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📰 WordPress & Around
- WordPress 6.0.2 security and maintenance release: This security and maintenance release features 12 bug fixes on Core, 5 bug fixes for the Block Editor, and 3 security fixes. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately.
- Gutenberg 14.0 is now available: It’s full of enhancements, including extra blocks supports in the UI that was only available via theme.json before, a revamped List block, and much more.
- 6.1 Product walk-through: The event will take place on Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 09:30 PM GMT+5:30 via this Zoom.
- Simplifying the admin bar & global navigation menu: Getting around WordPress.org just got easier. A new and improved navigation menu just launched and is here to help you find what you need quickly.
- Google launches new Open Source bug bounty to tackle supply chain attacks: Called the Open Source Software Vulnerability Rewards Program (OSS VRP), the offering is one of the first open source-specific vulnerability programs. The offering payouts can be anywhere from $100 to $31,337.
- LinkedIn offers professional certifications: LinkedIn is partnering with Meta, Oracle, and IBM to expand its professional learning courses and certificates.
- Twitter Circle lets you send tweets to a select group: Twitter Circle is a new capability that allows users to tweet to a select group of people. It is now available to everyone on the mobile app and desktop web.
- Twitter starts testing an Edit Button: Twitter is internally testing an edit feature that will allow users to modify tweets for up to 30 minutes after publication. It is also testing a new “Tweet Tiles” display for publisher links to get more users to click and engage with posts by giving them a more colorful, visual look.
- Google Ads enables custom conversion values for store visits: Google now allows setting custom conversion value rules for store visits and store sales. Conversion value rules allow businesses to indicate how much a conversion goal is worth.
- Instagram is testing 2 new ways to control your feed: Instagram announced two new features to help users control what they see in their feeds – ‘Mark as Not Interested’ & ‘Keywords, phrases, and emojis’ to tell Instagram you don’t want to see suggested posts with certain words, phrases, or emojis in the captions.
🚨Web Security & Vulnerabilities
- Google reports issue affecting Impression Share and Auction Insights: The issue affected user accounts for almost 3 days before being resolved. Another issue was reported with the API, rendering it inaccessible for a few publishers and was resolved.
- Google released urgent Chrome update to patch new Zero-Day Vulnerability: The latest update makes it the sixth zero-day vulnerability in Chrome that Google has resolved since the start of the year and the users are recommended to upgrade.
- Microsoft discover severe ‘One-Click’ exploit for TikTok Android App: Successful exploitation of the flaw could have permitted malicious actors to access and modify users’ TikTok profiles and sensitive information.
- Academics devise Open Source tool for hunting Node.js security flaws: A group of academic researchers have designed an open source Node.js bug hunting tool that has already identified 180 security vulnerabilities.
🔌 New Plugins & Themes
- Gutena Forms plugin: It is a native form block for Gutenberg built for look, speed and functionality.
- Live Chat Button for WordPress and WooCommerce plugin: WhatsApp Chat plugin for WordPress and WooCommerce.
- ShopPress plugin: It makes customizing all your store pages easier than ever with seamless WooCommerce and Elementor integration.
- Raft theme: Developed by Themeisle, it provides a clean start and a solid base in conjunction with the Otter Blocks plugin.
- Pressbox Theme: A modern WordPress theme for blogs, news websites, food bloggers, affiliate marketers and product reviewers. From ILoveWP team.
💵Investments, Acquisitions & Partnerships
- Gravity Forms acquires Gravity Flow and Gravity Experts: Rocketgenius, the company behind Gravity Forms, has acquired Gravity Flow and Gravity Experts.
- WP Super Cache joins the Jetpack family: The plugin was created in 2007 by Automattic developer Donncha Ó Caoimh. It will continue to be free and the Jetpack team already has plans to modernize the plugin and will invest more resources in support and new features.
- Patchstack is partnering with Hostinger: With the help of Patchstack, Hostinger is now providing all its customers with up-to-date information about security vulnerabilities in their WordPress websites.
👥 Community News
- WordPress.com introduced a new way to access all your sites: It has launched a new dashboard to help you manage all your WordPress.com and Jetpack-connected websites. You can access this new Sites page at wordpress.com/sites.
- A mentorship program coming soon to WordPress: This was revealed by the WordPress Executive Director Josepha Haden Chomphosy.
- What’s new on LearnWP: The Training team published several resources in August including lesson plans, tutorials and online workshops. Check it out!
- Builderius Pro page buider launched: Lifetime license with unlimited sites costs $99.
- Breakdance Pro is now available: The website builder is available at a discounted cost of $149/year now.
- Big changes coming to Newsletter Glue: Watch out for automated newsletters! Meanwhile, they are discontinuing support for multiple custom post types and streamlining all design options inside the template rather than theme designer.
- WP-Optimize denies allegations of cheating performance tools: In his accusations, Gijo Varghese, the founder of FlyingProxy, left out some significant details, but it was accurate in that certain settings are misleading about what they actually do. David Anderson said that if the JavaScript optimization experts cannot find any legitimate purpose for the code in question, “it will certainly be removed.”
- “We are moving away from WordPress”? A tweet from Phil Kurth.
🔖Interesting Reads & Podcasts
- Designing style variations for Twenty Twenty-Three: The good, the bad, and everything else: From Gutenberg Times
- Revising the presentation of key Site Editor features: From James Koster
- Working in the Classic Editor c. 2022: From WPcomMaven
- The Quote Block we deserve is finally here: From Torque
- The importance of a README file for your team members and you: From Shawn Hooper
- The bizarre discourse around Black Hat Core Web Vitals: From Post Status
- What does professionalism mean in WordPress?: From Post Status
- Not sure how to WordPress anymore?: From CSS-Tricks
- Quiet quitting, WordPress and the great reset: From James Giroux
- A backend engineer learns to build Block Editor blocks: From Tom Mcfarlin
- CSS container queries are finally here: From Ahmad Shadeed
- One of the loneliest jobs in WordPress: From WP Mainline
- All of these (stolen) WordPress themes & plugins for $9 month: From The WP Minute
- WordPress blogs; competition, integrity, money, and reputation: From WP Mayor
- When is a discount not really a discount?: From MasterWP
- My WooCommerce vs. Shopify Speedrun: From MasterWP
- Google shares insights into indexing & crawl budget: From Search Engine Journal
- The history of social media: From Search Engine Journal
- Laura Nelson on how to create a profitable newsletter: From WPTavern
- What’s your problem? Building an empire on free code: From Pushkin
🛠 Guide Zone – Howto’s and More
- What are Page Creation patterns in WordPress?: From WP Engine
- What is a Landing Page and how does it work?: From CodeinWP
- How to style links using CSS: From Torque
- How to fix the “Your PHP Installation Appears to be Missing the MySQL Extension Which is Required by WordPress” Error: From Jetpack
- How to sell a domain name: From Kinsta
- How to repurpose long-form content into supplementary content: From Search Engine Journal
- Google PageSpeed Insights reports: A technical guide: From Search Engine Journal
📆 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.
- WordFest Live on November 18: This will be the fourth 24-hour WordFest Live, and the theme is Transformation.
- 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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