Have a news tip or an upcoming event you’d like to see in our weekly ‘What’s New In WordPress’ roundup? Write us at [email protected]. EWWW Image Optimizer Security Vulnerability: If you are using EWWW Image Optimizer, make sure to update to 2.8.5 immediately. Best Image Compression Plugins For WordPress: Beautiful images are a great way to get your website noticed. Use these plugins to compress your images correctly. Postmatic 2 Released: Get comment notifications and create email digests to deliver your work directly to your audience. How To Add Google Structured Data To A WordPress Theme: This is such an […]
What’s New In WordPress: 6/10/2016
Have a news tip or an upcoming event you’d like to see in our weekly ‘What’s New In WordPress’ roundup? Write us at [email protected]. WordCamp Incubator Locations Announced: Cities in Indonesia, Zimbabwe, and Colombia will be given a mentor to help find a venue, sponsors, and speakers for their first WordCamps. How To Make Sure Your Website Is Mobile Friendly: Being mobile friendly is so important. Is your site easy to use on a phone or tablet? WP Mobile Security Vulnerabilities: Sucuri discovered a security vulnerability in WP Mobile last week. A patch was created so if you haven’t, update your […]
Postmatic 2 Now Available For Download
Jason Lemieux earlier this week announced Postmatic 2, which includes new features such as digests, service integration support, comment intelligence, and more. The update comes a year after the initial launch of Postmatic. Email Digests Postmatic Digests allows you to set up daily, weekly, and monthly automatic newsletters. Unlike other newsletter and digest services, Postmatic Digests displays the post title, author name, the number of comments, and top commenters. You can choose from five different layouts, select a subject line, set your schedule, and your content will be delivered directly to your users. Before you publish your post, Postmatic 2 will make sure […]
Freemius Checkout Makes It Easier To Sell WordPress Products
Freemius today announced Checkout, a new service to help developers sell WordPress products on any site by providing secure checkout, software licensing, and automatic updates. “We created Checkout to help fellow developers be able to do whatever they feel passionate about and make a living from that,” CEO and Founder of Freemius Vova Feldman told Torque. You can register for Checkout for free clicking “Register for Beta.” You’ll subsequently be asked schedule a 15-minute demo, which according to Feldman will help ensure that each user has all the tools necessary to efficiently use Checkout. When you have completed the demo, you will be […]
Everything You Need To Know About WordPress Ecommerce
If you’re thinking about starting an ecommerce site then WordPress is the CMS for you. You can sell almost anything you want online with WordPress due to the range of ecommerce plugins available. While it is easy to create a professional-looking website with WordPress, there are a few things to know before launching your ecommerce business. This guide will equip you with the tools you need to successfully get your ecommerce site up and running. The Ultimate Guide To Ecommerce This three-part series is a great first stop for everything you need to know before starting your online business, from […]
5 Takeaways From ManageWP’s AMA With Beth Soderberg
Beth Soderberg stopped by ManageWP to host an AMA this week. Soderberg is an independent developer and digital communication strategist living in D.C. She helps organize the DC WordPress Meetup, and co-organized DCFemTech Hack For Good, w at giving women in tech resources and closing the gender gap. Soderberg’s main goal with her work is to empower people in tech and tries to make sure everything she does works toward that goal. People asked about the process of writing a book, gender equality, and how to make WordPress more accessible. Here are five takeaways. Soderberg Is Determined To Write A Book. […]
WPBeginner Donates WP.org Domain To WordPress Foundation
Founder of WPBeginner Syed Balkhi yesterday announced that he has donated the WP.org domain to the WordPress Foundation. For the first time since 2014 when Balkhi purchased the domain, the WP.org URL will not navigate users to WPBeginner.com. “…this is a huge deal because now you can type wp.org in your Tweets, Slack messages, Facebook statuses, etc. without cursing at me or WPBeginner,” Balkhi said in the announcement. “I know this redirect was frustrating because many of you tweeted at me or sent us angry emails. To all of you and even those who took the high road, I want to apologize for my […]
WordCamp Incubator Locations Announced
After receiving 182 applications, WordPress.org last week announced the final three locations for the WordCamp Incubator program: Denpasar, Indonesia Harare, Zimbabwe Medellín, Colombia The WordCamp Incubator program was first announced back in February as a way to bring WordCamp support to areas that have never hosted a conference. Each city will be paired with a mentor and begin by hosting monthly meetings. “Once the local WordPress user group is meeting regularly, each team will work on finding a venue, setting a date, recruiting speakers, and spreading the word about the upcoming WordCamp,” the announcement said. Each location will have a deputy that […]
What’s New In WordPress: 5/31/2016
Have a news tip or an upcoming event you’d like to see in our weekly ‘What’s New In WordPress’ roundup? Write us at [email protected]. Happy Birthday, WordPress: WordPress turned into a teenager last week and the community came together to celebrate. Website Hacked Trend Report: Sucuri released a report last week saying 25 percent of the websites that were hacked in the first quarter of 2016 happened because of three outdated plugins. New Theme Tags: Theme Tags got an update last week, with some being added and others deleted. The team is going to regroup every year and see if there are […]
13 Years Of WordPress
WordPress launched 13 years ago today. That’s 13 years of blogs, businesses, and community. The CMS has dramatically evolved over the years and is currently used by more than 25 percent of the entire internet. Needless to say, WordPress has come a long way since Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little teamed up to make blogging easier. We certainly wouldn’t be here without it. Let’s look back at 13 of the biggest WordPress milestones over the last 13 years. 2003 — WordPress Was Released There couldn’t be any milestones without the biggest. Thirteen years ago today WordPress officially launched when Mullenweg and Little […]
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