Wordfence has published two vulnerabilities that affect users of the Redux Framework plugin, which has more recently come to be know as the “Gutenberg Template Library & Redux Framework” on WordPress.org. Extendify purchased the plugin from its creator, Dōvy Paukstys, in November 2020, in a deal that was not highly publicized. It is currently active on more than 1 million …
WooCommerce Hosting: What Is It, Why You Need It, And When To Use It
What, when, why, Woo…we’ll bare and share it all with you! By the time, we are done and through, you will want WooCommerce Hosting too! Even though there are alternatives to using WooCommerce, when it comes to setting up an eCommerce store with WordPress, nothing comes even close to beating WooCommerce’s market share. The number of WordPress eCommerce sites using …
Gutenberg 11.4 Overhauls Galleries, Adds Axial Padding for Buttons, and Lays Groundwork for Global Spacing
Another two weeks have flown by, and another Gutenberg plugin update is in the books. I always look forward to the latest release, awaiting what goodies our contributor community has produced. Sometimes I jump the gun and install a development version of the plugin to understand an upcoming feature, such as the new “block gap” style setting. Other times, I …
How to Speed Up Hosting with Static Server Cache
What the H double T P? If site loading slowdowns have you shaking your fist, it’s probably time to cache out. When it comes to fast loading WordPress sites, caching is crucial. A well-optimized page cache can dramatically improve page load speed for visitors, and reduce the load on your server. You have a slew of options when it comes …
WordPress Translation Day 2021 Kicks Off September 1, Expanded to Month-Long Event
WordPress Translation Day 2021 WordPress Translation Day kicked off today, and the event has been expanded to run from September 1-30 this year. WordPress Polyglots contributors from all over the world will be hosting mini-events throughout the month where they will be translating themes, plugins, apps, meta, docs, and other important projects. Events will also focus on recruitment, virtual training for …
Automattic Acquires Frontity, Founders to Work Full-Time on Gutenberg
Frontity co-founders Pablo Postigo and LuisHerranz Automattic has acquired Frontity, the company behind an open source framework for building WordPress themes with React. The acquisition comes more than a year after the company raised €1M in funding in a round led by K Fund, with Automattic covering 22%. Frontity co-founders Pablo Postigo and Luis Herranz and their team will no longer …
Proposal for Adding Badges and Other ‘Learner Achievements’ to WordPress Profiles
In December 2020, WordPress launched its new “Learn” platform with free courses, workshops, and lesson plans. Since then, the Training Team has continued adding more material. The latest proposal is an open discussion for the community on adding participatory badges for completing coursework. “I’d like to nail down what kind of thing we would like to see regarding recognising learner …
ACF 5.10 Introduces Block API v2 Support, Block Preloading, and Security Improvements
Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) has released version 5.10, the first major release since the plugin was acquired by Delicious Brains. It introduces several new features that were previously experimental, closing out tickets that were started by previous owner Elliot Condon. The release enables HTML escaping by default, which helps prevent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. It runs content rendered by ACF …
WordPress Classic Editor Support Extended for at Least Another Year
Last week, I reached out to several members of the core WordPress committers to see if we could get an official word on whether Classic Editor support would continue beyond the mere months it seemingly had left to live. I received a semi-official answer but was asked to hold off on publishing for a more detailed and nuanced response. Earlier …
Forminator Pro Now has Stripe Subscriptions for Recurring Payments, Pricing Plans, and Much More!
With Forminator Pro’s Stripe Subscriptions, recurring payments, pricing plans, and other improvements, your payment forms just got better! Learn how to implement these amazing features and hear about some other recent advancements in this article. Forminator Pro, our popular form-creating plugin, just keeps improving with its new subscription payments options. It coordinates with Stripe, making managing and implementing recurring payments …