Below you'll find a list of all posts from February, 2020
Elementor, which has quickly become one of the leading WordPress page builders and companies, announced Wednesday it raised $15 million in its first round of funding, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. The investment round comes on the heels of the plugin surpassing four million active installations. Founded in 2016, Yoni Luksenberg and Ariel Klikstein wanted to create a platform for …
Yesterday, the Gutenberg team released version 7.6 of the plugin. Most of the work in this update went toward the upcoming full-site editing feature. The team continues to pump out new dynamic, placeholder blocks for post data. The biggest user-facing feature was the addition of a rotating list of tips in the block inserter. Version 7.5, released two weeks ago, …
Most pop-ups ignite a rage fire within us that makes us click that back button before we’ve even had time to blink. In a world full of unwelcome interruptions to our browsing, you need to put the work in if your pop-ups are going to pay off. Pop-ups that are easy on the eye, yield great results and don’t scare …
Automatic updates column on the plugin management screen. Today, Jean-Baptiste Audras announced the WordPress Auto-updates feature plugin. The project seeks to bring automatic plugin and theme updates to WordPress version 5.5. It was originally slated as a feature project in 2019, but it was later bumped to the 2020 roadmap. The WordPress Auto-updates plugin is available for beta testing in …
Some WordPress developers and agencies were caught off guard when WP Engine announced it had acquired Flywheel in June last year. Flywheel had quickly become a trusted web hosting company for many that specifically catered to the needs of developers and agencies. For some, they questioned whether such a buyout would change the company culture and whether the good things …
Within WordPress circles, I don’t talk much about politics. I was raised to believe that politics and religion are not polite dinner topics. That belief generally extends to my work-life too. However, sometimes these topics crash into one another at full speed. I don’t typically provide qualifying statements about my beliefs when writing an article. My words should stand on …
Pop-ups can be annoying… and it’s sometimes tempting to ditch a site because they had the audacity to throw one in your face. But (and that’s a big BUT), in spite of their bad reputation, they can still work. When utilized correctly, pop-ups have the potential to make your sales and subscriber numbers soar. Here’s how: I’ve lost count of …
Front page of the theme directory, featuring popular themes. Yesterday, the featured themes page was quietly removed from the WordPress theme directory. Previously, it was the primary page users would see when visiting the directory. It has now been replaced with the popular themes list. This change is only reflected on the WordPress.org website and not directly in the WordPress …
Audiences are trending towards interactivity, personalization, and abstract design. Keep this in mind when branding your business. View original post at Entrepreneur…
All is quiet as you browse the internet for some food. Then, after Googling ‘Italian takeout’, you see it: Bob’s Spaghetti Palace. Perfect. You click on Bob’s website. Suddenly, you’re jolted back into your chair when ‘That’s Amore’ blares through your laptop’s speakers. At first, you’re unaware of where the song is coming from, but as you scroll a bit …
