This new version is packed with significant improvements and new features. Many of them focused on the block editor and site editing in WordPress.

In this article, we’ll show you what’s new in WordPress 6.2 and which features you should try after the update.

Note: WordPress 6.2 is a major release, and unless you are on a managed WordPress hosting service, you’ll have to initiate the update manually. Here’s how to safely update WordPress.

Important: Don’t forget to create a complete WordPress backup before updating.

That being said, here’s all that’s new in WordPress 6.2.

WordPress Site Editor Comes out of Beta

The site editor comes out of the beta.

It has been around for the past few WordPress releases, the removal of the beta label is merely an invitation for more users to try it.

This also indicates the completion of phase 2 of the WordPress development roadmap which started out with the release of the new block editor back in WordPress 5.0 (late 2018).

WordPress 6.2 includes several new features added to the site editor, including some brand-new tools which we’ll talk about later in this article.

Improved Navigation Menu Block

Navigation menus help you define your website layout to your users. However, creating them in the full site editor had been a bit difficult for beginners.

WordPress 6.2 now comes with an improved ‘Navigation’ block.

You can now create and manage the Navigation block by editing items in the sidebar.

To add a new menu item, simply click on the ‘add (+)’ button. You can also drag and drop menu items to rearrange them.

Want to use a different menu? You can now easily switch between menus you have created earlier by clicking on the Three-dot menu in the sidebar.

Overall, this is a significant improvement to the older Navigation block where you had to edit items inline which was not a good experience for beginners.

Improved Template Browsing Experience

WordPress 6.2 comes with a new template browsing experience.

This allows users to browse different templates to find out which one they need to edit if they want to make changes to a certain area of their website.

To edit a template or template part, simply click to load it inside the preview window. After that, just click on the preview window to start editing.

Want to exit the site editor?

Simply click on the WordPress or your site logo at the top left corner of the screen to enter the template browser. Then click again to exit and return to the WordPress dashboard.

The template browser screen will now also show you that you have unsaved changes.

It also offers an improved saving experience showing what changes you are saving.

Template Parts Highlighted with Colors

A template in the site editor may include several template parts, like the header and footer.

These are global elements that can be used in multiple places on your WordPress website. If you edit a template part on one page, those changes will be reflected all over your site.

Previously when editing a template part, the only indication was the label at the top changed to show the template part name.

Editing template parts affects all templates that include those elements. This makes it important to indicate that users are editing a global template part and not simply the page they are looking at.

WordPress 6.2 now makes this more noticeable by adding colors and an icon to indicate that you are editing a template part.

Modify Your Theme With The Style Book

WordPress 6.2 comes with a style book feature in the site editor.

This is basically one convenient place to browse how your theme displays all the blocks. To access it you need to switch to the Styles panel and then click on the Style Book icon. It is the one that looks like an eye.

This will show you all the blocks, and how they are styled in your theme. They are organized into different categories so that you can easily locate the block you want to edit.

Click to start editing a block and you will see all the tools that you can use in the sidebar panel. Changes you make here will apply globally to your theme.

Basically, you can change the appearance of your entire theme by editing individual blocks here and creating a completely new style of your own.

Want to edit block styles individually? Don’t worry there are even more design tools at your disposal to edit blocks.

Ability to Add Custom CSS to Your Theme or Blocks

By default, the site editor hides the legacy Theme Customizer interface. Many users added their custom CSS in the ‘Additional CSS’ panel available with the legacy customizer.

Until 6.2, it was a problem to add custom CSS using the default tools available.

WordPress 6.2, however, now allows you to add custom CSS that applies to your entire site. Simply click on the Styles panel and choose Custom CSS under the three-dot menu.

You can also add custom CSS to individual blocks as well.

Switch to the Style panel and then click on Blocks.

Now, you need to select the block that you want to modify.

After that, click on the ‘Additional Block CSS’ tab to enter your custom CSS code.

WordPress 6.2 makes it easier to add custom CSS if you need to. However, it comes with a ton of built-in design tools which are much easier to use than adding custom CSS.

Copy and Paste Block Styles

Another styling feature that reduces the need to add custom CSS is the ability to simply copy and paste block styles.

Let’s say that you just made some changes to a block and want to make the same changes on another block as well.

With WordPress 6.2 you can simply click on ‘Copy styles’ under the block options.

After that, click on the block options for the block where you want to paste the style and select ‘Paste styles.’

Note: Your browser will ask for permission to allow your website to view the contents of the clipboard. You need to click ‘Allow’ to continue.

Improved Pattern Insertion

WordPress block patterns are a collection of pre-made design elements that you can use for creating custom content layouts faster.

By default, WordPress comes with several built-in patterns. Your WordPress theme may also include its own pattern. Plus, you can find more patterns in WordPress Patterns Directory.

WordPress 6.2 comes with an improved pattern insertion interface.

Openverse Free Media Library Integration

WordPress 6.2 now adds a ‘Media’ tab in the inserter as well.

Here, you can choose media from your own WordPress media library or browse royalty-free images from Openverse.

Openverse is a sister project of WordPress.org. It allows openly licensed and public domain works to be discovered and used by everyone.

Once you select an image it will be inserted into the editor and downloaded to your WordPress media library as well.

WordPress will also save the image caption which may include a link back to the original source. You can delete this caption if the image is in the public domain.

New Sub Panels for Block Settings & Styles

WordPress 6.2 now uses sub-panels to separate block settings and styles.

This helps users understand where they need to look if they want to change the appearance of a block.

New Distraction-Free Mode

Historically, WordPress has always provided options to hide the formatting buttons and toolbars on the post editor screen.

Here is how it looked in WordPress 4.1 with the older classic editor.

However, the block editor had the option to be used in full-screen mode. WordPress 5.4 started using the full-screen mode as the default.

This allowed users to have a much cleaner writing interface, but there was no distraction-free mode.

WordPress 6.2 now comes with a completely clean and calm distraction-free mode.

Users will be able to choose it from the editor settings, and it removes all toolbars and editing panels from the screen.

Import Classic Widgets as Template Parts in Block Themes

WordPress 6.2 provides a nice fallback for importing classic legacy widgets in block themes when switching themes.

Users with classic widget themes lost their legacy widgets when they switched to a block theme. Now, you can import them as template parts.

Simply create a new template part by clicking on the ‘Add New Block’ button (+).

From the template part settings panel, click on the Advanced tab to expand it, and you’ll find the option to import a widget area from your previous theme.

Miscellaneous Enhancements

WordPress 6.2 contains a ton of enhancements. It merges 10 Gutenberg releases (‘Gutenberg’ is the codename for the original block editor project) into WordPress core so there are many refinements and new features to explore.

Here are some of the most useful enhancements.

1. Captions Button in Image Block Toolbar

Previously WordPress automatically added the caption area below the image and moved the cursor automatically to the caption.

This led many users to continue writing their text not realizing that they are writing it in the caption area.

WordPress 6.2 fixes this by adding a caption button to the toolbar. Users can now use it to add a caption if needed.

2. Improved Calendar Block

The calendar block now comes with more color options.

3. The List, Outline, and Info Panels are Merged

The list view, outline, and info panel are now merged into one convenient location.

4. Group Block Layout

The ‘Group’ block now lets you choose a layout.

5. The Download Link for Media Files

The media screen will now show a ‘Download File’ link in the list view.

6. New Icon for Settings Panel

The icon to display the settings panel previously used a gear icon. It is now presented with a panels icon.

Under The Hood Changes

WordPress 6.2 also includes a ton of changes intended for developers. Following are some of these changes:

• A new HTML API called WP_HTML_Tag_Processor is introduced. (Details)
• A new client-side filter called blockEditor.useSetting.before is introduced. It allows developers to change block settings before the editor is rendered. (Details)
• Patterns API extended to include template_types property. (Details)
• Faster updates by moving directories instead of copying them. (Details)
• A new switch_to_user_locale() function is introduced. (Details)
• Create autosave revisions only when content is changed. (Details)
• Add a style variation tag to themes that use style variations. (Details)

We hope this article helped you uncover what’s new in WordPress 6.2 and which new features to try out. We are particularly excited about all the changes to the site editor and performance improvements for block themes.

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WP101 is one of the most trusted premium WordPress video training providers in the market. Over 3 million users have learned WordPress from their WordPress video tutorials. The WP101 Plugin allows WordPress agencies and service providers an easy way to offer white-labeled professional WordPress training videos to their clients.

