WordPress Ticket #30465 Was Opened 10 Years Ago – Is 2025 Going to Be the Year It Finally Gets Resolved?

Back in November 2014, a WordPress developer named Sergej Mueller raised what seemed like a reasonable concern: users had no way of knowing if a plugin they were using had been removed from the official repository - even if it was removed for security reasons. His ticket - officially #30465 - was closed relatively soon after, but with no resolution. Little did Sergej know that it would be reopened almost ten years later.

10 WordPress Influencers Who Made Waves in 2024

If you're a follower of our blog, then you already know that our main niche starts with a Word and ends in a Press. And while there are plenty of noteworthy WordPress stories that made headlines this past year, it's easy to make the argument that this was very much a personality-driven year. Let's take a look at the individuals who had the biggest impact on WordPress in 2024.

(Nearly) 20,000 Free-to-Use Images Now Available in the WordPress Photo Directory

Almost 20,000 free, high-quality images are part of the WordPress community-submitted Photo Directory. They are free to use on any site (not just WordPress) for both commercial and non-commercial purposes. You read that correctly – these photos are CC0-licensed, meaning they are part of the public domain. They can be downloaded and used for any purpose, including marketing and branding, with no cost or attribution required.

What Writers and Bloggers ACTUALLY Think of the WordPress Block Editor

A while back, I set out to browse through all the interesting opinions about WordPress’ block editor and how it’s meeting user needs these days. What I was interested in wasn’t so much the historical record of how the block editor started – back then called Gutenberg – but rather how well it’s working for people now.