Minor miracle for me to get one of these done three years in a row – but let’s get it rolling! This got delayed because I’m recovering from minor surgery, but here we go… WordPress Contributions I made 85 commits to WordPress core in 2023 – almost three times as many as in 2022. This included committing some significant accessibility fixes and adding a new function that generates the markup for admin notices. This was the first year I’ve been […]
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The WordPress Showcase & Accessibility
If you aren’t familiar with it, WordPress publishes a showcase featuring prominent sites that have been built using WordPress. The goal of the showcase, as stated in the submissions page, is to “show the world what can be done with WordPress and help demonstrate the tremendous capabilities it has as a publishing platform.” This may shock you, but there are no accessibility criteria for selection. I know – I just shook your world. I’ve just finished doing a *very* quick […]
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Thanks to the security researchers at Tenable.com for responsible disclosure and communication concerning this issue. Security Issue Addressed Prior versions of My Calendar 3.4 contained an unauthenticated SQL (Structured Query Language (a database standard)) injection vulnerability. Tenable.com has assessed this issue with a CVE score of 8.6. This is a severe security issue, so please update My Calendar as soon as possible. Read the published security advisory from Tenable.com. There are no changes between 3.4.21 and 3.4.22 other than this […]
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WP Accessibility version 2.1.0 has just been released, and it includes a major new feature: statistics collection. WP Accessibility does a lot of different things: automated repair to issues on your site, a toolbar with high contrast or font size toggles, and controls to make alt text and descriptions visible for your images. What it doesn’t have is a high level of visibility into what it’s doing. If you have a high level of understanding of HTML (HyperText Markup Language) […]
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WP to Twitter is now XPoster Crossposted to XPosterPro.com WP to Twitter and WP Tweets Pro are things of the past, along with their namesake, Twitter. But the site formerly known as Twitter still survives, and is gradually rebranding itself as X.com. And so here we go. Although I didn’t intend to go this direction, the pressures of the marketplace have changed my mind: WP to Twitter is now XPoster, and WP Tweets Pro is now XPoster Pro. But this […]
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