Introduction to WP101 – Quick Overview

WP101 offers professionally-produced WordPress training videos to help you learn WordPress, fast. It’s a perfect solution for small businesses owners, large corporations, and government agencies who want to offer professional WordPress training videos in their employee onboarding process.

With WP101, you get access to over 200+ WordPress training videos that cover everything you need to learn the WordPress user interface in a university style format.

In addition to the popular WordPress 101 series for both Gutenberg and the Classic Editor, the current library also includes video tutorials for top WordPress plugins including WooCommerce, WPForms, Elementor, Beaver Builder, and more.

The WP101 Plugin makes it easy for WordPress developers and agencies to offer white-label training videos to their clients, right inside the WordPress dashboard.

It gives you the ability to add your own custom videos as well as selective show / hide videos based on client’s needs.

Whether you’re a small business owner or large corporation, I highly recommend adding WP101 training to your employee onboarding process.

If you’re a WordPress freelancer or agency, then you should consider adding the WP101 Plugin to your client and build a recurring revenue stream.

Background Story – Why WP101? 

Both WPBeginner and WP101 started around the same time with a similar mission: making it easy for people to learn WordPress.

At WPBeginner, we did it with our easy to understand written tutorials, while Shawn at WP101 offered premium video training.

I have been friends with Shawn Hesketh, founder of WP101 for a long time, and we have enjoyed over a decade of coopetition. I have a lot of admiration and respect for the massive impact he’s had in the growth of the WordPress community.

After 14+ years of creating WordPress training videos, when Shawn was ready to move on to the next chapter of his life, we started talking about the future of WP101 and carrying his legacy forward.

Given my experience running the largest WordPress resource site, it made perfect sense for us to be the future custodian of the WP101 brand. 

It gives me great joy to be there for a friend and offer him the exit that he deserves as he pursues the next chapter of his career. At the same time, it’s an honor and a privilege that Shawn trusted us to carry the mission forward.

What’s Coming Next? 

Our work is just starting.

My goal is to create the best class-room style WordPress training videos to help WordPress grow in enterprise, government agencies, as well as at the school and collegiate level. 

I’m really excited about the latter because I believe that education helps level the playing field, and that’s the mission of my Balkhi Foundation.

WordPress is an open source platform, and open source is one of the greatest ideas of our generation. It has the power to transform the lives of so many people across the world, like it did for me when I first immigrated to the US.

While talent is everywhere, opportunities are not. I want to use the WP101 training platform to bring opportunities everywhere, so we can help shape the future of the web for billions worldwide.

This is a big mission, and I need your help. If you have experience with instructional design or higher-ed, I would love to chat with you to see how we can work together to bring WordPress to classrooms and universities. Please send me a message via WPBeginner contact form.

If you’re passionate about teaching WordPress and want to be a part of our mission, we’re hiring content creators and trainers. While the listings for these roles aren’t public, just send me a brief message via our contact form with your resume, and I’ll get in touch with you.

As always, I want to thank you for your continued support of WPBeginner. 

Every time I share an announcement like this, I realize that I’m only able to do what I love every day because of you, our amazing readers, and I’m extremely grateful for your support throughout the years.

WPBeginner and Awesome Motive would not be here without YOU, and I just want to say how much I appreciate all of you.

I look forward to continuing serving you, and the larger WordPress / web ecosystem for years to come.

Yours Truly,

Syed Balkhi
Founder of WPBeginner

P.S. Want us to acquire or invest in your WordPress business? Learn more about the WPBeginner Growth Fund.

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We have been closely monitoring the development and trying out new features on our test sites.

In this article, we’ll give you a sneak peek into what features are coming in WordPress 6.2 with details and screenshots.

Note: You can try out the beta version on your computer or on a staging environment by using the WordPress Beta Tester plugin. Please keep in mind that some of the features in the beta may not make it into the final release.

Here is a quick overview of changes coming in WordPress 6.2:

Full Site Editor Comes Out of Beta

The new full site editor feature in WordPress will come out of beta with the final release of WordPress 6.2.

This completes a significant part of the WordPress development roadmap.

The site editor feature is now stable for the community to create block-based themes and experiment with their own WordPress websites, plugins, or themes.

Browse and Choose Templates to Edit

Previously the Site Editor loaded the Home template of your theme by default. This left many beginners wondering which template or template part they needed to edit.

With WordPress 6.2, the site editor will load the template preview window first. From here, you can browse different templates and see a preview of what it looks like.

Then you can simply click on the Edit button to start working on the selected template.

Once you are done editing the template, don’t forget to click on the Save button to make your changes go live.

After that, you can click on the WordPress logo in the upper-left corner of the screen to bring back the template browser sidebar.

Now if you need to edit a different template, then you can choose it from here. Otherwise, you can simply click on the WordPress logo again and exit the Site Editor.

Add Custom CSS to Your Theme or Specific Blocks

In the last few WordPress releases, the site editor hid the ‘Theme Customizer‘ which made it difficult for users to add custom CSS to their themes.

WordPress 6.2 will allow users to switch to the Styles panel and select Custom CSS from the menu.

From here, users will be able to save Custom CSS that applies to their entire theme.

What if you wanted to save custom CSS that only applied to a specific block?

WordPress 6.2 will also allow you to add custom CSS for specific blocks. From the Style panel, click on the Blocks menu.

On the next screen, you will see a list of blocks. Simply click on the block where you want to apply your custom CSS.

Under the block styles, click on the Additional CSS tab.

If you want to conditionally add CSS or keep your custom styles outside of theme specific settings, then we recommend using the free WPCode plugin.

New and Improved Navigation Menus

Adding navigation menus in the full site editor has been a bit difficult for users. WordPress 6.2 will try to solve this by improving the way users can create and manage menus while using the site editor.

First, instead of editing the menu items inline, you can now add, remove, and edit menu items in a subpanel under the Navigation block.

From here, you can add a new menu item by clicking on the Add Block (+) button. You can also just drag and drop menu items to rearrange them.

Want to create a new blank menu or reload an older one? Simply click on the three-dot menu and then choose a menu you created earlier or create a new one.

Colors to Indicate Template Parts Being Edited

WordPress 6.2 will also highlight the template part that you are editing, and that changes will be made on a side-wide, global scale.

The element will be bordered in a color and have a template part icon attached.

This will help users realize that instead of editing the specific page or post, they are now editing a template part and this change will affect other pages on their site as well.

See Styles for All Blocks in The Style Book

The site editor in WordPress 6.2 will ship with a ‘Style Book.’ Simply switch to the Styles panel and then click on the style book icon.

This will show you all the blocks, and how they are styled in your theme.

You can locate a block much more quickly this way, and then click to edit it directly.

After that, you can change its appearance and style and customize it to your own requirements.

Copy and Paste Block Styles

Now that editing block styles and appearance has become so much easier, there is a need to easily copy and paste these styles.

WordPress 6.2 will allow you to simply copy block styles by clicking on block options and then selecting ‘Copy Styles’.

After that, you can click to edit a different block and select ‘Paste styles’ from the block options.

Your browser will ask for permission to allow your website to view the contents of the clipboard. You need to click ‘Allow’ to continue.

Classic Widgets Import as Template Parts in Block Themes

Users with classic widget themes lost their legacy widgets when they switched to a block theme. WordPress 6.2 will provide a nice fallback to that by converting legacy widgets into special Template Parts when switching themes.

You’ll need to enter the site editor and edit the template where you want to import the widgets. After that, create a new template part by clicking on the Add New Block button (+).

From the template part settings panel, click on the Advanced tab to expand it and you’ll find the option to import a widget area from your previous theme.

Separate Sub Panels for Block Settings and Styles

With WordPress 6.2, the editor will show two sub-panels for a block. One for the block settings and the other one for styles.

This will help users understand where they need to look if they want to change the appearance of a block.

A New Distraction-Free Mode is Introduced

Historically, WordPress has always provided options to hide the formatting buttons and toolbars on the post editor screen.

However, WordPress 5.4 made the editor full-screen by default. This allowed users to have a much cleaner writing interface, but there was no distraction-free mode.

WordPress 6.2 will remedy that and will come with a completely clean and calm distraction-free mode. Users will be able to choose it from the editor settings.

Once chosen, the distraction-free mode hides all editor control elements.

As you can see below, toolbars, side panels, and the top bar are nowhere to be seen.

Improved Pattern Insertion with New Categories

WordPress 6.2 will simplify the Pattern Insertion panel. Instead of showing previews and a drop-down menu of categories, it will show the categories first.

There are two new categories of Patterns added for the Header and Footer sections.

Clicking on a category will show you the available patterns that you can use.

