Category Archives: 2020

Weekly WordPress News: WordCamp Europe 2020 Online Schedule Released

2020, woocommerce, WordCamp

Hey WordPress fans, this week, WordCamp Europe released the schedule for the 2020 online event. You can pin the events that you’re interested in and get them sent to you in an email. Beyond that, the WooCommerce team is experimenting with using blocks for the cart and checkout pages, which looks pretty cool. Let’s get ... Read more Weekly WordPress News: WordCamp Europe 2020 Online Schedule Released

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Weekly WordPress News: WooCommerce Payments Is Live

2020, Payments, woocommerce

Hey WordPress fans, if you have a WooCommerce store, the WooCommerce team is trying to make it easier for you to manage payments without leaving your dashboard with WooCommerce Payments, powered by Stripe Express. BuddyPress also launched a new major version, and we’ll show you how to turn your WordPress site into static HTML. Let’s ... Read more Weekly WordPress News: WooCommerce Payments Is Live

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Weekly WordPress News: Vulnerability in Site Kit Plugin

2020, Security, Site Kit by Google

Hey WordPress friends, this week, Wordfence released news of a vulnerability that they found in the official Google Site Kit plugin back in April. The vulnerability doesn’t give people access to WordPress, but it does give them access to your site’s Search Console dashboard, from which malicious actors could wreak havoc. Make sure to update ... Read more Weekly WordPress News: Vulnerability in Site Kit Plugin

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Weekly WordPress News: Genesis Pro & WordPress Attacks

2020, genesis, Security

This week, WP Engine announced the release of Genesis Pro. It’s currently just for WP Engine customers, but it will be rolling out to the wider WordPress community eventually. Beyond that, Wordfence details an attack that’s targeting over a million WordPress sites. Let’s get to all of this week’s news… WORDPRESS NEWS AND ARTICLES Announcing ... Read more Weekly WordPress News: Genesis Pro & WordPress Attacks

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Weekly WordPress News: WordCamp US 2020 Goes Online Only

2020, WordCamp

Hey WordPress friends, we have bad news if you were holding out hope for an in-person WordCamp US 2020. As of yesterday, the event has officially canceled the in-person part, opting to go 100% online like WordCamp Europe. Speaking of WordCamp Europe 2020, you can now get your free tickets for the online event. Let’s ... Read more Weekly WordPress News: WordCamp US 2020 Goes Online Only

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Weekly WordPress News: How is Coronavirus Affecting WordPress Businesses?

2020, Coronavirus, WP Astra

Hey WordPress friends… This week, Freemius has an interesting look at how COVID-19 is affecting WordPress theme and plugin shops (with some data). Brainstorm Force reached a huge milestone: their WP Astra theme reached 800k installs. To celebrate this, they offer a 30% discount. Are you feeling not so productive in the quarantine? Colin has some ... Read more Weekly WordPress News: How is Coronavirus Affecting WordPress Businesses?

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Weekly WordPress News: Some Great WooCommerce Tutorials

2020, woocommerce

Hey WordPress friends, it’s another quiet week as much of the world is locked down and not focused on WordPress. We hope you’re still healthy and safe. We don’t have too much news for you, but we do have some great tutorials, especially some tutorials for WooCommerce, which should be helpful if you’re scrambling to ... Read more Weekly WordPress News: Some Great WooCommerce Tutorials

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Weekly WordPress News: WordCamp Europe 2020 Moves Online

2020, jetpack, WordCamp

Hey WordPress friends, if you were saddened by the cancellation of WordCamp Europe 2020, I have good news – the event will officially be moving online. It’s not quite the same, but it will at least give you a chance to learn and connect virtually. Beyond that, Jetpack split its Search feature into a separate ... Read more Weekly WordPress News: WordCamp Europe 2020 Moves Online

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Weekly WordPress News: WordPress 5.4 Is Out & Spring Deals

2020, WordPress 5.4

Hey WordPress friends, we hope that you continue to be safe this week. While much of the world has hunkered down, that didn’t get in the way of the scheduled WordPress 5.4 release, which is officially out now. It brings several improvements to the block editor, among other changes. Spring is here, and it brought ... Read more Weekly WordPress News: WordPress 5.4 Is Out & Spring Deals

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Weekly WordPress News: Remote Work, WordPress, and Community

2020, GiveWP, wordfence

Hey WordPress friends, we hope you are all safe and staying indoors as much as possible. This week, we have some tips and tutorials to help you remote work more effectively and stay connected. GiveWP shows what it stands for and supports fundraisers by giving them a 40% discount. A great gesture from Matt and ... Read more Weekly WordPress News: Remote Work, WordPress, and Community

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