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News & Articles

• Sail: Deploy WordPress to DigitalOcean (konstantin.blog)
  Sail is a free and open source CLI tool to provision and deploy WordPress applications to the DigitalOcean cloud.
• WordPress 5.8.1 Security and Maintenance Release (wordpress.org)
  WordPress 5.8.1 is now available! This security and maintenance release features 60 bug fixes in addition to 3 security fixes. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. All versions since WordPress 5.4 have also been updated.
• WordPress 5.9 Proposed Scope: Major Push Towards Full-Site Editing, Plus a New Default Theme (wptavern.com)
  WordPress 5.9 is starting to take shape as Josepha Haden Chomphosy published a planning roundup at the end of last week with a tentative schedule and scope. This will be the last major release of the year, which Haden Chomphosy said will require “a slightly larger release squad,” considering the proposed scope.
• PHP 8.1 Release Candidate 1 Is Here (laravel-news.com)
  
• Interview with Jeff Chandler of WP Mainline (convesio.com)
  
• WordPress Vulnerability Report: September 2021, Part 2 (ithemes.com)
  
• Worldwide WordPress Virtual 5K Set for October 1-30, 2021 (wptavern.com)
  
• An Interview With Reyes Martínez of Frontity — a New WordPress Framework (poststatus.com)
  
• 58% of Hacker News, Reddit and Tech-savvy Audiences Block Google Analytics (plausible.io)
  

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Plugin News

• WordPress Abstraction: Best Practices and WordPress Abstraction Plugins (kinsta.com)
  WordPress is an old CMS, but also the most used one. Thanks to its history of supporting outdated PHP versions and legacy code, it still lacks in implementing modern coding practices — WordPress abstraction is one example. This article will teach you how to abstract WordPress code manually and use abstract WordPress plugin capabilities.
• Automattic Acquires Social Image Generator Plugin, Plans to Integrate with Jetpack (wptavern.com)
  Automattic has acquired the Social Image Generator plugin, a commercial product that automatically creates social share images for WordPress content from a set of fully customizable templates. The plugin launched in February 2021, with a starting price of $39/year but is now closed to new sales.
• Print My Blog Plugin - Transparency Report of August 2021 (printmy.blog)
  
• Extendify Patches Vulnerabilities in the Redux Framework Plugin (wptavern.com)
  
• Beaver Builder: What’s the (Furry) WordPress Page Builder Worth? (wpmarmite.com)
  

Theme News

• The Sydney Theme on WordPress: a “History” Still Essential? (wpmarmite.com)
  

Tutorials

• WordPress 2 Factor Authentication (Plugin + How to Set Up) (www.cozmoslabs.com)
  When using 2FA, password database theft or phishing campaigns will not affect the integrity of the protected accounts. With the WordPress Two-Factor Authentication option from Profile Builder Pro activated, your visitors can log in securely using a third-party mobile authentication app (such as Google Authenticator) and not just their username and password.
• Why You Should Use the WordPress HTTP functions to Make API Requests (deliciousbrains.com)
  Any plugin that interacts with an external service is bound to make some HTTP requests here and there. Things like adding subscribers to your Mailchimp list, sending emails via Amazon SES, or offloading images to Amazon S3 all involve making a bunch of HTTP requests. In this post, we’re going to look closer at the built-in HTTP functions that WordPress offers to make these requests and why it’s almost always a good idea to use those functions.
• How to Improve WordPress SEO Via Your Categories and Tags (torquemag.io)
  
• An In-Depth Guide to Create and Customize a WordPress Menu (kinsta.com)
  
• How to Add and Remove Gutenberg Block Styles with Javascript (richtabor.com)
  
• How to Rewrite and Republish Content with Yoast Duplicate Post (yoast.com)
  
• The Types of Survey Questions You Should Ask - A Beginners' Guide (tripetto.com)
  

Podcasts and Videos

• Jake Goldman from 10up | Torque's Social Hour (torquemag.io)
  
• Developing WordPress Developers | WPwatercooler (www.wpwatercooler.com)
  
• Creating the Perfect Flow for Your WP Apps | Buddy (youtu.be)
  
• Performance Updates in WordPress 5.8 | Sabrina Zeidan (youtu.be)
  
• Farewell To Andrea — but not the Classic Editor | Post Status Excerpt (poststatus.com)
  
• Ajit Bohra on Gutenberg, Full Site Editing and React | WP Tavern Jukebox (wptavern.com)
  
• Optimizing Headless WordPress Custom Fields & APIs with Anthony Burchell | Press This Podcast (torquemag.io)
  
• Automattic Becomes a Sponsor, new Gallery Block, Theme.json, and Gutenberg 11.4 Release | Gutenberg Times (gutenbergtimes.com)