You can then just click to insert a pattern into your template and start editing it.

For more details, see our tutorial on how to use patterns in WordPress.

Miscellaneous Changes

Download Link For Media Files – The media screen will now show a Download File link in the list view.

Openverse Integration to Add Free Images – Openverse offers royalty-free open-source images.

With WordPress 6.2, users will be able to find and add those images from Add New panel.

New Icon for the Settings Panel – The icon to display the settings panel previously used a gear icon.

It is now represented with a panels icon.

Under The Hood Changes

There are a ton of changes in WordPress 6.2 intended for developers. Here are some of the changes that you will find in the update:

• Faster updates by moving directories instead of copying them. (Details)
• A new switch_to_user_locale() function is introduced. (Details)
• Create autosave revisions only when content is changed. (Details)
• Add a style variation tag to themes that use style variations. (Details)

Overall WordPress 6.2 beta 1 includes 292 enhancements, 354 bug fixes for the editor, and more than 195 tickets for the WordPress 6.2 core.

We hope this article provided you with a glimpse of what’s coming in WordPress 6.2.

Comment below to let us know what features you find interesting and what you’d look to see in a future WordPress release!

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Thrive Themes is the company behind some of the most powerful growth tools for WordPress. Over 200,000+ smart website owners use the Thrive premium plugin suite to easily convert website visitors into email subscribers, paying customers, and raving fans.

Introduction to Thrive Themes – Quick Overview

Thrive Themes is a popular brand among business owners because their suite of tools give you everything needed to build and grow your online business at drag & drop speed.

Although the brand name is Thrive Themes, it’s actually an ecosystem of powerful conversion focused WordPress plugins that work seamlessly together to help you start and grow your online business. 

Thrive Suite consists of four key areas to help you grow your online business: Build, Convert, Sell, and Engage.

Powerful WordPress Website Building Tools

They offer two powerful drag & drop WordPress design building tools called Thrive Architect and Thrive Theme Builder. They work together to help you build high-converting websites without any coding needed.

Thrive Architect is a visual drag & drop page builder for WordPress that helps you build custom landing pages and blog post designs faster than ever before. It comes with over 350+ conversion focused landing page templates and conversion elements that you can use to build high-converting websites. 

Thrive Theme Builder is a marketing centered custom WordPress theme builder that lets you visually build the conversion focused site of your dreams no matter your experience level (all drag & drop). Basically you can launch your site in under 15 minutes, update your brand everywhere in seconds, and everything is professionally designed with conversions in mind.

It comes with hundreds of design and site building elements to improve your workflow, and it integrates with just about every powerful business tool like WooCommerce, email marketing services, CRMs, and more to help save you time.

Don’t take my word, see what the users are saying.

WordPress Lead Generation & Conversion Tools

Thrive Suite is built by marketers for marketers which means there’s a big focus on creating advanced lead generation tools to help you get more email subscribers and grow your sales faster.

Their conversion tools for WordPress include Thrive Leads, Thrive Quiz Builder, Thrive Optimize, Thrive Ovation, and Thrive Ultimatum.

Thrive Leads is a drag and drop builder that allows you to create any type of lead generation form imaginable. It comes with a huge selection of opt-in form templates, or you can create your own custom one within minutes. 

You can use it to create popups, sticky ribbons, in-line forms, 2-step optin forms, slide-ins, screen filler overlay, content lock forms, scroll mat, yes / no or multiple choice forms, and more.

The best part is that you get advanced targeting features that lets you display relevant and hyper-targeted offers to visitors based on posts, categories, tags, and more. You also get A/B testing for opt-in forms as well as actionable reports.

Thrive leads integrates with all the popular email marketing services and CRMs.

Thrive Quiz Builder is a WordPress quiz plugin that lets you create highly engaging quizzes to help grow your email list, social shares, while giving you the data you need to grow your business.

It lets you build those viral social media quizzes with branching logic with zero coding. You can also use it to build personalized product recommendation quizzes to help users make a decision on which product they should pick on your website. 

The best part is that each answer helps you segment visitors based on their interests, so you can build a hyper-targeted email list and improve your email open rates.

You can also further improve your quiz conversions with A/B testing various quiz stages, and this is basically every marketers dream come true.

Thrive Optimize is a WordPress A/B testing tool that helps you launch tests faster, more often, and for crazy cheap prices compared to SaaS alternatives with no coding needed.

You can use it to create unlimited tests, unlimited variations, setup conversion goals, choose traffic distribution, and everything is done with visual editing (no code). Once the test is done, it automatically chooses your highest converting test as a winner.

Thrive Ovation is a set-and-forget testimonial plugin for WordPress. Studies show that testimonials can boost conversions by 34%, and this is the easiest way to start taking advantage of one of the most underestimated conversion boosters.

It lets you gather testimonials without a hassle where you can transform WordPress comments into testimonials in a single click. You can also automatically convert any social media comment into a beautiful testimonial card.

Lastly, it has a built-in auto-pilot testimonial gathering feature to help you collect more relevant and meaningful testimonials for your business.

Thrive Ultimatum is a powerful scarcity marketing tool for WordPress. You can use it to create both fixed and evergreen countdown timers on your website.

It comes with dozens of countdown timer designs that you can customize to match your style & brand with drag & drop ease. The targeting feature allows you to show the offer to the right audiences.

This is a must have tool for increasing product sales, building a buzz around your launch, and even boost established eCommerce sales. 

Sell Online Courses with Results Focused LMS Plugin

Thrive Apprentice lets you create pro-looking courses straight from your WordPress dashboard. It’s a WordPress membership and LMS plugin to build and grow your online business.

It comes with a drag & drop course builder that lets you create modules, chapters, lessons, and more in a well-organized manner. 

You get access to advanced drip functionality such as unlocking content at consistent intervals for each student or unlocking new content on specific weekday or day of the month. 

You have the option to unlock lessons based on the results of a quiz in Thrive Quiz builder, and you can even add custom tags to each user for personalized communication using Thrive Automator.

Thrive Apprentice lets you protect content based on the user’s membership level, award certificates to those who complete your courses, and so much more.

Last but not least, it gives you detailed insights about your students and courses, so you can get insights like where are students dropping in your course, how many lessons did a particular student complete, overall engagement reports, and so much more.

Boost Your WordPress Engagement with Smart Comments

Thrive Comments help you turn the most overlooked feature on your WordPress website into your most valuable asset. 

You can supercharge your WordPress comment area to spur engagement like Reddit and Facebook. It basically adds the most addictive elements of social media and community forms into your WordPress comments.

Users can get satisfaction by seeing likes / upvotes on their comments, unlock achievements through badges, get validation through being featured in comments, and get a chance to have their comments shared on social.

Basically Thrive Comments help you turn your comments into conversions. Based on what the user does, you can show selective actions such as redirecting first time comments to a welcome to community gfit page, or repeat commenters to a share modal, and more.

And unlike third-party comment systems like Disqus, there is no lock-in, and definitely no intrusive ads. This is your comment area and you get to customize it the way you want.

Whether you’re a small business owner or a marketer, I highly recommend adding Thrive Suite to your WordPress toolkit.

And now that you know all about Thrive Themes, I think you’ll find the background story of this acquisition even more interesting.

Background Story – Why Thrive Themes? 

In 2009, when I started WPBeginner, I spent hours every day learning and writing about new WordPress plugins, themes, and tools to help small businesses grow and compete with the big guys.

In the process, I came across Shane and Paul’s work when they created Hybrid Connect back in 2012. It was a WordPress popup plugin that I tried before I ended up building OptinMonster in 2013.

Ever since then I have closely followed their journey as they launched multiple products and eventually rebranded everything under the Thrive Themes brand.

Over the last 8 years, we have been friendly competitors working on the same mission: helping small businesses grow & compete with the big guys.

What a lot of beginners don’t often see is that WordPress is an open source platform. Unlike other industries, the competition is fair and friendly. Most of us WordPress product owners have great relationships with each other, and we even collaborate at times. This type of competition is known as co-opetition. We have learned from Thrive, and I’m sure Thrive has learnt from our brands.

While there are similarities in few of our existing products, there are also unique differences in our offerings. For example, Thrive has a powerful quiz builder for WordPress, an engaging comments plugin, and a proper A/B testing solution. Whereas the WPBeginner family of brands offered solutions like AIOSEO, WPForms, and MonsterInsights. Between us, we had a lot of mutual customers.

That’s why the brands will continue to operate independently and serve our respective customers (of course with deeper integration with each other)..

