Early WordPress 5.9 Look: The Road Toward Deeper Responsive Block Design

Gutenberg project lead Matías Ventura announced the Preliminary Road to 5.9 on the Make Core blog earlier today. He covered several big picture items, including several sub-points for each. He also linked to a GitHub issue with specific tasks and tickets that need work. The post covers notes on block patterns, navigation menus, the theme.json interface (global styles), design tools, …

Wordfence and WPScan Publish Mid-Year WordPress Security Report

WPScan is on track to post a record-breaking year for WordPress plugin vulnerabilities submitted to its database, according to a collaborative mid-year security report the company published with Wordfence. In the first half of 2021, WPScan has recorded 602 new vulnerabilities, quickly surpassing the 514 reported during all of 2020. The report is based on attack data from Wordfence’s platform …

19 Attention-Grabbing WordPress Parallax Themes and Plugins (2021)

Parallax effects are a subtler yet effective way to grab your visitor’s attention than using video backgrounds. Here are some top-notch parallax WordPress themes and plugins you can incorporate on your own site today. Parallax scrolling is an eye-catching feature used in WordPress where background images throughout a web page move a bit slower than foreground images, creating the look …

Automattic Invests $30M in Titan, a Business Email Startup

source: Titan.email Automattic has invested $30 million in Titan, a professional email suite aimed at businesses and companies offering white-labeled email solutions for customers. At WordCamp India 2021, Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg said that the company had just made “a pretty large investment” in the India-based startup and stated that it “will be a big part of how WordPress.com offers …