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 …

Gutenberg 11.2 Expands Color Support for Search and Pullquote Blocks, Introduces Experimental Flex Layout for Group Block

Gutenberg 11.2.0 was released today with expanded color support for the Search and Pullquote blocks. Historically, customizing these elements has been out of reach for most users if their themes didn’t include them as options. This release introduces color support and border color support for the search button. Pullquotes are getting a similar treatment with border and color support, enabling …

From eCommerce Integration to Location-Based Controls, Block Visibility Pro Expands Upon Its Free Version

It has been several months since I last dived into Nick Diego’s Block Visibility plugin, and it is now one year since the initial release. Recently moved on from his past job into the WordPress product space, he has been building one of the best context-based plugins for showing or hiding content. In January, Diego touted some of the ideas …