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News & Articles

• WordPress 6.1 Beta 3 Now Available (wordpress.org)
  WordPress 6.1 Beta 3 is now available for download and testing. The current target for the final release is November 1, 2022, which is about four weeks away.
• Is Deceptive Marketing Ruining WordPress’ Reputation? (wpmayor.com)
  Flash sales, countdowns, lack of disclosure, questionable recommendations… what’s going on with the WordPress that many of us have grown to love over the years?
• Core Editor Improvement: Catalyst for Creativity and Control (make.wordpress.org)
  Alongside the addition of more blocks to edit more parts of your site, more design tools are being added across all blocks to both ensure consistency in the experience and to allow folks to customize their site even more, without needing to use CSS.
• WordPress Vulnerability Report – October 5, 2022 (ithemes.com)
  
• How Non-Compliance with the ADA Can Be B-A-D For Your Business (masterwp.com)
  
• By 15 October – Please Complete the Annual Meetup Survey and Share Widely! (make.wordpress.org)
  
• Open Source Communities: You May Not Be Interested in CISA, But CISA is Very Interested in You (poststatus.com)
  

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Plugin News

• Transparency Report of September 2022 - Print My Blog (printmy.blog)
  No More Active Install Stats, Improved Plugin Integration through “Frontend AJAX” Requests, WPML Certification, and Tabloid Design In-Progress.
• A Sudden Change Leaves WordPress Plugin Devs in the Dark (masterwp.com)
  WordPress developers get very little information about the performance and growth of their plugins in the WordPress plugin repository. As of late last week, it has been taken a step further when someone within WordPress’ leadership decided to remove the active install growth chart.
• Ultimate Addons for Elementor: A Truly Ultimate Plugin? (wpmarmite.com)
  
• Gutenberg 14.2 Improves Writing Flow, Adds Kerning Controls for Headings in Global Styles (wptavern.com)
  
• WP Offload Media 3.0 Released: New User Interface, Media Library Enhancements, and More (deliciousbrains.com)
  

Theme News

• Blocksy Theme Review: Honest Thoughts + Discount Code (2022) (www.wpkube.com)
  
• Twenty Twenty-Three: A New Default WordPress Theme From the Community (kinsta.com)
  

Tutorials

• How to Translate WooCommerce Emails (translatepress.com)
  If you own a multilingual eCommerce platform and use WordPress and WooCommerce to run it, you’ve probably already run into the issue that is WooCommerce email translation. We know this from first-hand experience since this is one of those questions we keep getting from our customers. So, how do you translate WooCommerce emails?
• How to Manage Editor and Author Permissions in WordPress? (www.cozmoslabs.com)
  The WordPress Editor Role and the WordPress Author Role are two of the most important user roles on any WordPress site. However, WordPress doesn’t allow making any customizations to these user roles by default. But since websites and user roles are never a one-size-fits-all thing, you need a reliable solution to manage WordPress Editor and Author permissions.
• Exploring Email Tracking With Amazon SES and CloudWatch (deliciousbrains.com)
  
• 9 Ways to Reduce Server Response Times (TTFB) in WordPress (wp-content.co)
  
• Why Your WooCommerce Store Should Display Product Lead Times (barn2.com)
  

Podcasts and Videos

• A Look Back at WordCamp US 2022 | Press the Issue (masterwp.com)
  
• Alex Ball on Customizing Core Blocks for Clients | WP Tavern Jukebox (wptavern.com)
  
• Going from Agency to Products: The Story of Barn2 | Post Status Draft (poststatus.com)
  
• All You Should Know About the WooCommerce Agency Partner Program | Do the Woo (dothewoo.io)
  
• All Things Testing with Special Guests Anne McCarthy and Brian Alexander | WP Briefing (wordpress.org)