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We have an update on the plugin preview button and the call for nominations for the themes team representatives for 2024 is now live. Also, the WordPress.org profile pages got an update recently.

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📰 WORDPRESS & AROUND

All the updates around WordPress and its closely related technologies

Redesigning Developer Resources and a call for testing

The post provides a detailed update on all the redesign efforts happening with regard to the developer resources. The staging site is now active and showcases all the changes that have been implemented till now.

• Plugin Directory: Preview button revisited: The post covers in detail the changes made to the plugin preview button based on the community feedback. The feedback has resulted in five major improvements which in turn allows the plugin developers to test the preview before making it available to the public.
• What’s new in Gutenberg 17.1: The latest release brings improvements to accessibility and writing flow, new block spacing control for the quote block, and various other improvements.
• Hallway Hangout: Let’s explore WordPress 6.5: This session of the Hallway Hangout will cover the features and changes to come in the upcoming WordPress release set to arrive on March 26, 2024 as of now.
• Nominations Call for the themes team representatives: 2024 edition: The nominations for the team reps for 2024 are now live and the nominations will close on Friday, December 15, 2023.
• Vote for Community Team Rep 2024: The nominees for the Community Team Reps for 2024 are Francesco Di Candia, Stefano Cassone, Shusei Toda, and Isotta Peira. The voting is open until 15th December 2023.
• Exploration to support modules and import maps: The post outlines the collaborative effort that is underway to explore native support for modern JavaScript modules and import maps within the WordPress ecosystem.
• What’s next for Dev-Squad?: The post puts forth several short-term goals for dev-squad, to grow its membership, and make it more sustainable and successful.
• Design Share: Nov 6-Nov 17: The design team has shared an update on a few projects they have worked on over the past couple of weeks.
• Sam Altman to return to OpenAI as CEO: OpenAI has confirmed that Sam Altman will return as CEO with new board members. This announcement comes days after Microsoft announced that Sam Altman will be joining them.
• Google downplays AI threat to human content creation: Instead of seeing AI as a threat to human creativity, Google suggests approaching it as a helpful tool that works with people.
• OpenAI announces free ChatGPT voice capabilities in mobile app: ChatGPT’s voice feature is now available to all users, marking a significant shift in AI and tech inclusivity. The voice functionality enhances user engagement and accessibility, setting a new standard in AI-user interaction.
• Number of websites blocking Google-Extended jump 180%: More than 250 websites now block Google-Extended, the “standalone product token” Google introduced on Sept. 28 to let you block Bard, Vertex AI generative APIs, and future generations of models from accessing your content.
• Google tells ‘freaked out’ advertisers to ignore account suspension notification: A technical problem caused the email to be mistakenly sent to some marketers just hours before the Thanksgiving holiday.
• Googlebot crawl rate tool in Search Console is going away: Google is deprecating the crawl rate limiter legacy tool within Google Search Console on January 8, 2024.

🚨 WEB SECURITY & VULNERABILITIES

A collection of web security and vulnerability news and updates for the past week

Several critical vulnerabilities including privilege escalation, authentication bypass, and more patched in UserPro WordPress plugin

All users are to update to the latest version immediately.

• Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (November 13, 2023 to November 19, 2023): There were 126 vulnerabilities disclosed in 102 WordPress Plugins and 2 themes.
• WordPress vulnerability & patch roundup November 2023: Month-end vulnerability report from Sucuri.
• WordPress vulnerability report — November 22, 2023: Weekly vulnerability report from SolidWP

🔌 NEW PLUGINS & THEMES

Be one of the first ones to explore some fresh plugins and themes

Archivo theme

A theme suitable for blog and portfolio websites.

• Anchor theme: A theme designed for online clothing stores.
• Blockstarter theme: A lightweight starter block theme.
• Stale Content Notifier plugin: The plugin notifies admins about posts that have remained unchanged for a specified duration.
• Omnisend for Gravity Forms add-on plugin: The plugin connects Gravity Forms to Omnisend, automatically sending form data and contact information to Omnisend.

👥 COMMUNITY NEWS

Updates and News from the WordPress Community

Introducing FlyWP

 FlyWP from weDevs is an all-new server management control panel focused on WordPress.

