Category: External News
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Equalize Digital Raises Pre-Seed Funding for Expanding Accessibility Checker Plugin Development
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More Equalize Digital, a WordPress accessibility products and consulting company, has received an undisclosed amount of pre-seed funding from Emilia Capital, the investment company owned by…
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Local 6.7.0 Adds Long-Requested Site Grouping Feature
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WP Engine’s Local development app has released version 6.7.0 with Site Grouping, a highly requested feature that will greatly improve users’ workflows. It allows users…
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WordPress 6.2 RC2 • Plugin Review Team Retirement News • WP20 Giveaway
From poststatus.com Source: Read More This Week at WordPress.org (March 13, 2023) Discover WordPress 6.2’s new features, accessibility enhancements, and developer updates. Contribute to the community by joining the Contributor…
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Looking for a Google Optimize Alternative? Your 10 Best Options
From codeinwp.com Source: Read More If you’re a digital marketer or a webmaster, you might be familiar with Google Optimize. It’s a highly useful testing and analytics tool for website…
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Post Status Live – The Right Approach to WordPress Accessibility
From poststatus.com Source: Read More If you’re a leader, a developer, or a designer about to start a major website project, this webinar will help you navigate the important topic…
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Launching a WordPress Product in Public: Session 5
From poststatus.com Source: Read More In this episode, Corey Maass, a freelance web developer, joins Cory Miller to discuss the continuation of the development of their WordPress plugin, Crop.Express, and…
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WooCommerce 7.5.0 Introduces 3 New Blocks, Expands Support for Global Styles
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WooCommerce 7.5.0 was released this week with three new blocks for the Product Archive templates. These include a new Store Breadcrumb block, Product Results Count…
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Gutenberg 15.3 Adds New “Time to Read” Block
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More Gutenberg 15.3 was released this week with a new “Time to Read” block that calculates the estimated reading time for the post or page using…
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WordPress 6.2 RC 2 Drops Navigation Panel from Site Editor
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WordPress 6.2 RC 2 was released today on schedule. The new Navigation section in the Site Editor was dropped from the upcoming release in a…
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WordPress 6.2 Release Candidate 2
From wordpress.org Source: Read More Here it is: the second release candidate (RC2) for WordPress 6.2 is ready! WordPress 6.2 is scheduled for release on March 28, 2023—which is only…
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Member Spotlight: James Giroux
From poststatus.com Source: Read More James has been in the WordPress community since 2006. He’s been a user, a freelancer, an agency owner, a theme and plugin developer, a community…
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WordPress Website Cost to Develop
From poststatus.com Source: Read More Every business needs a website. Not only does it tell your customers what you do, but it gives you credibility. WordPress is the best website…
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WPCampus Updates & Events
From poststatus.com Source: Read More Almost a year ago Rachel Cherry announced that she would be stepping down from her role as director of WPCampus. As a result of this…
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What’s the Best Backlink Checker? (Here’s Some New Data)
From codeinwp.com Source: Read More With so many backlink checkers available – and the fact that they vary greatly in their pricing, results, and SEO tools – we set out…
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Patchstack Tracks 328% More Security Bugs Reported in WordPress Plugins in 2022
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More Patchstack, a WordPress security maintenance and management tool, has published its “State of WordPress Security” whitepaper for 2022, tracking a few key metrics on publicly…
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WordCamp Rochester, NY
From wordcamp.org Source: Read More Rochester again will host the region’s WordCamp for bloggers and web designers of all skill levels. Novices are very welcome. WordCamp Rochester will be held…
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WordCamp Tegal, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia
From wordcamp.org Source: Read More The first-ever WordCamp in Tegal is adopting the NextGen Event format. The main focus of this WordCamp is a 1-day “Scale Up” workshop aimed at…
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Automattic Acquires ActivityPub Plugin for WordPress
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More Automattic has acquired the ActivityPub plugin for WordPress from German developer Matthias Pfefferle, who will be joining the company to continue improving support for federated…
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Weebly Tutorial: How to Use Weebly to Set Up a Website
From codeinwp.com Source: Read More Weebly is a popular website builder and is highly rated amongst entrepreneurs and small business owners that want to create their own website or online…
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WP Briefing: Episode 51: Is Routine a Rut?
