This Week in WordPress #186

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…

• WordPress 5.9 is being delayed for roughly 6 weeks
• Liquid Web have bought Modern Tribe
• Paul Lacey bows out of his public role in the WordPress community, and Bob Dunn is doubling down on it
• Big Orange Heart have a new colouring book, the perfect holiday stocking filler
• WordPress websites appear to be getting worse in Google’s Core Web Vitals
• Black Friday is now ON, and we have the perfect page to make your search easier
• and… there’s a man who plays the French Horn with his feet!

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.

WordPress Core

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https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/11/17/wordpress-5-9-beta-1-delayed

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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https://wptavern.com/gutenberg-11-9-focuses-on-navigation-menus-and-block-theming

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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https://wordpress.org/news/2021/11/state-of-the-word-2021

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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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https://tri.be/statement

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Liquid Web acquired Modern Tribe

Liquid Web has acquired Modern Tribe to complement its family of WordPress businesses. Together we’re spinning off an independent group to act as an innovation team serving our Liquid Web Family of Brands properties and new product ideation with a focus on making WordPress easier…

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https://thewpminute.com/blocks-boards-fishing-reels-how-gutenberg-has-divided-wordpress

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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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https://bobwp.com/the-wordpress-community-now-im-turning-it-up-to-11

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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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https://blog.bigorangeheart.org/2021/11/color-my-heart-orange-our-first-ever-coloring-book

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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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https://wptavern.com/donate-to-big-orange-heart-become-a-self-proclaimed-winner-in-the-wp-builds-wordpress-awards-2021

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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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https://poststatus.com/open-web-manifesto

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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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https://wptavern.com/new-core-web-vitals-technology-report-shows-overall-pass-rate-for-wordpress-sites-decreases-with-newer-versions

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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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https://elementor.com/resources/web-creators-lp

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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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https://ithemes.com/blog/webflow-vs-wordpress

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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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https://zeus-elementor.com/the-truth-behind-oceanwp-zeus-elementor

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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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https://wptavern.com/buddypress-10-0-0-beta-1-delayed-stable-release-rescheduled-for-december-24

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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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https://wptavern.com/rank-math-seo-launches-a-content-ai-feature

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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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https://zeus-elementor.com

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Zeus Elementor

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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https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/blog/acf-5-11-release-rest-api

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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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https://affiliatewp.com/affiliatewp-customize-affiliate-registration-form

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Introducing AffiliateWP 2.8 – Customize the Affiliate Registration Form

We’re excited to bring you a customizable affiliate registration form, custom dynamic affiliate coupons, and blocks in AffiliateWP core..!

Deals

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https://wpbuilds.com/?page_id=66847

WordPress Deals Black Friday 2021

WordPress Deals for Black Friday / Cyber Monday 2021. Loads of great deals on one searchable / filterable page!

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https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/11/woocommerce-extension-reflected-xss-vulnerability

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WooCommerce Extension – Reflected XSS Vulnerability

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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https://ithemes.com/blog/wordpress-vulnerability-report-november-2021-part-3

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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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https://wpbuilds.com/2021/11/18/255-xyz-is-for-disappointing-series-ending-for-the-a-z-of-wordpress/

255 – ‘XYZ’ is for disappointing series ending for the ‘A- Z of WordPress’

The words ‘plumbing new depths’ come to mind here. Enter here only those with a capacity to stave off complete boredom!

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Post a job for FREE!

Post a Job If you know of a job in the WrdPress community, please feel free to post it here.It’ll go in this newsletter FREE OF CHARGE!

Not WordPress, but useful anyway…

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https://ithemes.com/blog/what-is-an-svg-file

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What is an SVG file? 5 Things to Know

What is an SVG file? While you’re working on the design of a WordPress website that’s as user-friendly as possible, you’ll probably come across some issues with images; especially as it relates to image resolution. And it’s important to get image quality right because fewer things look more amateurish on a web page than a photo or logo that’s distorted and poorly scaled…

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https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/17/22787144/apple-home-repair-iphone-mac-parts-tools-instructions

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Apple will sell you iPhone parts to fix your own phone at home

Apple has historically resisted the right-to-repair movement. No more…