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Our native state Kerala is hosting its first regional WordCamp on this Saturday and we are excited. Our company is sponsoring, organizing and volunteering at this amazing event. If you are coming, please do come to our booth.
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📰 WordPress & Around
- WordPress launches Wapuu Coloring Giveaway to celebrate upcoming 20th anniversary: WordPress is hosting a giveaway and all you have to do is get creative and share your own rendering of the Wapuu for the upcoming 20th-anniversary celebration. Download the Wapuu coloring set, give it your personal touch, and share it on Twitter with the #WapuuWP20 hashtag.
- Introduction to WordPress Development: A proposed learning path: WordPress Training Team’s Jonathan Bossenger on learning paths for a new WordPress developer’ He states there are generally three “levels” of knowledge and experience, namely beginner, intermediate, and advanced.
- Miscellaneous Editor changes in WordPress 6.2: Check it out.
- Updates to the WP Mentor Program: Cate DeRosia and Devin Maeztri proposed ways to make the current mentor program more flexible and inclusive.
- Patterns API expanded in WP 6.2 to include template_types property: This property allows pattern developers to specify which templates their patterns fit in.This is a backend-only update and the work on the UX parts is ongoing.
- WordCamp Kerala 2023 schedule published: The first regional WordCamp in Kerala, India is on this Saturday, March 25th.
- Microsoft 365 Copilot: AI-Powered tools to boost productivity: The AI-powered tool is aimed at improving workflow and productivity by completing tasks on behalf of the users. It relies on LLMs and once it is fully rolled out, we can make use of the Copilot in Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Teams, Outlook, Business chat, and Power Platform.
- Google releases March 2023 broad core update: The first core update of 2023 from Google is here. The rollout is estimated to take around two weeks to complete upon which the release history page will be refreshed.
- Google trashes the Chrome Cleanup Tool: Google is retiring the Chrome Cleanup Tool after 8 years. The tool will be removed from user systems starting with the release of Chrome 111,
- ChatGPT down: OpenAI reported major outages for ChatGPT and Labs users. ChatGPT service is restored, but conversation history may not be available while OpenAI is rolling back a failed database migration that may have caused the Labs outage.
🚨Web Security & Vulnerabilities
- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (Mar 6, 2023 to Mar 12, 2023): 60 new vulnerabilities found in 40 WordPress plugins and 1 theme.
- WordPress Vulnerability Report – March 15, 2023: Regular report from iThemes
- Vulnerability patched in Cozmolabs Profile Builder plugin: If exploited, this vulnerability allows threat actors to gain elevated privileges by taking over arbitrary accounts. Please update.
🔌 New Plugins & Themes
- Cart For WooCommerce By FunnelKit plugin: It allows users to add a sliding cart to their WooCommerce site.
- Admin Screenshot plugin: It enables the users to quickly take screenshots of any page in the admin dashboard and share them with others.
- Product Price History for WooCommerce plugin: It offers a price history chart and the lowest price messages that the users can make use of.
- CoPrint theme: A fully responsive theme designed to suit well for magazines and news websites.
- LMS Education Elementor theme: Create a stunning online educational content website with a host of customization.
- Buildapp theme: A modern and responsive theme for showcasing your applications.
💵Investments, Acquisitions & Partnerships
- Equalize Digital Raises Pre-Seed Funding for Expanding Accessibility Checker Plugin Development: The Pre-Seed Funding from Emilia Capital will play a vital role in the growth of the Equalize Digital’s Accessibility Checker Plugin. The investment will allow them to form a new team to focus on bringing more features and also to improve on other aspects such as marketing.
👥 Community News
- WPML 4.6.1 – Important security update: WPML 4.6.1 includes an important security fix for an XSS vulnerability. Please update.
- WooCommerce 7.5.0 has been released: The updated version comes with three new blocks, expanded support for Global Styles and Style Book, and two database updates.
- ACF Multilingual 2.0 is out: This version comes with a new and improved workflow that makes translating custom fields intuitive and simple.
