WordPress News

Native iframe lazy-loading is now an…

Dan Knauss

July 31, 2020

Native iframe lazy-loading is now an HTML standard and is currently supported in Chrome. As the name implies, this technology defers loading offscreen iframes until a user scrolls near them. 💤 For example, by default, the Facebook Like plugin (using…

KPIs for WordPress Agencies with Virtual…

Dan Knauss

July 31, 2020

KPIs for WordPress Agencies with Virtual CFO Jeff Meziere 🔑 Join BusinessValueAcademy.com co-founders Jeff Meziere and Cory Miller as they walk through the Key Performance Indicators for professional service companies, particularly agencies. Jeff Meziere is a CPA, as well as…

Conference and Event Updates 💼 WPMRR…

Dan Knauss

July 31, 2020

Conference and Event Updates 💼 WPMRR Virtual Summit (September 23rd and 24th). Free, online. The focus will be "100% focused on helping you make monthly recurring revenue work for your WordPress business.” Scroll down the homepage where they publicly list…

WCUS 2020 Cancelled

David Bisset

July 31, 2020

HostingWordPress Community

WordCamp US 2020 Online has been officially cancelled. In addition to this announcement, the lead trio of WCUS organizers — Angela Jin, Kim Lipari, and Kathy Drewien — answered some of the questions many people will have about their decision.

The debut of Jetpack CRM was…

Brian Krogsgard

July 22, 2020

The debut of Jetpack CRM was announced at the Jetpack blog. It's a "new customer relationship management tool built specifically for WordPress sites." Jetpack CRM is a standalone plugin -- not bundled with Jetpack -- and has separate pricing starting…

More information about WordPress 5.5 is…

Brian Krogsgard

July 22, 2020

More information about WordPress 5.5 is surfacing, including news of its ability to pass arguments to template files: "The template loading functions will now allow additional arguments to be passed through to the matched template file using a new $args…

Restrict Content Pro released its 3.4…

Brian Krogsgard

July 22, 2020

Restrict Content Pro released its 3.4 beta. The upcoming 3.4 release promises to include auto-renew toggles, a payments importer tool, new logging functionality, and a bug fix related to renewal expiration dates. 🐛

Rich Tabor is encouraging anyone interested…

Brian Krogsgard

July 22, 2020

Rich Tabor is encouraging anyone interested in Block Patterns for the WordPress editor to dive in with him and discover how to leverage the new Block Patterns API to "build beautiful patterns." 🏊‍♀️ Rich shows how you can "block out…

Lesley Sim showed off her work…

Brian Krogsgard

July 22, 2020

Lesley Sim showed off her work on a WordPress plugin she is calling NewsLetter Glue. It lets users connect WordPress to a mail service (currently Mailchimp) and send posts to subscribers. ✉️ Leslie also launched a closed beta; get in…

Unsplash has released an official WordPress…

Brian Krogsgard

July 22, 2020

Unsplash has released an official WordPress plugin that integrates their stock image service with WordPress. Features include quick intuitive search, easy insertion of images into posts, native support for the WordPress Media Library, automatic alt descriptions for improved accessibility and…

Claire Brotherton takes a good look…

Brian Krogsgard

July 22, 2020

Claire Brotherton takes a good look at six WordPress form plugins and identifies what might be the best "free" and "premium" options. Of course, your needs and likes might vary. ⭐

Christina Hasternath has a step-by-step tutorial…

Brian Krogsgard

July 22, 2020

Christina Hasternath has a step-by-step tutorial to show you how to create a custom WordPress plugin that lets content editors rebuild a Gatsby app on AWS by manually rerunning GitHub Actions from the WordPress admin dashboard. 🔌

Scott DeLuzio announced that he’s found…

Brian Krogsgard

July 22, 2020

Scott DeLuzio announced that he's found a new home for WP-CRM System, and its new owner is Mario Peshev. Mario has agreed to continue supporting existing customers until their current licenses expire unless they renew. 🤝

A new study from North Carolina…

Brian Krogsgard

July 22, 2020

A new study from North Carolina State University and Microsoft discovered that the technical interviews currently used in hiring for many software engineering positions actually test whether a job candidate has performance anxiety rather than whether the candidate is competent…

Matt Medeiros has moved to Castos,…

Brian Krogsgard

July 22, 2020

Hosting

Matt Medeiros has moved to Castos, a company that focuses on podcast hosting — and also has a WordPress plugin. Matt is the new Director of Podcaster Success. 👍

It looks like BuddyPress 7.0 is…

Brian Krogsgard

July 22, 2020

It looks like BuddyPress 7.0 is gaining some new features, including a Gutenberg block to share a post/page via the Activity stream. The BuddyPress 6.2.0 Beta is available and needs testers. 🧪