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Matt Mullenweg, co-founder of WordPress, has made a significant announcement by declaring a holiday break for WordPress.org services for the first time. The break, intended to give Mullenweg and the many volunteers behind WordPress a much-needed rest, will temporarily halt

Joost de Valk, the co-founder of Yoast SEO, has called for a radical shift in the way WordPress is governed, urging the community to break free from its longstanding leadership structure. His comments come in the wake of recent controversies

The WordPress ecosystem is packed with themes that cater to a range of styles and functionalities, but which themes are the most popular and widely used? Recent insights into download stats and user reviews reveal some clear favorites, each with

The WordPress Themes Repository has reached a significant milestone, now featuring over 1,000 block themes in its extensive library of 12,000+ free themes. Introduced with WordPress 5.9, block themes enable users to design, customize, and modify every aspect of their

The popular WordPress plugin Jetpack has released a critical update (13.9.1) following the discovery of a security vulnerability that has left sites exposed for nearly eight years. The vulnerability affected Jetpack’s Contact Form feature, allowing any logged-in user on a

In the wake of the recent Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) controversy on WordPress.org, multiple prominent developers have started pulling their plugins from the repository, voicing concerns about WordPress governance and security. The controversy began after a contentious fork of ACF,