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Last week was abuzz with the Figma joining Adobe. Most of the reactions were not enthusiastic about the acquisition.
Also, experiences and feedback have been pouring out after the WordCamp US. Do check it.
See you next Tuesday.
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📰 WordPress & Around
- Gutenberg 14.1 has been released: It has an improved navigation block, and an experimental zoomed-out view.
- Heroku free tier being retired: Starting November 28, 2022,Heroku will stop offering free dynos and data services. If you are one of those free users, please make sure you make arrangements to either pay for the plan or replace your service.
- Gutenberg contributors call on Theme Authors to test using block-based template parts in Classic Themes: Theme authors will need to specify block-template-parts theme support and use Gutenberg trunk or Gutenberg 14.1. This is in response to the recognition that many still cling to the Classic Editor and may need a transitional bridge over to the block editor.
- WordPress 6.1 product walkthrough video now available: If you haven’t stayed up to date on 6.1 development, this short video gives you a transparent tour of features.
- Proposal to bump the minimum WordPress version requirement of the Performance Lab plugin to 6.0: Currently, the Performance Lab plugin requires at least WordPress 5.8.
- Twitter testing “WhatsApp Share” button in India: The feature, which was announced as a test, replaces the share button and provides the exact same functionality.
- Microsoft Ads unveils new smart campaign features: The most notable feature to the Smart Campaign update is its multi-platform capabilities. This new all-in-one feature is available only on Microsoft Ads, giving them a hefty competitive advantage over Google.
- Google expands eligibility for product rich results: Google expanded eligibility for Merchant Listing search experiences and product snippets through the use of structured data. Also Google ad extensions are being rebranded as assets
- Google, Meta fined $71.8M for violating privacy law in South Korea: The watchdog said in its statement that Google and Meta did not receive legitimate consent in the process of collecting information from users who visit their websites and use other websites as well as apps for customized advertisements.This is the largest penalty in South Korea for violating personal information protection laws
- Chrome uses interactive screenshots to speed up sites: Chrome now uses interactive screenshots, speeding up webpages by up to 20% with a technology called Freeze Dried Tabs.
- Web Push notifications coming to iOS: Web Push, a multi-standard notification service for time-sensitive and high-priority events will be available for Safari 16 on macOS Ventura in October.
- Instagram is testing a “Gifts” monetization feature for creators: The new creator monetization tool could replace Meta’s $1 Billion creator fund that’s set to end this year.
- Ethereum finally does ‘The Merge,’ staking its future on new algorithm: Ethereum has switched its entire main network over to proof-of-stake (PoS) in an event called “The Merge.” The event was billed as the largest and most complicated open-source software transition in history. The Ethereum network now claims a 99.9% reduction in energy consumption.
📢 WordCamp US 2022 – Feedback & Accessibility Issues
- 5 Days without a shower: Michelle Frechette, who uses a mobility scooter, shares her ordeal.
- Asking for the ADA Suite: Experience of Dan Knauss, who has Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT)
- WordCamp US 2022 felt like coming home: From Torque
- WordCamp US 2022 recap: 3 fun days with WordPress community: From WP Developer
- WordCamp US 2022 recap & interviews: From Kitchen Sink WP
- WordCamp US 2022 – Highlights: From WPExperts
- WordCamp US 2022 Recap: From Cloudways
- InMotion Hosting goes to WordCamp US 2022: From InMotion Hosting
🚨Web Security & Vulnerabilities
- Zero-Day vulnerability in WPGateway plugin actively exploited in the wild: The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to insert a malicious administrator. If you have the WPGateway plugin installed, remove it immediately until a patch is made available.
- WordPress Vulnerability Report – September 14, 2022: The regular report from iThemes.
- Gambling Spam in Visual Composer Raw HTML Element: On occasion, hackers inject their links into Visual Composer as raw HTML snippets. From June 2022 to August 2022, this malware was found by SiteCheck on 509 websites.
- Notepad++ plugins allow attackers to infiltrate systems, achieve persistence: Threat actors may abuse Notepad++ plugins to circumvent security mechanisms and achieve persistence on their victim machine, new research from security company Cybereason suggests.
- Chrome 105 update patches high-severity vulnerabilities: Google announced the release of a Chrome 105 update that resolves 11 vulnerabilities, including seven high-severity bugs reported by external researchers.
- Uber apparently hacked by teen, employees thought it was a joke: The alleged hacker, who claims to be an 18-year old, says they have administrator access to company tools including Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform.
🔌 New Plugins & Themes
- Beaumont theme: A block theme with a focus on longform writing
- Design Mode theme: FSE theme with minimalistic design is perfect for freelancers and agencies.
- Imajinn plugin: Imajinn brings the power of AI image generation to your website, similar to tools like DALL·E 2
- Contact Form by TotalForm plugin: A self-hosted form plugin to build forms in minutes using an intuitive editor with drag-and-drop capabilities.
- Breakdance website builder: Create incredible WordPress websites in record time.
- Simple Login Notification plugin: It will send an email when any admin-level user logs in to your site.
- The Marquee Block plugin: it will display a scrolling piece of text horizontally across your website.
