GiveWP quietly released its new plugin, Donation Form Block for Stripe, in the WordPress directory last week. It is a standalone block that allows users to accept donations almost instantly. No complicated setup. Just install, activate, connect to Stripe, and play. I named the GiveWP plugin my favorite of 2019. The team behind the donation plugin has consistently produced top-tier …
3 Ways to Identify Your Company's Unique Marketing Angle
How to make your business’s marketing efforts perfectly match its brand. View original post at Entrepreneur…
Slack Workspaces Great For WordPress Pros & Developers
Slack mimics the way large groups naturally communicate, adding tide pod emojis, savage bots, magic 8 ball decision making, and of course gifs! No wonder the WordPress community has started to use Slack to coordinate activity. Standing for Searchable Log of All Conversation & Knowledge, Slack is more than just a glorified text message platform. It’s a central knowledge base …
The Dream of Exporting WordPress Block Themes from the Site Editor Is Close to Reality
I have said it before, but it bears repeating: the next generation of WordPress theme authors will design from the site editor. It seems that Gutenberg project contributors are making good on my promise. Earlier today, I exported a WordPress theme from the site editor. Exporting the Twenty Twenty-Two theme. The resulting ZIP file seemed to include all the necessary …
How To Stand Out From The Crowd Using Paper.js With WordPress
Do you want to draw, paint and animate your WordPress page to create something unique and legitimately cool? Haven’t you always secretly wanted jellyfish swimming on your site, for example? Who hasn’t! Well – today is your lucky day because we’re going to be covering Paper.js, the brilliant javascript library which makes sites like patatap and paperoids possible. If you have …
Why You Should Create a Visual Sitemap For Your WordPress Site
Embarking on a new website build? Creating a visual sitemap is an often-overlooked step that can help you improve client relationships and overall productivity. They’re also super simple to create with the right tools. In this post, we’ll explain why you would create a visual sitemap and show you some easy tools (from whiteboards to software) that will help you …
10 Reasons Why Your Brand Needs to Be Online in 2022
The internet has become the great equalizer as opportunities continue to increase in the online space. View original post at Entrepreneur…
Does WordPress Need 1,000s of Block Themes in the Era of Full Site Editing?
“I have so many design ideas in my head that I am about to make it my mission to singlehandedly fulfill [Matt Mullenweg’s] vision of 5,000 Full Site Editing #WordPress themes in the directory,” tweeted Brian Gardner earlier today. Daniel Schutzsmith responded: I’m just not seeing the need for more than one theme for FSE as long as I can …
Patchstack Whitepaper: WordPress Ecosystem Records 150% Increase in Security Vulnerabilities in 2021
Patchstack has published its State of WordPress Security whitepaper with a summary of threats to the WordPress ecosystem recorded in 2021. The whitepaper aggregates data from multiple sources, including the Patchstack Vulnerability Database, the Patchstack Alliance (the company’s bug bounty platform), and publicy reported CVEs from other sources. In 2021, Patchstack recorded nearly 1,500 vulnerabilities, a 150% increase as compared …
What the Theranos Story Teaches Us About the Dark Side of Personal Branding
We all love a good start-up story. View original post at Entrepreneur…