Weekly WordPress News: A New WordPress.org Homepage

Hey, WordPress friends. We are checking in with your latest dose of weekly WordPress news.  The WordPress.org homepage and download page got a fresh new look this week. It features the usual jazzy design WordPress is known for.  Beyond that, WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg’s “This is not a good use of time” comment on this [...]

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Weekly WordPress News: ServerPress Is Closing Its Doors

Hey, WordPress friends. We are checking in with your latest dose of weekly WordPress news.  This week, ServerPress, the creator of DesktopServer, is closing its doors. The company shared a farewell message on its website. We’re grateful for all the contributions of ServerPress to the WordPress community.  Beyond that,  the Twenty Twenty-Three default theme is [...]

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Weekly WordPress News: WebP by Default For WordPress 6.1

Hey, WordPress friends. We are checking in with your latest dose of weekly WordPress news.  This week, Gutenberg 13.8 is released with fluid typography, accessibility improvements, UX enhancements and a load of bug fixes. Meanwhile,  a vulnerability was patched in the popular Download Manager plugin. Wordfence suggests updating to the latest patched version if you [...]

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Getwid Review: Add New Blocks & Functionality to Your WordPress Website

Love the Gutenberg editor but want to go beyond the basics? Getwid might just be the plugin you need to enhance the WordPress editor experience and create unique designs. Created by MotoPress (the company famous for its WordPress hotel booking plugin), Getwid is a Gutenberg blocks plugin that offers a set of unique blocks that [...]

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Weekly WordPress News: Gutenberg 13.7 Expands Custom Template Capabilities

Hey, WordPress friends. We are checking in with your latest dose of weekly WordPress news.  This week, Gutenberg 13.7 is now available in the WordPress plugin repository with an updated modal design, new template types, and a lot of feature improvements. Beyond that, Joost de Valk published his semi-annual CMS market share analysis. After a [...]

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FooEvents Review: Sell Tickets Online Without Commission or Fees

Do you regularly host, hold, or organize events and rely on third-party companies to sell tickets? You’re probably paying a high commission or ticket fees on sales. What if there was a way to cut out fees and get full control of the ticket purchasing experience? If you have a hosted WordPress site with the [...]

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Weekly WordPress News: WordPress.com Reverts To Previous Pricing Model

Hey, WordPress friends. We are checking in with your latest dose of weekly WordPress news.  We recently let you know that WPLift is looking for a new owner to take the helm. Earlier this week, WPLift was sold in auction on the Flippa marketplace. We’ll share more details in the coming weeks, but rest assured [...]

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Awesome Search WP Review: A Quick Way to Find and Resolve WordPress Issues

Plugin errors, theme conflicts, database issues … these problems are part and parcel of using the WordPress CMS. Luckily, many of these problems result from code/text string errors. Modifying text can help you solve various WordPress issues, but the challenge is identifying where a piece of text actually lives. This is where Awesome Search WP [...]

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Weekly WordPress News: WordPress Plugin Acquisitions

Hey, WordPress friends. We are checking in with your latest dose of weekly WordPress news.  There are two acquisitions in the WordPress space this week. The Events Calendar acquired WP Conference Schedule. Meanwhile, Pirate Forms is now part WPForms.  Beyond that, there’s a short-cycle maintenance release that fixes a number of bugs. We recommend updating [...]

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How To Add Cool Chatbots and Live Chat to Your WordPress Website Using Tidio

Servicing the individual needs of visitors to your website can take considerable time and resources. Whether it is to manage sales inquiry emails, customer complaints, or just to answer FAQs, having human operators can prove expensive, particularly for the more repetitive tasks. This is where chatbots and live chats step in to ease that burden. [...]

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