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News & Articles

• Introducing Learn WordPress (wordpress.org)
  Learn WordPress is a learning resource providing workshops, quizzes, courses, lesson plans, and discussion groups so that anyone, from beginners to advanced users, can learn to do more with WordPress. Learning how to use, build for, and contribute to WordPress is essential for anyone wanting to dive deeper into the software and its community.
• WordPress 5.6 ‘Simone’ Retrospective (make.wordpress.org)
  Having fully celebrated the release of 5.6, but before the release team turns their focus to 5.7 it would be so helpful to this and future squads, if all those involved in contributing could take a moment to share their thoughts about the process of the release.
• Own Your Website Content to Control the Experience (pixelgrade.com)
  When it comes to the digital arena, things get various flavors, and it’s wise to deconstruct them thoroughly. You not only need to be in control of your online presence, but there’s no other way around if you want to get results in the long haul. (...) There’s no better way to build a name, craft an experience for visitors, and nurture a community than having a website that speaks to the core of your personality.
• Stop Saying PHP Is Dead (medium.com)
  
• An Interview With: Jill Binder (wpbuffs.com)
  
• Death of an Open Source Business Model (joemorrison.medium.com)
  
• G2 Components, a From-Scratch Reimagining of WordPress Components (wptavern.com)
  
• WordPress Community – Can We Help Walter Raise Money for His Son’s Cochlear Implants? (wplift.com)
  
• Yoast and Whodunit on Why They Contribute to WordPress Core—and the Features They’re Pursuing (www.therepository.email)
  

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Plugin News

• 6 Best WordPress Heatmap Plugins to Understand Your Visitors (elementor.com)
  Understanding how your users interact with your website can help you fine-tune and improve it by eliminating weak spots and emphasizing the strong points. Learn how heatmaps can give you the information to successfully do so.
• Record and Track Past Events With the LifePress Calendar Plugin (wptavern.com)
  Two weeks ago, Ashan Jay released LifePress to the WordPress plugin directory. It is an interactive, front-end calendar for tracking past events — a journal of sorts. For a version 1.0 launch, it has enough features with just the right touch of simplicity to show promise.
• The Best WordPress Gallery Plugins for 2021 (www.isitwp.com)
  
• Beaver Builder vs Elementor vs SeedProd: Drag & Drop Compared (www.seedprod.com)
  
• Reflected XSS in PageLayer Plugin Affects Over 200,000 WordPress Sites (www.wordfence.com)
  

Theme News

• Jump Start Block-Based Theme Development With the FSE Theme Generator (wptavern.com)
  

Tutorials

• How to Translate Neve Theme using TranslatePress (translatepress.com)
  Looking to translate Neve theme? Neve is among the top 10 most popular WordPress themes in the official directory at WordPress.org. Every day, around 2,000 new users pick Neve to be the foundation of their website design. Many of those users also want to learn how to translate Neve to match the multilingual content on their websites.
• How to Disable Application Passwords in WordPress 5.6 (metabox.io)
  Application Passwords is a new feature in WordPress version 5.6. It’s used to make authenticated requests to various WordPress APIs. However, this feature can be utilized by bad guys to gain control of your website. Therefore, it’s recommended to turn off this feature when you upgrade your website to WordPress 5.6.
• How to Use Composer and Autoload in PHP (metabox.io)
  
• WordPress Maintenance Mode – Troubleshooting and Customizing (kinsta.com)
  
• WordPress Landing Page: How to Build One With 3 of the Top Plugins (wphacks.com)
  
• How to Create a Beautiful Website with WordPress.com and Jupiter X (themes.artbees.net)
  
• How to Create a WooCommerce Affiliate Program (Why You Should and Tips for Success!) (sgwebpartners.com)
  
• Google Search Operators: 40 Commands to Know in 2021 (Improve Research, Competitive Analysis, and SEO) (kinsta.com)
  

Podcasts and Videos

• The Yoast SEO Podcast with Christi Olson | Yoast (yoast.com)
  
• Starting a Diverse Agency (Tracy Levesque, Yikes Inc.) | WP Buffs (youtu.be)
  
• Post Black Friday in 2020 with WooCommerce Plugin Shops | Do the WOO (dothewoo.io)
  
• Mental Health & Hyper-Growth Entrepreneurship with Cory Miller | Press This Podcast (torquemag.io)
  
• How to Fix a 403 Forbidden Error on Your WordPress Site [Step-by-Step Guide] | Kinsta (youtu.be)
  
• The Pros & Cons of Going Niche vs Mass Market for WordPress Plugin and Theme Shops | Freemius (youtu.be)
  
• Jack Dorsey and Matt Mullenweg on Remote Collaboration, Finding Serendipity, and the Art of Deliberate Work | Distributed.blog (distributed.blog)
  
• Talking Pricing Models with Iain Poulson | Delicious Brain Waves (podcast.deliciousbrains.com)