Hey, WordPress fans. We are checking in with your latest dose of weekly WordPress news. This week, the first beta for WordPress 5.8 is officially out. While the software is still in development, you can start testing the new version. The current target for the final release is July 20. Beyond that, the WordPress.org blog [...]
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Hey, WordPress fans. We are checking in with your latest dose of weekly WordPress news. This week, there were a couple of acquisitions in the WordPress space. Iconic has been acquired by the Liquid Web Family under their new software brand, StellarWP. Meanwhile, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) joins Delicious Brains. For the people that are [...]
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Accessibility and creating websites that are accessible to everyone are often overlooked by most. While the subject is gaining more and more popularity in recent years, due to a significant increase in web-based ADA lawsuits, it is still far from being a widely implemented practice. But why is that? One reason is that making websites [...]
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Hey, WordPress fans. We are checking in with your latest dose of weekly WordPress news. This week marks the 18th anniversary of WordPress’ launch. The platform has continued to grow over the years and as of this writing, WordPress powers more than 40% of the web. Beyond that, a new Gutenberg version has been released. Gutenberg [...]
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Hey, WordPress fans. We are checking in with your latest dose of weekly WordPress news. This week, ProfilePress turned WP User Avatar, a single-purpose custom avatar solution into a full-fledged membership management plugin. The unexpected change has drawn criticism from the community and the plugin users. The surge in one-star ratings knocked the plugin’s 4.4 ratings [...]
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Have you ever had a situation where you want to collaborate and work together on a blog post draft on a WordPress website, but due to technical limitations, you end up copying the entire blog post on Google Docs instead? As a writer, I often face this dilemma, and to your surprise, even I end [...]
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Managing and scaling a WooCommerce shop is not easy. You need to take care of so many things at once, such as inventory, prices, design, constant updating, and whatnot. In between all of this, it’s possible to miss out on smaller tasks like stock running out or hurting your SEO due to deleting a product. [...]
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Hey, WordPress fans. We are checking in with your latest dose of weekly WordPress news. This week, there was another big acquisition in the WordPress space. Liquid Web acquired GiveWP, one of the leading donation and fundraising plugins for WordPress websites. Along with its recent acquisitions, Liquid Web introduced StellarWP, its new umbrella brand for [...]
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Hey, WordPress fans. We are checking in with your latest dose of weekly WordPress news. This week, Jetpack released its latest update with bug fixes and some improvements. Most notably, it now lets users access features as soon as the plugin is enabled, instead of requiring authentication with WordPress.com. Beyond that, Gutenberg 10.5 introduces new [...]
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Want to build a task marketplace like TaskRabbit, Airtasker, or Thumbtack? Great idea! In just a decade since its inception, TaskRabbit has empowered 148,000 individuals to grow their income and skills. Airtasker creates over 1.4 million tasks each year. And Thumbtack is doing its own thing to help local professionals find work. ExpertHive is a [...]
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