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📰 Latest from WordPress
- WordPress 6.0 Field Guide is out: Take a look at what to expect in 6.0. There are 97 enhancements and feature requests, 131 bug fixes and 13 Gutenberg bug fixes and 23 other blessed tasks
- 105,495,450 searches for WordPress terms in the last 12 months: CMS market share story from Ellipsis. Searches for WordPress keywords are up 7.4% year on year, Woo up 12.0%
- Page creation patterns in WordPress 6.0: Starting with WordPress 6.0, offering a set of patterns that users can choose from to create their pages is possible.
- Block locking settings in WordPress 6.0: The release also includes two new settings to lock blocks using the new controls modal – canLockBlocks and lock.
- Block Editor miscellaneous Dev Notes for WordPress 6.0: Check it out.
- Celebrate the 19th anniversary of WordPress: David Bisset released a new project to celebrate WordPress’s 19th anniversary – #wp19day. You can join the celebration by sharing thoughts, photos, tweets, and joining two fun live events and gameshows.
- Support for handling resolution errors for Editor data module in WP 6.0: In WordPress 5.9 and earlier, an exception thrown inside the resolver kept it in the resolving state forever. In WordPress 6.0, the resolver state is set to error and the exception is re-thrown.
- WP 6.0 Separator block: Updated to use block supports color settings: To allow the setting of a custom opacity for each block, the Separator block has been updated to use the block that supports color settings. There is also Block markup updates for image, quote, list and group blocks
- Global Styles variations in WordPress 6.0: Theme authors can now create multiple theme.json variations and place them into their theme’s /styles folder. From there, users can switch between the various presets to something that suits them best.
- Ulysses App updates WordPress publishing to use WP REST API: Ulysses, a writing app for Mac, iPad, and iPhone, has released version 26. It adds support for more blogs and has simplified the process of setting them up using the WordPress REST API.
- TikTok has a new way for advertisers reach users: The newest addition to advertisers is called TikTok Pulse: a way for brands to help be part of the everyday moments and culture that the community engages in.
- Google deprecates some image and video sitemap extensions: The deprecated tags and attributes will have no effect after August 6, 2022
- DMCA request removes Moz from Google Search index: A nightmare for most SEOs and site owners that should not have happened.
- Google blocked 3.4 billion ads, suspended 5.6 million accounts in 2021: The top three categories of bad ads were abusing the ad network (652 million); adult content (287 million); and trademark (137 million).
- Noto emoji from Google: It is a new black and white emoji font with less color
- Google shares sneak peek at new advertising features: In advance of the Google Marketing Live conference on May 24, Google previews new features rolling out to advertisers.
- Apple, Google, and Microsoft team up to vanquish the password: Later this year you will be able to sign in to your various web accounts across the internet without using a password in all the major browsers.
- Celebrating Firefox: How we got to 100: Firefox released its 100th version to users. Firefox 1.0 was announced in 2004
🚨 Web security & Vulnerabilities
- HubSpot WordPress plugin vulnerability: HubSpot WordPress Plugin, used by over 200,000 publishers, patched a Server Side Request Forgery vulnerability
- WooCommerce Credit Card skimmers concealed in fake images: Sucuri team has noticed an increase in WooCommerce credit card skimmers on client sites over the past few years
- Google releases Android update to patch actively exploited vulnerability: Google has released monthly security patches for Android with fixes for 37 flaws across different components, one of which is a fix for an actively exploited Linux kernel vulnerability.
- Cisco warns of critical vulnerability in virtualised network software: Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Cisco’s Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software. Cisco has issued free software updates that address these vulnerabilities and said there are no workarounds.
- Avast, AVG release security updates for decade-old vulnerability: The vulnerabilities were exploitable in contexts beyond just local privilege escalation, could have been used as part of a second stage browser attack or to perform a sandbox escape.
- Apple Silicon exclusively hit with world-first “Augury” DMP vulnerability: The vulnerability could allow attackers to siphon off “at rest” data, meaning the data doesn’t even need to be accessed by the processing cores to be exposed. Apple is fully aware of the issue but hasn’t shared plans for whether or not they’ll deploy mitigations.
- OpenSea warns of Discord channel compromise: There’s a “potential vulnerability” which allowed spambots to post phishing links to other users. A problem that lead OpenSea Support to declare “please do not click any links in the Discord.”
- Cloudways cloud platform service affected: Last week Cloudways faced a DNS resolution issue affecting some clients using default URL’s. The issue was later resolved.
🔌 New Plugins & Themes
- A new starter theme from CreativeThemes: Gadgets is an online shop for technology enthusiasts, with a super futuristic design.
- Omnipress plugin: A ready-made WordPress Design Blocks, similar to the Gutenberg WordPress block editor.
- Image Filters Plugin: A block that allows users to select from a curated list of filters and apply it to their images.
- WPVulnerability Plugin: It allows you to analyze all published vulnerabilities directly from your WordPress.
- Delay Load Any Content plugin: It will help you to allow any content on your WordPress website to lazy load after a certain amount of time.
- Connections to Directorist Migrator plugin: A user-friendly tool to simplify the migration process by letting you import thousands of Connections listings data to Directorist without the need to import/export CSV.
- WSW – Import Export Ecommerce integration plugin: This plugin makes Woocommerce and Shopify integration easy.
