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Google is always looking to provide better solutions to users’ problems. One of the ways it tries to do so is by delivering answers directly within its results pages to save searchers a click or two. These are what we call “featured snippets.” Not only do Google featured snippets make research simpler, but they can …

Out of thousands of free WordPress themes, how do you pick the right one for your site? You want a theme that will fit your brand, make your site stand out, be lean and offer the features that you need. We’ve reviewed over a million commercial websites running WPML and compiled a list of free …

Denis Žoljom, the automation representative for the WordPress theme review team, proposed moving much of the theme review system over … Continue reading Proposal to Move WordPress Theme Review Process to GitHub →

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, Kenny and his team have created an exciting new Event Layout Pack. This layout pack is …

This week, we look at the WordPress 5.4 release which includes turning distraction free editing on by default. We also look at new plugin vulnerabilities discovered by the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team, including those found in Rank Math and a Contact From 7 helper plugin. We review the new features recently added to Fast or …Read More

Leaving a job is stressful, whether you’re excited to move on to a better opportunity or you’re fed up with your employer and need a way out. If you have a good relationship with your boss, you may be worried about disappointing him or her. If you have a bad relationship with your boss, you …

Social distancing is pushing local businesses online. In this post we list some of the practical steps that you can take right now, to find local businesses who need your help. As shoppers stay home in increasing numbers due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, business owners are quickly realizing the importance of moving their stores …

The Events Calendar is the gold standard events calendar for WordPress. It works well with Divi, but to add it to your Divi layouts requires you to use a shortcode. Styling is done from its settings tab in the WordPress dashboard. This makes it difficult to integrate the styling with your Divi layout. A third-party …

One of the advantages of Divi’s design system with sections and modules is they can be pre-styled and reused on many websites. This has opened up opportunities to build libraries of sections and elements to help build your Divi websites. There are lots of places online where you can purchase them. In this article, we’ll …

On Wednesday, Garret Hyder announced a feature proposal for a WordPress Consent API. The proposal is one step on the … Continue reading Proposal to Add a Consent API to WordPress, Feature Plugin Available →

The month of March was both a tough and exciting time for the WordPress open-source project. With COVID-19 declared a pandemic, in-person events have had to adapt quickly – a challenge for any community. March culminated with the release of WordPress 5.4, an exhilarating milestone only made possible by dedicated contributors. For all the latest, …

A timeline layout can come in handy for a lot of different applications on a website, especially if it looks great on mobile. You can use it for showcasing a sequence of milestones on an about page, featuring the steps of a process, and much more. And with Divi’s scroll effects, you can make a …

If you’re on social media, you’ve probably seen a lot of brands that share user-generated content. From a marketing standpoint, it’s a killer move. However, you need to approach it the right way in order to utilize it to your advantage. To incorporate user-generated content in your marketing strategy, you need to understand why it …

A small increase in customer retention can mean huge gains for your online store. Automate post-purchase emails to improve customer loyalty (and profits)!

Have I mentioned how excited I am about the potential of block patterns? For regular Tavern readers, I may sound … Continue reading Create Custom Patterns with the Block Pattern Builder Plugin →

With much of the world shifting to working from home due to public health concerns with COVID-19, video conferencing is booming. Businesses, and even schools, are turning to platforms such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google hangouts and other technologies to stay connected. Zoom has come under fire in recent days due to security issues with …Read More

With Divi’s new scroll effects, you can create any kind of design you want using Divi’s built-in options and add some beautiful scroll motion effects to take your design to the next level. In today’s tutorial, we’ll add a creative technique to your list which you can use for upcoming projects. More specifically, we’ll show …

On April 1, 2020, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team discovered a stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Contact Form 7 Datepicker, a WordPress plugin installed on over 100,000 sites. As the plugin developer’s github page indicated that the plugin was no longer being maintained, we contacted the WordPress plugins team with our disclosure, and …Read More

Reddit is a user-created social news aggregator that’s referred to as the front page of the Internet. That’s a nod to the front page of a newspaper, where you find the most important information for the day. Basically, Reddit is an enormous collection of forums on practically any topic you can think of, and niches …

The team behind BuddyPress dropped the first version 6.0 beta release of the plugin yesterday. One of the most important … Continue reading BuddyPress 6.0 Beta Introduces Group and Member Blocks →

Add 3D Motion Scroll Effects into your Divi website can easily be done by combining a few powerful built-in Divi features – scroll effects and transform rotation. The idea is actually a simple one. Before we move elements horizontally or vertically using scroll effects, we rotate the element’s container using transform rotate. This allows the …

WordPress comments sections can either be treasure troves of insightful discussion or wastelands of petty insults, spam, and general chaos. Which side yours leans toward will depend largely on your moderation efforts. However, moderating comments requires a lot more finesse than you might think. That’s why, in this article, we’ll dig into several tips to …

Offering discounts is an essential promotional strategy for eCommerce store owners. Quantity based pricing and discounts are commonly observed in popular eCommerce stores as they provide several benefits. If you are looking to move your inventory faster, or clear out the existing stock of a seasonal product, you can use this strategy. In addition, it …

BuddyPress 6.0.0-beta1 is now available for testing! Please note the plugin is still in development, so we recommend running this beta release on a testing site. You can test BuddyPress 6.0.0-beta1 in 4 ways : Try the BP Beta Tester plugin. Download the beta here (zip file). Check out our SVN repository: svn co https://buddypress.svn.wordpress.org/trunk/ …

Version 5.4 “Adderley” of WordPress is available for download or update in your WordPress dashboard. This version brings you more ways to make content come alive with your best images and helps make your vision real by putting blocks in the perfect place.

WordPress 5.4 “Adderley”, named in honor American jazz musician Nat Adderley, was released today and is now available for download. … Continue reading WordPress 5.4 “Adderley” Includes Improved Editor, New Blocks, and Developer APIs →

Escape the high fees of Etsy when you start your own store! Increased profits & greater flexibility are just 2 benefits. Here’s how to do it the right way.

When opting for a fixed header on your website, you’ll automatically find yourself using Divi’s built-in position options. The fixed position option inside Divi allows you to stick any element to a specific location on your page. When using a fixed position, however, the container space of your element is removed. The fixed header floats …

On March 23, 2020, our Threat Intelligence team discovered 2 vulnerabilities in WordPress SEO Plugin – Rank Math, a WordPress plugin with over 200,000 installations. The most critical vulnerability allowed an unauthenticated attacker to update arbitrary metadata, which included the ability to grant or revoke administrative privileges for any registered user on the site. The …Read More