- Local 6.7.0 adds long-requested site grouping feature: The much-awaited Site Grouping Feature is finally here after being requested by users way back in 2017. The new grouping feature will allow managing multiple WordPress websites easier by allowing users to place them into different groups to have an organized workflow.
- Join the Mindspun Payments Beta Program: Mindspun Payments is to create and manage Stripe subscriptions within WordPress quickly. Once the beta program is over you’ll be able to use the plugin free for 12 months and renew it at a 50% discount thereafter.
- CloudFest Hackathon 2023 kickstarts innovative WordPress projects: Several WordPress-related projects have been put into action at the Hackathon including MariaDB health checks in WordPress, VS Code extension for in-browser development, WapuuGotchi Gamification Plugin, and more.
- 2023 WordPress Professionals Report from Kyle Van Deusen: He conducted a comprehensive survey of 667 web professionals from over 50 countries. 68% voted feeling positive about current state of WordPress and 65% said their business was growing.
- Thijs de Valk has stepped down as the CEO of Yoast: Yoast has officially confirmed that Thijs de Valk is no longer the CEO and has stepped down to pursue other dreams. Thijs de Valk was one of the earliest employees at Yoast who played a crucial role in making Yoast SEO available for the Shopify app.
🔖Interesting Reads & Podcasts
- What is keyword cannibalization?: From Yoast
- The state of WordPress Security: Community and collaboration help us all win: From iThemes
- How a customer journey influences your content strategy: From Search Engine Journal
- Why losing a client can be a positive for your business: From Speckyboy
- What content can AI NOT create for your website agency?: From The Admin Bar
- Making the most of slow times at your web design business: From Speckyboy
- Talisha Lewallen on How CertifyWP is hoping to offer WordPress certification: From WP Tavern
- Torque Social Hour: Josepha Haden Chomphosy talks about WordPress’s 20th Anniversary: From Torque
- Post Status Live – The right approach to WordPress accessibility: From Post Status
🛠 Guide Zone – Howto’s and More
- Block deprecation – a tutorial: From WordPress Developer Blog
- Block theme templates: the easy way to build an elegant grid of posts: From WordPress Developer Blog
- A comprehensive guide to the WordPress theme.json file: From Jetpack
- 9 Nifty Angular Component Libraries to jump-start development: From Kinsta
- Mastering migrations: Faster, easier, and safer ways to move your WordPress sites: From Delicious Brains
- 17 Time-saving CSS tips for WordPress users: From WPMU DEV
- How to edit & customize your WooCommerce shop page: From Jetpack
- Oxygen Basics: Creating content sections with Oxygen: From Oxygen Builder
- Laravel vs WordPress: A head-to-head comparison: From Kinsta
- Google Search Console Tutorial: Monitor data in Looker Studio: From Search Engine Journal
📆 Save The Dates
- DE{CODE} 2023 on March 21 & 23: DE{CODE} is WP Engine’s free virtual conference dedicated to helping developers build better WordPress sites.
- WordCamp Phoenix on March 24 & 25, 2023: About 400 attendees are expected for a weekend of reconnecting, making new connections and learning about WordPress.
- WordCamp Kerala 2023 on March 25: It is the first regional WordCamp in Kerala, India. Tickets are available now and the schedule too is out.
- WordCamp Switzerland 2023 on March 31st to April 1st 2023: Call for Sponsors is out.
- YoastCon 2023 on May 10 & 11: It’s a two-day interactive conference focused on search engine optimization and online marketing.
- php[tek] 2023 on May 16-18, 2023: It is the longest-running web developer conference in the United States that focuses on the PHP programming language.
- WordCamp Lisboa on May 19 & 20: It is one of the largest WordPress conferences in Portugal.
- WordCamp Europe 2023 on June 8-10, 2023: Tickets are available now.
- The WordPress Community Summit on August 22-23, 2023: In the early planning stages, the Community Summit is an “unconference,” without slides, selected speakers, or planned presentations.
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