Don’t go seeking charities just because they’re popular or trendy. View original post at Entrepreneur…
True White Label WordPress Hosting Now Available From WPMU DEV
Your secret’s safe with us. Reselling WPMU DEV just got easier thanks to some new behind-the-scenes tweaks to our platform. Learn what those tweaks are and how to white label our hosting. White labeling has been a big deal at WPMU DEV for a while now. Our freemium plugin Branda gives you the power to completely rebrand WordPress, with over …
Chrome 90 to Use HTTPS by Default in the Address Bar
Chrome’s upcoming version 90 will use https:// by default in the address bar, bringing a significant improvement to security and loading speed. HTTPS adoption has shot up significantly over the past six years after Google announced in 2014 that HTTPS would be used as a ranking signal in search results. In February 2021, W3Techs found that 82.2% of websites use a valid SSL certificate. …
Is Your Brand Wearing Frumpy Jeans?
Without concision and empathy, your marketing is ugly (or at least boring). Here are give tips to help you get your brand messaging on-point. View original post at Entrepreneur…
Refactoring Gutenberg’s Gallery Block To Support Nested Images
Like many others, I often have pinned tabs of all sorts of things in my browser. Some of them linger there for months. Others for years, I shamefully admit. Of the handful of Gutenberg-related browser tabs I have had pinned since late 2020, one of them finally had the sort of movement I have been waiting on. The Gallery block …
New Private Slack Channel Created for Full-Time Sponsored WordPress Contributors
As part of an experiment designed to improve coordination of contributor teams, WordPress has launched a new Slack channel for full-time sponsored contributors. Josepha Haden Chomphosy, the project’s executive director, announced the new closed Slack channel on Friday evening in a post that drew critical feedback from contributors who pushed for more clarification. “2020 was filled with hardships for many …
Upcoming Changes and Steps for an Overhauled WordPress Theme Review System
On Wednesday, WordPress executive director Josepha Haden Chomphosy posted the next steps forward for themes and reviews for the official theme directory. In the post, she describes the tools and types of access the Themes Team needs. She also laid out some other goals for the system. The timeline is to have much of this in place by early 2022. …
Elementor Patches XSS Vulnerabilities Affecting 7 Million WordPress Sites
Elementor users who haven’t updated recently will want to get on the latest version 3.1.4 as soon as possible. Researchers at Wordfence disclosed a set of stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the plugin to its authors in February, which was partially patched at that time and additional fixes were released the second week of March. Wordfence summarized the vulnerabilities in …
97% of Fortune 500 Companies Rely on Social Media. Here's How You Should Use It for Maximum Impact.
Social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube and Pinterest offer countless ways for brands to connect with customers (both old and new). Here’s how to do it well. View original post at Entrepreneur…
WooCommerce Live Africa to Host First Online Meetup Event, March 18, 2021
WooCommerce Live Africa is hosting its first online meetup on Thursday, March 18, 2021, from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM GMT+1. The new regional group is part of the WooCommerce network of more than 100 meetups with nearly 30,000 members across 40 countries. Events will be focused on topics pertinent to store owners and entrepreneurs with a focus on making it easy …