WP Builds Weekly WordPress News #106 - WordPress 5.4. RC3, COVID-19 impact and infinite light

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This weeks WordPress news - Covering The Week Commencing 16th March 2020:

WordPress Core

WordPress 5.4 RC3

Gutenberg 7.7 Ships Refreshed UI and First Iteration of Block Patterns

Community

COVID-19 And The New Remote Work Community

Latest updates on changes to WordCamps

How Web Creators Can Prepare for the Coronavirus Threat

Coronavirus Has Been Hard On Business. These SaaS Companies are Offering Help.

Iconic Acquires Flux Checkout, the Top WooCommerce Checkout Plugin

Should maintained plugins be suspended from the WordPress repository when there is a security issue?

Block-Based Themes and the Problem with Dynamic Data in HTML Templates

Celebrating 10 Years of the BobWP Brand

Plugins / Themes / Blocks

WP Hive - A Better WordPress Repository

Elementor - Introducing Full Site Editing: Design Your Header, Footer & Content All From One Place

Deals from this week

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WP Project Manager- Business Plan for Free to use for till June 2020

Book Like a Boss - 25% off any annual plan

Mailpoet Lifetime Deal - $49

Wishlist Member Lifetime Deal – $49

WP Data Tables Lifetime Deal – $49

Happy Forms Lifetime Deal - $49

WPfomify Lifetime Deal - $49

Security

Severe Flaws Patched in Responsive Ready Sites Importer Plugin

WordPress Vulnerability News, March 2020

WP Builds

171 – How EmergencyWP can protect your online legacy

WP Builds Monthly UI / UX session with Piccia Neri

Jobs

Nothing for you this week...

Not WordPress, but useful anyway...

GitHub Acquires npm, Plans to Improve Infrastructure and Experience

There Are Infinite Rings of Light Around Black Holes. Here's How We Could See Them