- Easy Post Types and Fields plugin: It has all the essential features that you need to create custom post types, custom fields, and custom taxonomies.
- Multicollab plugin: Google Doc-style editorial commenting plugin for WordPress.
💵 Investments & Acquisitions
- Serendipity leads WishList Member Plugin to be acquired by co-founder of Memberium: The new management business is called Membershipper and it will be providing services to WishList Member, Memberium and some upcoming products like the new LMS, “Course Cure”.
- Meta, Adobe partner on free training program for small businesses: Facebook-parent Meta has partnered with Adobe to create Express Your Brand, a year-long initiative that will combine skill training with inspiration and community building.
- Clipisode joined Automattic: Automattic acquired Clipisode in January and Brian Alvey is currently the CTO of WordPress VIP.
👥 Community News
- Jetpack 10.9 is out: The release has enhancements to VideoPress including the ability to set videos as private, new settings options for the payments button block, and under-the-hood improvements to enhance your Jetpack experience.
- Experience the all-new block editor with Astra 3.8: A major update making Astra one of the first major themes to fully take advantage of theme.json.
- WP Podcasts.com passed 8,800 episodes: Congrats team!
- Judy Brewer recognized by the ACM: She was recognized for service to the computing community through her leadership at W3C of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) work.
- 55+ big name brands that use WordPress: From WP Explorer
- BlackPress: bringing more creators into the WordPress community: From Post Status Excerpt Podcast
- InMotion Hosting WordCamp US 2022 sponsorship for diversity speakers: They are committing to offering five travel scholarships in the amount of $1,500 each. Of the scholarships, two are exclusively reserved for the diversity speaker program and the other three are for participants that have never attended a WordCamp event before.
- Sponsor Inclusion in Tech launches late July 2022: The website will go live on GoDaddy Managed WordPress Hosting. Winstina Hughes had earlier shared her ideas of sponsoring speakers to improve diversity.
- Justworks.org is accepting grant proposals from organizations that support underrepresented founders: Apply now.
- Free SEO course from WordPress.com: You can register free using your WordPress.com account to access it.
- Yoast’s new leadership team: The much-loved SEO plugin has a new team to lead it.
- Syed Balkhi explains how Awesome Motive acquires companies: From Freemius Gamechangers video series
- Block Museum and WordPress 6.0: Rob Cairns sits down with Anne McCarthy of Automattic to talk about her Block Museum project and the road to WordPress 6.0.
- The WordPress gatekeepers will see you now: How to prevent newbies from being turned off by the WordPress community. From MasterWP
- WordPress best practices: Tips from top industry experts: From WP Engine
- 10 resources to help you master Git: Listicle from Sunil Kumar
- Is your organisation ignoring a $13 trillion market?: Ginny Weiss on why you can’t afford to dismiss accessible content.
- GitHub to require 2FA from active developers by the end of 2023: Active contributors who will have to enable 2FA include but are not limited to GitHub users who commit code, use Actions, open or merge pull requests, or publish packages.
- India orders VPN companies to collect and hand over user data: A new government order will force virtual private networks to store user data for five years or longer.
🛠 Guide Zone – Howto’s and More
- Full Site Editing (FSE) in WordPress 5.9 (your complete guide): From Torque
- How to fix “This Site is Experiencing Technical Difficulties” in WordPress: From Jetpack team
- Cross-Site scripting: A guide for WordPress users: From iThemes
- How to disable theme features, Locking Blocks and Templates for Full-Site Editing in WordPress: From Gutenberg Times
- How to build a business listing using ACF Blocks and the Query Loop Block in a block theme: From ACF
- How to build coupon cards with WordPress Blocks: From WP Tavern
- How to register WordPress block styles using PHP: From Mark Wilkinson
- What is quality content and how do you create it?: From Yoast
- Orphan Pages: The definitive guide you need for your website in 2022: From RankMath
- What structured data to use and where to use it? From Google’s John Mueller
- UI/UX design tips to radically improve your designs: From WPTuts
📆 Save The Dates
- SEO Accessibility, Explained on May 12: Nicki Ong leads the sessions in the free virtual event.
- Wordsesh on May 16–20: A free virtual conference for WordPress professionals featuring hands-on workshops, incredible sessions, great swag, and an amazing community.
- GitHubConstellation India 2022 on May 17-19: Registration is now open.
- phpday 2022 on May 19-20: phpday is the main conference in Italy that is dedicated solely to PHP and its ecosystem.
- Free Online Workshop on WordPress on May 22: It will be a hands-on workshop along with a dedicated Question & Answer session by Rahul D Sarker.
- The First Post Status Twitter Conference on May 24: The goal for the Post Status Twitter Conference is to have two presentations every hour from 9am – 4pm EST, around WordPress and the web industry.
- 10th Annual WordCamp Europe on 3-4 June 2022 in Porto: Tickets are available now.
- The Page Builder Summit on June 20-24: Join the VIP list to be the first to know when you can get your free ticket.
- WordCamp MontcWordCamp Montclair – June 25, 2022 — Montclair, NJlair 2022 on June 22: Call for speakers is now open.
- WordCamp US 2022 on September 9-11: All three days of programming will be held at Town and Country Resort San Diego. Call for volunteers is now open.
- WordCamp Nederland 2022 on September 15 & 16: Save the dates.
- Inclusive Design 24 on September 22: Call for speakers is open for the 24-hour long livestream conference.
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