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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 a brand new, free Divi Layout Pack from our design team to you. For this week, Kenny and his team have created a beautiful Dietitian Layout Pack. Dietitians need a website that …

May was an action-packed month for WordPress! WordPress organizers are increasingly moving WordCamps online, and contributors are taking big steps towards Full Site Editing with Gutenberg. To learn more and get all the latest updates, read on.  Gutenberg 8.1 and 8.2 Gutenberg 8.1 was released on May 13, followed quickly by Gutenberg 8.2 on May …

Businesses of all sizes produce content daily. When it comes to content collaboration platforms for business, you’ve heard of the usual suspects like Dropbox and Google Drive. Many more exist, though, some even integrating with your other content tools, as well as a host of business tools. Audiences are hungry for content, and brands work …

WordPress’ Executive Director, Josepha Haden, announced the names of the leaders who will be coordinating releases for the remainder of … Continue reading WordPress Names 5.5 Release Leads, Plans All-Women Release Squad for 5.6 →

Ajay D’Souza released the Popular Authors plugin last week, which is designed to display authors by the number of post … Continue reading Ajay D’Souza Releases Popular Authors Add-On for Top 10 Plugin →

Hi everyone! The past weeks freed us from our houses and apartments a little bit. We could go out for long walks and some fresh air, respecting the social distancing rules, of course. I think it makes a difference, being able to change scenery even slightly. With a more optimistic view for the rest of the year, let’s review the latest happenings in WordPress!
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Watch the latest tutorial video on how you can troubleshoot errors with the Errors log.

Divi hosting by FlyWheel is a powerful combination for any WordPress website. Divi brings all the design tools one could hope for in a WordPress Theme, and Flywheel provides a powerful cloud platform tailor-made for Divi and WordPress. This is perfect for those who love to design amazing websites without having to worry about the …

More and more restaurants are starting to rely on pickup and delivery to keep business going during the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s a vastly different experience from sit-down dining and many businesses aren’t prepared to process online orders. To make this transition, you need access to the best restaurant online ordering system you can get. In …

It’s that time again for our monthly Divi Showcase, where we take a look at eight awesome Divi websites made by our community members. Each month we showcase the best Divi websites that were submitted from our community and today we want to share with you the top ten websites for the month of May. …

In business, many people claim to have a “type A” personality. The assumption is that the more competitive and aggressive you are, the better you must be at your job. In reality, there’s more than one personality type that can succeed in the office. In this article, we’re going to talk about different personality type …

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. Earlier this week, we shared the beautiful Freelance Writer Layout Pack. To help you get your website up and running as soon as possible, we’re sharing a blog post …

Of all the SEO tips and advice out there, the one that remains consistent through every Google algorithm change is this: you need backlinks to rank in search results. Having other folks link to your site gives Google proof that your site is trustworthy and that you’re putting out content that other people find useful. …

On Wednesday, the development team behind Gutenberg dropped version 8.2 of the plugin. The new release focuses on a better … Continue reading Gutenberg 8.2 Includes Editing Flow Improvements, Cover Block Content Positioning, and Pattern Categories →

Google is preparing to introduce a new ranking signal for Search, based on page experience as measured by Core Web … Continue reading Google Search to Introduce New Page Experience Ranking Signal in 2021 →

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. Earlier this week, we shared a brand new Freelance Writer Layout Pack. To help you get your website up and running as soon as possible, we’re sharing a global …

Spotify made a lot of waves in the podcasting industry during 2019. They bought Anchor, a podcast host, began producing original content, and launched their very own podcasting dashboard on the platform called Spotify for Podcasters. To top it all off, they just recently licensed the most popular podcast in the world, The Joe Rogan …

As part of an ongoing initiative to convert the plugin’s existing shortcodes to blocks, WooCommerce core developers are testing a … Continue reading WooCommerce Is Testing a Block-based Cart and Checkout →

Paid Google search ads provide an instant boost of traffic to your store. Here’s everything you need to know to maximize the success of your first campaign!

GretaThemes launched its eStar theme yesterday. The team’s goal was to build a lightweight theme that focused on the block … Continue reading GretaThemes Releases Lightweight, Block-Ready eStar WordPress Theme →

bbPress 2.6.5 is a security release, and fixes 8 total issues reported either via Trac or HackerOne. For anyone running bbPress 2.6, please update to this version immediately. Special thanks to the following folks for improving the security of bbPress: Raphael Karger for disclosing an unauthenticated privilege escalation when New User Registration is enabled hoangkien1020 …

Google Maps helps us every day in navigating our way through roads and finding places in a manner that was unimaginative just a few decades ago. It is not only useful in wayfinding, but we also see many examples of maps used for data visualization, such as how recently many websites are using maps to visualize the spread of COVID-19 throughout the globe. Today, let’s learn how we can use the Google Maps JavaScript API to build custom maps for our websites and applications.
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It is always fun to win a prize. That’s why companies market their products and services online by giving away free stuff. It could be a coupon for a free dessert with your first order, or a free e-book when you subscribe to an email list.  But sometimes, even freebies can get ignored on the …

A few weeks ago, our Threat Intelligence team discovered several vulnerabilities present in Page Builder: PageLayer – Drag and Drop website builder, a WordPress plugin actively installed on over 200,000 sites. The plugin is from the same creators as wpCentral, a plugin within which we recently discovered a privilege escalation vulnerability. One flaw allowed any …Read More

For a long time, Wunderlist was the de facto to-do app for many productivity enthusiasts. Since Microsoft bought the app, it’s unfortunately been discontinued. These days, its best features live on in Microsoft To Do, which adds a lot of new functionality of its own. In this article, we’ll talk about how Wunderlist became Microsoft …

As developers and internet users become increasingly aware of the CO2 footprint of their data usage, renewed interest in carbon … Continue reading New Carbon Offset Plugin Aims to Make WordPress Sites More Eco-Friendly →

Seventeen. It is almost a lost year between sweet 16 and the adulthood that comes along with 18. For many, … Continue reading Happy 17th, WordPress →

If you’re hosting a podcast website with Divi, chances are high you’re using the built-in Audio Module already. Now, if you’re looking for a special way to put your latest episode in the spotlight, you’re going to love this tutorial. Today, we’ll show you how to include a fixed latest episode audio bar in your …