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News & Articles

• Bring Back The Fun Into Scaling Your WP Agency (wpagencysummit.com)
  Join this free virtual conference learn battle-test strategies for lead generation, sales, project delivery and a lot more that helps you grow your WordPress agency or freelance business. Scaling your WP business should be fun, not hard.
• WooSesh - A Conference For WooCommerce Builders - Oct 13-14, 2020 (woosesh.com)
  Anyone whose business is built on WooCommerce could benefit from WooSesh, but the ideal attendees are freelancers, agencies and other developers working with WooCommerce on a daily basis. That includes both technical folks writing code, business people working with clients, and designers. In other words, this event is designed for both builders who create WooCommerce stores without code and developers and agencies alike.
• W3C Drops WordPress from Consideration for Redesign, Narrows CMS Shortlist to Statamic and Craft (wptavern.com)
  The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the international standards organization for the web, is redesigning its website and will soon be selecting a new CMS. Although WordPress is already used to manage W3C’s blog and news sections of the website, the organization is open to adopting a new CMS to meet its list of preferences and requirements.
• The Most Popular PHP Frameworks to Use in 2020 (kinsta.com)
  
• Gutenberg Accessibility Costs WordPress the W3C Work (adrianroselli.com)
  
• Ask the Bartender: How To WordPress in a Block World? (wptavern.com)
  
• A Checklist for How We’d Like Comments to Work in WordPress (jeremyfelt.com)
  

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Plugin News

• PhotoPress Plugin Seeks to Revolutionize Photography for WordPress Users (wptavern.com)
  Peter Adams, the owner of the PhotoPress plugin, announced a couple of weeks ago that now is the time for his project to take center stage. “It’s Time for PhotoPress,” read the title of his post in which he laid out a four-phase plan for the future of his project.
• Call for Testing the Widgets Screen in Gutenberg 9.1 (make.wordpress.org)
  The new Widgets Screen both replicates the functionalities of the previous screen and unlocks the ability to add blocks to widget areas (also called sidebars) in any theme that supports this new screen. This is a call for testing for this new feature.
• CommerceKit Plugin Released – A Suite of Conversion Tools (www.commercegurus.com)
  
• FooBar Relaunched: Improved WordPress Notifications for Your Business (fooplugins.com)
  
• Coming in Jetpack 9.0: Shortcode Embeds Module Updated to Handle Facebook and Instagram oEmbeds (wptavern.com)
  
• Introducing Elementor 3.0: Design System Features, New Theme Builder & Significant Performance Improvements (elementor.com)
  
• How Long Does it Take Between When a Plugin Update Is Released and When Auto-Updates Install it On Your WordPress Site? (tech.chrishardie.com)
  

Theme News

• Abuse or Luck? The Real Story of Astra Theme’s Suspension on WordPress.org (www.ilovewp.com)
  
• Supercharge the Default WordPress Theme With Twentig, a Toolbox for Twenty Twenty (wptavern.com)
  

Tutorials

• WordPress Multiple Languages: Tools and Tutorial to Get Started (translatepress.com)
  Creating a multilingual WordPress site is a great way to build a more user-friendly website and reach more visitors. But if you want to use multiple languages, you’ll need some help because WordPress doesn’t support multiple languages by default. In this post, we’ll cover the different tools that you can use to offer your site in different languages. Then, we’ll show you step-by-step how to add languages to your site using TranslatePress, the solution that we think is the best for most WordPress users.
• How to Build a Subscription Website (Step by Step Tutorial) (www.cozmoslabs.com)
  A subscription website can be an incredible way to make money online. Subscription websites are highly flexible and can be adapted to a wide range of different websites and niches. You can create a subscription website with gated content, a private membership community, membership-based products, and much more. In this article, you’ll learn the different directions you can take with a subscription website.
• Designing a System: WP-CLI Commands (carlalexander.ca)
  
• WordPress Blocks: The Ultimate Guide to Gutenberg Blocks (ithemes.com)
  
• Code Snippets to Customize WordPress Sitemaps (Complete Guide) (perishablepress.com)
  
• 9 Mistakes to Avoid When Developing WordPress Plugins or Themes (freemius.com)
  

Podcasts and Videos

• Is WordPress.org Worth the Hassle for Plugins? | Freemius (youtu.be)
  
• WordPress Development with Will Etling | Pressing Matters (pressingmatters.fm)
  
• Pivoting a Membership Website During a Pandemic | Matt Report (mattreport.com)
  
• What Does COVID Mean for Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and Ecommerce? – Patrick Garman | Press This Podcast (torquemag.io)