MemberPress Deactivates Backend for Expired Licenses

Hey, WordPress friends! We are checking in with your latest dose of weekly WordPress news. WordPress 6.0 Beta 3 is out this week in time for its scheduled release on May 24. Check this detailed guide if you want to test out the new features. Beyond that, MemberPress’ updated renewal policy has sparked discussions in […]

Gutenberg Hub Launches an Online Page Builder App Using WordPress Patterns – WP Tavern

I have been raving about the power of patterns for what feels like forever at this point. And, just when I start wondering what this feature will look like next, someone surprises me with a new idea. Often that person is Munir Kamal. He mentioned that he would share a “little” page-generation app that ties […]

SpinupWP Launches CLI Tool and External Database Support – WP Tavern

SpinupWP, the cloud-based WordPress server control panel from the folks at Delicious Brains, turns four this year. They celebrated by launching one of the most frequently requested features, a command-line interface to manage servers and sites from the terminal. Other recent updates include external database support, the site log viewer which allows you to view […]

Local Launches Atlas Add-on for Sandboxing Headless WordPress Sites – WP Tavern

Local, a popular WordPress development tool maintained by WP Engine, has launched a new add-on for quickly spinning up headless WordPress sites on its new Atlas platform. The company has been working to capture the headless WordPress hosting market over the past few years, investing in a new team dedicated to building out its headless […]

Munir Kamal Updates and Overhauls the Block Slider Plugin – WP Tavern

A couple of weeks ago, Munir Kamal updated his Block Slider plugin for WordPress. While not as popular as some of the other projects he has spearheaded, such as Editor Plus, he wanted to breathe some fresh life into it. The original plugin allowed users to insert a slider block and create the slides directly […]

Phi Phan Launches a Separator Block With an Icon Option – WP Tavern

Less than a week after launching Block Enhancements, Phi Phan has released another project: Icon Separator. It is a block plugin for creating custom dividers with an SVG icon. “I’ve tried to support icons in the core/separator,” Phan said when we last spoke about adding icons to core blocks. “But it requires changing the markup. […]

WordPress 6.0 Beta 1 Release

Hey, WordPress friends! We are checking in with your latest dose of weekly WordPress news. This week, we get our first look at WordPress 6.0 in the first beta release – give it a test if you want to see what’s new. The current target for the final release is May 24, 2022. Beyond that, […]

Gutenberg 13.0 Adds Text Selection Across Multiple Blocks, New Stack Group Variation, and Featured Cover Blocks – WP Tavern

Gutenberg 13.0 landed earlier today in the WordPress plugin directory. It is one of the heftier releases lately, containing the final features that should ship with WordPress 6.0. The more prominent features include multi-block partial text selection, Cover blocks with featured images, a Stack variation for Groups, and pattern-based page creation. And there is much […]

WordPress 6.0 Might Ship a Feature for Picking a Block Pattern on Page Creation – WP Tavern

I once said that full-page patterns were the missing link for block theme development. Theme authors have been able to include such layouts since the patterns feature was rolled out in WordPress 5.5 last year. However, core WordPress has never provided an experience built around them. This may be changing when WordPress 6.0 ships next […]

Phi Phan Launches Block Enhancements WordPress Plugin – WP Tavern

WordPress developer Phi Phan has been making small splashes lately, but in a sea of 1,000s of plugins, it is increasingly tough to make a wave. Over the weekend, he released the Block Enhancements plugin, the first pass on a project that he plans to iterate on with new ideas. Adding icons to buttons with […]