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News & Articles

• WordCamp Denver Virtual Conference June 26–27, 2020 (2020.denver.wordcamp.org)
  This summer, Denver, Colorado is excited to bring you a virtual conference all about WordPress.
• 2020 WordPress Maintenance Survey Results Part 2: Challenges and Outsourcing (managewp.com)
  ManageWP asked hundreds of web professionals about the maintenance services they offer, the challenges they’ve encountered, and what role outsourcing plays in their businesses. Let’s take a look!
• OpenJS World 2020 Conference Goes Virtual, Tickets Are Free: June 23–24 (wptavern.com)
  Like many tech conferences, OpenJS World 2020 was forced to go virtual for its upcoming event scheduled for June 23-24, in Austin. The global conference was designed to be representative of all 32 projects hosted with the OpenJS Foundation. This includes Node.js, webpack, jQuery, Mocha, ESLint, Lodash, Grunt, and other popular projects.
• How to Be A WordPress Ally (allienimmons.com)
  
• Grant For The Web Accepting Proposals Through June 22 (torquemag.io)
  
• The Content Effectiveness System: How Elipsis Marketing Consistently Makes Sales from SEO Content (getellipsis.com)
  
• WordPress Bumps Minimum PHP Recommendation to 7.2 (wptavern.com)
  

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Plugin News

• The Best WordPress Donation Plugins in 2020 (ithemes.com)
  If you are working for a non-profit, you already know WordPress is the best content management system for your website. It is an easy addition to add a WordPress donation plugin to your site. It is a simple and straight forward way to raise money. If you are successful at gaining visitors to your site, these WordPress plugins can help you achieve the goals for donations and funds you seek.
• Gutenberg 8.3 Updates Block Categories, Includes Parent Block Selector, and Adds New Design Controls (wptavern.com)
  The Gutenberg team released version 8.3 of the ongoing plugin behind the block editor. While much of the focus for the team is on the upcoming full-site editing, this update includes several user-facing features, such as a reorganized set of block categories, a parent block selector, a spacing control, and link color options.
• OptinMonster vs MailPoet: Top Email Marketing Plugins Compared! (winningwp.com)
  
• AsBlocks Project Uses Gutenberg to Create a Collaborative Writing Environment (wptavern.com)
  
• Duplicate Post Joins Yoast (yoast.com)
  
• WooCommerce 4.3 Beta 1 (woocommerce.wordpress.com)
  

Theme News

• The Ultimate WordPress Theme Buying Guide By A Consumer. No Fluff. No Bull. No Affiliate Links. (layerwp.com)
  

Tutorials

• A Guide to Choosing the Best Membership Site Software (www.cozmoslabs.com)
  If you’re planning on making money from your membership site, the right plugin can help you realize the benefits. It should make it easy for you to realize recurring revenue, help you with email marketing, and let you sell content to your existing audience, without having to rely on advertising. In this post, we’ll help you choose the right WordPress membership plugin for your website. We’ll introduce the key criteria for a great membership plugin and help you decide.
• Complete Guide: How to Send WooCommerce Emails to Multiple Email Recipients (barn2.co.uk)
  Barn2 just launched WooCommerce Multiple Email Recipients – a brand new WordPress plugin which lets you store additional email addresses for your WooCommerce customers in just 5 minutes. It’s designed to save your customers time and money.
• Setup a WordPress Private Site (Entire Website, Blog or Pages) (www.cozmoslabs.com)
  
• How to Hide Your WordPress Site, Pages or Categories From Public View (barn2.co.uk)
  
• Adding a Custom Welcome Guide to the WordPress Block Editor (css-tricks.com)
  
• The WordPress Security Process; Test, Harden, Monitor, Improve (www.wpwhitesecurity.com)
  

Podcasts and Videos

• Developing Themes with Gutenberg | WP Cafe (www.binarymoon.co.uk)
  
• Next Live Q & A on YouTube, Full Site Editing Theme Course, WordPress 5.4.2, Gutenberg 8.3 and More | Gutenberg Times (gutenbergtimes.com)
  
• Open Source Software is Politics | WPwatercooler (www.wpwatercooler.com)
  
• What It’s Really Like to be People of Color in the WordPress Community | WPMRR (wpmrr.com)
  
• Ultimate Guide to Free Trials for WordPress Plugins and Themes: Increasing Conversion Rates (Part 1) | Freemius (youtu.be)
  
• Cate DeRosia | Hallway Chats (hallwaychats.com)
  
• Rachel Di Martino on Streamlining Agency Services w/ WordPress | Matt Report (mattreport.com)