Last year, Shane reached out to me through the WPBeginner Growth Fund page because he was looking to move on to the next chapter of his life. But he only wanted to sell the business to someone who will carry his legacy forward while taking care of customers and protecting the team, and they chose us because of our reputation and values.

I was extremely familiar with Thrive Suite and have a lot of respect for what Shane and Paul had built, so it was a no brainer for us.

We worked through the logistics, and outside of the two co-founders, the entire team will be joining Awesome Motive. The team will be led by Brad Stevens, the current General Manager of Thrive Themes.

I will be working closely with him, and I’m super excited about bringing you more powerful solutions to help grow your website.

What’s Coming Next? 

Our work is just starting.

While I have some ideas and features I’d like to add in certain Thrive suite plugins, there is already an amazing feature roadmap in place based on existing customer feedback. 

My goal is to do everything I can to help make those features become a reality, as quickly as possible.

I’m really looking forward to doing a deeper dive in some of the conversion tools, especially quizzes because I know they can be a game changer when used properly.

Whether you’re a small business owner or a marketer, I think you will want to choose Thrive Suite to grow your business faster.

If you have suggestions on features you’d like to see in the various Thrive plugins, then please let us know by sending us a message via WPBeginner contact form.

As always, I want to thank you for your continued support of WPBeginner. 

Every time I share an announcement like this, I realize that I’m only able to do what I love every day because of you, our amazing readers, and I’m extremely grateful for your support throughout the years.

WPBeginner and Awesome Motive would not be here without YOU, and I just want to say how much I appreciate all of you.

And I look forward to continuing serving you, and the larger WordPress / web ecosystem for years to come.

Yours Truly,

Syed Balkhi
Founder of WPBeginner

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Duplicator is a top-rated WordPress backup and site migration plugin. Over 1,500,000+ smart website owners use Duplicator to make reliable and secure WordPress backups to protect their websites. Along with backups, you can also use Duplicator to easily migrate your website from one host to another within minutes.

Introduction to Duplicator – Quick Overview

Duplicator makes it easy for website owners to protect their websites with reliable and secure cloud backups. You can use it to create manual or scheduled WordPress backups and store them on any cloud service like Google Drive, Dropbox, Amazon S3, etc.

You can also use Duplicator to easily migrate and restore your website from one hosting provider to another, or even from local server to live.

This is why over 1,500,000 smart website owners and developers use Duplicator to backup or migrate websites while saving time.

What makes Duplicator stand out is that it’s both EASY and POWERFUL.

It comes with all the powerful backup features that you need including complete WordPress files & database backup, scheduled backups, recovery points to allow for quick rollbacks, archive encryption for enhanced security, and integrations with all the popular cloud storage platforms like Amazon S3, Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, FTP / SFTP, and any S3 compatible storage service like Wasabi, etc.

When it comes to WordPress site migrations, Duplicator really stands out from competition. It has an easy migration wizard, streamlined installer, custom search & replace, support for larger websites & managed hosting, server-to-server import, ability to migrate WordPress multisite to standalone or vice-versa, shared database support, and more.

For developers and agencies, Duplicator helps eliminate the rework by allowing you to create pre-configured sites that you can quickly set up with just a few clicks. Instead of manually configuring the same themes and plugins over and over, just configure one site and bundle it into a Duplicator package. Install the package to create a pre-configured site on as many locations as you want!

Aside from that, you can brand the installer with your own logo, and it comes with tons of developer hooks for further customization.

Smart developers and agencies use Duplicator as their preferred tool because it’s always reliable and it helps simplify even the large complex website migrations.

Whether you’re a small business owner or developer, I highly recommend adding Duplicator to your WordPress toolkit.

You can also use the free version of Duplicator to get started. 

Background Story – Why Duplicator? 

As you know, every year I do a WPBeginner reader survey where I ask for your suggestions on what new tutorials we should write, plugins we should build, new features we should add to our existing plugins, and so on.

For the last several years, the number of requests for us to build a beginner-friendly WordPress backup & migration plugin has been increasing.

So in 2020, I finally decided to reach out to Bob & Cory (co-founders of Duplicator) to see if they would be interested in joining Awesome Motive. The reason why I picked Duplicator was because I have used it numerous times for our various website migrations, and it was always the most reliable solution especially when dealing with complex migrations.

Not to mention we have written about them in numerous WPBeginner tutorials, so you already know that I am a fan of the product.

Well 2020 was a crazy year for everyone, so the timing wasn’t right for an acquisition, but nonetheless we stayed in touch. Fast forward to 2022, we came to an agreement for Duplicator to join WPBeginner family of products.

The two co-founders will not be joining the team as they want to move on to the next chapter of their life, but the entire Duplicator team will be joining us in the journey ahead, and I am very excited to work alongside them to build the features that you have been asking for.

As you know, my goal at Awesome Motive & WPBeginner is to help small businesses grow and compete with the big guys. Our software today powers over 21 million websites and helps shape the web for billions worldwide.

I believe that a reliable website backup solution is a critical part of every website because it helps you protect your website in case something goes wrong.

And that’s why I’m really excited to have Duplicator join the AM family.

What’s Coming Next? 

Our work is just starting.

We have an extensive list of ideas and feature roadmap from the feedback that you, the WPBeginner audience, have shared with us in the survey.

I’m looking forward to making those ideas come to life.

This is truly going to be a game changer!

Whether you’re a small business owner or a developer, I think you will want to choose Duplicator to protect your website with our reliable secure backups, and easily migrate your website when you’re looking to switch hosts.

If you have suggestions on features you’d like to see in the Duplicator plugin, then please let us know by sending us a message via WPBeginner contact form.

As always, I want to thank you for your continued support of WPBeginner. 

WPBeginner and Awesome Motive would not be here without YOU, and I just want to say how much I appreciate all of you.

And I look forward to continuing serving you and the larger WordPress / web ecosystem for years to come.

Yours Truly,

Syed Balkhi
Founder of WPBeginner

The post Welcome Duplicator to the WPBeginner Family of Products first appeared on WPBeginner.

Over 25,000+ websites use Uncanny Owl plugins to automate and grow their businesses.

About Uncanny Owl and Uncanny Automator Plugin

Uncanny Owl is a Toronto based WordPress company founded by Ryan Moore and Ken Young.

They specialize in helping automate WordPress-powered learning platforms and membership sites to deliver compelling e-learning solutions.

Their team is behind the fast growing WordPress automation plugin, Uncanny Automator, which helps you automate various WordPress admin tasks, so you can save time & money.

It seamlessly integrates with many popular WordPress plugins and third-party platforms, so you can easily build automation recipes without writing any code (over 300 triggers & actions).

In plain English, it helps your WordPress plugins talk to each other, so you can do cool things like:

• Have 2 WordPress sites talk to each other – sell products on one while create users & setup access on another.
• Create buttons that can automatically create user accounts and perform other actions in WordPress.
• Add custom user attributes to user profiles based on user’s actions.
• Trigger automation recipes in one plugin from the action taken by another plugin (for example, a submission of WPForms can be used to register a user in MemberPress, add them to a BuddyBoss group, and get a calendar event added).
• Connect your WordPress site with 2000+ external services using a single Zapier integration.
• … and so much more

Uncanny Owl is also known for their popular Uncanny Toolkit and other e-learning extensions.

Background Story — Why Uncanny Owl?

I got introduced to Uncanny Owl brand through their Uncanny Automator plugin because I have always wished something like this existed in WordPress.

Having the ability for two plugins to talk to each other and seamlessly automate tasks is a dream come true.

What’s even better is that they let you do it across two sites without writing any code. The moment I saw it, I was like … this is Zapier for WordPress.

The fact that they had already built the product that would save website owners a lot of time, I wanted to work with them.

Coincidently, two of our mutual friends, Artur and Chris from Extendify, reached out and asked if I would be interested in chatting with the Uncanny Owl founders to discuss a deeper partnership.

My answer was, absolutely!

After few conversations, we decided to join forces.

I invested in the Uncanny Owl business through the WPBeginner Growth Fund and will be advising the team on how to expand their WordPress product business.

At Awesome Motive, we have years of experience building popular WordPress plugins that are used by over 15 million websites including OptinMonster, WPForms, MonsterInsights, and many more.

Not to mention, our other WPBeginner growth fund portfolio companies like MemberPress, Formidable Forms, Pretty Links, Wholesale Suite, and others have seen tremendous growth over the years.

Sharing our combined knowledge with Uncanny Owl will help all of us better serve the larger WordPress community.

