This Week in WordPress #186

November 23, 2021 • 01:27:31
This Week in WordPress #186
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This Week in WordPress #186

Nov 23 2021 | 01:27:31

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This week’s WordPress news for the week commencing Monday 15th November 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 #186 – “Naninani”

With Nathan Wrigley, Jess Frick, Joe Casabona, Mark Westguard and Bob Dunn.

Recorded on Monday Monday 22nd November 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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WordPress 5.9 Beta 1 delayed
A new date will be set for WordPress 5.9 Beta 1 so that 5.9’s exciting new features can be delivered in full and with a better user experience…
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Gutenberg 11.9 Focuses on Navigation Menus and Block Theming
Gutenberg 11.9 landed on Wednesday, and it is packed with dozens of enhancements. Contributors are speeding forward, getting in some of the final features before the release of WordPress 5.9, expected on December 14…

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State of the Word 2021
State of the Word is the annual keynote address delivered by the WordPress project’s co-founder, Matt Mullenweg. Every year, the event allows us to reflect on the project’s progress and the future of open source. This year will include that and more…
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Liquid Web acquired Modern Tribe
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Blocks, Boards & Fishing Reels – How Gutenberg has Divided WordPress
Today’s episode is bittersweet.It’s one man’s take on how Gutenberg has impacted the WordPress community deeply — down to the core. How the weight of control shifting in our space has shuttered him. The constant tug-of-war feeling that splits our community. And with all that, making this his final act for WordPress…for now…
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The WordPress Community, Now I’m Turning It Up To 11
Open source community have a life of their own. Ups and downs. Hard turns and gradual realizations. Personally, I thrive on that.
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Color My Heart Orange: Our First Ever Coloring Book
The Color My Heart Orange coloring book – Vol. 1 is the first in a series of mindful focused coloring books from Big Orange Heart.
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Donate to Big Orange Heart, Become a Self-Proclaimed Winner in the WP Builds WordPress Awards 2021
Flipping the usual popularity contests WordPress-related award systems on their heads, Nathan Wrigley has created something where we can all be a winner. What started as a joke to crown his WP Builds podcast as the best quickly took a positive turn that has seen several charitable donations in the past week or so…
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Open Web Manifesto
The World Wide Web has changed us. Nearly two-thirds of the world is now “online” and we have more opportunities than ever to access, create, and connect. The Web didn’t happen by accident, though, and its future isn’t to be taken for granted…
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New Core Web Vitals Technology Report Shows Overall Pass Rate for WordPress Sites Decreases with Newer Versions
Some new data from a recent Core Web Vitals (CWV) technology report produced by the HTTP Archive shows WordPress sites running newer versions have lower CWV pass rates…
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Web Creators
If you’re here, you’re one of us. A unique breed of people with multi-layered skills. We develop, design, AB test, and then do it all again. All with one goal in mind – to create a better web reality for all mankind (and some worthy cats). One pixel at a time…
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Webflow vs WordPress: 5 Key Differences
Webflow vs WordPress. Both platforms are popular and easy-to-use tools that make website building simple, and even fun. However, each one has its own unique list of pros and cons that are good to look at side-by-side before you launch into your next big project…
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The Truth Behind OceanWP & Zeus Elementor
For those who don’t know me, my name is Nicolas Lecocq, the founder of OceanWP with all associated plugins and recently I created a new theme called OlympusWP and Zeus Elementor.I have a lot to talk about in this post and apologies to make…

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BuddyPress 10.0.0 Beta 1 Delayed, Stable Release Rescheduled for December 24
The upcoming BuddyPress 10.0.0 beta 1 release was scheduled for November 20, but contributors have decided to postpone the beta by two weeks, due to lack of time for adequately testing recent improvements to the planned features. The stable release has been rescheduled for December 24. This version will require WordPress >= 5.4…
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Rank Math SEO Launches a Content AI Feature
Last week, the popular Rank Math SEO plugin received a major update that includes a new artificial intelligence system. The Content AI feature is a SaaS product that behaves like a personal writing assistant to boost search rankings…
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The only Elementor addon that you will ever need to create professional websites! Every widget has been built to make things easier for you…
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ACF  – REST API
Advanced Custom Fields 5.11 includes full support for the WordPress REST API, improvements to the process of activating your license key, and a batch of developer improvements…
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We’re excited to bring you a customizable affiliate registration form, custom dynamic affiliate coupons, and blocks in AffiliateWP core..!

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WordPress Deals Black Friday 2021
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On November 1, 2021 the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team initiated the responsible disclosure process for a vulnerability we discovered in “Preview E-mails for WooCommerce”. This flaw made it possible for an attacker to inject malicious JavaScript into a page that would execute if the attacker successfully tricked a site’s administrator into performing an action like clicking on a link…
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WordPress Vulnerability Report: November 2021, Part 3
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…

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