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Sep 18
Out now: The Repository #320 🗞️ 👔 Mullenweg returns as Automattic CEO 🔇 Automattic staff say they're in the dark 🗓️ Proposal to revive North American WordPress events 🚗 GatherPress on track to replace Meetup .com 🔗 therepository.email/320
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Sep 18
Staff say questions in Slack have gone unanswered and an internal anonymous forum has been shut down. One employee describes anger, frustration, and feeling disrespected. 🔗
One Week After Board Crisis, Automattic Employees Say They’re Being Kept in the Dark
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Sep 18
A year after withdrawing its first official block theme, WooCommerce says the time it spent improving core blocks and the editor made Purple worth bringing back. 🔗
WooCommerce Revives Purple Block Theme, Releases it for Beta Testing
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Sep 18
More than 90 people contributed to WordPress 7.1.1, patching 11 vulnerabilities, including two reported by Anthropic and one by AI pentest firm pwn.ai. 🔗 therepository.email/wordpress-7-1-…
pwn.ai — Autonomous Penetration Testing
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Sep 18
Described as "an intentionally minimal blog theme that centers on a blank canvas to make your own, with built-in room for creativity," WordPress's next default theme is now available for testing. 🔗
‘Ipsum’ Proposed as Next WordPress Default Theme, Ending 16 Years of the Twenty- Naming Convention
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