When thinking of a name for your business, it’s important to keep several notes in mind. View original post at Entrepreneur…
Attackers Continue to Exploit Vulnerabilities in The Plus Addons for Elementor Plugin
Last week, security researchers at Seravo and WP Charged reported a critical zero-day vulnerability in The Plus Addons for Elementor on March 8, 2021. WPScan categorized it as an authentication bypass vulnerability: The plugin is being actively exploited to by malicious actors to bypass authentication, allowing unauthenticated users to log in as any user (including admin) by just providing the …
10 Memorable Logos, and How They Became Iconic
We present you a journey through the history and meaning of some of the most famous logos in the world. View original post at Entrepreneur…
Gutenberg Block Manager Plugin Enables Global Block Removal and Recategorization
The world of Gutenberg blocks is expanding. WordPress’ official block directory launched in June 2020 with just 60 single-block plugins. Today, it has grown to more than 480 blocks. As users incorporate more blocks into their websites, the block inserter can become a very long list to scroll when browsing. Block management capabilities were added to Gutenberg in version 5.3, …
2nd Annual Atarim Web Agency Summit Kicks Off March 23
Atarim is launching its 2nd annual Web Agency Summit in a couple of weeks. The free event will run from March 23 – 26. The goal of the event is to help agencies and freelancers in the WordPress space grow sustainable businesses. Atarim is the company formerly known as WP Feedback. In February, the business rebranded because its primary product …
New Full Site Editing Testing Challenge: Create a Custom 404 Page
The Full Site Editing (FSE) Outreach program has launched its third testing call, continuing the effort to engage users in a structured testing flow focused on specific practical tasks. Previous rounds had testers building a custom homepage and exploring the distinction between editing modes (template vs page/post). The challenge in round #3 is to create a fun, custom 404 page. …
WordPress.com and Jetpack Launch Story Block for Mobile Apps
Automattic-owned WordPress.com launched its new Story-publishing feature today. Currently, only users with the WordPress for Android or iOS apps can add stories. Self-hosted users with Jetpack-connected sites can publish via the mobile apps too. The development team previewed the Story feature in January, launching a public beta on the Android app. Stories are essentially media and text slideshows. They have …
Despite Progress, Companies Need to Do More to Address Gender Inequity
Companies have a responsibility to ensure that women have a seat at the table. View original post at Entrepreneur…
How To Optimize WPBakery Sites Using Free Smush And Hummingbird Plugins
WPBakery is one of the world’s most popular WordPress page builders. Learn how to speed up and improve your site’s performance with the WPBakery plugin installed. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how we took a site using WPBakery from this… GTmetrix results for WPBakery site before optimization. To this, using our free plugins Smush and Hummingbird… GTmetrix results for …
WordPress Considers Dropping Support for IE 11 After Usage Falls Below 1%
A new proposal on WordPress.org explores the ramifications of dropping support for Internet Explorer 11 (IE11). Héctor Prieto summarized the current state of IE usage among WordPress users, citing three metrics that demonstrate declining usage that is now cumulatively below ~1%: 0.71% from StatCounter’s GlobalStats 1.2% from W3 Counter 0.46% from WordPress.com StatCounter’s GlobalStats record IE11 having dipped below 1.0% for the first …