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Gutenberg 13.8 Drops / What’s Ahead in WordPress 6.1

Dan Knauss

August 8, 2022

George Mamadashvili has a nice update and overview of the latest Gutenberg release: https://make.wordpress.org/core/2022/08/04/whats-new-in-gutenberg-13-8-3-august/ The new monthly summaries for WordPress.org news are really nice — here's July from Reyes Martinez: https://wordpress.org/news/2022/08/the-month-in-wordpress-july-2022/

Pentesting as Contributing

Dan Knauss

August 8, 2022

NotesPlanet

Robert Rowley at Patchstack explains what I believe is the first-ever reported vulnerability in Gutenberg (the plugin, not in WordPress core) to make the National Vulnerability Database. Robert has opened an issue for discussion in the Gutenberg GitHub repo that…

Networking Done Right

Cory Miller

August 5, 2022

Notes

Extendify’s Chris Lubkert and Artur Grabowski unpack how WordPress founders can build a network of potential buyers early on to enhance the sellability of their product for a future exit. I’ve had many conversations with Chris and Artur over the…

Digital Marketing as the “Edge” in Recession

Cory Miller

August 5, 2022

BusinessNotes

I asked How Is “Recession” Talk Affecting Your Clients? in our Agency Owners channel because I was curious what those on the frontlines working with clients are hearing and seeing. Hendrik Luehrsen said “clients are actively pushing the envelope to…

CSS Tricks Sale Price: $4M

Cory Miller

August 5, 2022

BusinessNotes

Acquired in January, CSS-Tricks founder Chris Coyier, who was also a member here, ran that publication for 15 years before capitalizing on search traffic to sell to Digital Ocean — for $4 million (USD). They Got Acquired got that number…

DesktopServer Shutting Down After 12 Years

Cory Miller

August 5, 2022

BusinessHosting

It's sad to hear that ServerPress is closing its doors and DesktopServer has reached its end. Marc Benzakein and Gregg Franklin were active WordPress community members for years and I appreciated their work. Shared in an email to their customers:…

WP.events — Find out what’s happening next

Dan Knauss

August 4, 2022

NotesPlanet

Have you recently thought it would be nice to have one comprehensive source for all WordPress community events? Thanks to The Events Calendar and some nice people at StellarWP — Hazel Quimpo, Zach Tirrell, and Michelle Frechette — there's a…

If you want speed, upgrade PHP

Dan Knauss

August 4, 2022

Notes

Brent on PHP explains — His video on how much PHP has changed from 5.6 to 8.2 is good too —

Nice weather they’re having

Dan Knauss

August 3, 2022

BusinessHosting

Apparently unaffected by downward trends elsewhere, GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY) posted some bullish numbers for their second quarter with revenue up 9% year-over-year, and net Income up 93% year-over-year. See the presentation slides and other prepared remarks from CEO Aman…

SEO Client Reports

Dan Knauss

August 3, 2022

Notes

What should go into any SEO report for your clients who don't have time or patience for any jibber-jabber or lengthy stuff: Traffic SourcesConversion Rate and Progress on GoalsTop Performing ContentPage Speed InsightsBounce Rate and Dwell/Loiter TimeRankings and BacklinksWhat you…

Don’t Go Alone and Burnout, the Book

Dan Knauss

August 3, 2022

Notes

Cory Miller reflects on his Burnout and Recovery Journey, sharing the framework for understanding it and working through: to know you’re not alone, to help others think about their own journey, and “most importantly, to not go it alone.” Check…

WordPress Accessibility Day: November 2-3

Dan Knauss

August 2, 2022

Notes

WordPress Accessibility Day is coming up in November: Save the date!

Barn2 Releases WooCommerce Product Filters

Dan Knauss

August 2, 2022

Notes

Although there have been some recent enhancements in WooCommerce in this area, product filters have not been a strong feature. If you've struggled with that missing feature, you'll be glad to know Barn2 Plugins has rolled out WooCommerce Product Filters.…

SVG and WebP…finally

Dan Knauss

August 2, 2022

HostingNotes

I'm looking forward to lots of good things coming in the future on the new WordPress core Performance Team blog, and I'm glad SVG and WebP are finally going to be usable in WordPress by default. (This is already the…