On August 7th, WordPress.com announced that Business plan users can now install third-party themes and plugins. It’s a pretty big shift and a major opportunity for theme and plugin authors, though Tony Perez has some interesting thoughts on the impact of Automattic’s move on the WordPress hosting ecosystem. There’s also some continued debate on the […]
Weekly WordPress News: Gutenberg Reaction Week
With the release of the Gutenberg beta plugin to the public, this past week has been packed full of Gutenberg reviews and reactions. You can find some of our favorites below. As is the norm for the end of the month, we also released our list of the best new free themes from the past […]
A First Look at Gutenberg Editor for WordPress: Mixed Opinions
In case you didn’t already hear the news, the new Gutenberg Editor is now available as a public BETA plugin on the WordPress.org plugin directory. It’s not quite ready for prime time – the plugin includes a hefty warning about not using it on production sites – but it is functional and usable…for beta purposes. […]
Weekly WordPress News: New Gutenberg Features
After an eventful past week with the launch of WordPress 4.8, things were a bit quieter this week. You can check out Apply Filters interview with Matt Mullenweg. And Chris Lema also has an interesting article on whether the WordPress economy is shrinking. There’s also some business news, as Imagely completed an acquisition of Tesla […]