Hi,
Hope you had a great time last week. We celebrated Easter and Vishu here.
Last week saw the WebP default proposal put on hold following the negative voices against it. Also, there were several releases – WP 6.0 Beta 1, Gutenberg 13, and WooCommerce 6.4.
We also published our WP-Professional of the Month series – Rich Tabor. Do check the interview.
See you next week.
Bye!
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📰 Latest from WordPress
- WordPress 6.0 Beta 1 is out: Please help test it.
- Gutenberg 13.0 released: This version also brings an improved editor experience, better responsive blocks, granular control over new design details, and prominently exposed block patterns.
- WooCommerce 6.4 released: Create a backup of your site and make sure that your theme and any other plugins are compatible before updating.
- WooCommerce 6.4.1 fix release: This release rolls back a change to WooCommerce menu item sorting.
- Version 1.0.0 of the Performance Lab plugin published: The first stable version 1.0.0 of the Performance Lab plugin has been released. You can download it from here.
- Help wanted: Test WordPress 6.0: The release team has requested all testers to test and ensure that WP 6.0 is bug-free.
- Core Styles and Theme Customization: the next steps: An update about what is happening and when things will happen.
- WordPress reconsiders WebP by default proposal: WordPress announced that it is reconsidering its proposal to roll out automatic WebP image generation because of the passionate opposition received for the new feature.
- WordPress 6.0 might ship a feature for picking a Block Pattern on page creation: There is a bit of an 11th-hour push to land the first iteration of the as yet unnamed feature.
- Gutenberg contributors begin early exploration of a new distraction free mode: It’s a good start at reducing the pain points felt by users who just want to write without the distraction of block-related interface elements constantly popping into view.
- Google rolling out conversion migration tool for Google Analytics 4: You can use this tool to import your Universal Analytics 3 goals into GA4.
- YouTube adds new Connected TV capabilities: Google made improvements to its YouTube Connected TV capabilities. It added a new search insights tool too.
- Google warns of low realtime data in Universal Analytics Reports: The Real-Time report in Google Analytics is impacted by an issue affecting Universal Analytics properties only.
- Google Ads launches manager account dashboards: Google announced five improvements that should make your dashboards faster and easier to use.
- Google Analytics confirms another reporting delay today: After numerous issues with Google Analytics, Google has confirmed another issue with reporting.
- AdSense pausing monetization on some Ukraine related topics: AdSense sent an email to publishers reminding them of a new policy related to the Russian war on Ukraine that could cause a reduction in earnings.
- Reddit makes comments searchable: Improvements to Reddit’s on-site search include searching comments, delivering better results, and more.
- You can now join a video call straight from Google Docs: Joining a Meet video call is now easier than ever thanks to a new feature that will allow users to join directly from Google Docs, Sheets or Slides.
- DuckDuckGo’s privacy browser finally lands on desktop: DuckDuckGo’s Mac app is being released as a beta that people can access by signing up to a private waiting list, through the company’s mobile app. The company’s browser for Windows is being developed simultaneously, but its production is behind the Mac version.
- Pinterest bans climate change misinformation: Pinterest rolled out a new content policy to combat misinformation on climate change. It’s the first digital platform to provide clear and distinct guidelines.
🚨 Web security & Vulnerabilities
- WordPress Elementor Plugin remote code execution vulnerability: A Remote Code Execution Vulnerability discovered in the Elementor Website Builder plugin that can lead to full site takeover.
- Security alert: Attack campaign involving stolen OAuth user tokens: GitHub Security began an investigation that uncovered evidence that an attacker abused stolen OAuth user tokens issued to two third-party OAuth integrators, Heroku and Travis-CI, to download data from dozens of organizations, including npm.
- WordPress Vulnerability Report: The regular report from iThemes
- Critical HP Teradici PCoIP flaws impact 15 million endpoints: Teradici is affected by the recently disclosed OpenSSL certificate parsing bug that causes an infinite denial of service loop and multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities in Expat.
- Microsoft’s April 2022 Patch Tuesday tackles two zero-day vulnerabilities: Microsoft has released over 100 security fixes for software that resolve critical issues including two zero-days.
- Critical auth bypass bug reported in Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Software: Cisco has released patches to contain a critical security vulnerability affecting the Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) that could be abused by an unauthenticated, remote attacker to take control of an affected system.
- 7-Zip App vulnerability grants admin privilege to attackers: A vulnerability has been discovered in 7-zip, the popular archiving program. 7-zip is a cross-platform app, but this vulnerability is tied to Windows.
🔌 Plugins & Themes
- Flip Box Block plugin: Flip Box Block is a block plugin for the WordPress block editor that allows you to freely place blocks in front and behind.
