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We all love videos. Our brains can’t get enough of the visual stimulus, and it’s quite addictive like that mug of coffee in the morning. We spend an ungodly amount of time watching videos on various platforms, and we can’t help it because videos rock. Marketers across the board know this, which is why videos…

On Saturday, one side of my family held our pre-Thanksgiving reunion. It had been two years since we were able to do it. I offered to host this year when our previous venue’s loss threatened to sideline the event for yet another year. Needless to say, I was exhausted by the time my last cousin…

Last week WordPress 5.9’s release leads found a consensus for delaying the release after missing the deadlines for Beta 1 due to significant blockers. At that time they proposed a schedule for moving forward, and that is now confirmed. Beta 1 is planned for November 30, 2021, with subsequent betas in December. RC 1 is…

I think you will agree when I say: driving traffic to your WordPress website is a tough nut to crack, especially as a beginner. Where do you start? What traffic generation methods are good for newbies? And, do you really need to spend a load of money to drive traffic to your site? Things become…

If you’ve ever purchased or sold something online, there’s a good chance you used PayPal. In fact, millions of transactions are done using PayPal every single day and more than 1.6 million websites are using PayPal to handle their transactions. Simply put, PayPal is everywhere. But why is PayPal so popular? First, It gives customers…

While the aesthetics of a website are important, its content and loading speeds keep people coming back. WordPress supplies users with a sophisticated toolbox of plugins and themes to create their very own custom websites quickly. However, these themes and plugins require JavaScript (JS) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to work. WordPress creates them automatically…

Good LMS plugins can be hard to come by. Due to the complex nature of paid course websites, it can be hard to land that perfect plugin which comes with everything you need without being overly expensive. This is doubly true if you want fancier features like student grading and course builders. Sure, you could…

In a disclosure to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that was published today, GoDaddy announced a data security breach impacting its WordPress managed hosting customers. The company discovered unauthorized third-party access to its hosting environment on November 17, 2021, through an exploited vulnerability. GoDaddy’s initial investigations show the attacker gained access using a…

Over the weekend, Nick Bohle asked Ellen Bauer of Elma Studio how post formats fit into the block-theming world. The question was a proposal for her a WordPress theme and FSE chat she held yesterday via Twitter Spaces. I could not attend and see if Bauer touched on the subject, but the question is something…

On Wednesday, Ben Dwyer announced a new block-based plugin on the Theme Shaper blog. The Automattic Theme Team had built a child theme creator for its Blockbase WordPress parent theme. Blockbase has quickly started filling the role of Underscores, a starter that many developers used to create custom themes in the classic era. For block…

photo credit: Tom Woodward WordPress 5.9 has been delayed due to significant blockers that could not be resolved in time for Beta 1, which was previously scheduled to be released November 16. The 5.9 release team came to the decision after a lengthy deliberation on the impact a delay will have on users and contributors.…

The upcoming BuddyPress 10.0.0 beta 1 release was scheduled for November 20, but contributors have decided to postpone the beta by two weeks, due to lack of time for adequately testing recent improvements to the planned features. The stable release has been rescheduled for December 24. This version will require WordPress >= 5.4. The delayed beta…