The 2014 editions

2014

12 editions of WordPress news, month by month.

WP Edition
Cover story

WordPress 4.1 “Dinah” Ships

As SoakSoak Malware Hits 100,000 Sites

CoreRelease candidates

CommunityTranslation-ready themes required

December 2014
WP Edition
Cover story

WordPress 4.0.1 Fixes a Critical XSS

Flaw as Automattic Buys Code for the People

CoreFocus approved

CommunityWooConf

November 2014
WP Edition
Cover story

State of the Word Says WordPress Powers

23% of the Web

CoreTwenty Fifteen in trunk

DealsWebDevStudios buys Maintainn

October 2014
WP Edition
Cover story

WordPress 4.0 “Benny” Ships

And Matt Mullenweg Proposes Five for the Future

Deals · $1.2M seedLinseed Capital backs Flywheel

SecuritySlider Revolution

September 2014
WP Edition
Cover story

Automattic Acquires BruteProtect

And WordPress 3.9.2 Fixes an XML Flaw With Drupal

CommunityWordCamp NYC

August 2014
WP Edition
Cover story

MailPoet Flaw Hits Thousands of Sites

As WordPress 4.0 Enters Beta

CommunityJetpack rebrands

July 2014
WP Edition
Cover story

WP Engine Funds Core Contributors

And a TimThumb Zero-Day Returns

CoreInternationalisation in 4.0

DealsCrowd Favorite buys Forty

June 2014
WP Edition
Cover story

WordPress 3.9.1 Release

Automattic Raises $160 Million at a $1.16 Billion Valuation

SecurityWooThemes fraud investigation

CommunityWordPress turns 11

May 2014
WP Edition
Cover story

WordPress 3.9 “Smith” Ships

As Automattic Buys Longreads and Scroll Kit

CoreWordPress 3.8.2

Deals · $500KSandin Holdings backs CoSchedule

April 2014
WP Edition
Cover story

WordPress 3.9 Betas Arrive

As 162,000 Sites Are Used in a Pingback DDoS

CoreWidget Customizer merged

DealsAutodesk buys Creative Market

March 2014
WP Edition
Cover story

BruteProtect Raises Funding

As a New Brute-Force Wave Hits WordPress

CoreWidget Customizer approved for 3.9

DealsJoost de Valk buys WPForce.com

February 2014
WP Edition
Cover story

WordPress 3.8.1 Release

Matt Mullenweg Becomes Automattic CEO and WP Engine Raises $15 Million

SecurityBrute-force waves continue

CommunityGoDaddy Managed WordPress

January 2014