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It was a pretty productive week as you can see from the list of updations. acquisitions and new articles published. Also, don’t forget to test WP 6.1 Beta1.
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📰 WordPress & Around
- WordPress 6.1 Beta 1 released and ready for testing: The Beta version, though delayed is now available for testing. The easiest way to report bugs is to post in the Alpha/Beta area in the support forums. More experienced testers should search through known bugs and open a ticket on WordPress Trac.
- Roadmap to 6.1: Core companion: This post is meant to supplement the broader 6.1 roadmap and focuses on features that are now planned in addition to the ones previously worked on that now have clarity and momentum.
- WebP by default pulled from upcoming WordPress 6.1 release: The feature was reverted in response to Matt Mullenweg’s recent post about removing it from core in favor of development as a canonical plugin.
- Twenty Twenty-Two is the first default Block Theme to get tagged as accessibility-ready: The WordPress Themes Directory currently has just 94 themes tagged as “accessibility-ready” and only two of them also have support for full-site editing. Twenty Twenty-Two will be joining them on November 1, 2022.
- Google Surveys is shutting down: Google announced it’s shutting down market research product Google Surveys on November 1, and users will have another month to download historical data.
- Google App lets you remove personal information from search: Google is rolling out an update to its mobile app that allows people to request the removal of personal information from search results. You can access the form from your user profile menu or the search results pages.
- Google launched additional support and troubleshooting for Consent Mode: Advertisers can access their Consent Mode status on the conversion summary page in their Ads account. A new certified partner program is also available.
- YouTube is monetizing Shorts with 45% revenue split: YouTube announces Shorts will soon be eligible for monetization, and creators will keep 45% of the revenue generated from viewership.
- Facebook introduces Collaborative Ads for local delivery: The ads allow local businesses and packaged goods brands to display their products next to options for people to purchase.
- TikTok will start banning political campaign fundraising: TikTok will soon start requiring accounts that belong to U.S. government departments, politicians, and political parties to be verified. They’ll also ban any videos and content that call for fundraising. Also TikTok video descriptions now have a 2,200 character limit
🚨Web Security & Vulnerabilities
- Yoast SEO 19.7 causes fatal error & crashes websites: Yoast SEO 19.7 was discovered to contain a conflict with other plugins which resulted in websites experiencing fatal errors. This marks the third time this year that a conflict with another plugin caused a Yoast update to fail.
- WPML 4.5.11 – Security patch update: It includes an important security patch and a fix for an issue related to sites using WPML Media Translation.
- Critical Magento vulnerability targeted in new surge of attacks: A critical Magento 2 vulnerability allowing unauthenticated attackers to execute code on unpatched sites.
- Mozilla patches several high risk vulnerabilities: n Firefox 105 a total of seven vulnerabilities were patched, three of which received the security risk rating “high”.
- Hackers stealing GitHub accounts using fake CircleCI notifications: GitHub is warning of an ongoing phishing campaign that started on September 16 and is targeting its users with emails that impersonate the CircleCI continuous integration and delivery platform.
🔌 New Plugins & Themes
- The Repository currently has over 10,000 themes and 60,100 plugins.
- New starter site – Wood: From CreativeThemes, it’s a perfect showcase if you’re a known handyman.
- Molten theme: It is designed for chefs and restaurateurs to showcase their work.
- Simple Download Counter plugin: Simple Download Counter (SDC) provides a simple yet powerful way to count file downloads.
- Debug Log Manager plugin: It helps you keep up with your debugging work.
- B Slider plugin: Using this slider you can create your slider very easily and in a short time.
- Thrive Automator plugin: It lets you create powerful automations by connecting your favorite tools with your WordPress website.
💵Investments, Acquisitions & Partnerships
- PublishPress acquires MetaSlider Plugin and MetaSlider Lightbox: PublishPress acquired MetaSlider and MetaSlider Lightbox from Extendify. PublishPress founder Burge could not share any financial details of the acquisition but said the sale price was based strictly on revenue.
- Wix integrates with Semrush: Wix announced it’s partnering with Semrush to provide users with access to additional SEO tools and keyword data.
- Atarim & Rocket.net collaboration: It is the first all in one solution for hosting and visual collaboration and is free.
👥 Community News
- New prototype runs WordPress in the browser with no PHP server: Automattic-sponsored core contributor Adam Zielinski published a demo today of WordPress running in the browser with no PHP server. This is accomplished using WebAssembly (WASM) and Emscripten.
