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News & Articles

• Jamie Marsland to Lead WordPress.org’s YouTube Strategy (wp-content.co)
  For those who don’t know, Jamie is a well-known figure in the WordPress community. He is the founder of Pootlepress and has trained over 5000 people on WordPress in the past 10 years, his various plugins such as Gutenberg Pro, Block Injector, WooBuilder Blocks, Storefront Blocks, Storefront Pro, WooHoo Bar, and more are used by many. He is also the founder of the very popular WordPress Speed Build Challenge.
• Wix vs WordPress: Which Website Builder is Best for You? (www.wpzoom.com)
  When it comes to building your website, choosing the right platform can feel like navigating a digital tug-of-war. On one side, you have Wix — the user-friendly, drag-and-drop website builder designed to get you online quickly with minimal fuss. On the other side, there’s WordPress — a highly flexible and powerful platform that offers endless customization possibilities for those ready to dive deeper.
• WordPress Contributor Mentorship Program Cohort #3 (2024 Q4): Call for Mentees & Mentors (make.wordpress.org)
  Following the success of our 2023 Q3 and 2024 Q1 cohorts, I’m thrilled to announce the official launch of the third WordPress Contributor Mentorship Program cohort, set for the final quarter of 2024. This program connects seasoned WordPress experts with newcomers, offering a fantastic opportunity for mentees to gain hands-on experience contributing to WordPress, while mentors share their expertise and improve their leadership skills.
• Is Gutenberg Finally Winning Users Over? We Analyzed 340+ Opinions to Find Out (wpshout.com)
  
• WordCamp Asia Extends Speaker Application Deadline to September 8, 2024 (wptavern.com)
  
• WordPress Vulnerability Report — August 21, 2024 (solidwp.com)
  
• Why WordPress: The Right Choice for Everyone (wpengine.com)
  
• WordPress 6.6.2 (make.wordpress.org)
  

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Plugin News

• 8 Best WordPress Membership Plugins (2024 Pros And Cons) (bloggingwizard.com)
  Looking for the best WordPress membership plugins? You’re in the right place. Adding membership functionality to your WordPress website has never been easier. There are tons of plugins out there that do all the heavy lifting for you, allowing you to gate off members-only content, set up membership levels and billing options, and more in a couple of clicks. I tried and tested all of them so you don’t have to. And in this post, I’m going to review and compare all my top picks. Read on to find the right plugin for your needs.
• Yoast SEO vs Google XML Sitemap: Which is the Ideal XML Sitemap Plugin? (gracethemes.com)
  An undeniably essential part of optimizing a website is constructing a sitemap… Simply put, sitemaps give search engines a blueprint of how your site is laid out. They are especially essential to sites that have dozens and dozens of pages, a lot of archived content, and lack external links. And as implied in the name itself, these files give bots a map of the site, and it helps them index the most important pages.
• Best Social Media Plugins For WordPress Websites (gracethemes.com)
  
• The 8 Best WooCommerce B2B Plugins (+ Tutorial) (wpmayor.com)
  
• 9 WordPress Security Plugins For Divi (divicake.com)
  

Theme News

• Introducing Twenty Twenty-Five (make.wordpress.org)
  The WordPress 6.7 release will feature a new default theme: Twenty Twenty-Five. While ideating Twenty Twenty-Five, one recurring idea was that simple things should be intuitive while complex things should be possible. This concept of simplicity and complexity leads to a reliable foundation for extending a default WordPress experience to make it yours. Twenty Twenty-Five embodies ultimate flexibility and adaptability, showcasing the many ways WordPress enables people to tell their stories with many patterns and styles to choose from.
• Best WordPress Themes for Membership Websites (wptechonline.com)
  

Tutorials

• How To Reset a WordPress Website and Start Over (wpastra.com)
  Sometimes, you just want a clean slate. Whether you want to quickly delete your themes and plugins, clean up your database, or just start from scratch again, resetting WordPress can help. In this post, we’ll examine why you might want to reset WordPress and what a reset actually does. We’ll also share some simple methods to reset WordPress using a plugin, without a plugin and a couple of other options too. By the end of this post, you’ll know everything you need to know about resetting WordPress.
• The TranslatePress SEO Pack in Depth: A Step-by-Step Guide (translatepress.com)
  The SEO Pack is an incredibly useful add-on to the main TranslatePress plugin. It allows you to convert important SEO elements for your site into other languages. Together with hreflang tags, this helps you more easily rank your content for the right keywords in the language markets you are targeting. If you’re not an SEO expert, you might not understand why this is important and the utility of the TranslatePress SEO Pack. That’s the exact reason we will explore it in depth in this post.
• 4 Ways to Increase WordPress Memory Limit and Improve Your Site (melapress.com)
  
• How to Effectively Manage Multiple WordPress Sites (premmerce.com)
  
• How to Sell Courses with WooCommerce (www.cozmoslabs.com)
  
• How to Extend a WordPress Block (developer.wordpress.org)
  

Podcasts and Videos

• All About Lead Magnets | kitchensinkWP (kitchensinkwp.com)
  
• The Difficulties of Finding The Right Product Market Fit in The World of WordPress | WP-Tonic Show (www.wp-tonic.com)
  
• The Refresh of Learn.WordPress with Kathryn Presner, Nick Diego and Laura Adamonis | The WordPress Way (dothewoo.io)
  
• Blake Bertuccelli-Booth on Automated Accessibility Testing in WordPress | Jukebox (wptavern.com)
  
• The Universe's Most Niche Space Opera | WordPress Plugins A-Z (www.johnoverall.com)
  
• So Limitless and Free | WPwatercooler Show (www.wpwatercooler.com)