From wordpress.org Source: Read More On Episode fifty-one of the WordPress Briefing podcast, join WordPress Executive Director Josepha Haden Chomphosy as she makes a case for why routine is a…
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WordCamp Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
From wordcamp.org Source: Read More Nagpur WordPress User Group is pleased to announce the fifth edition of WordCamp Nagpur! At this annual conference, the community will come together in an…
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WordCamp Canada 2024 (#WCEH)
From wordcamp.org Source: Read More WordCamp Canada is focusing on a theme that resonates deeper than just technology – the impact of WordPress on diverse communities and practices. While we’re…
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Toot the Word Survey Finds Mastodon Increasingly Important to WordPress’ Community of Tooters
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More More than 200 users on Mastodon who consider themselves part of the WordPress community, responded to the recent Toot the Word 2023 Survey, which was…
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Business Roundup Week Ending March 10
From poststatus.com Source: Read More Google Optimize Sunsetting Google recently announced it would shut down its Optimize and Optimize 360 services. These tools were designed to help website owners optimize…
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Tech Roundup Week Ending March 10
From poststatus.com Source: Read More 6.2 Live Video Demo Anne McCarthy and Rich Tabor (moderated by Nathan Wrigley) give a video demo on WordPress.tv State of WordPress Security In 2022…
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Community Roundup Week Ending March 10
From poststatus.com Source: Read More Community and Layoffs “Layoffs.” The word sparks fear in the tech community. From Stripe to Twitter to our own ecosystem, the recession hasn’t been friendly…
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Launching a WordPress Product in Public: Session 4
From poststatus.com Source: Read More Corey Maass and Cory Miller continue laying the groundwork for the launch of their new plugin Crop.Express. They strategize ways to attract customers and agencies…
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Interview With Product Lead Brandon Dove Of Pixel Jar — Post Status Draft 144
From poststatus.com Source: Read More Brandon Dove, co-founder of Pixel Jar, joins Cory Miller to discuss his WordPress plugin, AdSanity Plugin. They dive into the nuance of advertising, evaluate the…
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WordPress Origin Stories, Week 5
From poststatus.com Source: Read More This is part of our ongoing celebration of the 20th Anniversary of WordPress. Leonardus Nugraha I started my WordPress journey when I became a content…
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WordPress 6.2 RC 1 Released and Ready for Testing
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WordPress 6.2 RC 1 was released today, marking the hard string freeze and readiness for translation ahead of the official release on March 28. There…
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WordPress 6.2 Release Candidate 1
From wordpress.org Source: Read More WordPress 6.2’s first release candidate (RC1) is here and ready for testing. Reaching this part of the release cycle is a key milestone. While we…
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Best Website Brokers and How to Choose the Right One
From codeinwp.com Source: Read More If you’re looking to buy or sell a website, you have two main options: (1) you can either do it yourself or (2) hire an…
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Lemmony: A Free WordPress Block Theme with 30+ Patterns
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More Lemmony is a new WordPress block theme designed by the team at Shufflehound, a theme development company based in Europe with commercial products on Themeforest.…
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WordPress 6.2 Beta 5 • Dev Notes • Learning Path for WP Devs
From poststatus.com Source: Read More This Week at WordPress.org (March 6, 2023) WordPress 6.2 Beta 5 is out now, and RC1 will ship on Thursday, March 9. We’re just a…
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Jetpack 11.9 Adds Sharing Button for Mastodon, Updates Stats Dashboard Design
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More Jetpack 11.9 was released this week with support for sharing posts to Mastodon. The new button allows readers to click an icon to launch a…
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WordPress Layoffs: Some Resources
From poststatus.com Source: Read More It’s been a common conversation lately. More and more companies have been reducing their staffs through layoffs. Concerning at least, terrifying at most. And as…
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WP Engine Pattern Manager Plugin Now in Beta
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WP Engine is beta testing its new Pattern Manager plugin for creating and maintaining patterns. The plugin is intended for WordPress professionals – developers, agencies,…
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Beginner’s Guide to Ecommerce Analytics: From Data to Insights
From codeinwp.com Source: Read More With platforms like WordPress, launching an online business is more accessible than ever. The good news is that you can use ecommerce analytics to improve…
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WordPress’ Legacy Default Themes Updated to Bundle Google Fonts Locally
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WordPress contributors have updated the legacy default themes to bundle Google Fonts locally in the theme folder, instead of loading them from Google’s servers. In…
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WordPress 6.2 Product Demo Video Now Available
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More If you’re not yet excited about the upcoming WordPress 6.2 release, you will be after watching the new live demo product video that was recorded…