This Week in WordPress #171

July 13, 2021 • 01:28:29
This Week in WordPress #171
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This Week in WordPress #171

Jul 13 2021 | 01:28:29

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This week’s WordPress news for the week commencing Monday 5th July 2021

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

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 #171 – “We love podcasts”

This Week in WordPress #171

With Nathan Wrigley, Paul Lacey, Cami MacNamara and Remkus de Vries.

Recorded on Monday 12th 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.

During the show Remkus mentioned the following links / resources:

Custom Query Blocks Plugin:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-type-archive-mapping/

The Servebolt Stance on Sustainable and Green Hosting:
https://servebolt.com/articles/servebolt-on-sustainable-and-green-hosting/

Dissect Podcast:
https://dissectpodcast.com/

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WordPress 5.8 Release Candidate 2
The second release candidate for WordPress 5.8 is now available! WordPress 5.8 is slated for release on July 20, 2021, and we need your help to get there—if you have not tried 5.8 yet, now is the time!
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WordPress 5.8 Adds Support for New Emoji Introduced in Twemoji 13.1.0
In the upcoming 5.8 release, WordPress is updating its version of Twemoji, Twitter’s open source emoji library that supports the latest Unicode emoji specification. Version 13.1.0 introduces five new smileys and emotions, including heart on fire, mending heart, face with spiral eyes, face in clouds, and face exhaling…

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Taking the Leap: Building My First WordPress Block Plugin
Like most years, I spent this U.S. Independence Day cooped up with my furry friends. I closed all the windows, shuttered the blinds, switched on a couple of fans for white noise, and clicked the television on. My cats and I relaxed…
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Castos Picks Up $756K in Funding from Automattic and Yoast SEO to Expand Services in the Private Podcasting Market
Castos, a WordPress-powered podcast hosting provider, announced a $756K pre-seed fundraising round today from Automattic, Yoast SEO, and several individuals…
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Should you use WordPress as your CRM?
WordPress CRM plugins are getting better. Is it time to choose them over the established SaaS CRM platforms? And save over $1,500 a year in the process…
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The Block-based Widgets Editor
The Block-based widgets editor coming in WordPress 5.8 is a bigger change than people may realize.  In this video I do a walk-through to show how it is working in the release candidate with several themes and plugins…
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Gutenberg vs Page Builders – Which To Choose For Your New Website — WordPress.com
Compares the WordPress Block Editor (Gutenberg) with page builders to help you choose the best option for your website…
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Creating a company blog that serves business goals – Pixelgrade Upstairs
Learn how to create a blog that matches your businesses’ bigger goals and showcases who you really are…

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Jetpack 9.9 Released With a Refreshed Image Gallery Carousel
Today, Automattic released version 9.9 of its popular Jetpack plugin. The development team improved the modal animation and transition speed for the Instant Search module and added the Social Preview panel to the pre-publish sidebar…
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Private Note-Taking and Journaling With the Hypernotes WordPress Plugin
Ella van Durpe, a core WordPress contributor and software engineer at Automattic, released a note-taking plugin earlier today. Hypernotes is a simple custom post type that allows end-users to take private notes or serve as a journaling tool…
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Beaver Builder 2.5 “Contra” – Outline Panel, Module Improvements, and More | Beaver Builder
Beaver Builder 2.5 “Contra” is currently in beta and available for testing (we don’t recommend running beta versions on production sites). You can download a copy from your account page…
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LH Zero Spam
Just came across this one and I like it… Zero Spam makes blocking spam comments and registrations easy…
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WP Rocket 3.9: Get your site ready for the Core Web Vitals rollout
Say hello to WP Rocket 3.9! This new version comes with new features and enhancements that your WordPress site will absolutely love, including Delay JavaScript Execution and Remove Unused CSS…

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PostX – Lifetime Deal – WPXPO
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WordPress Vulnerability Report: July 2021, Part 1
One of the largest WordPress Vulnerability Reports: 61 vulnerable plugins, 4 vulnerable themes. Running these plugins or themes? Update now!

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DEAL ALERT: 15% off the Newsletter Glue Plugin with coupon code WPBUILDS15.
If you’ve not come across the Newsletter Glue WordPress plugin before, then it’s really worth a look. In fact it’s what I used to create this email AND post – at the same time!
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So your first thought might well be this “Why do I need to look at yet another form plugin? What I’ve already got works fine.” Well… just put that sentiment on the shelf somewhere and have a look at WS Form. Check out the podcast…

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Post a Job If you know of a job in the WrdPress community, please feel free to post it here.
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