Hi,
WordCamp Asia tickets were released yesterday and guess what?! We managed to get the tickets before it was sold out. See you in Bangkok. If you are coming, please look for the Awsm team.
We are so excited and can’t wait for February!
Bye!
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📰 WordPress & Around
- Gutenberg 13.8 released: The Gutenberg 13.8 comes with Fluid Typography, accessibility improvements, revamped Quote block, and Template parts UX enhancements.
- All WordPress.org services went offline on August 04: The INAP data center outage in Chicago was caused by a fiber cut and the services were soon restored.
- Announcing the 2021-2022 Annual Meetup Survey: For the first time in WordPress history, the 2021-2022 Annual Meetup surveys are available in 14 different languages. If you are a meetup group member, please complete the Annual Meetup Program Survey and if you are a meetup organizer, complete the Annual Meetup Organizer Survey.
- Design Exploration: Encourage editor configuration during on-boarding: James Koster of the Design Team shares his ideas on setting up a comfy editing experience so that users don’t have to struggle and find out the settings on their own.
- “Just another WordPress site” tagline to be replaced with an empty string: This changeset fixes a 14 year old Trac ticket.
- Google adds Asian-owned attribute to business profiles: This new attribute can be added to your verified Google Business Profile and it makes it easier to find Asian-owned businesses in their own community.
- Google announces 4 new features for Discovery ad users: The new features are: better ad experiences, improved creative support, new insights and enhanced campaign management.
- Google’s video chat merger begins: Duo is being rebranded to Google Meet and the existing Google Meet app is sticking around for a bit. That means there are now two apps called “Google Meet.”
- Google updates Business Profile posts spam policies: The posts that do not comply with this guideline may be rejected and removed from Google Maps and Google Search.
- Google launches new image preview interface in web search: Instead of Google taking you to the Google Image tab, you now remain within the main search results.
- DuckDuckGo now says it will block Microsoft trackers: Earlier this year, a security researcher discovered DuckDuckGo’s mobile browser transferring data to Microsoft-owned properties when visiting certain websites.
- LinkedIn tests new human curated discover feed: LinkedIn is testing a new Discover feed, which surfaces relevant content from professionals outside your network.
- YouTube updates for creators: New metrics, copyrighted music and more: YouTube adds several new features for creators, including more information about where they’re gaining subscribers.
- Facebook to end live shopping on October 1: The social media giant will no longer allow retailers to host new or scheduled live shopping events. Live shopping on Instagram will be unaffected.
- Twitter continues testing the edit button, allowing multimedia tweets: Twitter announced last week they were testing a new feature that would allow images, videos and GIFs in one tweet.
- Twitter launches Location Spotlight for all professional accounts: The new features lets local businesses display their address, hours and more information at the top of their Twitter profile.
🚨Web security & Vulnerabilities
- Vulnerability found in WordPress Gutenberg Plugin?: National Vulnerability Database published a notification of a vulnerability discovered in the official WordPress Gutenberg plugin. But according to the person who found it, WordPress is said to have not acknowledged it as a vulnerability.
- High severity vulnerability patched in Download Manager plugin: This flaw makes it possible for an authenticated attacker to delete arbitrary files hosted on the server, provided they have access to create downloads.
- Cross-site request forgery vulnerability patched in Ecwid Ecommerce Shopping Cart plugin: This vulnerability made it possible for attackers to modify some of the plugin’s more advanced settings via a forged request.
- Twitter fixes security bug that exposed at least 5.4 million accounts: The vulnerability allowed anyone to enter a phone number or an email address of a known user and learn if it was tied to an existing Twitter account.
- Google paid out $90,000 for vulnerabilities patched by Chrome 104: The highest bug bounty, $15,000, was earned by an anonymous researcher who discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the Omnibox component.
🔌 New Plugins & Themes
- Add Customizer plugin: This plugin from Kris Cochran adds the customize option back to the appearance menu.
- Replace Google Fonts with Bunny Fonts plugin: This plugin by Antonio Leutsch replaces Google Fonts with Bunny Fonts in the HTML Markup of your WordPress site.
- WPC Product Options for WooCommerce plugin: By WPClever, this plugin helps manage WooCommerce product options (addons).
- Email Template Customizer for WooCommerce plugin: This plugin by iThemelandco is useful for creating and customizing WooCommerce email templates.
- Mailtree Log Mail plugin: This plugin by oacsTudio logs all emails that use the wp_mail() function (should be almost all).
👥 Community News
- Daniel Schutzsmith is joining the Contributing Team at Post Status: Congrats Daniel!
- WooCommerce Blocks 8.2.1 released: This is a patch release to fix the issue that made users unable to select the saved cards token radio buttons after selecting another payment method in the Checkout block when trying to pay with their saved cards.
