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It was an exciting week for us! We got the Great Place to Work® certification! 🎉 Awsm has always been employee-centric and this certification is made possible by our philosophy of keeping things simple and spreading happiness. 😊💖

We also released the Job Alerts addon for WP Job Openings plugin 🥳. It is something that was in our cards for some time.

In the WordPress world, we are looking forward to the next generation WordCamps and the Google Domains sales shocked and disappointed everyone.

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Until next week,

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📰 WORDPRESS & AROUND

All the updates around WordPress and its closely related technologies

Gutenberg 16.0 has been released

 Gutenberg 16.0 gives us a sneak peek at the features that will soon be available in core WordPress and introduces a newly stabilized block, refines dimension controls, and includes many quality-of-life improvements and bug fixes.

• CMS market share analysis – June 2023: WordPress is still the leading CMS and its market share (43.2%) has been super stable for the last year. Prestashop, acquired in 2021, is the fastest grower in the top 10.
• WordPress confirms 8 pilot events to launch the next generation of WordCamps in 2023: “The goal is to motivate and help new and veteran organizers to create a lighter, impactful event that is low cost and requires less time, financial resources, and fewer organizers/volunteers,” Automattic-sponsored Community Team contributor Isotta Peira said.
• The Diverse Speaker Training Group is inviting all APAC speakers to join their speaker workshop: The  #WPDiversity workshop is on July 2, 2023 and is open to all people in countries in the Asia-Pacific region who speak English.
• Microsoft will replace Windows 11’s terrible Mail & Calendar apps with the new Outlook app in 2024: Starting in early 2024, new PCs running Windows will ship with the Outlook app pre-installed in place of the old Mail & Calendar apps.
• Google’s Bard paused in the EU: Google’s AI chatbot Bard faces launch delay in Europe over data privacy concerns amid stricter EU regulations.
• Trust in online news shifting from reporters to influencers: Reuters’ 2023 Digital News Report reveals traditional news outlets are losing trust while influencers are gaining credibility.

🗣️TALK OF THE TOWN

🔥WordCamp Europe

• WordCamp Europe keynote: From Matt Mullenweg
• WordCamp Europe 2023. Amazing.: From BobWP
• Our experience at WordCamp Europe 2023: From Filter
• WordCamp 2023: Athens, alliances & after-parties: From Human Made
• The power of community: Our WordCamp Europe sponsorship story: From Barn2 Plugins
• A vibrant day of contribution and connection at WordCamp Europe 2023: From Birgit Olzem
• What did I learn from WordCamp Europe 2023 in Athens?: From WPRacoon
• WordCamp Europe 2023: Recap & highlights: From NitroPack

🚨WEB SECURITY & VULNERABILITIES

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

Authentication Bypass vulnerability in Tyche Softwares’s Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce plugin

This vulnerability makes it possible for an attacker to gain access to the accounts of users who have abandoned their carts. Update your sites with the latest patched version of Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce

• Security vulnerability in WooCommerce Stripe Gateway: This plugin suffers from an Unauthenticated Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability that allows any unauthenticated user to view any WooCommnerce order’s PII data.
• Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (June 5, 2023 to June 11, 2023): Last week, there were 45 vulnerabilities disclosed in 30 WordPress Plugins.

🔌 NEW PLUGINS & THEMES

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

Job Alerts Addon

It adds a job alerts subscription form and sends out automatic alerts when new openings are published

• Security txt Manager plugin: It enables you to create, edit, and manage your “security.txt” file directly from the WordPress dashboard. 
• Gravity Forms Advanced Select plugin: It improves the UX, accessibility, and flexibility of Drop Down and Multi Select fields in Gravity Forms.
• Tech Blogging theme: It is designed for those people who would like to start a blog about technology.
• Beast Blog theme: It is a clean and minimal blog theme for gym and fitness studios.

INVESTMENTS, ACQUISITIONS & PARTNERSHIPS

• Automattic donates €20,000 to fund next phase of Drupal Gutenberg development: Drupal Gutenberg is the Gutenberg module for Drupal that was created by a Norway-based agency called Frontkom. The Drupal Gutenberg module is used on more than 3,000 Drupal websites. Frontkom, a 120-person agency, uses it exclusively when building Drupal sites for clients.
• Squarespace acquires Google Domains Assets: Squarespace will honor all existing Google Domains customers’ renewal prices for at least 12 months following the closing of the transaction and provide incentives to encourage Google Domains customers to build a website with Squarespace and adopt other Squarespace offerings. Internet world was not happy with the move and Twitter saw several voicing their displeasure.

👥 COMMUNITY NEWS

Updates and News from WordPress Community

10up launched HeadstartWP

It’s an open source, nimble framework for headless WordPress sites. It supports all of the Next.js rendering patterns, including Static Site Generation (SSG), on-demand Incremental Site Regeneration (ISR), and Server Side Rendering (SSR). 

