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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. This time around we’re building upon the Electronics Store Layout Pack with a brand new Product Page template that matches the rest of the layout pack perfectly. Hope you …

Reviews are a key component of the online shopping experience. 91 percent of younger consumers (18-34 years old) trust reviews as much as direct recommendations. What’s more, 93 percent of buyers admit that reviews influence their purchasing decisions. If you run an online store, enabling customers to post reviews can help you drive even more …

As has almost become ritual at this point, I am always looking forward to the next testing round for Full … Continue reading FSE Outreach Round #6: Building a WordCamp Landing Page via the Template Editor →

The WordPress community is eager to return to in-person events and organizers are discussing a path to ensure the safety … Continue reading WordPress Community Team Discusses Adding Vaccination Status to In-Person Meetup Safety Checklist →

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. Today, we’re sharing a global presets style guide for Divi’s Meal Kit Layout Pack. Divi’s global presets help you speed up your web design process in no time, and …

A ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline affected fuel availability in 17 southeastern US states, and Bloomberg reported that Colonial Pipeline paid $5 million to DarkSide, a Russian ransomware service provider. The Biden Administration issued an executive order to increase US cybersecurity defenses. WordPress 5.7.2 was released to patch a critical object injection vulnerability in PHPMailer. …Read More

If you are running a multilingual website, you can use WPML to easily translate your custom post types, custom fields, and taxonomies. What are Custom Post Types Posts and Pages are examples of standard post types built into WordPress. A custom post type is similar to these, but it can be named anything you want. This makes it …

The Gutenberg development team has taken massive strides in the latest release. Version 10.6 of the plugin introduces several user-facing … Continue reading Gutenberg 10.6 Adds Duotone Filters, Query Pattern Carousel, and Most-Used Tags Selector →

AccessiBe and other similar tools are coming under fire after more than 400 accessibility advocates and developers signed an open … Continue reading Accessibility Advocates Sign Open Letter Urging People Not To Use AccesiBe and Other Overlay Products →

Does your business serve a local area? People are searching for you! Show up with seven proven, actionable strategies for local SEO. Top ways to start fast.

On May 13, 2021 01:00 UTC, WordPress core released a security patch for a Critical Object Injection vulnerability in PHPMailer, the component that WordPress uses to send emails by default. If your site is set to allow auto updating of minor point releases, your site has probably already updated to WordPress 5.7.2. While we do …Read More

Divi’s sticky options continue to open doors for new design and functionality. In this tutorial, we are going to design a creative way to lead users through the content of a webpage using sticky headings as anchor links. The sticky headings stick to the top and bottom of the browser window as a helpful identifier …

One of the best ways to display information about products or packages is to use a pricing table. The easiest way to create a pricing table is with a WordPress pricing table plugin. Fortunately, there are lots of good choices available. In this article, we’ll look at the best WordPress pricing table plugins to help …

On February 2, 2021, our Threat Intelligence team responsibly disclosed the details of a vulnerability in External Media, a WordPress plugin used by over 8,000 sites. This flaw made it possible for authenticated users, such as subscribers, to upload arbitrary files on any site running the plugin. This vulnerability could be used to achieve remote …Read More

WordPress 5.7.2 is now available. This security release features one security fix. 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 5.7.2 is a short-cycle security release. The next major release will be version 5.8. You can update to …

Yesterday, StudioPress announced several changes to its themes and marketplace coming on or around June 8. For those outside its … Continue reading Genesis Framework To Become Free, StudioPress Announces Changes →

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. This time around we’re building upon the Dog Breeder Layout Pack with a brand new blog post template that matches the rest of pack perfectly. Hope you enjoy it! …

Picking a perfectly on-brand WordPress theme is just the start of creating a customized website. WordPress has a built-in theme customizer, allowing you to make design and style tweaks to your site and preview them (before publishing them live) in real time. Even the greatest website theme can use refinements to get it just right …

Core contributor Jeff Ong announced an upcoming virtual hangout around the concept of universal themes. The meeting could cover much … Continue reading ‘Universal’ WordPress Themes Virtual Hallway Hangout Planned for May 14 →

There are a ton of options for building an online store. We are big proponents of open-source, and we think it is by far the best option to build anything, including an online store. In this blog post, we’ll explain why you should avoid platforms like Shopify for your eCommerce store and use WordPress with WooCommerce.

GiveWP, one of the most popular donation and fundraising plugins with more than 100,000 active installs, has been acquired by … Continue reading Liquid Web Acquires GiveWP →

Following the recent statement by WordPress’s co-founder Matt Mullenweg and the Creative Commons CEO, Catherine Stihler’s post, I’m happy to formally announce that CC Search (with the new name Openverse) is now part of the WordPress open source project. Both Matt and I are long-time supporters of Creative Commons. I hope that this will provide …

When it comes to building a header, the possibilities are endless. You can include anything you can imagine inside your Divi header if you use the Divi Theme Builder. Today, we’re adding another highly-requested header design tutorial to your list of resources. We’ll show you how to make your logo cross the primary and secondary …

Watch your profits soar! Nine quick, proven ways to increase your average order value. Make more money without gimmicks or a single new marketing campaign.

Discover Fike Komala‘s story of using #WordPress to enjoy a remote working career across the globe in this month’s People of WordPress feature. #Indonesia

In today’s WP Briefing podcast episode, The Commons of Images, host Josepha Haden Chomphosy discussed the Openverse project with WordPress … Continue reading Openverse: Why This Project Is Good for WordPress and the Web →

There are many comparisons writing about Gutenberg and Elementor, but few mention performance and none run actual tests. Because speed is essential for online stores, our comparison focuses solely on the bsite speed with the page builders.

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 Electronics Store Layout Pack that’ll help you get your …