Nominations were submitted, brackets were created, and votes were cast. Torque Magazine has wrapped up its fourth-annual Plugin Madness competition. Plugin Madness is a bracket-style competition that starts off with 64 plugins split into 4 groups: eCommerce, Maintenance, Optimization, and Marketing. For the past two years, WPMU Dev’s Smush Image Compression has beat out competitors… […]
WordPress 5.2 to Make Gutenberg Block Editor Use Mandatory for All WordPress Sites
Since its initial release in WordPress 5.0, WordPress fans have used the new Gutenberg block editor to publish billions of posts on millions of websites. Third-party developers have also latched onto that success to create hundreds of plugins and themes that further build on the power of Gutenberg. Thanks to that, you can now build […]
Weekly WordPress News: We’re Back From The Break!
And we’re back! We hope you all had a great New Year, and we’re ready to start sharing WordPress news with you again. This week, we got another new maintenance release for WordPress and the new block editor. Also, Elementor acquired Layers WP and then released it for free. Plus, we’ve got some great tutorials […]
Weekly WordPress News: WordPress 5.0 “Bebo” Is Out
In the biggest news in a long time, WordPress 5.0, named “Bebo”, was officially released on December 6. As such, the new Gutenberg block editor is officially part of the WordPress core. Be careful about updating and consider using the official Classic Editor plugin if you’re not ready to move to Gutenberg. This week was […]
Weekly WordPress News: WordPress 5.0 Further Pushed Back
A little while ago, the core team pushed the expected WordPress 5.0 release date from November 19 to November 27. Well, as the fact that there’s still no WordPress 5.0 indicates, that release date has been pushed back again. In their release post for the WordPress 5.0 Release Candidate 1, the team only said that […]
Weekly WordPress News: Save Big With WordPress Black Friday And Cyber Monday Deals!
Do you smell the discounts in the air? It’s that time of year again! And to help you save big on WordPress products, we collected the best WordPress Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals for 2018. Save big on awesome tools like Elementor, Divi, WP Rocket, and lots more. Beyond the deals, it’s been a […]
Weekly WordPress News: WordPress 5.0 Release Date Pushed Back To Nov 27
When the core team announced the tentative WordPress 5.0 release date of November 19, they said that date could move by up to 8 days (or be pushed back to January if it needed more than 8 days). That first contingency just triggered – the new estimated release date is November 27. And if the […]
Important WordPress 5.0 Questions, Answered
We’re at a very exciting time for WordPress. WordPress 5.0 is set to be officially released on Tuesday, November 27th and it’s arguably the most anticipated update of WordPress’ 15-year lifespan. The Gutenberg project began in January 2017 and has been worked on, tested, and improved by thousands of members of the WordPress community. Gutenberg… […]
Weekly WordPress News: Is WordPress 5.0 Ready For Primetime?
The target release date for WordPress 5.0 is less than two weeks away and, well, some people are pointing out some reasons why it might not quite be ready for primetime. Do you agree? While Gutenberg is generally growing on me, there are still a lot of bugs, and I would tend to agree that […]
Weekly WordPress News: Taking Gutenberg Blocks To The Cloud
This week, WP Tavern covered an interesting new Gutenberg Cloud plugin. Basically, it acts as a connector that lets users install Gutenberg blocks straight from the cloud. Could be really powerful if enough developers buy in. Tareq also has a cautionary tale about what happens when you install a nulled theme. And there are still […]