The Ganga in Uttar Pradesh: River, Goddess, and Sewage Line
The goddess who became a river, the drains of Kanpur, the failed and partial rescues, and the two Gangas that flow through Uttar Pradesh in one channel.
Read MoreGutenberg Times: #WCUS Schedule, iframed Post Editor, WooCommerce 11.0 and so much more — Weekend Edition 369
Hi there! What a week! WordPress 7.1 Beta 1 (and Beta 2) arrived with a huge array of updates. We’ll unpack them together over the next four weeks, right up to the final release on August 19, 2026. One thing shouldn’t wait, though: the security release…
Read MoreTulsidas in Kashi: The Ramcharitmanas and the Making of North Indian Faith
The wife's rebuke, the scandal of Awadhi, the manuscript's overnight trial, and the poem that became North India's operating system.
Read MoreMatt: Important Security Update
WordPress 7.0.2 went out today with two important security updates. One is a type of pre-authorization RCE we (fortunately!) have only seen a few times in WordPress’ 23-year history; the last, I believe, in the PHPMailer class five years ago. Major kudos…
Read MoreWordPress.org blog: WordPress 7.0.2 Release
WordPress 7.0.2 is now available. The 7.0.2 security release addresses one critical and one high severity security issue. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. Due to the severity, the WordPress.org…
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Kabir of Banaras: The Weaver Who Refused Both Temple and Mosque
The julaha foundling, the bazaar's fiercest poet, the deliberate death at Maghar, and the shroud full of flowers: Kabir, six centuries on.
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Sufi Uttar Pradesh: Dewa Sharif and the Shrines of Awadh
From Kichaucha and Bahraich to Haji Waris Ali Shah's Dewa Sharif: the dargah geography of UP, where the queue has never sorted itself by faith.
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Ultimate WordPress Spam Protection Guide – Step by Step (2026)
If you run a WordPress site, then you know that spam is a real annoying problem whether it comes to contact forms, WordPress comments, or user registrations. The good news is that stopping spam in WordPress is a lot easier than you probably think, and…
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Gutenberg Times: The post editor is going full iframe: what block developers need to know before WordPress 7.1
For years, the post editor has lived a double life. The Site Editor renders your blocks inside an iframe. The post editor — where most people actually spend their time — renders them directly in the admin page. That split ends with WordPress 7.1: the…
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The Krishna Janmabhoomi Question: Mathura’s Slow Burning Dispute
The Katra Keshavdev site, the 1670 demolition, the 1968 compromise, and the live litigation over the Shahi Idgah: Mathura's dispute, stated as the record holds it.
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