I’m really excited to be working with Ryan, Ken, and the entire team to help accelerate their growth in 2021 and beyond.

Thank you so much for your continued support of WPBeginner.

Sincerely,

Syed Balkhi
Founder of WPBeginner

P.S. Want us to acquire or invest in your WordPress business? Learn more about the WPBeginner Growth Fund.

The post Welcome Uncanny Owl and Automator Plugin to the WPBeginner Growth Fund appeared first on WPBeginner.

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Get 30% off ChurchThemes.com

Note: This deal is valid from November 23 to November 28.

Get 25% Off Smart Mockups

Smart Mockups allows you to instantly generate product mockups for all your design needs. They are offering a 25% discount during Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

Get 25% Off Smart Mockups

Note: This deal is valid 22 November till 28 November.

Get 75% Off Full Text Search

Full Text Search is a WordPress search plugin that improves WordPress search and makes it more relevant and powerful. They are offering a 75% discount during holidays.

Get 75% Off Full Text Search

Note: This deal is valid from 23 November till 26 November.

Get 40% Off WP Coupons and Deals

WP Coupons and Deals is a powerful WordPress coupons plugins that helps you boost your affiliate sales and conversions. They are offering 40% off on all their plans.

Use coupon code: WPCD40

Get 40% Off WP Coupons and Deals

Note: This deal is valid from 20 November till 25 November.

Get 40% Off Iconic WP

IconicWP sells premium WooCommerce plugins for online stores. This holiday season they have announced a 40% discount on all their products (single site annual licenses).

Use coupon code: bfcm18

Get 40% Off IconicWP

Note: This deal is valid from 23 November to 26 November.

Get 20% Off LifterLMS

LifterLMS is a powerful WordPress LMS plugin which allows you to sell online courses. They are offering a 20% discount during Black Friday and 15% discount during Cyber Monday.

Use coupon code: BLACKFRIDAY18

Get 20% Off LifterLMS

Note: This deal is valid from November 16 to November 26.

Get 35% Off MyThemeShop

MyThemeShop sells premium WordPress themes and plugins. They are offering their extended membership for $99.47 and discount on single item purchases.

Get 35% Off MyThemeShop

Note: This offer is valid until 1st December 2018.

Get 30% Off Envira Gallery

Envira Gallery is one of the best WordPress photo gallery plugin on the market. They are offering a 30% discount during holidays.

Use coupon code: BFSS30

Get 30% Off Envira Gallery

Note: This deal is valid from 20 November till 30 November.

Get 30% Off Soliloquy

Soliloquy is one of the best WordPress slider plugins. They are offering a 30% discount on all plans.

Use coupon code: BFSS30

Get 30% Off Soliloquy

Note: This deal is valid from 20 November till 30 November.

Get 30% Off All in One SEO Pack Pro

All in One SEO Pack Pro is one of the best WordPress SEO plugins on the market. They are offering a 30% discount during the holiday season.

Use coupon code: SHOPPINGSPREE

Get 30% Off All in One SEO Pack Pro

Note: This deal is valid until 30 November.

Get 50% Off Visual Composer

Visual Composer is a powerful WordPress drag and drop page builder. They have announced 50% off during Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

Use coupon code: 50%-black-friday
Use coupon code: 50%-cyber-monday

Get 50% Off Visual Composer

Note: The black friday coupon is valid from 17-26 November, and cyber monday coupon is valid from 26-30 November.

Get 33% Off EWWW Image Optimzer

EWWW Image Optimizer is one of the best WordPress image compression plugin. This holiday season, they are offering 33% discount (one time credits) and 22% off monthly/yearly plans.

Use coupon code: SBSCM22 (for monthly/yearly plans)

Get 33% Off EWWW Image Optimizer

Note: This offer is valid from 24 November till 26

Get 50% Off CometChat

CometChat allows you to add real-time chat between users on your WordPress site. They are offering 50% Off for the first 2 months on all plans.

Use coupon code: TGIBF

Get 50% Off CometChat

Note: This deal is valid from 21 Nov till 26 Nov.

Get 66% Off ShortPixel

ShortPixel is an image optimization service that helps you speed up your website by automatically optimizing your image for the web. They are offering 66% off ShortPixel plans right now by basically giving you 200% more pixel credits.

Get 200% more ShortPixel

Note: This deal will end on 27th November.

Get 30% Off 7Theme

7Theme sells responsive and premium WordPress themes for businesses. They are giving a 30% discount during holidays.

Use coupon code: blckfrdy

Get 30% Off 7Theme

Note: This deal is valid 21 November till 28 November.

Get 40% Off ThemeTrust

ThemeTrust offers beautifully crafted WordPress themes for small businesses and blogs. They are offering a 40% discount during holiday sales.

Use coupon code: BLACK18

Get 40% Off ThemeTrust

Note: This deal is valid until 26 November.

Get 30% Off WP Sheet Editor

WP Sheet Editor allows you to view and edit WordPress data as spreadsheets. This holiday season, they are offering a 30% discount on all plans.

Use coupon code: BLACKFRIDAY998723

Get 30% Off WP Sheet Editor

Note: This deal is valid until 06 December 2018.

Get 20% Off AccessPress Themes

AccessPress Themes sells beautifully made premium WordPress themes. This holiday season, they are offering a 20% discount on all their themes.

Use coupon code: blackfriday

Get 20% Off AccessPress Themes

Note: This offer is valid until 1st December.

Get 75% Off CyberChimps

CyberChimps is a premium WordPress theme shop. This holiday season, they are offering 50% off annual club and 75% off all themes.

Use coupon code: BLACKFRIDAY50 (For annual club)

Use coupon code: BLACKFRIDAY75 (Any themes)

Get 75% Off CyberChimps

Note: This deal is valid until 30 November.

Get 30% Off Cloudways

Cloudways offers managed WordPress hosting services. This holiday season they are giving 30% off for 3 Months on all plans.

Use coupon code: BFCM18

Get 30% Off Cloudways

Note: This deal is valid from 21 November till 30 November.

Get 30% Off Advanced Ads

Advanced Ads is a WordPress ad management plugin which allows you to easily manage and insert ads on your website. They are offering 30% off on all their plans.

Use coupon code: BFCM2018

Get 30% Off Advanced Ads

Note: This offer is valid from 23 November till 26 November.

Get 50% Off Liquid Web

Liquid Web offers managed WordPress hosting solutions for business websites. They are offering 50% off for six months during Black Friday and 50% off for four months till end of the year. This offer is valid for managed WordPress and managed WooCommerce hosting plans (except their $39 Beginner plan).

Use coupon code: CYBERSPECIAL18 (valid from 23-26 November)

Use coupon code: HOLIDAYPROMO18 (valid from 27 November till 31st December)

Get 50% Off Liquid Web

Note: This offer is valid from November 23 until December 31.

Get 30% Off Flothemes

Flothemes offers beautiful WordPress themes and website setup services. This holiday season they are offering 30% discount on all WordPress themes.

Use coupon code: BF30

Get 30% Off FloThemes

Note: This offer is valid until 26 November.

Get 50% Off Easy Login Styler Pro

Easy Login Styler Pro allows you to easily create white label WordPress login pages. This holiday season, they are giving 50% discount

Use coupon code: BFCMEASY

Get 50% Off Easy Login Styler Pro

Note: This deal is valid from 23 to 26 November.

Get 50% Off NexThemes

NexThemes is a premium WordPress themeshop offering beautiful themes for businesses and blogs. They are offering a 50% discount during the holiday season.

Use coupon code: BF50OFF

Get 50% Off NexThemes

Note: This deal ends on 26th November.

Get 50% Off MotoPress

MotoPress sells premium WordPress themes and plugins. They are offering 50% off their products during the holiday sales.

Use coupon code: WPBeginner

Get 50% Off MotoPress

Note: This deal is valid until 30 November.

Get 40% Off Pixelemu

Pixelemu sells premium WordPress themes and plugins. This holiday season, they have announced a 40% discount on all their products.

Use coupon code: BFCM18

Get 40% Off Pixelemu

Note: This deal is valid until 27th November.

Get 30% Off AAWP

AAWP is an Amazon Affiliates plugins for WordPress. This holiday season, they have announced a 30% discount on new licenses and license upgrades.

Use coupon code: BLACKWEEKEND2018

Get 30% Off AAWP

Note: This deal is valid from 23 November till 26 November.

Get 30% Off Advanced Coupons

Advanced Coupons is a WooCommerce extension that allows you to add high-impact coupon offers to your online store. This holiday season, they are offering a 30% discount for all licenses.

