort. Tickets went on sale today and are still available but likely to sell out soon. Unlike previous years, which had attendees number in the thousands, WCUS 2022… Continue reading WordCamp US 2022 Tickets Now On Sale: Limited to 650 Attendees

How to Add an Author’s Photo in WordPress

Do you want to add an author’s photo in WordPress? By default, most WordPress themes show the author’s gravatar as their profile picture. However, authors may want to replace this gravatar with another image. In this article, we will show you how to add an author’s photo in WordPress. When Do You Need to Add… Continue reading How to Add an Author’s Photo in WordPress