The Month in WordPress – September 2022

September was an exciting month with the return of many in-person WordCamps, WordPress Translation Day, and preparations for WordPress 6.1. Contributors across teams continue to work hard to ensure that the last major release of the year is the best it can be for everyone. Let’s catch up on all things WordPress. Countdown to WordPress … Read more

People of WordPress: Raghavendra Satish Peri

This month, in the run up to WordPress Accessibility Day, we feature Raghavendra Satish Peri, a blogger turned digital entrepreneur based in India, who specializes in web accessibility and digital marketing. The People of WordPress series shares inspiring stories of how people’s lives can change for the better through WordPress and its global network of … Read more

WordPress 6.1 “Misha”

Welcome to “Misha” Say hello to WordPress 6.1, “Misha,” inspired by the life and work of jazz pianist Mikhail “Misha” Alperin. Ukrainian-born Misha introduced the work of jazz ensembles globally and is celebrated as a founding member of the Moscow Art Trio. “Misha” further refines the site-building experience. Inside WordPress 6.1 you’ll interact with enhancements … Read more

WordPress 18

Today marks eighteen years since the very first release of WordPress. I consider myself so lucky to have co-founded the project alongside Mike Little. Who could have imagined that our nights and weekends hacking on blogging software, a fork of b2/cafelog, could turn into something powering over 40% of the web? Or that nearly twenty … Read more

WordPress 19

Today is the 19th anniversary since WordPress’ first release, which is especially exciting for a number of reasons: The community put together an awesome site celebrating the occasion at wp19.day. We just had an awesome 6.0 “Arturo” release. Next week June 2-4 WordCamp Europe returns in-person in Porto, Portugal, and I’ll be there and so … Read more