Play the Piano and Other Instruments via the WordPress Block Editor – WP Tavern

Tetsuaki Hamano released the Piano Block plugin for WordPress on Monday. It allows users to insert a piano-based interface into the editor for playing music. Mostly, it is just a lot of fun.

Hamano launched RichText Extension, his first submission to the WordPress plugin directory, in the spring of 2020. At the time, block-related plugins were still scarce, but he has continued contributing extensions since that initial release. Flexible Spacer Block is invaluable for responsive vertical spacing. Flexible Table does the same for table elements, and his Custom HTML Block Extension is…


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Five Best Tools To Build An Android App For Your WordPress Blog

Apps are crucial in enriching the average experience of an Android device owner. It is thus no surprise that brands across the board are trying to build and launch their own mobile apps.

The key challenge is finding the right development solution for your business. Building Android apps is a very big challenge because of the general complexity of the process. If you don’t already have an in-house development team, hiring an agency or a team of developers can be very expensive.

An easier way of building Android apps is choosing an automated solution for development. There are various…


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Microsoft Previews Revamped ‘WordPress on App Service’ on Azure — Visual Studio Magazine

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Microsoft Previews Revamped ‘WordPress on App Service’ on Azure

Microsoft is previewing a new and improved WordPress on App Service on its Azure cloud computing platform.

According to the site for WordPress on App Service, it “lets you quickly build, deploy, and scale enterprise-grade web, mobile, and API apps running on any platform. Meet rigorous performance, scalability, security and compliance requirements while using a fully managed platform to perform infrastructure maintenance.”


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Microsoft Previews Revamped ‘WordPress on App Service’ on Azure — Visual Studio Magazine

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Microsoft Previews Revamped ‘WordPress on App Service’ on Azure

Microsoft is previewing a new and improved WordPress on App Service on its Azure cloud computing platform.

According to the site for WordPress on App Service, it “lets you quickly build, deploy, and scale enterprise-grade web, mobile, and API apps running on any platform. Meet rigorous performance, scalability, security and compliance requirements while using a fully managed platform to perform infrastructure maintenance.”


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How WordPress IDX Plugin Helps a Business

WordPress is still in service since 2003 and is the most widely employed weblog software in the economy. It has increasingly become the content management platform of preference even for non-blogging business websites in recent times. WordPress holds regard as the best option for developers and company entrepreneurs seeking to enhance sales and promote a specific product on the internet. 

WordPress is a free-of-charge, open-source content management system that has quickly emerged as the most prominent instrument for…


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Ukraine invasion: WordPress-hosted university websites hacked in ‘targeted attacks’


Jessica Haworth

02 March 2022 at 14:48 UTC

Updated: 02 March 2022 at 14:50 UTC

Education institutions hit by more than 100,000 attacks in 24 hours

At least 30 Ukrainian university websites have been hacked in a targeted attack allegedly launched in support of Russia’s invasion of the European country.

In a report released last night (March 1), researchers from Wordfence said the company had witnessed a “massive attack” on Ukrainian education institutions by threat actors identified as the…


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How To Migrate A WordPress Site From One Host To Another

Thinking of changing hosts but not sure how to migrate a WordPress site from one host to another?

They say that moving house, getting married, and changing jobs are the three most stressful things in life… but I would argue that there’s another strong contender for the top three.

Migrating your WordPress website from one host to another!

Well, I have some good news and some bad news.

The bad news first… migrating a website to a new host will always make your heart race and your palms sweat, no matter how many times you’ve done it.

Good news: Migrating a WordPress site to a new host…


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The WordPress Web Fonts API Has Arrived – WP Tavern

The journey toward a web fonts API in WordPress has been a rollercoaster of emotions for developers. After being punted from the WordPress 5.9 release, it was moved to the Gutenberg project, where it could be built alongside related features that relied on it.

The API has been merged into the Gutenberg plugin and should land in version 12.8. Theme authors who want to test it can clone the dev version of the plugin or download the nightly version from Gutenberg Times.

Jono Alderson opened the original ticket for a web fonts API in February 2019. However, it was not until late 2021…


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5 WordPress plugins to bolster security

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WordPress is one of the most widely-used Content Management Systems on the planet. With over 43% of websites using the platform, it’s no surprise that it has a target on its back. That not only means the WordPress developers must be always working hard to secure their software but it also requires those who deploy sites to be diligent about security.

SEE: Password breach: Why pop culture and passwords don’t mix (free PDF) (TechRepublic)

Although out of the box WordPress is somewhat secure, it cannot prevent bad actors on its own. To that end, every…


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IndexNow Now Works With Duda, All In One WordPress & Rank Math SEO Plugins

Last week, Microsoft Bing announced over the course of three days that IndexNow gained support from Duda (a sponsor here), the All In One WordPress plugin and Rank Math SEO Plugin. This brings support for IndexNow to millions of sites, up from well under a million sites using it last time we checked.

Duda, the website builder platform, by default turned on IndexNow on its nearly one million active websites. The All In One WordPress plugin supports over over two million sites but those sites need to active it manually. Finally, Rank Math SEO plugin supports 1.1 million sites that use…


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