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Although entry level remote jobs are now more available than ever – thanks to the workplace reshuffle that came with the COVID-19 pandemic – it turns out that they are still lagging miles behind their senior counterparts.

WordPress’ Documentation Team will be hosting an online Contributor Day on October 25, 2022, ahead …

When the REST API was finally added to WordPress core, it was the end of a long journey. Many had anticipated this change as the biggest step forward for WordPress in the platform’s history. However, if you’re not familiar with the REST API, you may be confused by what it all means. In short, the …

On October 17, 2022, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team began monitoring for activity targeting CVE-2022-42889, or “Text4Shell” on our network of 4 million websites. We started seeing activity targeting this vulnerability on October 18, 2022. Text4Shell is a vulnerability in the Apache Commons Text library versions 1.5 through 1.9 that can be used to achieve …Read More

When running a WooCommerce store, it’s crucial to prioritize Search Engine Optimization (SEO). A solid WooCommerce SEO strategy can boost your search visibility and make it easier for consumers to find and purchase from your store. In many ways, an SEO-optimized online store is your greatest marketing tool. In this post, we’ll start by explaining …

Earlier this month WordPress.org meta contributors removed the active install growth chart from plugins, sending …

Through all the trends, evolutions, and reinventions of the internet and ecommerce, it’s easy to lose sight of what made the online world such a powerful business tool: access, connection, and reach. If you have an ecommerce site, every online shopper on the planet can walk into your store. Consider the size and impact of …

Today we are excited to introduce Divi Teams, a new foundation that we will continue to build upon to improve collaboration and efficiency for Divi agencies and freelancers. Divi Teams allows you to invite people to be a part of your Elegant Themes account, and to control the permissions granted to each. You can give …

The Wordfence Threat Intelligence team has been monitoring exploit attempts targeting two zero-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server tracked as CVE-2022-41040 and CVE-2022-41082, collectively known as ProxyNotShell. These vulnerabilities are actively being exploited in the wild. At the time of writing, we have observed 1,658,281 exploit attempts across our network of 4 million protected websites. …Read More

WordPress 6.1 Release Candidate 2 is now available for download and testing.
This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, it is recommended that you test Release Candidate 2 on a test server and site.

10up has published a Gutenberg Best Practices website as a public resource with tutorials, documentation, …

Congratulations, someone wants to buy your business! Now, you have two options: hire a broker to deal with the negotiations and paperwork or learn how to sell a small business without a broker, keeping a higher percentage of your profits.

The WordPress 6.0.3 Security Update contains patches for a large number of vulnerabilities, most of which are low in severity or require a highly privileged user account or additional vulnerable code in order to exploit. As with every WordPress core release containing security fixes, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team analyzed the code changes in detail …Read More

Divi’s Fullwidth Header Module includes a button that indicates to the user they can scroll down. Once they click it, they automatically get redirected to the next section. This is a simple button with several icons to choose from and its color and size are fully customizable. In this post, we’ll look at how to …

Jetpack has announced changes to its Jetpack Social plugin that may impact publishers who frequently …

WordPress 6.0.3 is now available! This release features several security fixes. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. All versions since WordPress 3.7 have also been updated. WordPress 6.0.3 is a short-cycle release. The next major release will be version 6.1 planned for November 1, 2022. If …

For more than a decade, WordPress developers have been discussing how core can support plugins …

Tune into episode 41 of the WordPress Briefing Podcast for a sneak peek into the upcoming WordPress 6.1 release.

Hey Divi Nation! Thanks for joining us for the next installment of our weekly Divi Design Initiative; where each week, we give away a brand new Layout Pack for Divi. This time around, the design team has created a beautiful Charter Boat Layout Pack that’ll help you get your next Charter Boat website up and …

Slider Mega Pack is a Divi layout pack with 50 slider layouts for your next web design project. The sliders are all built with Divi modules and can be easily customized with your own content and styles. In this product highlight, we’ll take a look at the layouts Slider Mega Pack has to offer and …

Google is the most popular search engine worldwide, but it isn’t the only potential source of traffic. If you want to bring more people to your website, it’s worth focusing on alternative search engines such as Qwant. Just what is Qwant, and how can you create a SEO strategy for it? In today’s guide, we’ll explore …

WPZOOM is coming in strong with its first block theme approved for the WordPress Themes …

Whether you sell physical goods or want to start offering digital products, setting up an online shop with WordPress can help you increase your profits. However, if you’re new to website building, you probably have no idea how to get started.

Hey Divi Nation! Thanks for joining us for the next installment of our weekly Divi Design Initiative where each week, we give away brand new freebies. We recently shared a brand new Conference Layout Pack. To help you get your website up and running as soon as possible, we’re sharing a global header & footer …

September was an exciting month with the return of many in-person WordCamps, WordPress Translation Day, and preparations for WordPress 6.1. Let’s catch up on all things WordPress.

Gutenberg 14.3 was released this week with drag-and-drop improvements for both the block editor and …

Since the release of Themify v7 Beta, many users asked about the official v7 release. Today we have good news, the v7 is close to final. We are just finishing off the minor issues and doing final testing on our demos. Having said that, we have the final v7 beta version available. We would like …

This morning, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team began tracking exploit attempts targeting CVE-2022-40684 on our network of over 4 million protected websites. CVE-2022-40684 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in the administrative interface of Fortinet’s FortiGate firewalls, FortiProxy web proxies, and FortiSwitch Manager, and is being actively exploited in the wild¹,². At the time of …Read More

The Shortcodes Ultimate plugin, used on more than 700,000 WordPress sites for creating things like …