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News and insights about WordPress and its ecosystem by Post Status staff and contributors for our members and the WordPress community.

How Am I Self-Hosted to Live…

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Dan Knauss
How Am I Self-Hosted to Live Without You? Barry Pollard examines when and how you should consider hosting your own Google fonts.

Cody Landefeld has put together a…

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Dan Knauss
Cody Landefeld has put together a handy SEO guide for WooCommerce users. Cody advises you to start with the Yoast WooCommerce SEO Plugin, but there are many tips about speed and security too. 🛒

Ella van Durpe notes “the first…

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Dan Knauss
Ella van Durpe notes "the first Gutenberg release of 2020 includes not less than 180 PRs 😍crafted by more than 56 contributors." Highlights include a new block for multiple buttons, accessibility improvements to the editing interface, and a refactoring of…

Kinsta Replay Brian Jackson reflects on…

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Kinsta Replay Brian Jackson reflects on the past year with Kinsta as it scaled to become a global WordPress hosting platform. Brian has some previews on what to expect in 2020 too. 🌏 12.7+ billion HTTP requests and 519+ terabytes…

The 2019 Web Almanac is a…

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Dan Knauss
The 2019 Web Almanac is a massive collection of data (20+ TB) from almost six million sites. 📊 Categories include CSS, JavaScript, accessibility, CMS, and page weight. There are lots of statistics to keep you busy for a while. Bookmark…

Rebecca Gill will be hosting a…

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Dan Knauss
Rebecca Gill will be hosting a three-day SEO Bootcamp next month (January 21 – 23, 2020). Registration is free, and you can signup at seobootcamp.com.

A critical vulnerability was found in…

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Dan Knauss
A critical vulnerability was found in the Ultimate Addons for Elementor and Ultimate Addons for Beaver Builder plugins. Hackers can gain full control of your website through them if you don't apply the security updates.

Joost de Valk has an analysis…

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Dan Knauss
Joost de Valk has an analysis of CMS market share numbers from W3Techs. Joost's key findings are: WooCommerce's market share is three times as big as Shopify, but Shopify is growing. If current trends continue, Shopify, Joomla, SquareSpace, and Wix…

Ghost 3.0, the open-source blogging platform…

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Ghost 3.0, the open-source blogging platform founded by John O'Nolan, was released this week. The headline feature is a "new business model," which aims to help writers use memberships and subscriptions to make a "sustainable living" as "independent publisher[s] in…

WordPress 5.2.4 was released to address…

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WordPress 5.2.4 was released to address at least six security issues. 🔒 The first release candidate for WordPress 5.3 is available now, as well. 🏁 Remember, this release includes and fully supports PHP 7.4! More information about 5.3 continues to…

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