<div class="rss-widget"><ul><li><a class='rsswidget' href='https://blog.akismet.com/2018/05/28/version-4-0-7-of-the-akismet-wordpress-plugin-is-now-available/' title='Version 4.0.7 of the Akismet plugin for WordPress is now available. 4.0.7 contains the following changes:  Based on user feedback, the link on “Learn how your comment data is processed.” in the optional privacy notice now has a target of _blank and opens in a new tab/window. Updated the in-admin privacy notice to use the term “comment” instead of “contact” in “Akismet can display a notice to your users under your comment forms.” Only show in-admin privacy notice if Akismet has an API Key configured  To upgrade, visit the Updates page of your WordPress dashboard and follow the instructions. If you need to download the plugin zip file directly, links to all versions are available in the WordPress plugins directory.'>Akismet: Version 4.0.7 of the Akismet WordPress Plugin Is Now Available</a></li><li><a class='rsswidget' href='https://blog.akismet.com/2018/05/26/version-4-0-6-of-the-akismet-wordpress-plugin-is-now-available/' title='Version 4.0.6 of the Akismet plugin for WordPress is now available. If you are paying attention to version numbers, you will notice that we went from 4.0.3 to 4.0.6 in one day. This is because we got user reports of issues with older versions of PHP with our intermediary versions, which we jumped on fixing right away. 4.0.6 contains the following changes:   Added a hook to provide Akismet-specific privacy information for a site’s privacy policy.   Added tools to control the display of a privacy related notice under comment forms.   Fixed HTML in activation failure message to close META and HEAD tag properly.   Fixed a bug that would sometimes prevent Akismet from being correctly auto-configured.   To upgrade, visit the Updates page of your WordPress dashboard and follow the instructions. If you need to download the plugin zip file directly, links to all versions are available in the WordPress plugins directory.'>Akismet: Version 4.0.6 of the Akismet WordPress Plugin Is Now Available</a></li><li><a class='rsswidget' href='https://poststatus.com/the-history-of-the-web-and-wordpresss-15th-birthday-draft-podcast/' title='Welcome to the Post Status Draft podcast, which you can find on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and via RSS for your favorite podcatcher. Post Status Draft is hosted by Brian Krogsgard and co-host Brian Richards. In this episode, Brian is joined by guest-host Jay Hoffmann. Jay is the Lead Developer at Reaktiv Studios and the creator and curator of The History of the Web. It is a good time to discuss the history of the web with Jay, as WordPress is ready to celebrate its 15th birthday. Be sure to subscribe to Jay’s newsletter on the History of the Web website to receive new articles on such a fascinating project. Brian and Jay discuss his work at Reaktiv, his prior work at Sesame Street Workshop and Random House, and the project he’s worked on for two years now documenting the web’s timeline and history. It was a fun discussion on all fronts.  Links  The History of the Web The history of Flash The story of WordPress The decade long path to web fonts  Sponsor: WooCommerce WooCommerce makes the most customizable eCommerce software on the planet, and it’s the most popular too. You can build just about anything with WooCommerce. Try it today, and thanks to the team at WooCommerce being a Post Status partner'>Post Status: The History of the Web, and WordPress’s 15th Birthday — Draft Podcast</a></li><li><a class='rsswidget' href='https://wptavern.com/the-first-release-of-wordpress-turns-15-years-old' title='This Sunday, May 27th, marks the 15th anniversary of the first release of WordPress. Users are celebrating the occasion across the world with huge cakes, cupcakes, memorable photos, parties, and meetups..   	Now that’s a cake! #wp15 pic.twitter.com/i8lAr4SLsO— WordPress Cape Town (@WPCapeTown) May 24, 2018   To see if there is an event near you, visit the official WordPress 15th anniversary site and type your city into the search box. You can also follow the festivities on Twitter by browsing the #WP15 hashtag.  If you’re thinking about hosting a party and want to use the WordPress logo on a cake or other bakery items, you’re in luck. The WordPress Foundation has amended the WordPress Trademark Policy to allow people to put the logo on baked goods.   	*** Attention: If you’re interested in putting the WordPress logo on a cake, cookie, cupcake, babka, or other celebratory food in honor of the WordPress 15th Anniversary… yes, this is OK under the Trademark policy. ***WordPress Trademark Policy   In 2015, we highlighted 93Digital‘s WordPress Time Machine. The company has continued to update the timeline with images of the WordPress 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, and 4.9 backends along with their default themes. The timeline is a quick way to see how WordPress has evolved over 15 years.    	93Digital WordPress Time Machine   Don’t forget that you can use the coupon code CELEBRATEWP15 to take 15% off any swag you purchase on the WordPress Swag store. The coupon code is good through the end of the year.   Will you be celebrating WordPress’ birthday this weekend? If so, how and where? Let us know!'>WPTavern: The First Release of WordPress Turns 15 Years Old</a></li><li><a class='rsswidget' href='https://ma.tt/2018/05/wordpress-at-15/' title='  This weekend, May 27, marks the 15th anniversary of the first release of WordPress. It is an understatement to say that I am immensely proud of what this global community has become, and what it has created. More than 30% of the top sites on the web are now powered by WordPress, I’m writing this in our next-generation editor Gutenberg, and every day I meet someone who is building something interesting on WordPress or pushing our shared project in bold new directions. If you can believe it, growth has actually been accelerating.  There’s so much: A group of high school students bands together to build a national movement on WordPress; a president builds the foundation for his own next chapter on WordPress; the current WhiteHouse.gov switches over; or when someone like Hajj Flemings brings thousands of small businesses onto the open web for the first time, with WordPress.  To celebrate #WP15, hundreds of local WordPress communities around the world will be throwing parties. Go here to find a meetup in your area.   I am thankful to Mike for helping make WordPress a reality, many dedicated folks in the years since, and to all of you who are dreaming up the next 15 years.   Many in the open source world are like Moses in that they speak of the Promised Land but will never set foot there. If I spend the rest of my life working and we don’t reach almost all websites being powered by open source and the web being substantially open, I will die content because I already see younger generations picking up the banner.'>Matt: WordPress at 15</a></li></ul></div>