On October 9, Juliette Reinders Folmer announced on the core WordPress blog that WordPress 5.3 will use the spread operator. The spread operator was one of the new features made available in PHP 5.6, a version released in 2014. WordPress abandoned PHP 5.2 – 5.5 with the release of WordPress 5.2. This means the core team can start taking advantage …
3 Popular Business-Naming Habits Worth Breaking
One-size-fits-all wisdom doesn’t always apply to a wide range of businesses. View original post at Entrepreneur…
The Best WordPress Pop-Up Plugin, Now With New Security Options
The best WordPress optin plugin just keeps getting better. Improve your hustle with the latest features of Hustle! The new security features covered in this blog post are included with the free version of Hustle, but you get a whole lot more with Hustle Pro4 in the Pro version. If you’re not already a member, try out our 100% risk-free, 30-day trial and …
Product Reviews in the WordPress Ecosystem: Honesty and Genuine Experiences
I don’t write fluff pieces. I call ’em like I see ’em. If your project is a dumpster fire, I’m going to say it’s a dumpster fire. Whenever someone comes to me in hopes that I review their product, I give them some form of the preceding paragraph. It doesn’t matter if it is a plugin, theme, web host, or …
Chilean News Publication El Soberano First to Launch on Newspack
El Soberano homepage on the Newspack platform. Nine months after the announcement of Newspack by WordPress.com, the Chilean news site El Soberano became the first publication to launch on the new platform. On October 16, the small news team relaunched with a fresh design powered by the Newspack theme and its newsroom-focused plugins. Newspack is a project of Automattic, the …
Mark Davies Joins Automattic as Chief Financial Officer
Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, and various other products, announced earlier today that Mark Davies has joined the team as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). This news comes fresh off the heels of Automattic’s acquisition of Tumblr in August and a $300 million Series D investment from Salesforce Ventures in September. The investment round gave the company a $3 …
Is Your Brand Engaging or Intrusive?
A brief guide to developing constructive consumer relationships. View original post at Entrepreneur…
A [Free] WordPress Launch Checklist You Can’t Afford To Miss
Website launch day should be about celebrating and congratulating, not stressing and scrambling. To help you avoid oversights and embarrassing mistakes, we’ve put together this WordPress website launch checklist to ensure your (or your client’s) website stands out from day one. The urge to rush a new website launch can be tempting. The development stage is over, you’ve done the …
Kioken Blocks Partners with Gutenslider Plugin
Kioken Blocks creator Onur Oztaskiran is teaming up with Niklas Jurij Plessing, a Berlin-based developer and author of the Gutenslider plugin, to improve both products under the same roof. Oztaskiran said the partnership is not an acquisition but rather a unification of efforts that may eventually result in combining under the same name. “Our short term plan is to work …
Building a Brand With One of the World's Best Rebounders
Check out this wide-ranging conversation with NBA star Dennis Rodman. View original post at Entrepreneur…