• Introducing screenshot to code: This app converts a screenshot to HTML/Tailwind CSS. It uses GPT-4 Vision to generate the code and DALL-E 3 to generate similar-looking images.
• The latest addition to the Happy family – the Happy Media Plugin: A new media management solution for WordPress from Leevio. With this users can users can effortlessly create and manage unlimited folders, one-click third-party image upload, and so on.
• 2023 Web Care Survey for Web Care Consultants from MainWP: You can remain anonymous if you want to. The results are expected to be published by the end of this year.
• PHP 8.3 released: The latest version includes typed consonants, a new json_validate() function, a new randomizer::getBytesFromString() method, and so on.
• WPML 4.6.8 released: The latest version introduces automatic translation for forms from popular plugins like Ninja Forms, Gravity Forms, and WPForms, a simplified review process for hidden languages, and many more.
• Anthropic introduces Claude 2.1 with 200K context window: Claude 2.1 can now process up to 200,000 tokens of context, equivalent to around 150,000 words or 500 pages of text.
• WordPress.org profile pages get a visual update: The profile pages on WordPress.org recently underwent some visual changes and now look more aesthetically pleasing.
• Pablo Postigo will no longer lead the Frontity team: Pablo Postigo has announced via X that he won’t be leading the Frontity team anymore as he transitions to a new role at Automattic. Greg Ziółkowski & Luis Herranz will take over the projects he was working on.
• James Kemp has left IconicWP: James Kemp the founder of IconicWP has announced his departure and has joined Automattic as a Product Lead for WooCommerce core.
• A revamped look for Kinsta’s docs site: The updated docs site is now live which was carefully crafted with all the feedback received from the users.
• Sarah Gooding has joined Socket Security: Sarah Gooding, who recently left WP Tavern has announced via X that she has joined Socket Security as the Head of Content Marketing.

🔖 INTERESTING READS & PODCASTS

More blog posts and podcasts from WordPress Community you don’t want to miss

• How to mitigate side effects in WordPress development: From Tom McFarlin
• Plugins: Finally, a decent bribe!: From Half-Elf on Tech
• PHP 8.3: What’s new and what’s changed in the latest release: From Kinsta
• Keyword research 101: Your essential guide to SEO success: From RankMath
• Integrating your video strategy with your blog strategy: From Yoast
• What is Google’s Knowledge Graph?: From Yoast
• Nick Diego on the revamp of the WordPress showcase website: From WP Tavern Jukebox
• Bricks Builder review: From Jamie Pootlepress
• Building WordPress plugins in context: From Matt Cohen
• Behind the scenes of Twenty Twenty-Four: From Rich Tabor
• An alternative to WooCommerce: Interview with Kelley Muro of North Commerce: From The WP Minute
• Website backups: How to choose the right tool or service: From Jetpack

🛠 GUIDE ZONE – HOWTO’S and MORE

Handpicked fresh guides from WordPress circle

• Iterate like a pro: A guide to Python iterables: From Kinsta
• How to fix the “Installation failed: could not create directory” error in WordPress: From RankMath
• How to use product shortcodes in WooCommerce: From Iconic
• Understanding the theme.json file in a WordPress block theme: From Pootlepress
• How to switch from the classic editor to the block editor (Gutenberg): From WPMarmite
• AI content creation: A beginner’s guide: From Search Engine Land

📆 SAVE THE DATES

Do not miss a WordPress event ever again

• WordCamp Ahmedabad on December 9, 2023: The second batch of tickets will be out on Oct 25th.
• Kolkata CareerCamp 2024: The event will take place on 6th January, Saturday, 2024.
• NextGen Jakarta 2024: The event will take place on 27 January 2024. The call for volunteers is now open.
• WordCamp Asia on March 7-9, 2024: The third batch of tickets was released yesterday and are still available. WordCamp Asia is also searching for its 2025 location.

🎁 WORDPRESS DEALS OF THE WEEK

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• Up to 75% off on plugins, themes and hosting at WP Hive
• 50% off Web Hosting Packages at StableHost (Coupon Code – 50OFFYEAR1)
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• Up to 85% off hosting plans at HostPapa
• 60% off for Advanced Giftcards for WooCommerce plugin
• Upto 75% off hosting plans at Nexcess
• 86% off at AtlasVPN 
• 40% off for Fluent Forms plugin
• 65% off at Formidable Forms
• 40% off for FluentCRM plugin
• 60% off for WP Social Ninja plugin 
• Upto 95% off for PitchGround products 
• Upto 65% off WordPress Hosting plans at InMotion Hosting
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