Here is a WordPress fork from one of the former BuddyPress leads. I wonder if we will start seeing more of these personal forks.

The Dynamic WordPress Facebook group recently voted for the most innovative WordPress plugin or theme of 2024. This was an opportunity for group members to share their appreciation and recommendations about stand-out WordPress products. 

Matt has removed Joost and Karim from WordPress org and challenged them to create their own fork.

Automattic is lowering their contributor hours to 45 hours a week, to match those of WPE.

Congratulations to the top 5 winners of the WP Awards: ACF, WooCommerce, Elementor, WordFence, and The Admin Bar.

Also congratulations to the winners in their categories.

Will 2025 be the year of the page builder? Many things happened in 2024 so that now WordPress is poised for lots of changes. Here are my predictions for the new year along with some reasons why. Note, there is a video version linked at the top of the article.

Jono Alderson has tried to map out and answer the question “what is WordPress”.

A simple and straightforward response to the current situation in the WordPress community.

Joost calls for a change in WordPress leadership and taking back the commons. He is one of the few in the community with the clout to change the current course of the Titanic.