Bird Buddy turns backyard birdwatching into a connected experience. Its smart feeders take close-up photos, identify visiting species, and pair with a mobile app. See how its commerce site brings the product and story together in the WordPress Showcase. https://t.co/tXnbNsglhi
SQLite Database Integration 3.1.1 is now available. If you run WordPress on SQLite, you can now use INTERVAL operators for date arithmetic, and this release fixes issues with transactions, foreign keys, and temporary tables. https://t.co/EXaLc6yUwA
The PHP project has released fixes for 2 critical vulnerabilities affecting servers that host PHP applications. Site owners and technical teams should confirm their hosting provider’s update plan and update PHP immediately. Versions before PHP 8.2 no longer receive security updates. These issues are not specific to WordPress, and no WordPress update is required. https://t.co/2Bgok9Vdcq
Gutenberg 24.2 is here. You can now keep notes open in a margin next to your content while the Settings sidebar stays in view. Navigation menus accept any link from a single search, and galleries can be sorted and tinted with a single duotone filter. https://t.co/zcI4lD1Dg7
A new look. More settings. More languages.
WordPress Contributor Toolkit 2.0 Beta 1 is ready for testing, featuring a redesigned interface built with the WordPress Design System, a dark theme, and new settings to support your development workflow.
The entire interface is now translatable, with seven languages already included.
Take a quick look at what’s new in the demo, then help improve the next release by testing the beta, reporting issues, or contributing a translation.
Explore and test the beta: https://t.co/cTlZRf7Ha5
Help translate: https://t.co/3V8TUpEqbd
If you build with WordPress, the October developer roundup is worth a read. WordPress 7.2 Beta 1 lands on October 20, and you can already test the new default theme, Ipsum, plus the design tools now enabled across nearly every Core block. https://t.co/JtiQiRCFLT
Meet Purple, a free block theme for WooCommerce.
Launch with your core pages already built: homepage, product catalog, product pages, cart, checkout, and order confirmation. Customize colors, typography, and layout in the Site Editor to fit your brand.
https://t.co/CLiBAbFxqq
Color us impressed by Purple from @WooCommerce! 💜
It’s a new, free block theme with your core ecommerce store pages already built. Make it your own in the Site Editor. Try it for yourself today.
Your next WordPress idea could start with a conversation.
Join WordCamp Asia 2027 in Penang, Malaysia, April 9–11 to learn new skills, meet the community, and bring fresh ideas home.
Get your ticket: https://t.co/UaJSgid9DV
Make time for community.
With lots of WordPress events happening over the next week, there are plenty of chances to learn, share, and meet new people.
Nothing in your area? Consider starting your own and bringing your local community together. https://t.co/5FtydlIdGZ
WooCommerce 11.2.1 fixes two checkout regressions introduced in 11.2.0: classic checkout on stores that remove address fields, and postcode validation on the checkout block for Argentina and a few other countries. https://t.co/FIgyZfxXZG
WooCommerce 11.2 is here 🚀
📦 Product CSV imports match by GTIN
📅 Date fields at checkout
✉️ Configurable withdrawal emails
🎨 More block styling options https://t.co/rXi0AxqeLS
WordPress 7.1.3 is now available with 7 security fixes and 4 bug fixes. Update your sites immediately from the Dashboard, or download the release from https://t.co/D96rzeNjAa. https://t.co/ajA6Az8cmI
Every WordPress contributor starts somewhere. Your first step could be joining a team meeting.
Browse the Make WordPress meetings calendar, find a team you’re curious about, and get to know the people helping shape WordPress.
Find an upcoming meeting: https://t.co/GDX66CfUqo
WooCommerce 11.6 will move the minimum PHP requirement to 8.1. WooCommerce 11.3 will start informing users on older PHP versions, allowing time to upgrade before the change. https://t.co/JjL7F7OA5X
WooCommerce 11.2 removes the experimental Dual API from core, offering it as a separate plugin for flexible development. The proof-of-concept API for products and coupons is also removed. https://t.co/iY28M8MCdO
Good conversations. Shared ideas. A community to grow with.
Join an upcoming WordPress event to meet people, learn something new, and share what you know. Your experience could be just what someone else needs. No event near you? Help bring your local WordPress community together by starting one.
Find your next event or explore organizing: https://t.co/F4vDgzD6Ma
Google Forms has 3 problems that no update will ever fix. 🔒
They come from how it's built. When you embed a Google Form in WordPress, you're really showing a window into a page on https://t.co/8f0HqkfGS5.
Your theme can't style it, and the answers go to a Google Sheet instead of your WordPress site.
It also stops at submit. It can't take a payment, start an email sequence, or send a sales question to one person and a support question to another.
And it can't show you where people quit your form, so every fix is a guess.
We tested 6 Google Forms alternatives on a real WordPress site to see which ones fix these problems.
Here's what we found:
🧩 @easywpforms: The only one on the list that fixes all three, with a field-by-field report that shows where people quit.
🔗 @Fluent_Forms: Gives your form its own branded link and QR code for $63 a year.
🏥 @Jotform: The pick for clinics that need HIPAA-compliant forms.
📇 @HubSpot: Free, and every answer becomes a contact in a real CRM.
📋 @Typeform: The best-looking surveys, but Basic caps you at 100 responses a month.
See the full comparison and our expert pick in the guide 👇
(Link is in the thread below)