The WP Engine tracker says that 24,510 websites left from WP Engine since September 21st. They are now showing where they moved to also.

The Easy A11y Guide YouTube channel has lots of good videos with information on how to apply accessibility best practices. For example, here is an easy to follow video showing the wrong way and the correct way to hide content on a page.

Penpot, the popular alternative to Figma, released a plugins API. This will make it possible for third parties to extend the platform and provide integrations.

ACF Pro is now available for download from WordPress.org under the name Secure Custom Fields. I take a look at this new addition to the WordPress plugin directory and wonder if this is a fork or a nulled plugin?

Videos of the presentations at WordCamp Sydney 2024 have been posted. It looks like the presentations there were more technical than some of the US WordCamps.

Anne McCarthy reports on the status of Gutenberg stage 3 (collaboration) in this post. It sounds like some progress is being made and we may start to see more public previews soon.

Google was found guilty of maintaining an illegal search and text advertising monopoly. Yesterday the US Department of Justice asked the court to require Google to divest of it Chrome browser. This will be decided in April.

Automattic acquires Harper. Harper is a Grammarly competitor with a privacy focus. The creator of Harper will be joining Automattic.

The PeepSo community plugin is the latest to leave the WordPress plugin directory. The reasons given are due to the revelations about WP org ownership and handing of the WP Engine dispute, as well as issues with the management of the plugin directory in general.