- ACF 6.0 introduces refreshed Admin UI and ACF Blocks Version 2: ACF users were encouraged to see that the plugin is still moving forward after having changed hands twice in the past two years.
- WP Migrate 2.4 released: With new capabilities for migrating must-use plugins and other files in the
wp-contentdirectory, it’s now possible to migrate an entire site from WP Admin, including all the files that are essential to the functionality of a modern WordPress site. - Kadence Theme Pro updated: It has two new features – Native duplication capability & Enable/disable element capability.
- SEOPress for MainWP add-on: The new free extension can manage the SEO of all your websites from a centralized dashboard with MainWP.
- Slack’s new Canvas feature puts a document editor in your chat window: The new feature, called Canvas, will let users create and edit full docs from within the Slack interface. It’s one of Slack’s biggest announcements in a while.
- WP Veteran Spotlight program: WP Connects is looking to spotlight military veterans working in WordPress.
- WP Social Ninja turns one: Happy birthday!
- Lorem Picsum: A Lorem Ipsum for photos.
- Elementor vs Divi vs SeedProd (Compared): This article from WP Beginner raised eyebrows as the comparison declared SeedProd (their own product) the winner. Daniel Schutzsmith (#WPTalks co-host), Xaver (founder of Mailster) and Brian Coords (from MasterWP) have voiced their disbelief.
🔖Interesting Reads & Podcasts
- Block-based template parts: A happy medium between Classic and Block Themes: From Gutenberg Times
- First of the independents: From Post Status about partnerships in WordPress
- Atarim teardown of the Marvel website: From Atarim
- How you can build better (Gutenberg) blocks for WordPress: Twitter thread from Rich Tabor
- Is WordPress becoming more approachable?: Twitter thread from Rich Tabor
- Cross-Site Scripting: The real WordPress supervillain: From Wordfence
- WPwatercooler – Looking back at 10 years of being influential: From WPwatercooler
- Why WordPress and Wix will always be worlds apart: From WPMinute
- How to choose the best WordPress Page Builder in 2022: From NewPulse
- Is Matt Mullenweg the Wizard of Oz of Open-source Software?: From Jonathan Denwood
- What is WP.cloud?: From The WP Minute
- Are WordPress product businesses undervalued?: From Jonathan Wold
- Entitlement in Open Source: From Mike McQuaid
- GraphQL vs REST: Everything you need to know: From Kinsta
- Why I built my WordCamp US presentation out of blocks: From Nick Diego
- My thoughts on Full Site Editing: From Patrick Posner
- The imaginary Block-vs-Classic battle in WordPress: From MasterWP
- The reasons and benefits of attending a WordCamp: From Arraytics
- Why designers quit: From Matej Latin
- Traffic dropping? How to determine the cause and fix it: From YoastSEO
- Creating a “How to work with me” guide: From Chris Lema
- What is a web application firewall (WAF) and do you need one?: From Torque
- Top 10 stats from the annual Latin America Digital Transformation Report: Twitter thread from Hugo Barra
- Nick Ahmann on testing plugins with TasteWP: From WPTavern
🛠 Guide Zone – Howto’s and More
- How to easily setup WooCommerce Test Mode: From FixRunner
- How to improve Google Core Web Vitals on WordPress: From Jetpack
- How to Fix “Discovered – currently not indexed”: From Ahrefs Blog
- How to quickly fix “Missing a Temporary Folder” Error in WordPress?: From RankMath
- Adding Custom Icons to the Icon Block: From Nick Diego
- How to add “No Search Results Found” in the Twenty Twenty-Two theme: From Lireo Designs
- Quickly reference pages and posts within a WordPress block by typing “[[“: Cool right? Tip from Sam Munoz
📆 Save The Dates
- WordPress Translation Day on September 28: The day marks a global online event with numerous local meetups that join together to learn, contribute, and make the WordPress ecosystem accessible to people who don’t speak English.
- Membership Success Summit scheduled for Sep 29-Oct 01, 2022: The online event will teach you how to create a successful online course and community.
- ‘What is the future of contributing to WP‘ on October 03: This event is focused on individual contributions of current and future independent contributors to the WordPress project.
- 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 Kolkata (India) on December 17-18: It will be an in-person event
- 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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