Hey, WordPress friends. This week, we shared some more information on raising money for Walter Lopez’s son – check it out if you want to learn more and help us keep the donation numbers going up. Beyond that, there was a critical vulnerability in the popular Contact Form 7 plugin and Matt Mullenweg gave his ... Read more
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As WordPress alternatives go, there’s no denying that the Ghost blogging CMS seriously takes some beating. In fact, it may even be fair to say that in some respects, this unique publishing platform triumphs where WordPress has begun to falter in recent years. Yes, I know. Writing that statement on a website like WPLift may ... Read more
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Hey, WordPress friends. Two big bits of news this week. First off, WordPress 5.6 is officially out as of December 8th. It’s a major release, so there’s no pressing need to update right away. But once you have a moment to test things out, give it a run and see how you like it. Automattic/WooCommerce ... Read more
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Hey, WordPress friends. We hope you got your fill of WordPress Black Friday deals last week. There are still a few deals straggling on, but most of them are over by now. Other than those deals, it’s been a fairly quiet week. There’s been some talk of returning to in-person WordPress events in limited locations and, ... Read more
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Hey, WordPress fans. Hopefully, the Americans among us have recovered from Turkey day because it’s officially Black Friday. That means some amazing deals on WordPress plugins, themes, and hosting. To help you find you find the best deals, we published our own roundup of the best WordPress Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals in 2020. ... Read more
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Hey, WordPress fans. This week, WordPress 5.6 gets ready for prime time with its first release candidate. The official release is currently scheduled for December 8th – mark it on your calendars. Beyond that, the WordPress.org theme previewer might finally get starter content (no more ugly demos!) and WordPress.com kicked off a popular blog for ... Read more
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Hey, WordPress fans. This week, Envato, the company behind the popular ThemeForest and CodeCanyon marketplaces, officially passed $1 billion in community earnings since its launch 14 years ago. While that’s not 100% from WordPress, that’s still pretty dang impressive. Beyond that, the Biden/Harris team launched a transition website and it’s powered by WordPress. Another big ... Read more
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Howdy, WordPress friends. Last week, there was a problem with the WordPress auto-update system, which caused some sites to be mistakenly updated to an alpha version of WordPress 5.5.3 rather than WordPress 5.5.2, as should have been the case. Beyond that, Wordfence digs into the WordPress 5.5.2 security release that you’ve hopefully already applied. Let’s ... Read more
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Hey, WordPress fans. There was a lot going on this week… First off, WordPress has a new security release, WordPress 5.5.2 – you should apply it right away. Beyond that, there’s also a new beta version for WordPress 5.6. In non-release news, there are some great WordPress Halloween deals to pay attention to: WP Rocket ... Read more
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Hey, WordPress friends. This week, we get our first look at WordPress 5.6 in the first beta release. However, there are no block-based widgets, which might come as a surprise to some people. Beyond that, there was a big security issue in the Loginizer plugin, which prompted WordPress.org to automatically push the update to all ... Read more
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