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News & Articles

• WordPress 6.2 Beta 5 (make.wordpress.org)
  WordPress 6.2 Beta 5 is ready for download and testing! The current target for the final release is March 28, 2023, which is three weeks away. Your continued help with testing is vital to ensuring everything in this release is the best it can be.
• Let’s Party: Organize your WP20 Celebration! (wordpress.org)
  Join WordPress enthusiasts from across the globe on May 27, 2023, as they come together to celebrate its 20th anniversary! Regardless of how you use WordPress or where you call home, you are invited to celebrate this great milestone. Plan a larger party that includes your entire meetup, spend the day coworking with a group of friends, or hang out virtually online.
• DE{CODE} 2023: Developer Focused WordPress Education (deliciousbrains.com)
  Hosted by WP Engine, this 100% virtual event is dedicated to helping WordPress developers build smarter, maximize conversions, and modernize the user experience. This year’s conference includes sessions on how to master migrations, use new and lesser-known features of ACF, improve your Core Web Vitals, and much more.
• Introduction of Block Inspector Tabs (make.wordpress.org)
  
• 2023 WordPress Professionals Report (theadminbar.com)
  
• How AI Will Affect the WordPress Industry (wpmudev.com)
  
• Introducing the HTML API in WordPress 6.2 (make.wordpress.org)
  
• WordPress Vulnerability Report – March 8, 2023 (ithemes.com)
  
• WordPress Community on Mastodon Launches “Toot the Word” Survey (wptavern.com)
  

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Plugin News

• Best Membership Plugins for WordPress (barn2.com)
  Are you looking to create a membership site using WordPress? Or are you looking to transform your business’s existing WordPress site into a membership platform? We'll help you find the best membership plugins for WordPress!
• WP Engine Pattern Manager Plugin Now in Beta (wptavern.com)
  WP Engine is beta testing its new Pattern Manager plugin for creating and maintaining patterns. The plugin is intended for WordPress professionals – developers, agencies, and freelancers, who could benefit from having an interface and system for pattern management.
• MonetizeMore Acquires Advanced Ads Plugin (wptavern.com)
  
• WP Activity Log Review: How to Secure Your Site and Log Activity (www.wpkube.com)
  
• AAWP Review: Best WordPress Plugin for Amazon Affiliate Marketing (wpmayor.com)
  
• The Ultimate UX Showdown: Which WordPress Membership Plugin is the Most Efficient? (userelements.com)
  

Theme News

• Lemmony: A Free WordPress Block Theme with 30+ Patterns (wptavern.com)
  Lemmony is a new WordPress block theme designed by the team at Shufflehound, a theme development company based in Europe with commercial products on Themeforest. This is the team’s first block theme on WordPress.org and it is a strong debut.
• Win 1 of 5 Ona Full Site Editing WordPress Themes (wpmayor.com)
  
• WordPress’ Legacy Default Themes Updated to Bundle Google Fonts Locally (wptavern.com)
  

Tutorials

• Best Ways to Increase Membership and Boost Subscribers on a Membership Site (www.cozmoslabs.com)
  There are many ways business owners can grow their membership site business and maximize the revenue generated. The most effective way to do this is by encouraging more users to sign-up for a paid membership plan. This is not only important for growing your business but helps ensure it’s worth it for your brand to create high-quality content. In this post, we’ll talk about some of the most effective ways business owners can use to increase membership and boost subscribers.
• ChatGPT for WordPress: How WordPress AI Can Help Your Site (+ the Best Plugins) (translatepress.com)
  You’ve probably noticed how ChatGPT took the internet by storm, even leading to seismic shifts in the search engine landscape with Bing working on adding ChatGPT-like search to its search engine (and Google jumping on with Bard). All that hype might have you wondering how you can use ChatGPT for WordPress. Or, maybe more importantly, if you should use ChatGPT for WordPress. In this post, we’re going to try to answer those questions.
• Converting Your Shortcodes to Blocks (developer.wordpress.org)
  
• Shadows in Global Styles with WordPress 6.2 (make.wordpress.org)
  
• How to Stress Test WordPress Using a Free Tool (Full Guide) (www.wpkube.com)
  
• Using Laravel Valet to Set Up Local WordPress Dev in Minutes (spinupwp.com)
  

Podcasts and Videos

• Your WordPress 6.2 Preview | WordPress.org (wordpress.org)
  
• How Much are WordPress Agencies Earning? | The WP Minute (share.transistor.fm)
  
• Launching a WordPress Product in Public: Session 3 | Post Status Podcasts (poststatus.com)
  
• Organizing WCAsia 2023 & The Challenges of Diversity Work ft. Oneal Rosero | Underrepresented in Tech (www.underrepresentedintech.com)
  
• Sé Reed and Courtney Robertson on How the WP Community Collective Is Helping WordPress Contributors | WP Tavern (wptavern.com)
  
• Brian Gardner On WordPress Now And Today, Talking Design And Workflows, Full Site Editing, Gutenberg And Beyond | Post Status Draft (poststatus.com)