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News & Articles

• WordPress 5.8 Release Candidate (wordpress.org)
  The first release candidate for WordPress 5.8 is now available! 🎉 Please join us in celebrating this very important milestone in the community’s progress towards the final release of WordPress 5.8!
• WP Engine Launches Premier, the Enterprise WordPress Platform (wpengine.com)
  WP Engine, the world’s most trusted WordPress technology company, today announced the launch of Premier, the enterprise WordPress platform that delivers industry-leading levels of security, performance and scalability for the world’s most popular and most visited sites.
• Diving Into WordPress 5.8’s New Widgets Screen (wptavern.com)
  After months of being deeply embedded within block themes, it is hard to imagine moving back to the sidebar widgets system that most WordPress users are still using today. WordPress 5.8 is slated to ship with a small taste of bringing blocks outside of the content editor. However, it can feel like a surface-level refresh of a dying system, one that does not always work.
• WP Engine Makes Local Pro Free for All Users (wptavern.com)
  
• On Layout and Content Width in WordPress 5.8 (make.wordpress.org)
  
• How Box UK Develops Enterprise WordPress Sites (www.boxuk.com)
  
• WordPress Vulnerability Report: July 2021, Part 1 (ithemes.com)
  
• 800+ Million WordPress Users Records Leaked Online (www.ehackingnews.com)
  
• 5 Things I Learned Writing 400 Articles at MainWP and There is Probably a GIF for That (mainwp.com)
  

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Plugin News

• Add Editor-Only Notes via the Markdown Comment Block WordPress Plugin (wptavern.com)
  Rich Tabor, the Senior Product Manager of WordPress Experience at GoDaddy, tweeted that he had an idea for a new block at the end of last week. Shortly after, the Markdown Comment Block plugin appeared on WordPress.org. The plugin is a one-off block. It allows users to enter notes directly into the post editor that will not appear on the front end of the site
• iThemes Security Pro 7.0 is Here to Make WordPress Website Security Effortless (ithemes.com)
  The best WordPress security plugin just got even better! iThemes Security Pro 7.0 is officially here and brings significant improvements for everyone, whether you are a WordPress beginner or manage hundreds of websites for clients. WordPress security has never been so effortless.
• Simple Comment Editing Review (layerwp.com)
  
• Jetpack from Anywhere: The Mobile App is Here (jetpack.com)
  
• Easily Exploitable Critical Vulnerabilities Patched in ProfilePress Plugin (www.wordfence.com)
  

Theme News

• Gatsby WP Themes Launches New Marketplace (wptavern.com)
  The Gatsby WP Themes project has launched a new marketplace for developers who are building WordPress-powered sites with Gatsby on the frontend. Originally founded by Zac Gordon and Alexandra Spalato, the commercial venture is now primarily managed by Spalato and Paulina Hetman.
• Universal Themes: Some Ideas (themeshaper.com)
  
• Astra Theme: an “Astra-ordinary” Free WordPress Theme? (wpmarmite.com)
  

Tutorials

• WordPress PayPal Donation Plugin: How to Create a Donation Form (www.cozmoslabs.com)
  Looking for a WordPress PayPal donation plugin so that you can accept one-time or recurring donations on your site? In this post, we’ll show you how to create a WordPress donation form that connects to PayPal (or other payment gateways, too, if you so desire).
• How to Create a Landing Page with Gutenberg (wpstackable.com)
  Here is a guide on how you can easily create a landing page, along with some essential tips that would leave a great impact on your website visitors.
• Hardening PHP for WordPress (www.wpwhitesecurity.com)
  
• Understanding and Configuring the .htaccess File in WordPress (webdesign.tutsplus.com)
  
• WordPress Paragraph – How to Use in Gutenberg or Classic Editor (www.fixrunner.com)
  

Podcasts and Videos

• Dan Maby and Michelle Frechette | Hallway Chats (hallwaychats.com)
  
• Eight Years and 100,000 Active Installs Later | Matt Report (mattreport.com)
  
• Theme.json, DevNotes for WordPress 5.8, Gutenberg 10.9 and Upcoming BuddyPress Release 9.0 | Gutenberg Times (gutenbergtimes.com)