WordPress News

9️⃣9️⃣ Version 9.9 of the Gutenberg…

Dan Knauss

February 12, 2021

9️⃣9️⃣ Version 9.9 of the Gutenberg plugin is out — its 99th release! What's New: Custom colors for social icons, a redesigned options modal (now called “preferences”), text labels in the block toolbar, automatic dark mode, bug fixes, and miscellaneous…

WooCommerce 5.0 has been released 📦…

Dan Knauss

February 12, 2021

WooCommerce 5.0 has been released 📦 with a lot of bug fixes and improvements to the Admin. The product review count is fixed, legacy reports are deprecated, and prefixed CSS variables are added to the stylesheet. The biggest change might…

The Big 4-0 According to W3Techs,…

Dan Knauss

February 12, 2021

The Big 4-0 According to W3Techs, WordPress has reached 40% of the top 10 million websites globally. It holds 64.3% of the total CMS market share. 📈 Growth in 2020 was 4.3%, exceeding the growth rate for every previous year.…

As Joost de Valk joyfully observed,…

Dan Knauss

February 12, 2021

As Joost de Valk joyfully observed, Yoast has crossed the 300 million downloads milestone on WordPress.org. 😲

Dancing with the Parse WordPress VIP…

Dan Knauss

February 12, 2021

Dancing with the Parse WordPress VIP has acquired Parse.ly, making it another part of the Automattic family. Parse.ly is a "content analytics company" with 50 employees. 🤝 According to Sara Fischer in Axios, this is the first large enterprise software…

Change the Rhythm, Keep the Pulse…

Dan Knauss

February 12, 2021

Change the Rhythm, Keep the Pulse Continuing the conversation about WordPress release cycles, Josepha Haden put forward some ideas for making releases easier. Although the "roadmap for [2021] promised four major releases, as well as any follow-up minor releases," there…

WP Engine has hired WPGraphQL creator…

Dan Knauss

February 12, 2021

WP Engine has hired WPGraphQL creator and maintainer Jason Bahl as a Principal Software Engineer. Jason formerly worked at Gatsby. He says this move "will actually strengthen the WordPress + Gatsby integration" and "allow WPGraphQL to grow and mature faster…

Content Bot that claims to be…

Dan Knauss

February 12, 2021

Content Bot that claims to be the first WordPress AI Content Plugin. Nick Duncan shared on Twitter how this new product is generating $260 MRR so far, which is a nice start. 💸

Nice tips here from Chris Bongers…

Dan Knauss

February 12, 2021

Nice tips here from Chris Bongers on how to use WebP images despite a few browsers still not supporting it. 🖼️

This is a security nightmare: a…

Dan Knauss

February 12, 2021

DesignSecurity

This is a security nightmare: a researcher managed to breach over 35 major companies' internal systems (including Microsoft, Apple, PayPal, Shopify, and more) in a software supply chain attack. 😱 The attack comprised uploading malware to open source repositories including…

Steve Burge interviewed Johannes Benz, the…

Dan Knauss

February 12, 2021

Hosting

Steve Burge interviewed Johannes Benz, the Managing Director of Raidboxes, a fast-growing WordPress hosting company. Based in Germany, they are doubling every year and adding nearly 1,000 customers per month. 💻

GoDaddy Pro has been making some…

Dan Knauss

February 12, 2021

GoDaddy Pro has been making some improvements and changes to their "Hub" interface, which offers measurable value to freelancers and agencies using it: People who use the Hub report saving, on average, three hours each month for every site they’re…

Matt Shaw helpfully compared Amazon SES,…

Dan Knauss

February 12, 2021

Matt Shaw helpfully compared Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, and Sendinblue in terms of features, costs, and their ability to integrate with WordPress. 📧

I highly recommend this article from…

Dan Knauss

February 12, 2021

I highly recommend this article from Jennifer Bourn on how to manage conflicts with freelance clients. Jennifer covers some typical approaches to conflict management and how to handle client conflict "like a professional." That means the conflict must be handled…

💎 Some real gems here from…

Dan Knauss

February 12, 2021

💎 Some real gems here from Andy Bell on what you can do with CSS right now that you might not be aware of yet. Masonry layout, the :is selector, logical #CSS functions for sizing, and more. Also worth a…

It appears that the UK Treasury…

Dan Knauss

February 12, 2021

It appears that the UK Treasury is exploring an online sales tax. In 2020, 46% more money was spent online in the United Kingdom than in 2019, and "Ecommerce now accounts for about 30% of overall retail sales in the…