The Week in Review

Carefully selected and weekly curated news from the WordPress ecosystem — and beyond. Keep up with WP, WooCommerce, web tech, and business topics that matter to you. We also gather new podcast episodes and videos that are worth your time, other than our own. For a quick, weekly digest of what’s happening in the WordPress core teams head over to This Week in WordPress.org.

Business Roundup Week Ending May 12

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Mike Demopoulos
WordCamps: The Next Generation The official WordPress Community blog recently published a post titled "The Next Generation of WordCamps," outlining the future of in-person WordPress conferences in the post-pandemic world. The successful transition of WordCamps from in-person to virtual during…

Tech Roundup Week Ending May 12

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WooCommerce 7.7 If you're running an online store using WooCommerce, you'll be excited to hear about the recent 7.7 release! This latest update focuses on improving performance, security, and user experience. Among the key features in version 7.7 is the…

Tech Roundup Week Ending May 5

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New Community Theme Launched WordPress Themes Team released a new block theme, Stacks, designed to build slide decks. Stacks was designed and constructed by Saxon Fletcher with help from Ben Dwyer. After customizing the theme, users can create slides on…

Business Roundup Week Ending May 5

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WishList is Joining the Caseproof Family of Products • WishList Products, the parent company of WishList Member™ and CourseCure, has been acquired by Caseproof and its CEO Blair Williams.  • Tracy Childers, Co-Founder of WishList Products, will no longer be…

Business Roundup Week Ending April 28

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Ultimate Tech Event Sponsorship Deck is a comprehensive list of over 450 tech events tailored to connect tech innovators with the ideal platform for showcasing their groundbreaking ideas or solutions. The deck promises to offer crucial details about each event,…

Tech Roundup Week Ending April 28

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Accessible Target Sizes Cheatsheet Vitaly provides practical guidelines for preventing rage taps, and rage clicks on mobile devices, including recommended target sizes for icons, links, and buttons. It also offers helpful conversion tables for translating point units to CSS pixels…

Tech Roundup Week Ending April 14

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Michelle Frechette
Free vs. Paid SSL • SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) and TLS (Transport Layer Security) are internet protocols that use encryption to secure websites. • SSL certificates can be legally required for specific websites and may help boost a business's reputation,…

Business Roundup Week Ending April 14

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WordPress Turns 20 Resource Hub We are calling all WordPressers! It's been 20 incredible years of coding, creating, and dreaming. WP has grown from a blog platform to power an ever-growing percentage of the world's websites -- let that sink…

Business Roundup Week Ending April 7

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The Ultimate No-Code Website? Need a website in the blink of an eye? With Butternut.ai, it's as easy as pie! Enter your business name and keywords, then sit back and enjoy - this magical AI will give you a stunning…

Tech Roundup Week Ending April 7

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Add AI autocomplete to your website. EnhanceAI AI Autocomplete for Websites is a revolutionary tool allowing developers to quickly and conveniently create interactive and engaging websites. Its sophisticated Artificial Intelligence technology will enable users to fill out forms quickly, generate…
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