The Gravity Forms team formally announced version 2.5 of its form plugin yesterday. The product, owned by RocketGenius, promises an overhauled experience that is more in line with the core block editor. The team also wanted to put accessibility at the forefront of this release. The design is fresh, ditching pieces of the older WordPress UI in favor of cleaner …
The Danger of Linking Yourself to Your Brand
If you are too far at the forefront of your brand, here’s what you need to consider. View original post at Entrepreneur…
Churel Is a Colorful and Minimalist Block-Ready WordPress Theme
WordPress theme development company Themix released its third free theme to the official directory this week. Churel is described as a theme for organizations and businesses that also works for traditional blogging. The development team has a keen eye for modern color schemes and font families. The theme has a refreshing design that is rare for the free theme directory, …
Will We See In-Person WordCamps in 2021? An Open Discussion on a Path Forward
Now that COVID-19 vaccinations are becoming more widespread, many hope that in-person WordCamps can once again be a reality. There is no official path forward just yet, and decisions will likely be locally based in the coming months. Angela Jin, a community organizer for Automattic, announced an open discussion around the topic. Currently, all WordCamps are online-only events. There is …
4 Ways to Build Brand Loyalty as the Economy Opens Back Up
With many communities loosening restrictions on how businesses can operate, now is no time to rest on your laurels. Instead, work to build brand loyalty. View original post at Entrepreneur…
Companies Running Competitive Ads Against WordPress May Soon be Banned from Sponsoring WordCamps
The WordPress Community Team is discussing banning companies from sponsoring WordCamps if they advertise competitively against WordPress. A WordCamp organizing team recently brought the concern to community deputies regarding a potential sponsor that is advertising its product in such a way that it puts WordPress in “an unflattering light.” This particular instance is prompting community leadership to clarify expectations for …
With Some Hits and Misses, the Guten Blog WordPress Theme Has Potential
Any time I see a new block-ready WordPress theme, I am like a toddler in a toyshop. I cannot wait to bring it home, rip off the packaging, and play with it. Sometimes it is the type of fun that will create lasting, years-long memories. Other times, the toy is not all it is cracked up to be. It does …
3 Ways You're Killing Your Brand
You know you’re better than your competitors. Everyone else should know it too. But if you don’t get your brand right, you may kill your shot. View original post at Entrepreneur…
Google XML Sitemaps vs SmartCrawl Sitemaps – Which is Best for SEO?
The Google XML Sitemaps plugin is extremely popular, well-rated, and free to use. However, are its features better than our own popular, well-rated, and free-to-use plugin, SmartCrawl? This article will put these two SEO plugins to the test to see which one delivers the best results and if one outranks the other. Sure, we’re more partial to SmartCrawl, considering she’s, …
Themes Set Up for a Paradigm Shift, WordPress 5.8 Will Unleash Tools To Make It Happen
For much of WordPress’s history, the foundational elements of building a theme have been slow to change. Every so often, developers would get a new feature, such as child themes, featured images, nav menus, and template parts. Each of these was epic in its own way. However, theme authors had ample time to adapt to these single feature introductions. When …