Atarim is launching its 2nd annual Web Agency Summit in a couple of weeks. The free event will run from March 23 – 26. The goal of the event is to help agencies and freelancers in the WordPress space grow sustainable businesses. Atarim is the company formerly known as WP Feedback. In February, the business rebranded because its primary product …
New Full Site Editing Testing Challenge: Create a Custom 404 Page
The Full Site Editing (FSE) Outreach program has launched its third testing call, continuing the effort to engage users in a structured testing flow focused on specific practical tasks. Previous rounds had testers building a custom homepage and exploring the distinction between editing modes (template vs page/post). The challenge in round #3 is to create a fun, custom 404 page. …
WordPress.com and Jetpack Launch Story Block for Mobile Apps
Automattic-owned WordPress.com launched its new Story-publishing feature today. Currently, only users with the WordPress for Android or iOS apps can add stories. Self-hosted users with Jetpack-connected sites can publish via the mobile apps too. The development team previewed the Story feature in January, launching a public beta on the Android app. Stories are essentially media and text slideshows. They have …
How To Optimize WPBakery Sites Using Free Smush And Hummingbird Plugins
WPBakery is one of the world’s most popular WordPress page builders. Learn how to speed up and improve your site’s performance with the WPBakery plugin installed. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how we took a site using WPBakery from this… GTmetrix results for WPBakery site before optimization. To this, using our free plugins Smush and Hummingbird… GTmetrix results for …
WordPress Considers Dropping Support for IE 11 After Usage Falls Below 1%
A new proposal on WordPress.org explores the ramifications of dropping support for Internet Explorer 11 (IE11). Héctor Prieto summarized the current state of IE usage among WordPress users, citing three metrics that demonstrate declining usage that is now cumulatively below ~1%: 0.71% from StatCounter’s GlobalStats 1.2% from W3 Counter 0.46% from WordPress.com StatCounter’s GlobalStats record IE11 having dipped below 1.0% for the first …
Your All-in-One Traffic Report: Analytics In The Hub Keeps Getting Better and Better!
Gorgeous (yet highly practical) analytics graphs/charts, easy-to-interpret breakdowns in one place, customizable page-by-page stats. Meet your new and improved Hub Analytics. The Hub Analytics recently got a makeover, featuring stunning analytics that monitors your site’s top pages, traffic, bounce rates, and referrals. The new design is for web agencies, freelancers, and site owners to monitor analytics — all in one …
User-Friendly Methods for Testing Gutenberg Enhancements and Bug Fixes
Living on the bleeding edge of Gutenberg’s development is not particularly easy for everyone. There is a ton of work and know-how involved with getting everything set up. You have to clone a Git repository, grab pull requests, and run a build process. Non-developers may find themselves facing an overwhelming learning curve. It can be rough for developers who like …
Recreating the Music Artist WordPress Theme Homepage With the Block Editor
One of my favorite activities each week is to peruse the latest themes to land in the WordPress theme directory. Often, there are intriguing design concepts. However, much of the time, I am disappointed to learn that homepage designs of many rely on theme options instead of the block editor. While the editor has several design limitations, theme authors have …
Editor Plus 2.6 Adds Block Pattern and Template Library
A couple of weeks ago, Munir Kamal released version 2.6 of his Editor Plus WordPress plugin. The latest version does not add a slew of features as its users have seen in the past. However, it introduces one major upgrade. The new version lets users insert templates from Gutenberg Hub’s growing library directly from the block editor. I first asked …
How to Easily Convert Forms to PDF with Forminator and E2Pdf (For Free!)
Thanks to Forminator and E2Pdf, you can now quickly and easily generate a PDF from a form in WordPress. This makes it as simple as ever when creating agreements, contracts, certificates, licenses, and more directly from a form on your WordPress site. Plus — it’s free! As you’ll see, when these two get together, they form a PDF-ect team. To …