• Freemius launches plugin.fm podcast: plugin.fm is a value-first podcast that aims to inspire, entertain, and educate indie developers and ‘lifestyle’ software product makers by diving into insightful discussions with industry experts.
• New Prompts Library from Elementor: Experience the power of AI for creating images, code interactions and editing content.
• Meet Blocknotes, the first native iPhone app running WordPress on the device: It is built with Playground and saves notes to HTML and synchronizes them over iCloud. It is now available for beta testing.
• Meet Dollie Control HQ: It makes managing all your WordPress websites a breeze. Keep tabs on all your sites through one beautiful control panel and launch & sell new sites into your own Private Cloud.
• Johannes released: It is the first open source wireframe kit that will help you for your next WordPress design project.
• Meta introduced ‘Voicebox’: Meta claims Voicebox is the first AI that can generalize text-to-speech tasks it wasn’t trained to accomplish and describes it as a “breakthrough.”
• Yoast SEO 20.9 is out: The highlight is a new option for the Wincher integration.
• Visual Composer 45.2 released: This update revolutionizes the way content managers, designers, and developers work by providing separate tabs for content, design, and advanced settings.
• Completion of the Meetup Reactivation Project: With the help of Meetup Reactivation supporters, in 12 months, the Community Team was able to reactivate 268 meetups on 6 continents. 
• WP Engine named one of Texas’ Best Workplaces: The recognition, which follows the company’s seventh annual certification as a Great Place to Work in the U.S., brings its total number of Great Place to Work certifications (globally) to a whopping 26!
• Newfold Digital recognized with two 2023 Comparably Awards: The two awards for Newfold Digital this year were for Best Leadership Team and Best Career Growth. Their portfolio of brands includes Bluehost, CrazyDomains, HostGator, Network Solutions, Register.com, Web.com, Yoast and many others. 

🔖INTERESTING READS & PODCASTS

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

• Why niche WordPress plugins may be the best option: From Speckyboy
• Exploring color in WordPress block themes: From WP Engine
• Smaller WordCamps coming up that you can support: From MasterWP
• How to write a successful brand story: From WooCommerce
• OWASP machine learning top 10 and all about it: From Astra
• How to prepare yourself for Google Analytics 4: From Yoast SEO
• Apple Podcasts vs AppleCoreMedia downloads, before and after iOS 16.4: From Livewire Labs
• FAREWELLP2: From John Percival Hackworth
• Finding freedom and opportunity with WordPress: How Wolf Bishop overcame prison and addiction to launch a career: From WPTavern
• 21 Little-known ways to use expiring posts in WordPress: From WPMU DEV
• Robert Abela on How to keep your WordPress website secure: From WP Tavern
• Reflecting on WordPress: the recent updates, the near future, and other things: From ViewSource
• A new wave for WordPress events: From WordPress.org

🛠 GUIDE ZONE – HOWTO’S and MORE

Handpicked fresh guides from WordPress circle

• Upgrading the site-editing experience with custom template part areas: From WordPress Developer Blog
• How to add widget areas to WordPress: From Torque
• Understanding blockGap in WordPress Block Themes: From GutenbergMarket
• How to test your WordPress site for functionality, speed, and security: From Kinsta
• How to easily set up WooCommerce bulk discounts: From Barn2 Plugins
• WooCommerce order confirmation page: How to customize: From Iconic
• Best practices for the use of the “cart fragments” API: From WooCommerce
• What is Astro? An introduction to the popular static site generator: From Kinsta
• Custom CSS in the Site-Editing era: From WordPress TV

📆 SAVE THE DATES

Do not miss a WordPress event ever again

• WordCamp Montclair on June 24, 2023: The venue is Montclair State University.
• WordCamp Iloilo on July 8, 2023: Call for sponsors is now open.
• WordCamp Bengaluru on July 29, 2023: Call for speakers and sponsors is now open.
• WordCamp Kampala on August 5-6, 2023: Tickets are out.
• The WordPress Community Summit on August 22-23, 2023: The Community Summit is an “unconference,” without slides, selected speakers, or planned presentations. 
• WordCamp US 2023 on Aug 24-26, 2023: Call for sponsors is now open.
• WordCamp Kathmandu on September 8-9, 2023: Call for sponsors is now open.
• WordCamp Masaka on October 6-7, 2023: Tickets are available now.

🎁 WORDPRESS DEALS OF THE WEEK

Just the best deals of the week, again, handpicked by yours truly!

EXCLUSIVE DEALS

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• 33% off on Paid Memberships Pro plugin (Coupon Code – LOVE23)
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• Up to 40% off for CartFlows
• Up to 75% off on plugins, themes and hosting at WP Hive
• 50% off Web Hosting Packages at StableHost (Coupon Code – 50OFFYEAR1)
• 80% off for plugins at WPPool
• Up to 75% off hosting plans at HostPapa
• 50% off for Advanced Giftcards for WooCommerce plugin
• 33% off for Annual Hosting plans at Nexcess
• 85% off at AtlasVPN 
• 30% off for Fluent Forms plugin
• 50% off at Formidable Forms
• 20% off for FluentCRM plugin
• 50% off for WP Social Ninja plugin 
• Upto 95% off for PitchGround products 
• Upto 65% off WordPress Hosting plans at InMotion Hosting
• 73% off hosting plans at SiteGround
• 75% off at Hostgator India
• 75% off VPS Monthly Plans at Liquid Web
• 50% off on Managed Dedicated Server Hosting at Liquid Web

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