- Jetpack 11.2 released: It has interface improvements for the Slideshow Block, backend improvements for a smoother connection between website and Jetpack and several bug fixes for Form Block and form submissions.
- Post Status announced Post Status Index: It is a business directory that highlight the great businesses and people working in WordPress. Expected to be released around WordCamp US in September.
- Request for Comments: It is regarding removing JS/CSS source files from releases to reduce the size of the plugin archive. Leave any feedback you may have before it closes on August 26th, 2022.
- Wordfence Intelligence launching at Black Hat 2022 in Las Vegas: Wordfence Intelligence is a new product that is available for enterprise customers and hosting providers.
- 20i launches WordPress Manager for their customers: 20i’s Managing Director Lloyd Cobb said “WordPress manager is a huge time saver for anyone who runs multiple WordPress-powered websites, especially when it comes to theme, plugin and user management.” It is a plugin-free solution and free for the customers.
- Yoast has two new technical SEO courses on hosting and crawlability: These courses are available to Yoast SEO Premium members, and guide you through theory and practice with videos, suggested reading, quizzes and assignments.
- OrganizeWP plugin to become paid soon: It collects your content types (e.g. Pages, Posts, Custom Post Types) into a single Admin Menu entry and makes editing content fast. The open/free beta period will be expiring soon.
- Results of WP Builders Fight Club challenge are out: It was Sridhar Katakam’s suggestion that it would be interesting to have community members build a page with the same design using their favorite builder.
- GreenShift – a Gutenberg Page builder: It has over 50 complete blocks to build super-fast websites with design options, ready-made website templates, animations, style presets and more.
- New Slack updates to make your digital HQ more accessible and equitable: The enhancements including improved keyboard navigation, new functionality for the F6 and Tab keys and design enhancements, will begin rolling out to all Slack users on August 10.
- GoDaddy reports Q2 2022 financial results: Revenue is up 9% year-over-year, and Net Income up 93% year-over-year.
- WordCamp Asia has new Sponsor criteria: Due to the overwhelming support for call for sponsors, there were too many sponsors for too few sponsorship spots. Sponsorship applications close on 31 August 2022. Also the first batch of standard tickets sold out quickly.
🔖Interesting Reads & Podcasts
- Layouts and wide alignments in WordPress: Then, now, and upcoming changes: From Gutenberg Times
- Font techniques for modern WordPress themes: From WP Engine
- No-code WordPress contributions matter: From Torque
- 10 PHP testing tools for WordPress plugins: From Kinsta
- Jonathan Wold on how partnerships might help your WordPress business: From WP Tavern
- Why I love (and how I make) simple, static, minimal-tech websites: From Ross Wintle
- WordPress block themes: Who will lead the way?: From The WP Minute
- Are WordPress hosting companies ready for full site editing?: From MasterWP
- Five for the Now: Why WordPress mentorship contribution should extend beyond WordCamps: From MasterWP
- Chris & Artur of Extendify: WordPress networking strategies to find a ‘Best Fit’ buyer: From Freemius
- Analyzing attack data and trends targeting Log4J: From Wordfence
- A curated list of static website generators: From Myles Braithwaite
- Is Google Translate correct? A deep dive into Google Translate accuracy: From TranslatePress
- WordPress i18n: What is it and why should you care?: From Carrie Dils
- The new era of Elementor templates and Elementor toolkits: From Darrel Wilson
- Women in WordPress and development: From DeliciousBrains
- WordPress core performance with Adam Silverstein: From Do_the Woo
🛠 Guide Zone – Howto’s and More
- How to embed Tweets in WordPress: From RankMath
- The ultimate guide to WordPress recovery mode: From Elegant Themes
- How to eliminate render-blocking resources in WordPress: From Jetpack
- WordPress theme customization with CSSHero & CSS Variables: From WPTuts
- Create a split-screen splash page with Frost: From WPEngine
- Creating a portable Slider Block with ACF: From Liam Gladdy
- How to use Chrome UX Report to improve your site performance: From Search Engine Journal.
- How to use the WooCommerce mobile app to manage your shops: From Elegant Themes
- How to use the theme.json typography options: From Carolina Nymark
📆 Save The Dates
- Web Accessibility in Mind Conference on September 7 & 8: This virtual conference will provide conference participants with content that will help them mature their practice in digital accessibility.
- WordCamp US 2022 on September 9-11: The schedules are out.
- WordCamp Nederland 2022 on September 15 & 16: 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.
- 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. Call for speakers is now open.
- WordFest Live on November 18: This will be the fourth 24-hour WordFest Live, and the theme is Transformation. Call for speakers is now open.
- 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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