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Get a FREE Flooring Layout Pack for Divi

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, free Divi Layout Pack from our design team to you. For this week, our design team has created a brand new Flooring Layout Pack for Divi. This handy layout …

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Does Alt Text Help SEO? You Bet It Does!

Over the years, the advice on whether or not meta descriptions of elements on a website are important for SEO. Google has gone back and forth on the issue, even while still using the information in their results. They just say it doesn’t help the actual rankings. That said, alternate text for images, or alt …

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WordPress 5.8.3 Security Release

On January 6, 2022, the WordPress core team released WordPress version 5.8.3, which contains security patches for 4 high-severity vulnerabilities. These patches were backported to every version of WordPress since 3.7. WordPress has supported automatic core updates for security releases since WordPress 3.7, and the vast majority of WordPress sites will have received these patches …Read More

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How to Add Related Posts to Your Divi Blog Post Template

Related posts are a great way to increase your blog’s traffic. Users on your blog will see posts that they’re already interested in. This keeps them on your site longer and increases their interaction with you and your website. Fortunately, related posts are easy to add to your Divi blog post templates in the Divi …

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How to Optimize Images for the Best Web Performance

A slow website can harm your search engine rankings and turn visitors away. Furthermore, having large image files is one of the main causes of slow loading times. Fortunately, there are several ways you can optimize images for web performance. In this post, we’ll discuss the impact of images on your site’s performance. We’ll then …

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WordPress 5.9 Full Site Editing Update Delayed Until Late January

WordPress recently announced the delay of its hotly-anticipated Full Site Editing update. While the developers had initially scheduled this release for mid-December, the updated product roadmap now shows the launch of version 5.9 on January 25, 2022. WordPress 5.9 will introduce Full Site Editing (FSE) — a critical update that should make it easier to customize and …

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BuddyPress 10.0.0 Release Candidate

“Release Candidate” means that we believe the new version is ready for release, but with more than 200,000 active installs, hundreds of BuddyPress plugins and thousands of WordPress themes, it’s possible we missed something. BuddyPress 10.0.0 is slated for release on January 17, 2022, but your help is needed to get there 🙏. You can get the 10.0.0-RC1 pre-release package in …

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WordPress 5.8.3 Security Release

This security release features four 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 5.8.3 is a short-cycle security release. The next major release will be version 5.9, which is already in the Release Candidate stage. You …
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Understanding Lossless Compression and When to Use It

Using images, videos, and other files can improve the quality of your blog posts and enhance your WordPress website’s appearance. However, including too many “heavy” elements could slow down your site and affect its overall performance. Fortunately, lossless compression can reduce file sizes without affecting their quality. In this guide, we’ll explore lossless compression and …

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The Month in WordPress – December 2021

December was a busy month for the WordPress community. In the latest episode of the WP Briefing podcast, WordPress Executive Director Josepha Haden Chomphosy shares a carol of thanks and shows her gratitude to all the people who make the WordPress project a success. (…) I know that we have gotten so much done together …
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How To Add Lazy Loading To WordPress

There are many ways to improve your WordPress website’s performance. Images and other media files are some of the biggest culprits behind long loading times. That means implementing any image optimization methods can significantly impact site performance, and lazy loading is no exception. In this article, we’ll talk about how lazy loading works and how …