Torque was created at WordCamp San Francisco in 2013 as a way to give back to the WordPress community. That vision has since grown and made Torque a leading resource in WordPress. Geared toward beginner and experienced developers alike, Torque aims to help every person make the most out of WordPress.  That is why, after nearly six years, the Torque Team is proud to announce a fresh new Torque experience for our readers in 2019 and beyond. The redesign took 12 months of planning and countless people to bring it to life. This is a huge win for Torque and […]

Automattic just closed a Series D funding round of $3 million from one investor, Salesforce Ventures. According to Automattic founder, Matt Mullenweg, this investment will allow the company to stay the course and honor the current roadmap. For Automattic, the funding will allow us to accelerate our roadmap (perhaps by double) and scale up our existing products—including WordPress.com, WordPress VIP, WooCommerce, Jetpack, and (in a few days when it closes) Tumblr. It will also allow us to increase investing our time and energy into the future of the open source WordPress and Gutenberg. More than anything, the funding is a huge endorsement of open source and the WordPress […]

In its biggest acquisition to date, Automattic Inc. has purchased Tumblr along with its 200 employees. Automattic CEO, Matt Mullenweg told the Wall Street Journal that executives will try to find ways to merge Tumblr’s functionality with WordPress.com’s. According to Post Status, Mullenweg’s initial goals for the website are to: 1. Move infrastructure off Verizon.2. Support same APIs on both WP.com and Tumblr.3. Switch backend to be WP.4. Open source Tumblr.com client similar to Calypso. He went on to say that though there will be changes to the backend, the front-end user experience will stay the same as it is today. Because Tumblr has […]

It was announced today that Digital Experience Platform WP Engine will acquire hosting and management company Flywheel. This marks the largest acquisition in the WordPress industry to date. “On behalf of the WP Engine team, we couldn’t be more excited to join forces with one of the most respected brands in WordPress. I personally welcome each employee and customer into the WP Engine family and I’m excited about the opportunities we will create in the years to come,” said Heather Brunner, Chairwoman and CEO of WP Engine. Both companies have been staples of the WordPress community for years, and have […]

WordPress powers over 30 percent of the web, including some of the Internet’s biggest enterprise sites. On Tuesday, WordPress VIP Go experienced an issue that left multiple sites with nothing but a photo of a succulent. At 17:27 UTC, WordPress VIP announced ongoing issues with the platform, citing 503 errors and missing theme files. This caused many sites to experience the default theme. Affected sites included TechCrunch, WooCommerce, Rolling Stone, and BBC America. The team was quick to release a response to the issue: WordPress VIP Go outage affecting all 9to5/Electrek/DroneDJ sites currently. https://t.co/PQCWWc50MW We’ve reverted to default WordPress theme […]

This year’s WordCamp Europe is putting on a focus on the future of WordPress by holding a session for kids to create their own sites. This will be on top of the regular childcare services during the conference. The kids’ workshop will take place on the 20th of June during Contributor Day and is open to all 8-14-year-olds. You can register your child here. According to organizers, “This workshop will be run by Petya Raykovska, a Senior Project Manager at Human Made, who has spent more than 10 years managing and creating websites and is experienced in leading WordPress workshops […]

Since its inception, WordPress has grown from a blogging platform into a CMS that powers some of the biggest websites in the world. This free White Paper looks at how you can use WordPress to power your large-scale, professional site. Download Free White Paper Here Learn about the ease of use, customizability, and security of using WordPress to power your professional website.

One of the biggest things to happen to WordPress last year was the launch of 5.0 and Gutenberg. Since then, the community has created plugins, themes, and libraries all optimized for the new editor. London-based agency, 93digital is adding to the fray with GutenBrain. A plugin that allows you to control Gutenberg with your mind. The plugin comes with a headset that uses a brain control interface and AI to let you actually create blocks just by thinking about it. According to the press release, “WordPress users can wear the wireless headset, and after going through a calibration exercise using […]

The Internet plays a huge part in everyone’s lives. We use it to shop, connect to people, and be entertained. However there is a group of people utilizing the Internet like never before, and in fact, planning their lives around it, Generation Z. Generation Z consists of anyone born after 1995 and makes up about 25 percent of the US population. This group, unlike any other, is letting the Internet shape their futures, and business owners need to take notice. According to a study conducted by WP Engine and The Center for Generational Kinetics says that 55 percent of Gen […]

One of the largest multilingual plugins in WordPress, WPML, was breached this weekend when customers received an email claiming the plugin released sensitive information. The email encouraged customers to check their databases and passwords and not rely on the plugin’s customer service to fix the problem. FYI: someone hacked @wpml‘s website and sent this out to everyone pic.twitter.com/lMml23qUjD — Ben Word (@retlehs) January 19, 2019 A tweet sent out on Sunday claims the hacker was an ex-employee using a backdoor. It says the plugin itself wasn’t compromised but customers should change their account passwords. We’re very sorry to report that our […]