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Over the past week, I’ve been thinking a lot about George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery. I have been thinking about white supremacy, the injustice that Black women and men are standing up against across the world, and all the injustices I can’t know, and don’t see. The WordPress mission is to democratize publishing, and to me, that has always meant more than the freedom to express yourself. Democratizing publishing means giving voices to the voiceless and amplifying those speaking out against injustice. It means learning things that we otherwise wouldn’t. To me, it means that every voice has the ability to be heard, regardless of race, wealth, power, and opportunity. WordPress is a portal to commerce; it is a canvas for identity, and a catalyst for change. While WordPress as an open source project may not be capable of refactoring unjust judicial systems or overwriting structural inequality, this does not mean that we, the WordPress community, are powerless. WordPress … [Read more...] about Equity and the Power of Community

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WordPress.org is officially joining the protest against Senate Bill 968: the Protect IP Act that is coming before the U.S. Senate next week. As I wrote in my post a week ago , if this bill is passed it will jeopardize internet freedom and shift the power of the independent web into the hands of corporations. We must stop it. On January 18, 2012 many sites around the web — from small personal blogs to internet institutions like Mozilla , Wikipedia , reddit , and I Can Has Cheezburger? — will be going dark in protest and to drive their visitors to sites like americancensorship.org to take action and help fight the passage of the Protect IP Act. So will WordPress.org. If you want to join the protest by blacking out your WordPress site or applying a ribbon, there is now a variety of blackout plugins in the WordPress.org plugins directory . While joining the protest in this manner is laudable, please don’t forget to also make those phone calls to U.S. Senators — they’re … [Read more...] about Internet Blackout Day on January 18

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Do you want to detect AdBlock users in WordPress and show them targeted messages? Adblock Plus is a popular software which blocks advertisements on the internet. It is available as an add-on for all top browsers, mobile apps, and even as a dedicated browser. Now the problem is that most bloggers rely on the ad revenue to support their website. Software like AdBlock plus hurt their revenue potential and ultimately their plans to grow their business. In this article, we will show you how to detect Adblock users in WordPress and share ways to bypass the Adblock software. What is AdBlock and How it Hurts Website Owners? Adblock Plus and other adblocking software allow users to automatically detect and block advertisement on websites. While Adblock brings a cherished ad-free experience to users, it can hurt bloggers and website owners who rely solely on ad revenues. Research published by Global Web Index shows that adblocker usage has increased over the past few years. … [Read more...] about How to Detect AdBlock Users in WordPress

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