Use coupon code: Holiday30

Get 30% Off Advanced Coupons

Note: This deal is valid from 23 November till 27 November.

Get 40% Off MyCred

MyCred is a points management plugin for WordPress. They are offering a 40% discount during the holidays.

Use coupon code: wpbeginner

Get 40% Off MyCred

Note: This offer is valid until 30 November.

Get 30% Off Flycart

Flycart sells premium WordPress and WooCommerce plugins. They are giving a 30% discount during the holiday season.

Get 30% Off Flycart

Note: This deal is valid from 23 November until 27 November.

Get 50% Off Wow Themes

Wow Themes makes professional WordPress themes. This holiday season they have announced 50% discount on their all themes bundle for just $45.

Get 50% Off Wow Themes

Note: This deal is valid from 23 November till 26 November.

Get 60% Off AmaLinks Pro

AmaLinks Pro allows you to easily add Amazon affiliate links to your WordPress website. They are offering up to 60% discounts during the holiday sales.

Get 60% Off AmaLinks Pro

Note: This offer is valid till November 26.

Get 50% Off Google Fonts for WordPress

Google Fonts for WordPress plugin makes it easier to add and use Google Fonts on your website. They are offering a 50% discount during the holidays.

Use coupon code: BF50

Get 50% Off Google Fonts for WordPress

Note: This offer is valid until November 26.

Get 30% Off PowerPack Beaver Builder Addons

PowerPack Beaver Builder Addons is an addon pack for Beaver Builder. They are offering 30% discount to all new customers and upgrades.

Get 30% Off PowerPack Beaver Builder Addons

Note: This offer is valid till November 30th.

Get 40% Off PowerPack Addons for Elementor

PowerPack addons for Elementor is an addons pack for Elementor page builder plugin. They are offering 40% discount to all new customers and upgrades.

Get 40% Off PowerPack Addons for Elementor

Note: This offer is valid till November 30th.

Get 30% Off WPfomify

WPfomify allows you to use social proof and FOMO to boost conversions and sales. They are offering 30% discount during holidays.

Get 30% Off WPfomify

Note: This offer is valid until 30 November.

Get 40% Off BAVOKO SEO Tools

BAVOKO SEO tools is a WordPress SEO plugin to improve your SEO workflow. They are offering 40% discount during the holiday sales.

Use coupon code: BLACKFRIDAYDEAL

Get 40% Off BOVOKO SEO Tools

Note: This deal is valid from 23-26 November.

Get 40% Off Mystery Themes

Mystery Themes is a premium WordPress theme shop. They are giving a 40% discount on all premium themes.

Use coupon code: mtblackfriday18

Get 40% Off Mystery Themes

Note: This deal is valid from 23-30 November.

Get 50% Off WP Business Reviews

WP Business Reviews allows you to easily collect customer reviews and display them on your website. They are offering 50% discount during holiday sales.

Get 50% Off WP Business Reviews

Note: This deal is valid from 23 till 26 November.

Get 40% Off CloudApp

CloudApp makes it easy to take screenshots and share them across devices. This holiday season, they are offering a 40% discount on annual or monthly CloudApp Pro plan for one year.

Use coupon code: cloudapp40

Get 40% Off CloudApp

Note: This deal is valid until November 30th.

******* END Of DEALS *******

That’s all for now. We will be adding more deals and updating this page throughout the week.

Aside from these, we also have tons of other WordPress deals and discounts for WPBeginner readers.

Hopefully, you can take advantage of some of these limited time deals. Have a happy Thanksgiving.

P.S. If you’re a WordPress company offering a discount or know of one that is having a deal, then please let us know in the comments below. Alternatively, you can send us a message via our contact form, so we can update this article.

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Note: These offers are for LIMITED TIME only. We’ve indicated the expiration date next to each offer.

Some deals are not live at the time of publishing this blog post, but will be going live through out this week.

Don’t forget to bookmark this page because we will be updating it throughout the week as we find new deals.

Get 25% OFF OptinMonster

OptinMonster helps you convert abandoning website visitors into subscribers and customers. It’s a powerful conversion optimization toolkit that Pros use to grow their email list and boost sales.

OptinMonster is created by Syed Balkhi, founder of WPBeginner. We use it on our site and have seen as high as 600% increase in our subscriber growth.

Other pro bloggers like Mike Stelzner from Social Media Examiner has added over 250,000 email subscribers using OptinMonster. See all OptinMonster case studies.

OptinMonster helps you design beautiful optin forms that are proven to convert. You can show personalized messages at the right time to your visitors with OptinMonster’s behavior automation features.

If you’re serious about growing your online business, then this is a MUST HAVE tool.

Use the coupon code: BF2017 to get 25% OFF OptinMonster.

Get 25% OFF OptinMonster

Note: This deal is good from Monday Nov 20th — until Nov 30th.

Get 25% OFF WPForms

WPForms is the best form builder plugin for WordPress. Unlike other WordPress contact form plugins, WPForms is designed to be the most beginner friendly form plugin in the market.

It comes with an intuitive drag and drop form builder which allows you to build any kind of form you want. It includes ready to use form templates, smart conditional logic, user registration and login form, front-end post submission form, newsletter signup form, payment forms, and much more.

WPForms integrates beautifully with third-party tools like PayPal, Stripe, MailChimp, Aweber, etc. Most importantly, all your forms are mobile friendly out of the box.

Use the coupon code: BF2017 to get 25% OFF all WPForms plans.

Get 25% Off WPForms

Note: This deal is good from Monday Nov 20th — until Nov 30th.

Get 25% OFF MonsterInsights

MonsterInsights is the best and most popular Google Analytics plugin for WordPress (currently being used on over 1.9 million websites).

MonsterInsights help you see how visitors find and use your website, so you can keep them coming back. Simply put, get stats that matter.

It allows you to get detailed user engagement reports, which helps you make data-driven decisions to boost sales and conversions. This holiday season, they are offering 25% OFF on all plans.

Use coupon code: BF2017

Get 25% OFF MonsterInsights

Note: This deal is good from Monday Nov 20th — until Nov 30th.

Get 25% OFF Envira Gallery

Envira Gallery is the best responsive WordPress gallery plugin in the market. Unlike other gallery plugins, Envira is built for speed and is faster than all other gallery plugins for WordPress.

It is packed with features like Albums, Lightbox popup, drag and drop builder, gallery templates, full screen slideshows, WooCommerce integration, watermarking, and much more.

Use the coupon code: BF2017 to get 25% OFF all Envira Gallery plans.

Get 25% Off Envira Gallery

Note: This deal is good from Monday Nov 20th — until Nov 30th.

Get 25% OFF Soliloquy

Soliloquy is the best WordPress slider plugin in the market. It is super-easy to use and packed with great features like carousel, fullscreen sliders, featured content, Instagram, ready to use themes, and much more.

Use the coupon code: BF2017 to get 25% OFF on all Soliloquy plans.

Get 25% OFF Soliloquy

Note: This deal is good from Monday Nov 20th — until Nov 30th.

Get 80% OFF HostGator

HostGator is one of the most popular WordPress hosting companies, and we use their dedicated servers to host WPBeginner. Our founder, Syed Balkhi, has been a HostGator customer since 2007.

They’re offering WPBeginner users an exclusive 80% off hosting deal and you get the domain for $2.99.

This is a WPBeginner exclusive offer, and it doesn’t get any better than this.

Get the best HostGator deal in the market

You have to use the coupon code: WPBEGINNER80 to claim the deal.

Note: This deal is already live right now and will be valid until November 28th.

Get 63% OFF Bluehost

Bluehost is one of the officially recommended WordPress hosting providers. This Black Friday they will be offering amazing discount deals throughout the week.

You can get web hosting + free domain + free SSL certificate for $2.65 / month on Black Friday till Sunday.

Get the best Bluehost Deal

Note: This deal is starts on November 24th and is valid until November 27th, 2017.

Get 67% OFF A2 Hosting

A2 Hosting is a popular host known for their ultra-fast and reliable WordPress hosting, and expert technical support. This holiday season they are offering 67% off their shared hosting plans and 50% off their managed VPS.

Use coupon code: HUGE67

Get 67% Off A2 Hosting

Note: This deal is valid from 23rd November – 27th November.

Get 70% OFF SiteGround

SiteGround is one of the leading WordPress hosting providers. They are offering discount deals upto 70% OFF during black friday and cyber monday.

Get 70% OFF SiteGround

We use Siteground to host our popular List25 site (see case study).

