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WordPress 5.6 “Simone”

Meet Simone, our latest and greatest WordPress release. Named for the legendary performer Nina Simone. Fire up a playlist with her best work and read on to discover what WordPress 5.6 has in store for you.

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Automattic Acquires MailPoet

Automattic has acquired MailPoet, a popular email marketing solution for WordPress, to give WooCommerce store owners more integrated email management … Continue reading Automattic Acquires MailPoet →

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WordPress 5.6 Introduces a New Risk to Your Site: What to Do

WordPress 5.6, the final major release planned for 2020, comes out today, on December 8, 2020. It includes a few major features and updates, as well as a huge number of minor enhancements and bug fixes. A few changes have immediate implications for security and compatibility which we’ve highlighted in this post for WordPress users. …Read More

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How a Multilingual Site Can Help Grow Your Business

WPML.org offers site content in 11 different languages. Over the years, we have learned that providing content in a client’s native language boosts site traffic, increases sales, and improves support satisfaction. 92% of our traffic is from outside the US, 55% are not native English speakers Traffic to WPML.org represents people interested in reaching a …

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BuddyPress 2020 Survey results

The BuddyPress 2020 survey was published the same day we released BuddyPress 6.0.0 “iovine’s” (May 13, 2020). Now that we are about to release our next major release (7.0.0 will be delivered in the coming days), it is time to share with you the survey results. First, many thanks to all the respondents who participated …

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WPML 4.4.7 – compatible with WordPress 5.6 and PHP 8

Today, we released WPML 4.4.7, which focuses on compatibility with the upcoming WordPress 5.6 major version and includes support for PHP 8. WordPress 5.6 is expected to be released tomorrow, December 8th and will include several updates including: Support for PHP 8 Updates to latest jQuery scripts New default theme, Twenty Twenty-One Block Editor (Gutenberg) …

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A Quick Guide to Social Media Holidays

You can see people celebrate a different social media holiday almost every day of the year. There’s a holiday for everything – emoji day, national mutt day, international talk like a pirate day, and many more. The good news is that each social media holiday provides you with unique marketing opportunities. Picking out some of …

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Divi Meetup Network Community Update: November 2020

Seasons greetings, Divi Nation! We hope you just ended a wonderful November and are ready to attack December. The end of 2020 is nigh. ? Checkpoint: Are you where you planned to be? At some point this year, reassessments were made and new goals were set in light of this unprecedented time. We sure hope …

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BuddyPress 7.0.0 Release Candidate 2

Hello, The second release candidate for BuddyPress 7.0.0 is now ready for an ultimate round of testing ? What happened Since the first release candidate? We’ve been working on getting the BP Nouveau Template Pack looks great into the next WordPress default theme “Twenty Twenty-One“. We believe BP Nouveau is now ready to enjoy this awesome theme whether …

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Episode 97: The Future of WordPress with PHP 8 and WordPress 5.6

With WordPress 5.6’s imminent release and the recent release of PHP 8, we talk about the rapid changes affecting the future of WordPress with new security features and new functionality available to both WordPress users and developers. We also review a recent vulnerability found by Google Project Zero researchers in iPhones. A social engineering attack …Read More

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Get the Exclusive FREE Cyber Monday Theme Builder Pack #4

Only Available For A Short Time Cyber Monday Has Arrived Did you miss out on our Black Friday sale? Don’t worry! Our Black Friday prizes and exclusive bundles might be gone, but with our Cyber Monday sale comes a brand new set of prizes and exclusive marketplace bundles, so that means you get a second …

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Terms of Service Update

As you may know, WooCommerce is owned by Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com. That’s why, as of January 1, 2021, WooCommerce will be covered by the same Terms of Service used by WordPress.com.   Read the updated Terms of Service. These Terms already apply to you if you have a WooCommerce.com account or if you install …

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Get the Exclusive FREE Cyber Monday Theme Builder Pack #3

Only Available For A Short Time Cyber Monday Has Arrived Did you miss out on our Black Friday sale? Don’t worry! Our Black Friday prizes and exclusive bundles might be gone, but with our Cyber Monday sale comes a brand new set of prizes and exclusive marketplace bundles, so that means you get a second …