This Week in WordPress #170

This week’s WordPress news for the week commencing 28th June 2021

Another week, and we’re bringing you the latest WordPress news from the last seven days, including…

• WordPress 5.8 and Full Site Editing are just around the corner
• Block Patterns are a BIG deal and there’s some new resources coming out to offer templates of well designed patterns
• Are we about to get the green light to re-start WordCamps?
• WooCommerce Payments is now available in many more countries to make your online store much easier to manage

There’s a whole lot more than this, as there is each and every week, and you can find all that by scrolling down and clicking on the links!

This Week in WordPress #170 – “Unhappy ending”

With Nathan Wrigley, Paul Lacey, Jonathan Wold and Brian Gardner.

Recorded on Monday 5th July 2021.
If you ever want to join us live you can do that every Monday at 2pm UK time on the WP Builds LIVE page.

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Register – WordFest Live 2021

Register to join WordFest Live 2021, a 24-hour virtual festival celebrating all that is WordPress. From the tech to the people. Register now.

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https://wptavern.com/block-patterns-will-change-everything-part-2-headers-and-footers

Block Patterns Will Change Everything, Part 2: Headers and Footers

It is hard to believe that it was over a year ago — March 23, 2020, to be exact — that I wrote a post on why block patterns would be the future of WordPress. It has been a slow process as I have patiently waited for the feature to mature into a powerful tool for end-users. I am still as much a believer now as I was then…

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https://chrislema.com/content-visibility-for-gutenberg

Content Visibility for Gutenberg

Block visibility is powerful. A while ago I wrote (and created a video) about how I was creating and using dynamic content with Gutenberg. But it was based on Blocksy, the theme I use on this site. That’s great if you’re also using Blocksy. But what if you’re not…?

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The Best WordPress Custom Application Builder – Formidable Forms

Building a WordPress custom application just got easier with Visual Views. Develop web apps from your dashboard with this low-code plugin.

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https://make.wordpress.org/community/2021/07/01/in-person-meetup-events-for-vaccinated-community-members

In-person meetup events for vaccinated community members

The WordPress community team is removing the barrier to organizing in-person meetup events for fully-vaccinated people, in places where vaccines are freely available…

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https://wptavern.com/gatsby-wp-themes-launches-new-marketplace

Gatsby WP Themes Launches New Marketplace

The Gatsby WP Themes project has launched a new marketplace for developers who are building WordPress-powered sites with Gatsby on the frontend. Originally founded by Zac Gordon and Alexandra Spalato, the commercial venture is now primarily managed by Spalato and Paulina Hetman…

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WooCommerce Payments – WooCommerce.com

Payments made simple, with no monthly fees – designed exclusively for WooCommerce stores. Manage transactions from the comfort of your store.

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Automattic Releases Sketch Block for Drawing in the WordPress Editor

Automattic released a new plugin titled Sketch Block earlier today. It is a one-off block that allows end-users to draw directly in the editor. The plugin is marked as a beta release and requires Gutenberg to be activated to use…

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https://wpbuilds.com/link/wpcodebox/

WPCodeBox – New!

WPCodeBox empowers you to enable only the code you need, where you need it, instead of bloating your site with limited-use plugins. Save your most-used WordPress Code Snippets to the cloud and 

have them available across all your WordPress installs…

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Introducing Fluent Forms 4.1.0 – New Features and Improvements – Fluent Forms

Welcome back to another Fluent Forms release note. Since the last update, We got tons of positive feedback and based on that, we improved a lot of…