Nina SimoneLicense: CC0 | Credit: Noord-Hollands Archief / Fotoburo de Boer WordPress 5.6 “Simone,” named in honor of American performer and civil rights activist Nina Simone, was released today and is now available for download. The release was led by an all-women release squad, a first in WordPress history. The new version includes many enhancements for the block editor, accessibility …
Smush Pro Now Supports Local WebP Conversion (No CDN Required)
Until now, next-gen WebP images could only be served by activating Smush Pro’s CDN. But by popular demand, Smush Pro now also supports local WebP image conversion. Our CDN is awesome, it really is. However, we’re all for giving people options. This is exactly why we’ve now made it possible to convert your images to WebP format without needing to …
Easy WP SMTP 1.4.3 Patches Sensitive Data Disclosure Vulnerability
Easy WP SMTP has patched a vulnerability that allows attackers to capture the password reset link from the plugin’s debug log file and gain unauthorized access to the site. The plugin is used by more than 500,000 WordPress sites to configure and send all outgoing emails via a SMTP server so they are less likely to end up in recipients’ …
State of CSS 2020 Survey Results: Tailwind CSS Wins Most Adopted Technology, Utility-First CSS on the Rise
The State of CSS 2020 survey results have just been published, with a summary of the tools, methodologies, frameworks, and libraries that are currently favored by CSS professionals. It includes data from 11,492 respondents in 102 countries, after the questions were translated for the first time into a dozen different languages. In the layout category, CSS Grid logged a 34% …
3 Ways to Turn Your Brand into a Movement
Little Spoon’s Lisa Barnett has a strategy to turn customers into fans. It starts by reframing what your company stands for. View original post at Entrepreneur…
WordPress Community Team Discusses Return to In-Person Events
Although the promise of effective COVID-19 vaccines is shining a light at the end of a long tunnel, the world remains firmly in the virus’ grip until distribution can ramp up to cover at-risk groups as well as the general populace. As pandemic-weary communities muster the discipline to ride out the next few months under continued restrictions, a new discussion …
Gutenberg 9.5 Improves Site Editor and Adds New Options for Cover and Code Blocks
Gutenberg 9.5 went live today. The development team is continuing forward with work that we will start seeing down the road in WordPress 5.7 and beyond. The big user-facing highlights for this release were the additions of a full-height alignment option for the Cover block, font-size support in the Code block, and improved previews for block patterns. The majority of …
Block-Based Bosco, Second Full-Site Editing Theme Lands in the WordPress Directory
Fränk Klein, a Principal Engineer at Human Made, is now the second theme developer to release a block-based theme to the WordPress theme directory. Block-Based Bosco is a recreation of his Bosco theme, which he released in 2014. Block-based themes, also called FSE (full-site editing) themes, are currently experimental. They require the use of the Gutenberg plugin, which will automatically …
Creating a Brand Identity That Competes and Compels
A brand identity rooted in strategy helps businesses win customers and find their place among the competition. View original post at Entrepreneur…