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News & Articles

• WordPress Names 5.5 Release Leads, Plans All-Women Release Squad for 5.6 (wptavern.com)
  WordPress’ Executive Director, Josepha Haden, announced the names of the leaders who will be coordinating releases for the remainder of 2020. Version 5.5, expected to be released in August, will be led by Matt Mullenweg, with Jake Spurlock as the coordinator and David Baumwald on Triage. Haden also named tech and design leads for the editor, media, accessibility, and documentation.
• WordPress Hosting Performance Benchmarks (2020) (reviewsignal.com)
  WordPress Hosting Performance Benchmarks is designed to create a consistent set of benchmarks showing which web hosting companies offer best in class performance. The focus of these tests is performance, not support, not features, not any other dimension. That said, for the performance conscious, these benchmarks should be a good guide.
• WordPress 5.4.2 RC 1 (make.wordpress.org)
  WordPress 5.4.2 Release Candidate 1 (RC 1) is now available for testing!
• The Inside Scoop To Finding WordPress Jobs and Gigs (premium.wpmudev.org)
  
• Google Search to Introduce New Page Experience Ranking Signal in 2021 (wptavern.com)
  
• Don’t Forget about WordCamp Europe Starting Today (wpshout.com)
  
• Automattic Invests $4.6M in New Vector, Creators of the Matrix Open Standard for Decentralized Communication (wptavern.com)
  
• Large Scale Attack Campaign Targets Database Credentials (www.wordfence.com)
  

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Plugin News

• A Guide to WordPress Forum Plugins: The Best Plugins & How To Manage Them (www.cozmoslabs.com)
  If you want to create your own mini social network for people interested in the content of your site, installing a forum plugin on your WordPress site is the way to go. In this guide, we’ll introduce you to three of the most popular WordPress forum plugins. We’ll show you how to set our favorite up, and we’ll show you how the Paid Member Subscriptions and Profile Builder Pro plugins can add extra features and make your forum even better.
• Recommended WordPress Multisite Plugins (Network Management, Migrations, and Backups) (kinsta.com)
  When it comes to a WordPress multisite setup, tasks such as backups and migrations are a little more complex. This is primarily due to the fact that multisite setups share the same WordPress database and installation. Therefore, unless you’re migrating or backing up the entire multisite, you have to segment the job down to the subsite level. Or worse, maybe you’re wanting to turn a subsite back into a normal WordPress install. Today we’ll share with you a few WordPress multisite plugins we recommend.
• WooCommerce Is Testing a Block-based Cart and Checkout (wptavern.com)
  
• Transparency Report of May 2020 – Print My Blog (printmy.blog)
  
• Ajay D’Souza Releases Popular Authors Add-On for Top 10 Plugin (wptavern.com)
  
• Show Your Support with the #TheShowMustBePaused Plugin (torquemag.io)
  
• Automattic Launches Malware and Vulnerability Scanning Service for Jetpack (wptavern.com)
  

Theme News

• GretaThemes Releases Lightweight, Block-Ready eStar WordPress Theme (wptavern.com)
  

Tutorials

• The Ultimate Developer’s Guide to the WordPress Database (deliciousbrains.com)
  The team behind Delicious Brains believes that any developer working with WordPress should have some level of knowledge about the database that sits behind a site. So they have put together the ultimate guide to the WordPress database.
• How to Migrate from Shopify to WooCommerce (elementor.com)
  Wondering if you should move from Shopify to WooCommerce? In this article, we will discuss the advantages of using WooCommerce for your online store, and explain step-by-step how to make the transition from Shopify to WooCommerce in two different ways.
• How to Stop WordPress Registration Spam (Plugins and Tactics) (kinsta.com)
  
• How to Fix the “Your PHP Installation Appears to Be Missing the MySQL Extension Which Is Required by WordPress” Error (wpbuffs.com)
  
• Getting Effective Testimonials for WordPress Businesses (getellipsis.com)
  
• Complete Guide: How to Sell by Weight in WooCommerce (barn2.co.uk)
  
• How to Create an Elementor Landing Page With Email Opt-in Form (For Free!) (www.mailpoet.com)
  

Podcasts and Videos

• Gutenberg Changelog #21 – Iceberg Markdown Editor, Gutenberg 8.2, WordPress 5.5, and Theme Team Activities | Gutenberg Times (gutenbergtimes.com)
  
• Experts Corner, Round I | Freemius (freemius.com)