Note: This deal is good from November 24 till November 28.

Get 50% OFF WPEngine

WPEngine is the best WordPress managed hosting service provider. They are offering a 50% discount for initial payments on their hosting plans.

No coupon required

Get 50% OFF WPEngine

Get IPVanish Lifetime VPN for $2.87 / Month

IPVanish is one of the best VPN services for WordPress users. This holiday season, they are offering a lifetime VPN plan for just $2.87/month for all new users (billed $69.00 every two years).

Get IPVanish Lifetime VPN

Note: This offer is valid from November 22, 12:01pm EST until until November 29, 11:59am ET.

Get 25% OFF Beaver Builder

Beaver Builder is the best WordPress page builder plugin in the market. It is 100% drag-and-drop which makes it really easy for beginners to create custom page layouts.

Unlike other plugins, it is actually quite fast and easy to learn. In our opinion, it is by far the best option in the market.

This holiday season, they’re offering a 25% discount.

Get 25% OFF BeaverBuilder

Note: Discounts will be applied automatically from November 24th – 27th.

Get 25% OFF Elegant Themes

Elegant Themes is one of the oldest and most reliable WordPress companies around offering premium WordPress themes and plugins to a large community of users. This holiday season they are offering 25% discount to all existing and new customers.

Get 25% OFF Elegant Themes

Note: This offer is valid on 24 November 00:00 PDT and 27 November 00:00 PDT.

Get 50% OFF iThemes + BackupBuddy

Our friends at iThemes are offering a whopping 50% discount on their WordPress Toolkit. This kit includes BackupBuddy one of the best WordPress backup plugins in the market.

It also includes 40+ plugins, 200+ themes, 800+ hours of training, 10+ iThemes Sync Pro Sites, and more.

Use coupon code: WPTOOLKIT50

Get 50% OFF iThemes Now

Note: This offer expires on November 30, 2017.

Get 50% OFF LearnDash

LearnDash is the best WordPress LMS plugin in the market. It allows you to create highly interactive online courses with in WordPress. You can make money by accepting payments and selling courses. It also integrates beautifully with MemberPress to create amazing online communities on your learning website.

They are offering 50% OFF on Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

Use coupon code: BLACKFRIDAY Valid only on November 24, between 7am-4pm EST.

Use coupon code: CYBERMONDAY Valid only on November 27, between 7am-4pm EST.

Get 50% OFF CSSIgniter

CSSIgniter is one of the most popular WordPress theme shops. They offer well crafted, stunningly gorgeous, and well coded WordPress themes.

The have offered an exclusive 50% discount to WPBeginner users.

Use coupon code: BFWPB2017

Get 50% OFF CSSIgniter

Note: This offer is valid from November 21 to December 2.

Get 60% OFF CSS Hero

CSS Hero allows you to customize the look of any WordPress theme or plugin without touching code. Using simple point-and-click interface you can change appearance of any part of your website.

Unlike page builder plugins which help you create new layouts, CSS Hero helps you customize existing layouts. For more details, take a look at our CSS Hero review.

This holiday season they are offering 60% discount.

Get 60% OFF CSS Hero

Note: This deal is valid from 24 November until 27 November 2017.

Get 30% OFF ThirstyAffiliates

ThirstyAffiliates is a must have affiliate marketing plugin for WordPress users. It allows you to manage and cloak affiliate links in WordPress.

They are offering 30% OFF on all licenses during holiday season.

Use coupon code: BF2017

Get 30% OFF ThirstyAffiliates

Note: This deal is valid from 24th November through to midnight on Monday 27 November (PST – Pacific Time).

Get 25% OFF Easy Digital Downloads

Easy Digital Downloads is one of the best WordPress eCommerce plugins. They are offering 25% discount on all extensions.

Use coupon code: BFCM2017

Get 25% off Easy Digital Downloads

Note: This offer is valid from 24 November until 27 November.

Get 25% OFF Restrict Content Pro

Restrict Content Pro allows you to restrict content to registered users only. They are offering 25% discount on all extensions.

Use coupon code: BFCM2017

Get 25% OFF Restrict Content Pro

Note: This offer is valid from 24 November until 27 November.

Get 25% OFF AffiliateWP

AffiliateWP is one of the best affiliate tracking and management plugin for WordPress. They are offering a 25% discount on all extensions.

Use coupon code: BFCM2017

Get 25% OFF AffiliateWP

Note: This offer is valid from 24 November until 27 November.

Get Upto 50% OFF StudioPress

StudioPress is one of the best premium WordPress theme shops and creators of the Genesis theme framework. This holiday season they are offering all new customers 25% OFF, and 50% OFF to all returning customers. This offer is also valid for multiple theme purchases as well as their Pro Pack which normally costs $499.95.

Get Upto 50% OFF StudioPress Themes

Note: This offer is valid from 21 November to 28 November 8:00 p.m. EST.

Get 30% OFF ChurchThemes.com

ChurchThemes offers beautifully designed WordPress themes for churches, religious, and spiritual websites. All their themes include a Church Content plugin which helps you easily add sermons, events, locations, people, and more.

This holiday season they are offering 30% off on all their products.

Get 30% off ChurchThemes.com

Note: This deal is valid from November 24 to November 29.

Get 70% OFF WPZOOM

WPZoom is a premium WordPress theme shop offering beautiful themes for all kind of websites. This holiday season, they are offering 60% discount on their All Theme Package and 70% discount on their All Theme Package PRO.

Get 70% OFF WPZoom

Note: This offer is valid from 24 November to 28 November, 2017.

Get 25% OFF ThemeIsle

ThemeIsle offers a great collection of premium WordPress themes and plugins. They are offering 25% discount on all new signups for their membership plans.

Get 25% off ThemeIsle

Note: This offer is valid from 24 November to 28 November.

Get 20% OFF MemberPress

MemberPress is the best WordPress membership plugin in the market today. It allows you to easily create a membership website with paid subscriptions or a pay per view website with multi-level subscription plans. This holiday season, they are offering 20% discount on all plans.

Use this coupon code: BF2017

Get 20% OFF MemberPress

Note: This offer is valid From 24 November at 12:00 AM until 27 November 11:59 PM MST.

Get 20% OFF Affiliate Royale

Affiliate Royale is an affiliate program plugin for WordPress. They are offering 20% discount on all their plans.

Use this coupon code: BF2017

Get 20% OFF Affiliate Royale

Note: This offer is valid From 24 November at 12:00 AM until 27 November 11:59 PM MST.

Get 20% OFF Pretty Link Pro

Pretty Link Pro is a link cloaking and redirection plugin for WordPress. They are offering 20% discount on their plans.

Use this coupon code: BF2017

Get 20% off Pretty Links Pro

Note: This offer is valid From 24 November at 12:00 AM until 27 November 11:59 PM MST.

Get 50% OFF TemplateMonster

TemplateMonster is a premium WordPress theme shop. This holiday season they are offering 50% discount on all their products.

Get 50% Off TemplateMonster

Note: This offer is valid from November, 23 until November, 30.

Get 25% OFF Flywheel

Flywheel is a managed WordPress hosting provider. They are offering 3 months free (that’s 25% off) all new annual WordPress hosting plans (starting at just $11.25/month).

Get 25% OFF Flywheel

Note: This offer is valid from 12:01 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 20th to 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 28.

Get 40% OFF Engine Themes

Engine Themes is a premium WordPress theme shop. They offer WordPress themes for all kind of websites. This holiday season, they are offering 40% off on all their themes.

Use coupon code: ET40

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Note: This deal is valid from 24 November until 27 November.

Get 72% OFF MyThemeShop

MyThemeShop offers premium WordPress themes for different industries and niches. They are offering upto 72% discount on their themes during Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

Use coupon code: BFCM17

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Note: This offer is valid from 20th November until 3rd December, 2017.

Get 50% OFF Event Espresso

Event Espresso provides an easy way to manage events from your WordPress site. They are offering 25% discount on new support licenses and a whopping 50% discount on add ons.

Get 50% Off Event Espresso

Note: This offer expires on November 27, 2017.

Get 40% off Imagely

Imagely is home of the popular WordPress photography plugin NextGen (See our comparison of the best WordPress gallery plugins). They are offering 40% discount on all their plugins and themes.

Use coupon code: BF40

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Note: This offer is valid from 24 November to 27 November.

Get 40% OFF TeslaThemes

TeslaThemes offers beautifully designed premium WordPress themes. They are offering 50% discount on all their products.

Use coupon code: BF40

Get 40% Off TeslaThemes

Note: This offer is valid from 24 November to 27 November.

