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When setting up a website for a client of yourself, you’ll find yourself contemplating what type of header to build. The most used one around the web is the horizontal menu bar at the top, but there are other options as well, such as a slide-in menu. Slide-in menus help you limit the space that’s …

A few weeks ago, our Threat Intelligence team discovered a vulnerability in Accordion, a WordPress plugin installed on over 30,000 sites. This flaw allowed any authenticated user with subscriber-level and above permissions the ability to import a new accordion and inject malicious Javascript as part of the accordion. We initially reached out to the plugin’s …Read More

Jetpack offers a powerful suite of tools for new WordPress users. It enables you to increase site security, improve performance, and even set up email subscriptions. The problem is, in a lot of cases, the functionality it offers is superficial compared to more specialized tools. That’s precisely the case when it comes to Jetpack subscriptions. …

Josepha Haden, executive director of WordPress, provided a progress update on the 2020 goals in early March. As always, the … Continue reading The Road Ahead: What’s in Store for WordPress for the Rest of 2020? →

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 Leather Company Layout Pack with high-quality relevant images that …

Every person at a company should have customer service as a priority, whether they’re the CEO or a front-line support agent. We’ve collected 30 of the best customer service books, some that take a broad look at various aspects and others that drill down into niche topics. You’ll learn plenty while you’re on-the-job, but books …

Using overlaps in your design has increased in popularity over the past few years. It gives your design a more abstract look and feel. At the same time, it helps you save space, which in turn limits the vertical scrolling that is required. Inside Divi, there are a couple of ways to effortlessly add overlaps …

Hello to all of our Divi users and community! Wow. What times we are living in. Truly unprecedented. But how amazing has it been to see the world rally and support each other? We have been pleasantly surprised by the power of our community. Stories and stories of positivity have been pouring in and, my, …

So you want to create a great impression with a stunning blog or website. Maybe you got inspired to write an online diary, create a digital resume for potential employers, build a personal brand, or make money by advertising.

Divi Next Texts is a third-party plugin for Divi that adds lots of modules with typography design features. The modules add animations, highlighting, gradients, masks, color effects, and even glitches to help you create text effects. The modules make it easy to use typography in a unique way within your Divi designs. In this article, …

When times get tough, employees face overwhelm and burnout. Whether the crisis is happening inside your company or in the world at large, your team needs to feel appreciated. Employee appreciation gifts are one way to show your team that you fully recognize the situation and appreciate their dedication in the midst of it. If …

Now that WordPress 5.4 has successfully launched, it is time to begin thinking about version 5.5, which has a tentative … Continue reading Open Call for WordPress 5.5 Tickets: What’s on Your Wish List? →

By now we’re all getting weary of the phrase “new normal.” Much ink has been spilled over the question of … Continue reading State of the Meetup Under Lockdown →

Fixed footer bars can be a convenient way to keep important information about your website at the forefront as the user engages with your page content on any device. Like with Divi, a footer bar usually exists as a static element at the very bottom of the page after the main footer content. They include …

Your WordPress RSS feed likely plays an important role on your site, even if you’re not directly aware of it. It may keep readers appraised of your latest posts, or even improve your content’s visibility. Being able to fix it if it’s experiencing an error is key to keeping your site running smoothly. In this …

Hi BuddyPress contributors, We’ve just updated the plugin to help you test BuddyPress beta & RC releases. From now on, when testing BuddyPress pre-releases, you’ll find a new section into the plugin’s administration screen called “What to expect from next release?” as shown below. By clicking on the “our Development Blog” link you will be …

Shop Sale Happy Easter everyone! The smell of growing grass and the longer days of sun are many things to look forward to this time of year. And as usual, we’ve got a great Easter 30% Off Sale on EVERYTHING (yes, including the Lifetime Club) for you to revamp and brighten up your online WordPress …

It’s more important than ever to follow up with existing customers. Learn how to save a ton of time by automating your most important follow-up emails.

A common theme among my friend groups is the utter boredom of being under stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 pandemic. … Continue reading Fighting the Stay-At-Home Boredom: Time to Create Rather Than Consume →

Divi’s scroll effects help bring an entirely new dimension to the design you’re creating. With every new Divi feature, we also try to share tutorials that’ll help you view your web design from a different perspective. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to limit module scroll effects to column containers. This means that whatever …

Content marketing is essential for many businesses and brands, but it can be time-consuming to keep your marketing pipeline full. One way you can save time and money in your content marketing is by repurposing content. Repurposing content means that you take one piece of existing content and use it to create content for other …

On Monday, the WordCamp Europe team announced it would hold its annual event online from June 4-6. The move comes … Continue reading WordCamp Europe 2020 Is Moving Online This Summer →

What’s up with coding music? Should you bother building your ultimate playlist? People have been arguing about music and productivity since before cavemen started using Walkmans. After all, we’ve all argued that music played at ’11’ is the only effective way to study algebra.
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Creating text background scroll animation is a unique way to add colorful moving textures to the text on your website as a user scrolls down the page.  With Divi, the process is surprisingly easy once you learn a few key techniques. In this tutorial, we are going to use nothing but the power of Divi’s …

Every web developer has a favorite code editor. Some people swear by an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) whereas others just want simplicity. If you prefer the latter, you may appreciate Sublime Text packages. One of the most attractive aspects of Sublime Text is that it’s highly modular. If you’re a purist, you can use the …

In the April edition of our “People of WordPress” series, you’ll find out how Mario Peshev went from self-taught developer to teaching basic digital literacy.

How much do you really know about your customers? Learn why buyer personas are the foundation of your business & how to create your own in just four steps.

The Jetpack team announced today that its search service is now available as a separate package from the professional bundle … Continue reading Jetpack Re-launches Search Feature as Standalone Service →

Creating interactive design comes with many advantages. One of them is the fact that you can fit more visual content inside a single section and determine how the visual content shows up while visitors are scrolling. It elevates the overall user experience visitors have on your website and takes your web design efforts to the …

On March 3, 2020, our Threat intelligence team discovered a number of vulnerabilities in WP Lead Plus X, a WordPress plugin with over 70,000 installations designed to allow site owners to create landing and squeeze pages on their sites. These vulnerabilities allowed an authenticated attacker with minimal permissions, such as a subscriber, to create or …Read More