It feels like it has been ages since the WordPress community has had a call for testing Full Site Editing (FSE) features. The FSE Outreach Program was on a small hiatus. However, the WordPress 5.8 launch was also underway last month. The program is an open call for testing various components of FSE. Thus far, volunteers have successfully provided feedback …
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 …
#6 – Cory Miller on the WordPress Mergers and Acquisitions Landscape
About this episode. So on the podcast today we have Cory Miller. Cory is likely well known to many of you, he’s been a big part of the WordPress community for many years. He founded, grew and sold iThemes and is now the owner of Post Status, which is a community dedicated to informing WordPress professionals and enthusiasts about the …
Web Privacy And WordPress GDPR Compliance – The Definitive Guide
Gone are the wild cowboy days of rustling websites. To avoid heavy fines, your website must comply with a dizzying number of web accessibility, data security, and user privacy laws. This guide shows you how to become web compliant in our data-driven digital world to avoid breaking the law and the bank. Information age. Digital Data. People. Put these together …
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 …
Should You Hire Your Own Publicist? How to Stay Relevant in an Ever-Changing Business Landscape.
The founder and president of Krupp Group shares her public relations tips to help brands stay relevant. View original post at Entrepreneur…
Automattic Releases Quadrat, a Block-Based Podcasting WordPress Theme
A few weeks ago, Automattic released Quadrat on the WordPress.org theme directory. It is now the company’s fourth block theme. Like its predecessors, it is a child of Blockbase, a project that serves as a foundation for the work of Automattic’s Theme Team. After spending a couple of months diving deep into the world of block themes, I was beginning …
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 …
Don't Forget Branding as You Look to Grow Your Business
If you grow your business beyond your brand, you’re doomed to fail. View original post at Entrepreneur…
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 …