BuddyPress 6.0.0 Beta 1 is out with some great new enhancements and features, including the first BuddyPress Blocks for the block editor and a completed BuddyPress REST API.
JC Palmes shares great tips for working remotely with kids at home and shares some helpful YouTube channels and resources. Remember: "IT IS NOT EASY. You will need a LOT of PATIENCE and TRY to remember that they’re your kids…
Cloudflare has introduced 1.1.1.1 for Families, an easy way to "to add a layer of protection to your home network and protect it from malware and adult content."
Josh Comeau noticed that networks are slower now, thanks to everyone working from home now. Perhaps we should be accepting newer image formats with better compression, such as Webp? Josh says WebP, in particular, is "annoying" and not yet fully…
Elementor has launched an "Experts Network" that allows members to collaborate and grow their businesses through portfolios they can share with Elementor "peers" (developers, designers, and marketers). It's an interesting move, especially now as it will be getting harder for…
Matt Danner explains some ways iThemes is helping during this difficult time. They will have videos and posts dedicated to different types of websites throughout April, a free trial for their training subscription, and a 30% discount on their products.…
Gus Luxton talks about some easy ways you can improve the security of your SSH model without needing to deploy a new application or make any huge changes to user experience. 🔒
If you or someone you know is using the Contact Form 7 Datepicker plugin, take note that Wordfence discovered a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the plugin, which appears to be installed on over 100,000 sites. To be clear,…
Post Status Live is coming to you on April 10th! 📺 Cory Miller will be talking about recurring revenue, sales in a downturn, managing people, and the ups and downs of agency life. You can sign up for free here!…
WordPress 5.4 RC 4 was released a few days ago. Expect to see the final release on March 31. If you want to catch up on all the changes, check out the official field guide. 🐕
Gutenberg 4.7 has been released. Highlights include the Block UI redesign and new APIs — including an API to register custom Block patterns from themes and plugins. The API is still a work-in-progress and may change before entering WordPress Core.…
Yoast is offering a new online training course focused on the WordPress block editor. This is more than just a blog post — it's very well done and will "hand guide you through the process of creating a post with…
Juliette Reinders Folmer notes that some updates are proposed for implementation in WordPress Coding Standards 3.0.0: "With the change to PHP 5.6 as the minimum PHP version for WordPress Core, and with the outlook of a minimum version of PHP…
This weekend marks one of the first WordCamps that have transitioned from an in-person event to a virtual one: WordCamp San Antonio. All speakers will be live streaming, and there's a rumor that there might be a "gameshow" event to…
Brad Williams, John James Jacoby, and Justin Tadlock on April 22 for a special AMA on WordPress Plugin Development with Post Status partner Cory Miller. Our guests are the co-authors of the upcoming 2nd edition of Professional WordPress Plugin Development,…