- Block Enhancements plugin: Allows end-users to stick icons into the core Button, Heading, and List blocks.
- Variable Inspector plugin: It allows you to easily inspect your PHP $variables in a visually clean manner at a central location in wp-admin.
- EasyMerge plugin: A database merging tool that allows you to easily keep your production and development environments in sync.
- Advanced Gift Cards for WooCommerce plugin: A premium plugin that simplifies setting up a comprehensive gift card program.
- WP Wallet plugin: It instantly syncs all the plugins from your site to your free WP Wallet account.
- TOP Table Of Contents plugin: Allows you to easily add an SEO-friendly Table of Contents to your posts and pages.
💵 Investments & Acquisitions
- Twitter acquires mobile engagement platform OpenBack: The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The OpenBack team will join Twitter’s Bluebird product team and will focus on enhancing notifications on the social media platform.
👥 Community News
- WordCamp US Call for Speakers extended: The new date is April 25, 2022.
- WordCamp Europe publishes schedule for upcoming event in Porto: The three-day event will take place June 2-4, and will feature 29 talks, 18 workshops, and two panels spanning 11 different categories.
- Introducing the new Pinterest for WooCommerce extension: It’s one more way that Pinterest is becoming easier for merchants to use to build their audience and drive more sales. It is available in around 30 countries currently.
- WP Engine accelerates headless WordPress innovation with launch of new plans and Atlas Blueprints: Atlas is now available to businesses of all sizes with four new headless WordPress plans, ranging from $49 to $499.
- What WordPress can learn from Joomla: Post Status Expert with Robert Jacobi.
- WooCommerce Blocks roadmap update: Introducing Store Editing and other features in the pipeline.
- The Plus Blocks for Gutenberg released a big update: The update includes support for ACF, Meta Box, Toolser, and Pods.
- Sponsor inclusion in Tech: Winstina Hughes on reducing barriers to the full inclusion of underrepresented minority speakers.
- Rachel Cherry stepping down as Director of WPCampus: She is stepping down after nearly seven years. WPCampus is also considering hosting WPCampus 2022 in September at Tulane University in New Orleans.
- Multidots conducted MD Contribution Camp dedicated to contributing to WordPress: They are the first company to contribute over 350 hours by 90+ team members to WordPress in one single day.
- WordPress VIP’s Partner Award Program: 10up became the first Top Gold Agency Partner and The Code Company became the first Top Silver Agency Partner.
- Brizy Cloud Lifetime deal available: Part of the proceedings will be donated to support Ukrainian refugees.
- AirLift from the creators of BlogVault and Malcare: It is a complete performance solution for your website including caching, CDN, image optimization, CSS improvements and more.
- InstaWP has a Google Chrome Extension: Using this extension you can launch WordPress instances from WordPress.org plugins & themes page.
- Daniel Schutzsmith on how he’s prepared his team to use the Block Editor: From WPTavern Jukebox.
- Why you should rebrand your WordPress business, and how we did it: From Ellipsis that just turned 4 years old.
🛠 Guide Zone – Howto’s and More
- How to align a nested, partial-width Group Block via the WordPress Editor: From WPTavern
- How to build a timeline page with Blocks: From WPTavern
- How to build & publish Gutenberg Block plugins to the Block Directory: From Rich Tabor
- How to create block visibility extension for Gutenberg: From Gutenberg Hub
- The ultimate guide to automated WordPress deployments: From SpinupWP
- How to allow users to add favorite posts in WordPress: From Qode Magazine
- How to create a multilingual WooCommerce shop: From TorqueMag
- Node.js vs PHP: From Kinsta
- What does the rel=”noopener noreferrer” tag mean: From Elegant Themes
- How to fix “Error Establishing Database Connection” on WordPress: From Jetpack
- Use Git tactically: From the Overflow
📆 Save The Dates
- WPEngine’s DE{CODE} 2022 on April 20-21: The virtual event is dedicated to helping developers build better WordPress experiences faster.
- Miami Tech Week 2022 from April 22: A week of events brought to you by the vibrant Miami community and several organizations.
- Atarim Web Agency Summit 2022 on April 26th-29th: Join leading agency owners and WordPress professionals to discuss challenges and solutions together.
- Expand 2022 on April 27-28: Expand (organized by GoDaddy Pro in Orlando, FL) is an event created to connect web pros through networking, education, and fun. The theme of Expand 2022 will be Empowerment.
- 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 9-1: The call for speakers is now open and will close on April 17, 2022.
- WordCamp Nederland 2022 in 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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