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News & Articles

• State of the Word 2022 Recap (ithemes.com)
  The State of the Word for 2022 covered a lot of ground this year and was full of vision and possibility. There was a greater focus on creators, design, and AI that went deeper than we’ve seen before. Big changes are coming to the plugin repository.
• Why We Hang Onto WordPress Nostalgia (thewpminute.com)
  If it feels like WordPress is missing some of its former magic – it probably is. We’re now navigating a different type of landscape. One that has matured and attracted the attention of big business. This is no longer a small band of rebels coding their way to freedom and coffee. There’s too much money on the line for that.
• WordPress.com Launches Newsletter Product (wptavern.com)
  WordPress.com has launched a newsletter product just in time to capture those escaping Gumroad’s price increase and editors displaced by Revue shutting down. Newsletters, which were already booming as a communication tool in recent years, have become more critical than ever, as the uncertainty around Twitter has people scrambling to find reliable ways to stay connected.
• Plugins/Themes Categorization (make.wordpress.org)
  
• HBCUs Need More Exposure to WordPress (masterwp.com)
  
• WordPress Vulnerability Report – December 21, 2022 (ithemes.com)
  
• Best WordPress Christmas and New Year Deals for 2022/23 (wpastra.com)
  
• ClassicPress at a Crossroads, Directors Consider Re-Forking WordPress (wptavern.com)
  
• A New AI-Powered Free SEO Keyword Research Tool: Get Ahead of Your Competitors (layerwp.com)
  

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Plugin News

• Block Protocol Announces New WordPress Plugin Coming in 2023 (wptavern.com)
  Block Protocol, a project that launched earlier this year that aims to build a universal block system, has announced a new WordPress plugin coming in early 2023. It will allow users to embed interactive blocks that are compatible with Gutenberg.
• WordPress Plugin Development Best Practices: Template Files (deliciousbrains.com)
  When we talk about templates in WordPress we are normally referring to page template files in the theme. However, there are plugins that use template files to display content, and that becomes another consideration when it comes to building WordPress themes. Can you override plugin template files? If so, how? If you are building a plugin that renders HTML, how can you make it easily altered by themes? We’ll answer these questions in this article.
• Seamless WordPress Affiliate Coupon Management (wpmayor.com)
  
• New in Yoast SEO Free: the Inclusive Language Analysis (yoast.com)
  
• Exploiting WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities to Steal AWS Metadata (www.wordfence.com)
  

Tutorials

• Google Featured Snippets Guide for WordPress Sites (barn2.com)
  A Google featured snippet is a summary of an answer to a user's query, displayed on the search results page just above the first organic result. It provides users with a quick and concise answer to their questions, without the need to click on any of the other results. This is the complete guide to Google featured snippets.
• Most Common WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities & How to Fix Them (patchstack.com)
  The purpose of this article is to provide information to developers and researchers regarding how vulnerabilities can exist in their plugins or themes and how these vulnerabilities can get patched up in order to increase the safety of the world-wide-web in general.
• Building a Book Review Grid with a Query Loop Block Variation (developer.wordpress.org)
  
• How to Use WordPress StyleSheets(Stylelint) Coding Standards (wp-punk.com)
  
• Saving Settings for a Custom WordPress Block in the Block Editor (css-tricks.com)
  

Podcasts and Videos

• State of the Word 2022 Recap | WPwatercooler (wpwatercooler.com)
  
• WordPress Themes of 2023 with Brian Gardner | Press This (torquemag.io)
  
• Chris Badgett on Using WordPress for Online Courses | WP Tavern Jukebox (wptavern.com)
  
• The WP Agency Journey with Krissie VandeNoord of North UX | Post Status Draft (poststatus.com)