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News & Articles

• Why Should You Consider Using WordPress for Your Website? (gracethemes.com)
  When you a businessman or a professional and want to promote your work online to get more customers, you might ask why you should opt for WordPress instead of the other services. Also, if you already have a business site, why should you change to a new WordPress Website? If anything, WordPress can be called a very versatile system for content management. While you can still use WordPress for blogging, it is not merely a blogging platform.
• What To Know About Medium-Level WordPress Vulnerabilities (www.searchenginejournal.com)
  Over 67% of all reported WordPress vulnerabilities were medium-level. These are the facts that you need to know. The majority of WordPress vulnerabilities, about 67% of them discovered in 2023, are rated as medium level. Because of they’re the most common, it makes sense to understand what they are and when they represent an actual security threat. These are the facts about those kinds of vulnerabilities what you should know about them.
• Joomla vs. WordPress: Which One is Better for Your Website in 2024? (www.krishaweb.com)
  Choosing your CMS platform is an important step toward having your site up and running – and if you make the wrong choice, you’ll have to rebuild it, leading to a lot of downtime for your business or blog, as well as a lot of extra time and effort on your end. And that’s not what you want, right? WordPress is familiar to you; after all, it powers the vast majority of the world’s websites. However, plenty of fish are available, so consider other CMS options, like Joomla.
• 15 Fastest WordPress Hosting Providers Compared (14,000 Individual Tests Between 2021-2024) (wpshout.com)
  
• Introducing Client Billing: Simplifying Invoicing & Payments for Agencies and Freelancers (www.cloudways.com)
  
• Should You Still Choose Elementor for Creating a New WordPress Site Or Not? (essential-addons.com)
  
• WordPress.com Launches Studio – A New Local Development Tool (wp-content.co)
  
• What’s New in Gutenberg 18.2? (24 April) (make.wordpress.org)
  
• WordPress in the Sports Betting Industry (comingsoonwp.com)
  

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Plugin News

• The Plugin Directory Gets a Refresh (make.wordpress.org)
  Over the past few weeks, the Meta team has been working on a new theme for the Plugin Directory. This visual refresh is part of the continued effort to establish a consistent design language across WordPress.org. The updated site launched today. Congratulations to everyone involved in this effort. Here’s a look at the new homepage, followed by a single plugin page.
• 9 Best WordPress Member Directory Plugins (wedevs.com)
  Creating a searchable member directory on your WordPress site might seem tricky. Coding advanced user profiles and search functions can feel overwhelming. And managing everything manually? That sounds like a logistical nightmare. But fear not! There's a simpler way. With member directory plugins for WordPress, you can streamline the process. This guide will help you find the best ones for your needs.
• 22 Best WordPress Contact Form & Form Builder Plugins (motopress.com)
  
• 6 Best & Fastest WordPress Image Slider Plugins (wp-rocket.me)
  
• Best WordPress Marketing Plugins in 2024 (tribulant.com)
  
• Best WooCommerce Brands Plugins in 2024 (webnus.net)
  

Theme News

• Top 10 Free Education WordPress Themes for Academic Institute (www.misbahwp.com)
  Education WordPress themes are designed specifically to cater to the needs of educational institutions, including schools, universities, online course providers, and tutoring services. These themes often come equipped with features such as course management systems, event calendars, online enrollment forms, and integration with learning management systems (LMS). Importantly, these Best WordPress themes offer a user-friendly interface that allows educators to easily manage their online presence.
• 10+ Best Free WordPress WooCommerce Themes for 2024 (gracethemes.com)
  

Tutorials

• How to Set up WordPress (gracethemes.com)
  The most popular way to start with WordPress is to rent a server from a shared hosting provider and call it a day. There’s nothing wrong with this approach – it allows you to focus almost entirely on your website and its content – but there are certain advantages to setting up WordPress yourself. Going it alone can be intimidating, but don’t let the length of the guide below and its code put you off.
• How to Translate a Site to Arabic (And Vice Versa) (translatepress.com)
  Now, translating a single page to Arabic is super-duper easy. But we can’t say the same about translating your entire WordPress website. Translating an entire website might seem impossible for a beginner who doesn’t know any better. But nothing could be further from the truth, especially if you have a WordPress translation plugin such as TranslatePress. With that said, let us dive right in and learn how to translate a site to Arabic quickly and accurately.
• WordPress Comes with 65 Accessibility Improvements: How to Make Your Site Inclusive? (wpdeveloper.com)
  
• 6 Awesome SEO Tools Every WordPress Website Owner Should Know About (gracethemes.com)
  
• How to Build WordPress Web Apps Using a Microservices Architecture (kinsta.com)
  
• Subscription Service Business Model: What It Is & How It Works (www.cozmoslabs.com)
  
• How to Enhance Your WordPress Site With Gallery Shortcodes (barn2.com)
  

Podcasts and Videos

• Don’t Let Your Plugins Rust | WordPress Plugins A-Z (wppluginsatoz.com)
  
• Guided Growth: Cultivating Contributors Through Mentorship | WP Briefing (wordpress.org)
  
• Best WordPress Page Builders to Construct Your Membership Website in 2024 | The Membership Machine Show (www.wp-tonic.com)
  
• We Discuss the Future of WordPress & Gutenberg With Special Guest Rich Tabor Project Manager at Automattic | WP-Tonic Show: Running (www.wp-tonic.com)
  
• How WordPress is Helping Beginner Developers | The WP Minute (share.transistor.fm)
  
• “Panic at Home, Joy in the Studio” | This Week In WordPress (wpbuilds.com)
  
• Joost de Valk | WPCoffeeTalk (wpcoffeetalk.com)