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Matt Mullenweg’s crusade against WP Engine seems to have hit a roadblock as the case moved from the court of public opinion to the court of…well, the actual court. On Tuesday December 10, WP Engine won a preliminary injunction against Mullenweg and Automattic that seems to be aimed at preserving the status quo from before Mullenweg’s alleged attack, thus giving the case time to work through the court system while limiting the damage to WP Engine.

On November 12, WordPress 6.7 was released for WordPress users everywhere to enjoy. Keeping with the jazz theme, WordPress 6.7 goes by the name "Rollins," named after Sonny Rollins. In total, 750 different contributors worked on WordPress 6.7. In this post, I want to take you through some of the highlights of the release, including features that regular users will care about and features that developers might care about.

A couple of weeks ago, I talked about the new and growing fight between Automattic/Matt Mullenweg and WP Engine. Back then, the two were mainly trading words, and dueling cease and desist letters. However, the scope seems to be continuing to expand, including WP Engine filing an actual lawsuit against Matt Mullenweg and Automattic.

If you follow WordPress at any level, it’s hard not to have heard about the drama surrounding Matt Mullenweg’s attack on WP Engine at the tail end of WordCamp US, something that marred what otherwise seemed like a very lovely event.

Hey there, WordPress fans! I am checking in today to let you know that WordCamp US 2024 is about to kick off!

If you like ambitious projects, I think this news tidbit will be right up your alley. In late August, Matt Mullenweg and Automattic announced plans to migrate all of the existing Tumblr websites to WordPress. Given that Tumblr hosts more than half a billion blogs (yes – that’s a “B”), I think this might just be one of the largest migration projects ever undertaken.

If you're attending WordCamp US 2024 in person or online, I have great news! In late August, we got our first look at the full lineup and schedule for this year's event, which will be held in Portland, Oregon from September 17-20.

If you're a fan of default WordPress themes, I have great news! On August 15, we got our first look at the upcoming Twenty Twenty-Five default theme in this WordPress.org post. The new Twenty Twenty-Five theme will be released as part of WordPress 6.7 (which is currently scheduled for release on November 12, 2024).

WordPress 6.6 “Dorsey” went live a couple of days ago on July 16! As with most of the major releases over the past few years, the new features and changes primarily focus on the Site Editor and Block Editor, with not much being done for people using the “classic” approach to WordPress.

Lately, I’ve learned that there are three sure things in life – death, taxes, and Awesome Motive acquiring popular WordPress businesses. That third certainty is what prompted me to write this post and let you know about the latest addition to their portfolio.

Howdy, WordPress friends. In this edition, I’ll cover WordCamp Europe 2024 (and tell you more about its venue in 2025), an ongoing supply chain attack that’s affecting lots of plugins/WordPress sites (make sure your sites are safe), several new WordPress acquisitions, and plenty more news and tidbits.

Hey there, WordPress fans! I am back with the latest edition of our monthly WordPress news roundup, which covers everything that happened in WordPress over the past 30 days…or so.

Check-in for the latest WordPress news, including Jetpack Stats going paid, Woo rebranding, WordPress.org redesigns, and lots, lots more.

In the biggest news of the month, WordPress 6.5 is being shipped today after having been pushed back from March 26th. Bluehost also launched a new cloud hosting service, along with what appears to be a pretty tight partnership with Automattic.

We are back with the latest edition of our monthly WordPress news roundup, covering all the biggest WordPress news and events from the past 30 days or so. In some of the largest news from the past month, the results are out for the 2023 WordPress Annual Survey, which provides some interesting insights into the state of the WordPress community.

Hey WordPress, fans. We are back with our first WordPress news roundup covering news that happened in 2024. While there wasn’t a ton going on this month in the WordPress space, we did manage to dig up some interesting stories and events from the past month.

Howdy, WordPress fans. We are back with our latest batch of WordPress news from the past month, which just so happens to be the last WordPress news from 2023.

This is the December 2023 edition of “This Month in WordPress with CodeinWP.” We are back with the latest roundup of WordPress news and happenings from the past month. If you’re in the USA, hopefully you can shake off the post-Thanksgiving turkey coma to read about everything that’s going on in the WordPress space.

This is the November 2023 edition of “This Month in WordPress with CodeinWP.” Over the past 30 days or so, there was plenty to talk about, with debate over the Ollie theme’s onboarding process, a new website showcase at WordPress.org, WordPress 6.4 release candidates, live previews for plugins at WordPress.org, and lots more.

This is the October 2023 edition of “This Month in WordPress with CodeinWP.” In the biggest bit of news, there was some of the most heated #wpdrama we’ve seen in a long time, with well-known WordPress personalities duking it out on Twitter (or is it “X”?) over the WordPress.com plugin directory and WordPress governance in general.

We are back with another roundup of all the latest WordPress news and gossip from the past month. Whereas the previous few months had been relatively quiet, the last month had two big happenings – the release of WordPress 6.3 in early August and WordCamp US 2023 in late August.

This is the August 2023 edition of “This Month in WordPress with CodeinWP.” First off, we got a look at the betas and release candidates for WordPress 6.3, so you should have a good idea of what the next major release will look like when it lands in August.

This is the July 2023 edition of “This Month in WordPress with CodeinWP.” This month, Jetpack added a new AI writing assistant that all WordPress users can access, WordPress.com made some of its monetization features available for free, and reusable blocks are getting a rebrand.

This is the June 2023 edition of “This Month in WordPress with CodeinWP.” Howdy, WordPress fans. We are back with another dose of WordPress news and events from the past month.

Hey, WordPress fans, we are back with the latest roundup of WordPress news and events from the past month. This is the May 2023 edition of “This Month in WordPress with CodeinWP.”

This is the April 2023 edition of “This Month in WordPress with CodeinWP.” In the biggest news of the month, WordPress 6.2 went live, bringing a number of improvements to the Site Editor experience. It was, however, a day late – learn why below!

We are back with the latest round of WordPress news from the past month in our March 2023 WordPress news roundup. As has become the norm, last month saw some big acquisitions in the WordPress space – Awesome Motive acquired WP101, and MemberPress acquired its competitor plugin MemberMouse.

This is the February 2023 edition of “This Month in WordPress with CodeinWP.” There were some big WordPress acquisitions, a new ad/promotion product from Automattic, a potential new design for the WordPress.org theme directory, WordCamp Europe 2023 tickets and speaker openings, and lots more.