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Recorded on Monday 28th June 2021.
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 WordPress 5.8 Beta 3 is now available for testing! This software is still in development, so it is not recommended to run this version on a production site. Consider setting up a test site to play with it.. |
 For many years, I was a hardcore advocate of separating any non-design functionality from themes into their own plugins. I wrote extensively on the issue. Whether it was shortcodes, custom post types, user metadata, and any number of things related to a user’s content/data, I drew a deep line in the sand. This belongs in a plugin.. |
 Every 6 months I analyze the CMS market share numbers provided by W3Techs in depth. See the biggest CMSes, the winners and the losers! |
 Discover how often a new website is built with Elementor, the top three countries Elementor users come from, the blog posts you loved the most and much more, in this… |
 Local is a free local development environment designed to simplify the workflow of WordPress developers and designers. Download it for free today! |
 Nested blocks are a really useful feature in the Gutenberg editor. If you haven’t used them yet, you almost certainly will when the new “Full-Site Editing” changes arrive in WordPress 5.8… |
 Zion Builder is a new WordPress Page Builder plugin built with only one thing in mind: speed! Both in front-end and back-end… |
 Accept pickup or delivery orders for food, goods, products or services from your business location. Take online ordering to a whole new level with Orderable. |
 Automatically create forms that contain the fields you have made in Meta Box for any post type… |
 A collection of WordPress block templates you can use to wireframe or jumpstart your next website development project. Built with the free version of GenerateBlocks and the WordPress block editor… |
 “Don’t worry about which email service to use – just start” and other actionable pieces of advice for new newsletter writers… |
 Astra 3.5 introduces powerful CSS optimizations for faster loading and new controls in the customizer. This version also brings accessibility updates… |
 We have released some new features with Page Builder Framework and they’re outlined in the email below. These changes were made based on requests from our amazing Page Builder Framework community.. |
 The best WordPress security plugin just got even better! iThemes Security Pro 7.0 is officially here with significant improvements for everyone, whether you are a WordPress beginner or manage hundreds of websites for clients.. |
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Ninja Forms is celebrating 10 years! Join the party and get 80% off on memberships and top selling add-ons. June 28th – July 9th, 2021. |
 Back on June 16th 2011 we released WPScan ALPHA to the world.We have had a tremendous impact on the WordPress security ecosystem. Working on verifying, triaging and cataloging thousands of vulns… |
 Vulnerable plugins and themes are the #1 reason WordPress websites get hacked. The weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report powered by WPScan covers recent WordPress plugin, theme, and core vulnerabilities, and what to do if you run one of the vulnerable plugins or themes on your website… |
 Just to let you know that I’m (Nathan Wrigley) doing a LIVE event with Mark Westguard from WS Form next week. Wednesday 30th June at 4pm (UK time). If you’ve not come across WS Form before, then you’re in for a treat, as it does pretty much every-single-thing that you’d want a form plugin to do. In fact I’m sure that you’ll be surprised just how much it does and how easy it is to use… |
 If you’re creating newsletters for your content and you use WordPress, put that quill down and check out the podcast today. Newsletter Glue is a really great blocks product that I’m sure many of you are going to love… |
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Our team is searching for a Front-end Developer to help build and maintain our various website properties, develop new templates for our site(s), collaborate with team members, outside partners, and guest contributors to hit deadlines, build unique solutions, and provide value to new users and current customers when navigating our front-facing web properties… |
 Brave Search may present a challenge to Google. Preview a new privacy-first search engine that respects publishers and is committed to unbiased results… |
 Facebook is planning to start rolling out its podcast product next week, on June 22nd, and, eventually, add a feature that’ll allow listeners to create clips from their favorite shows… |
 800+ Customizable free SVG icons MIT licensed – Tabler Icons. Configurable stroke, color and size. |
 The redesigned Start Menu has garnered outrage but, fortunately, it can be customized.. |
 For now, it’s an Android “experiment” that might get “a broader rollout in Chrome.” |
 We take you on a tour of what WebP is all about. We also perform some tests to see if the format really does live up to the hype… |
 Say goodbye to Third-Party cookies and hello to new tracking methods. Learn more about what Google’s FLoC means for you… |
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