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Hello BuddyPress contributors! If you haven’t tested our first 8.0.0 beta release, here’s another opportunity to help us give the final touches to our next major release so that we make sure it will fit perfectly into your WordPress / BuddyPress specific configuration. Beta testing is very important and we need you all, whether you’re …

In this blog post, we’ll talk about PHP workers, what they are, what they do, how caching helps, and how many you need for your WordPress site or store.

Live streaming has become more popular than ever. Many social platforms allow for live streaming, but it’s also possible to live stream from your WordPress website. It sounds complicated, but it’s easier than most realize. In this article, we’ll look at the best WordPress live streaming plugins and software to help you get started. Why …

Almost since the dawn of the plugin and theme upgrade mechanisms inclusion in core over a decade ago, third-party developers … Continue reading No More Accidental Custom Plugin Overrides, WordPress 5.8 To Allow Developers To Set Plugin Hostname →

Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) was released over 7 years ago and is currently used by less than 1% of all users on the Internet with usage rapidly declining. A large majority of popular websites have already stopped supporting IE11 (including Microsoft Teams in 2020), and even the Microsoft 365 apps and services will be dropping …

As the first thing most visitors see, your homepage is one of the most important pages on your website. If your WordPress-set homepage doesn’t look the way you think it should==like matching your brand’s style and catering to your audience’s preferences–or it’s not displaying content correctly (or the correct content), it’s time for a refresher. …

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. Recently, we shared a brand new Electronics Store Layout Pack. To help you get your website up and running as soon as possible, we’re sharing a global header & …

WordPress is the perfect platform for creating just about any type of website. It’s beginner-friendly and very flexible. However, there are certain things it isn’t intended to do by default, so you may find yourself looking for a way to add specific features. Fortunately, the larger WordPress community has created a solution in the form …

When Sergiu Radu and Andrei Glingeanu launched their free Blocksy theme nearly two years ago, they were surprised by how … Continue reading Blocksy Theme Expands Free Starter Site Collection, Plans to Create New Suite of Blocks →

Less than two weeks after publishing about the broken user experience of the former Dark Mode plugin being renamed and … Continue reading ProfilePress Rebrands and Repurposes WP User Avatar, Now a Membership Plugin, Users Revolt via the WordPress Review System →

On March 13, 2021, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team initiated responsible disclosure for a vulnerability in WP Statistics, a plugin installed on over 600,000 WordPress sites. The vulnerability allowed any site visitor to extract sensitive information from a site’s database via Time-Based Blind SQL Injection. We received a response to our initial disclosure the same …Read More

Building a brand is about more than sales. Developing a true community of followers is the true root of success. See top strategies and real-world examples.

Sometimes it is more convenient to navigate page content by clicking buttons rather than scrolling. This is especially true for one-pagers or if you have certain sequential sections on a page that warrant optimal accessibility for users. Adding sticky page navigation links to the bottom of sections can be a unique alternative to having users …

Categories are integral to WordPress blogs. Organizing your content so readers can easily find the posts they’re most interested in elevates your site’s User Experience (UX). However, as your site grows, you may find that an Ajax category filter WordPress plugin is necessary for managing your expanding library of posts. Although WordPress provides a robust …

Since about 65% of people are visual learners, images are an important part of any website. And when you’re regularly uploading images for your WordPress website, it’s natural to run into the occasion error message. Fortunately, there are ways to diagnose even the vaguest image upload issue. By running through a checklist of common fixes, you …

Over the weekend, Anariel Design co-founder Ana Segota tweeted that she was nearly ready to submit the company’s first block … Continue reading Anariel Design Launches Naledi, a Block-Based WordPress Theme →

WordSesh 2021, a free virtual event targeted at WordPress professionals, is less than one week away. Sessions will be broadcast … Continue reading Register Now for WordSesh: May 24-28, 2021 →

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, our design team has created a brand new Virtual Conference Layout Pack. This timely layout pack …

Today, most consumers turn to the web to find businesses, products, and services. However, to assist with their buying decisions, research has found that shoppers tend to heavily rely on the reviews, feedback, and opinions of other people. This is why showcasing customer testimonials on your site is so important. In this post, we’ll introduce …

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. Recently, we shared a brand new Dietitian Layout Pack. To help you get your website up and running as soon as possible, we’re sharing a global header & footer …

If you’re a realtor, you need a website that can show off your listings in all their glory. On the other hand, if you’re a web developer who works with realtors or agencies, you’ll have to understand how to implement real estate features in websites for your clients. Either scenario is one you can solve …

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 …

At the base of the WordPress system is the theme. Themes not only provide the visual design for a WordPress site, but also much of the base functionality and utility. Fresh installations of WordPress come with a default theme named after the current year, and these default themes provide a decent amount of customization and …