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Sixteen 10uppers Contribute to WordPress 6.6

Earlier this month, WordPress released version 6.6, “Dorsey”, bringing more design freedom and a more efficient user experience. Sixteen 10uppers contributed to Dorsey, a reflection of 10up’s commitment to giving back to the open web.

The most notable improvements to come from WordPress 6.6 include:

The introduction of Section Styles gives the ability to override all the styles of a section, including nested elements & blocks.
A new Grid Block that brings more flexibility when laying out content.
An auto-update option for installed plugins — with the ability to roll back to previous versions if necessary.
The ability to have a negative value into custom spacing for margins, giving editors greater creative control.
The power to customize or override content in each instance of a synced pattern, while keeping consistent style and layout across them.
The introduction of a side-by-side layout for pages in the Site Editor with page preview capabilities.

Felipe Elia on April 22

I am proud to have been a mentor in the Second Cohort (2024 Q1) WordPress Contributor Mentorship, a six-week program that strengthens the contributor process for WordPress. I was one of 28 mentors who supported 52 mentees in extensive learning and contribution to WordPress Core and the latest 6.5 release in real-time.

Director of Open Source Initiatives Jeff Paul also served as a part of the WordPress Contributor Working Group, which manages the program.

If you’re interested in learning more about 10up’s leadership in the WordPress community, and how our expertise can help your organization reach its digital goals, get in touch.

Fourteen 10uppers Contribute to WordPress 6.5

Jeff Paul on April 15

Earlier this month, WordPress released version 6.5, “Regina”, bringing significant editorial experience improvements, including the much-anticipated Font Library. Fourteen 10uppers contributed to Regina, a reflection of 10up’s commitment to giving back to the open web.

WordPress 6.5 empowers site and content managers with several editorial experience enhancements, including:

A brand new Font Library, enabling typography management directly in the Site Editor.
A smoother, more controlled drag & drop experience when rearranging blocks in the list view.
The introduction of Data Views to better organize data in pages, templates, patterns, and template parts — editors can choose between a table or grid view, and easily make bulk changes.
A more in-depth revisions feature, providing editor names, time stamps, and short descriptions of work done on all content.

10up Made 904 WordPress Core Contributions in 2023

Jeff Paul on February 16 • 2 Comments

In 2023, 10up made 904 contributions to the WordPress Core — the third highest amount out of the 286 companies that contributed. Twenty-five 10uppers made those contributions, including 3 active Core Committers.

Twenty 10uppers Contribute to WordPress 6.4

Jeff Paul on November 22, 2023

Earlier this month, WordPress released version 6.4, “Shirley”, introducing a versatile new default theme, Twenty Twenty-Four, alongside enhancements to the Block Editor’s workflow and organization. Befitting the season of thanks and giving, we are proud to share that twenty 10uppers contributed to the release.

Seventeen 10uppers Contribute to WordPress 6.3

Jeff Paul on August 25, 2023

Earlier this month, WordPress released its 6.3 update, “Lionel”, bringing with it significant advancements to the Block Editor, notable performance improvements, and other core updates such as accessibility and internationalization enhancements. Seventeen 10uppers made contributions to the release, making a total of 290 contributions to improve the world’s most popular CMS.

10up continues to integrate AI into WordPress with ClassifAI

Jeff Paul on August 21, 2023

The latest 2.1 and 2.2 releases of ClassifAI incorporate new applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) within WordPress, adding new simplifications and enhancements to common editorial workflows.

ClassifAI can now offer SEO-friendly title suggestions generated by OpenAI’s ChatGPT, by analyzing post content and identifying clear words and phrases best suited to boost SEO. This feature offers editors three title suggestions, which can be edited directly in the suggestions interface before making a selection.

Jake Goldman on August 15, 2023

WordPress VIP has named 10up its Top Gold Agency Partner for Q2 of 2023. 10up’s partnership with WordPress VIP continues to create success for our shared clients and drive innovation for the CMS that powers 40% of the web: WordPress. Thank you, WordPress VIP for partnering with us to make a better web.

If you’re interested in learning more about how we work alongside partners like WordPress VIP to build finely crafted websites and tools on open source platforms like WordPress, get in touch.

Introducing HeadstartWP: An Open Source, Nimble Framework for Headless WordPress Sites

Taylor Lovett on June 15, 2023 • 2 Comments

Drawing from lessons learned building and supporting dozens of headless sites for our clients, 10up architected HeadstartWP: a jumping-off point for decoupled builds, powered by WordPress and Next.js. HeadstartWP delivers premium 10up craftsmanship with time-saving efficiencies for developers. In keeping with our commitment to giving back to the open web ecosystem, HeadstartWP is now available as a free and open source framework.

A light-weight, highly flexible, and extensible toolkit, HeadstartWP is everything a developer needs to start building a decoupled site using modern, broadly adopted technologies.

ClassifAI Turns 2.0, With OpenAI Integrations and Content Generation Applications

Jeff Paul on May 2, 2023

The latest 2.0 release of ClassifAI — our open source plugin that utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) to augment content creation within WordPress — comes with OpenAI GPT and DALL·E integration, expanding the plugin’s capabilities in aiding editors.