- Block Diffusion plugin: Block Diffusion lets you use artificial intelligence to create unique images based on text prompts alone.
💵Investments, Acquisitions & Partnerships
- Adobe to acquire Figma: Adobe announced it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire Figma, a leading web-first collaborative design platform, for approximately $20 billion in cash and stock.
- Easy Digital Downloads and SiteGround join forces to make digital WordPress eCommerce easier: This new managed Easy Digital Downloads (EDD) hosting product is the first of its kind among WordPress hosts. The plans are priced identically to SiteGround’s managed WordPress hosting plans, but they are pre-loaded with EDD, a free EDD theme (Vendd), All in One SEO plugin, MonsterInsights, the WPForms plugin, and OptinMonster.
👥 Community News
- WP Cloud from Automattic: WP Cloud gives you the tools you need to add scalable, highly available, extremely fast WordPress hosting to your product offering.
- Bricks Design Set for the Bricks Builder users: It is the largest free library for Bricks builder.
- Announcing WP Tests for faster WordPress projects: Check it out for for faster development & QA
- WooCommerce 6.9 released: This release brings the new Cart and Checkout blocks into core as beta features. It was quickly followed up with 6.9.1 after a bug caused some stores to produce a warning or a fatal error.
- Beaver Builder 2.6 update released: It has reusable blocks that can be used and updated automatically, a number of built-in layout templates, Google Fonts Preview and a new breakpoint in global settings.
- Canva moves beyond graphic design to launch a visual worksuite: The Australian company announced that it will unveil a suite of new products to round out its product offerings: Canva Docs, Canva Websites, Canva Whiteboards and Data Visualization.
- Windows Terminal now supports colorful themes to spruce up your dev environment: The customization support allows Windows Terminal users to alter the appearance of tabs, the window, and even background images for the Terminal interface.
- BuddyPress plugin usage declining, remaining contributors discuss path forward: “Even if usage/downloads are going down, we’re still maintaining the project,” Viet, one of BuddyPress’ lead developers said. “Let’s hope our current work on Attachments and the Activity Block editor will attract more users.”
- National Harbor, Maryland to host WordCamp US and Community Summit 2023: The dates are set for August 23-25, which will include contributor days, presentations and workshops, and a WordPress Community Summit.
- Call for contributor’s stories: Your stories of contributing at WordCamp can help WordCamp Asia encourage new contributors to participate in this fantastic experience.
- Ujwal Thapa Scholarship for WordCamp Nepal: This scholarship provides funding to 7 eligible candidates who want to attend WordCamp Nepal and need financial assistance. The scholarship form closes on 12 AM 24th of September 2022.
🔖Interesting Reads & Podcasts
- Full-width blocks and root padding in WordPress 6.1: From WordPress Theme team
- So you want to talk about FSE: From Nomad Blog
- 55+ brands, celebrities, and famous websites using WordPress: From Torque
- A writer’s guide to overcoming designer’s block: From Indeed
- Salary transparency: Why not?: From Post Status
- WordPress 6.1 top 5 Editor features: From Dave on WP
- A chat with Matt Mullenweg: WordCamp US 2022 Q&A: From WordPress TV
- All-In on Gutenberg with Ryan Welcher: From In The Loop
- Harmful language you may be using: From Under Represented in Tech
🛠 Guide Zone – Howto’s and More
- Styling your WordPress Blocks: From Learn WordPress
- How to add HTS/HS Codes and country of origin data to your products: From WooCommerce
- How to change the admin email address in WordPress: From RankMath
- How to check and increase your WordPress memory limit: From Jetpack
- Managing WordPress dev environments with WP-CLI and Robo: From Delicious Brains
- WordPress plugin development best practices you should follow in 2022: From Appsero
- How to do JavaScript redirects For SEO: From Search Engine Journal
📆 Save The Dates
- Inclusive Design 24 on September 22: A free 24-hour online event for the global community to celebrate inclusive design and share knowledge and ideas.
- World Interaction Design Day 2022 on September 22: It is a global celebration of interaction design’s ability to improve the human condition and the 2022 theme is Fundamentals and Perspectives.
- Membership Success Summit scheduled for Sep 29-Oct 01, 2022: The online event will teach you how to create a successful online course and community.
- ‘What is the future of contributing to WP‘ on October 03: This event is focused on individual contributions of current and future independent contributors to the WordPress project.
- WooSesh on October 10-14: A live, virtual conference for WooCommerce store builders.
- Adobe MAX Creativity Conference on October 20: In-person event in Los Angeles. Attend virtually for free from 18–20 October.
- WordPress Accessibility Day on November 2-3: A free, 24-hour virtual conference focused on building accessible websites in WordPress.
- WordFest Live on November 18: This will be the fourth 24-hour WordFest Live, and the theme is Transformation.
- WordCamp Kolkata (India) on December 17-18: It will be an in-person event
- WordCamp Asia 2023 on February 17-19 at IconSiam, Bangkok Thailand: Call for speakers and media partners is out.
- WordCamp Europe 2023 on June 8-10, 2023: Call for organizers is out.
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