Get 40% OFF ShowThemes

ShowThemes offers premium WordPress themes for events, conferences, and event professionals. This holiday season, they are offering 40% discount on their themes.

Use coupon code: BF40

Get 40% OFF ShowThemes

Note: This offer is valid from 24 November to 27 November.

Get 40% Off Photocrati

Photocrati is a WordPress theme designed specifically for photographers. They are offering 40% discount during this holiday season.

Use coupon code: BF40

Get 40% OFF Photocrati

Note: This offer is valid from 24 November to 27 November.

Get 60% OFF Swift Performance

Swift Performance is a premium WordPress performance optimization plugin. It helps you achieve higher page speed scores and a blazing fast website with just few clicks.

They are offering WPBeginner users an exclusive 60% discount on all plans.

Use coupon code: WPBCYBER

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Note: This offer is valid from 24 November until 30 November.

Get 60% OFF ThemeStop

ThemeStop offers beautifully designed WordPress themes for all kind of websites. They are offering 60% discount on their theme club memberships.

Use coupon code: HOLIDAY60

Get 60% OFF ThemeStop

This deal is valid till 28th November.

Get 50% OFF Barn2 Media

Barn2 Media offers premium WordPress plugins like WooCommerce Product Table, WooCommerce Password Protected Categories, Posts Table Pro, and more. They are offering 50% discount on all their products.

Use coupon code: BARN2CYBER2017

Get 50% OFF Barn2 Media

Note: This deal is valid from 24th November until 27th November.

Get 33% OFF Page Builder Sandwich

Page Builder Sandwich is an premium WordPress page builder plugin. During this holiday season, they are offering 33% discount on purchase of any license.

Use coupon code: CYBERMONDAY33

Get 33% OFF Page Builder Sandwich

Note: This deal is valid from 20 November to 27 November.

Get 50% OFF Themeum

Themeum is a premium WordPress plugins and theme shop. They are offering 50% discount on all their products during holiday season.

Use this coupon code: BLACKFRIDAY50

Get 50% OFF Themeum

Note: This deal is valid from 23 November to 30 November.

Get 30% OFF WP-CRM System

WP-CRM System is a premium plugin that allows you to add a CRM system to your WordPress site. This holiday season, they are offering 30% discount on any plugin package.

Use coupon code: BFCM2017

Get 30% OFF WP-CRM System

Note: This deal is valid from 24 November to 27 November.

Get 30% OFF Conditional Checkout Fields

Conditional Checkout Fields allows you to collect data from customers during the checkout. They are offering 30% discount on all plugins during the holiday season.

Use coupon code: BFCM2017

Get 30% OFF Conditional Checkout Fields

Note: This deal is valid from 24 November to 27 November.

Get 35% Off WP Zinc

WP Zinc offers premium WordPress plugins like WordPress to Buffer Pro, Comment Rating Field Pro, and Page Generator Pro. This holiday season, they are offering 35% OFF on all their plugins.

Use coupon code: BF2017

Get 35% OFF WP Zinc

Note: This offer is valid from 24 November to 27 November.

Get 30% OFF WP Native Articles

WP Native Articles is a WordPress plugin to add Facebook Instant Article support to your website. They are offering 30% OFF during the holiday season.

Use coupon code: BLACK30

Get 30% OFF WP Native Articles

Note: This offer is valid from 24 November to 28 November.

Get 30% OFF Advanced Ads

Advanced Ads is a WordPress ad management plugin. It allows you to easily insert ads into your WordPress website. They are offering 30% discount during holiday season.

Use coupon code: BFCB2017

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Note: This offer is valid from November 24 to November 27.

Get 25% Off ProfilePress

ProfilePress allows you to create user profile forms. They are offering 25% discount during this Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

Use coupon code: BFCM2017

Get 25% Off ProfilePress

Note: This offer is valid from November 24th to November 27th 2017.

Get 25% OFF Winwar Media Plugins

Winwar Media offers premium WordPress plugins like WP Taxi Me Premium, which allows users to order Uber and Lyft taxis straight from your site. Their Inline Tweet Sharer Premium, allows you to add Tweetable quotes to your site.

During this holiday season, they are offering 25% discount on all purchases.

Use coupon code: BF2017

Get 25% OFF Winwar Media Plugins

Note: This offer is valid from 21 November to 29 November.

Get 70% OFF StackPress

StackPress offers WordPress hosting for blogs and business websites. They are offering 70% discount on first six months.

Use coupon code: SAVE70

Get 70% OFF StackPress

Note: This offer is valid from 24 November to 28 November.

Get 30% OFF Acme Themes

Acme Themes is a commercial WordPress theme shop offering themes for all kind of websites. They are offering 30% discount during Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

Use coupon code: BLACKFRIDAY2017

Get 30% OFF Acme Themes

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4.9 is a major WordPress release, and unless you are on a managed WordPress hosting service, you will have to manually initiate the update.

Important: Don’t forget to create a complete WordPress backup before starting the update.

New Theme Browsing Experience in The Customizer

WordPress 4.9 brings several improvements to the customizer. These changes offer a better user experience and a new set of tools for developers.

Previewing and changing themes directly from customizer is now more user friendly. You can view all your installed themes in the preview panel and click on the live preview button to load them in customizer.

You can also browse and search WordPress.org themes and install them directly from customizer.

Save and Schedule Changes in The Customizer

WordPress 4.9 brings changesets to theme customizer. It is like post revisions but for your theme changes. You can store changes without applying them.

This new feature also allows you to easily share a preview of those changes with anyone. Simply copy the preview URL and send it to any user. They will be able to see the new changes without login.

WordPress 4.9 also allows you to easily schedule theme changes to be automatically published later.

Theme developers will now be able to use these new changes in the customizer JS API. These changes will allow them to add better controls, beautiful outer panels, and display notifications on screen.

New Gallery Widget in WordPress 4.9

WordPress 4.8 introduced new media widgets which included rich text, audio, image, and video. WordPress 4.9 builds up on that with the introduction of the new gallery widget.

This new widgets allows you to create a native WordPress gallery and add it to your WordPress sidebar or any widget ready areas.

Just like the native WordPress galleries, this widget is also limited in terms of functionality. If you want a more powerful gallery with albums, then you need to look at a third-party plugin like Envira Gallery.

Add Media Button in Text Widget

The text widget in WordPress 4.8 came with plain text and HTML tabs. However, if you wanted to add an image in sidebar text widget, then you still had to write the HTML code.

WordPress 4.9 has fixed this by adding the ‘Add Media’ button in the text widget. Now you can easily select or upload an image directly inside the text widget.

OEmbed Support Outside Post Content

Previously automatic embeds didn’t work in areas other than post content. With WordPress 4.9, oEmbeds will now work in text widgets and other areas as well.

Shortcode in Sidebar Text Widgets

WordPress didn’t allow shortcode execution in text widgets. Users had to explicitly enable shortcodes in text widgets. WordPress 4.9 will finally change that and users will be able to add shortcodes in text widgets out of the box.

New Code Editing Experience in WordPress 4.9

WordPress allows you to add HTML/CSS code at various places like theme editor, custom CSS panel, or in custom HTML widget.

Previously, these areas were plain text boxes and didn’t look or act like a proper code editor.

WordPress 4.9 has changed that by adding syntax highlighting, code suggestions, and auto-completion into those areas.

If you have ever faced syntax error when editing your theme, then this enhancement will automatically fix many common mistakes that cause such errors.

If you don’t want to use the syntax highlighting feature, then you can still easily disable it. Simply go to your profile page and uncheck the syntax highlighting option.

One of the big usability issues beginners faced was directly making changes from WordPress built-in editor without fully understanding the consequences. A slightest mistake would lead to a syntax error and making their websites inaccessible.

WordPress 4.9 now shows a warning to users when they access the editor.

It will also show users helpful tips and point them to custom CSS panel in the customizer.

However, many users access the editor not to make changes but to quickly look up code. Particularly when they are working on child themes. To help those users, the editor will now recursively show files and folder in the sidebar for easier browsing of all files in a theme folder.

Under The Hood Changes

WordPress 4.9 also brings several great changes for developers as well. Here are some of those under the hood improvements.

Better mapping for theme widgets and navigation menus after switching themes. #39693, #39692

Removal of SWFUpload library from the core. #41752

Require a confirmation link in an email to be clicked by admin when a user attempts to change their email address. #16470

We hope this article offered you a good insight into what’s new in WordPress 4.9. We are particularly excited about the customizer changes. What are you excited about?

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