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WordCamp US 2021 will be held online this year on October 1. The free, one-day event will be packed with … Continue reading Get Your Free Tickets to WordCamp US Online 2021 →

Jeremy Keith, a web developer and contributor to the web standards movement, has resigned from the AMP Advisory Committee. Keith … Continue reading Jeremy Keith Resigns from AMP Advisory Committee: “It Has Become Clear to Me that AMP Remains a Google Product” →

The new version of Divi eliminates bloat and gives you the best of both worlds: the power of an expansive page builder with the nimbleness of a lightweight theme. Divi’s new anti-bloat features will boost the speed of your Divi websites in a powerful way. These features are just a portion of Divi’s huge performance …

Every web page is made up of dozens or hundreds of elements. Among them you’ll find text, images, buttons, widgets, and much more. Each element varies in size, and the largest ones call tell you a lot about how well optimized your website is using a metric called Largest Contentful Paint (LCP). In this article, …

WPMRR is gearing up for its second annual WPMRR Virtual Summit after the success of last year’s event. This year’s … Continue reading Second Annual WPMRR Virtual Summit To Kick Off September 21 →

The First Contentful Paint (FCP) of your website is one of the most meaningful metrics in Google’s Core Web Vitals. In contrast with other paint and loading metrics, FCP isn’t a purely technical metric regarding response time. FCP is centered on the user’s experience and what they perceive first on the site, not what loads in …

Earlier today, Gutenberg 11.3 landed in the WordPress plugin directory. The latest update introduces a new dimensions panel for toggling … Continue reading Gutenberg 11.3 Introduces Dimensions Panel, Adds Button Padding Support, and Speeds Up the Inserter →

Many in the WordPress developer community were surprised to learn that WordPress.org is rejecting plugins with the “WP” prefix in … Continue reading WordPress.org Experiments with Rejecting Plugin Submissions with the “WP” Prefix to Mitigate Potential Trademark Abuse →

BuddyPress 9.1.1 is now available. This is a security and maintenance release. All BuddyPress installations are strongly encouraged to upgrade as soon as possible. The 9.1.1 release addresses three security issues: The activation key was included into the responses of the create_item method of BP REST API Signup controller. Discovered by Brajesh Singh. An SQL Injection …

Last week, I published an opinion piece on the barrier to entry in the modern WordPress era. The article followed … Continue reading A Discussion With Gutenberg Project Lead Matías Ventura on the Barrier to Entry →

Alex Standiford, a WordPress developer at AffiliateWP, has released a boilerplate for what he is calling a “nearly headless” WordPress … Continue reading New Boilerplate Speeds Up Building “Nearly Headless” WordPress Themes →

Strong reviews are an essential part of a healthy business and email is a great way to get more of them! See 5 keys for using email to grow your reviews.

One of the easiest and most effective ways to add depth to a design is to add a box shadow. In today’s tutorial, we’re going to show you how to style a sleek slider box with a soft box shadow. The trick is to add a thick light border to draw attention to the edges. …

Pagination is a fantastic way to break down lengthy content into digestible bites. If you look around the web, pagination is everywhere. Search engines use it to separate results, online stores leverage it as a way to make browsing easier, and you can even add pagination to blog posts. WordPress enables you to do that …

I am about a month away from my second anniversary writing for WP Tavern. There has been one project that … Continue reading A Second Look at ElmaStudio’s Aino Theme and Companion Block Plugin →

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, free Divi Layout Packs from our design team to you. This time around, Kenny and his team have created a beautiful Golf Lessons Layout Pack that’ll help you get your …

On July 29, 2021 the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team initiated the responsible disclosure process for a vulnerability that we discovered in SEOPress, a WordPress plugin installed on over 100,000 sites. This flaw made it possible for an attacker to inject arbitrary web scripts on a vulnerable site which would execute anytime a user accessed the …Read More

Copywriting for social media is an essential part of your overarching digital marketing strategy. Beyond product visuals, video, graphic design, and brand aesthetics, copy is what compels your followers to action. Whether you’re building your email list, directing your followers to your website, boosting engagement, or selling a product or service, your copywriting is what …

While your site’s logo is one of the most important parts of consistent branding, you might have some pages where you want that screen real-estate for something else. Or to highlight the content on the page more than the overall branding of your site. Whatever the reason, the Divi Theme Builder gives you the power …

It’s time to share another update from our global community of Divi users! Whew, this year is flying by! But month by month it’s still awesome to see our community do it’s thing. Our community is driven and tenacious and I love it. What a breath of fresh air to see how they continue to …

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. Recently, we shared a brand new Creative CV Layout Pack. To help you get your website up and running as soon as possible, we’re sharing a global header & …

A pullquote is a small snippet from the article that draws attention. It’s great for adding emphasis to your text or highlighting a phrase. It provides a visual aid to the reader. WordPress has a Pullquote Block designed specifically for this purpose. In this article, we’ll look at the Pullquote Block, see how to add …

Gutenberg project lead Matías Ventura announced the Preliminary Road to 5.9 on the Make Core blog earlier today. He covered … Continue reading Early WordPress 5.9 Look: The Road Toward Deeper Responsive Block Design →

In today’s post we discuss emerging techniques that attackers are using to hide the presence of malware. In the example we discuss below, the attacker’s goal is to make everything look routine to an analyst so that they do not dig deeper and discover the presence of malware and what it is doing. We describe …Read More

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Divi’s modules are incredibly flexible in their styling. Incorporating hover effects alongside more traditional design elements can elevate your pages from good to great—or from great to amazing. Today, we are going to walk you through taking a Divi gallery module that starts in grayscale and turns to color on hover (or touch on mobile). …

The Preformatted Block displays your text exactly as you type it. This means you can include spaces and line breaks within your text. Knowing how to use the Preformatted Block gives you several advantages such as setting portions of your text apart and creating elements that stand out. Fortunately, this block includes several styling options …

WPScan is on track to post a record-breaking year for WordPress plugin vulnerabilities submitted to its database, according to a … Continue reading Wordfence and WPScan Publish Mid-Year WordPress Security Report →