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News & Articles

• Page Builder Summit (pagebuildersummit.com)
  There are 2 days left of the Page Builder Summit 2021. Check the schedule here for all about WordPress and how to use page builders and Gutenberg.
• Yoast and Google-Sponsored Core Contributors Propose New WordPress Performance Team (wptavern.com)
  Yoast and Google-sponsored WordPress core contributors are proposing the project add a Performance team to improve core performance as measured by Google’s Web Vitals metrics.
• Why is Diversity Important — To WordPress and YOUR Local Community? (make.wordpress.org)
  The WordPress Community is putting more and more effort into diversity. Why? And why is the Community asking you to get on board with this vision, too?
• WordPress As A Service (WaaS) – Random Thoughts (wpclouddeploy.com)
  
• Why Community Organisations Need Community Tech (rachelcoldicutt.medium.com)
  
• WordPress Vulnerability Report: October 2021, Part 3 (ithemes.com)
  
• It’s Not You. It’s Them. On Hacking and Responsible Disclosure. (www.wordfence.com)
  
• An Epic Journey About Being a WordPress Services Reseller Using WPMU DEV (wpmudev.com)
  
• Ask the Bartender: What Happens to the Customizer When a Block Theme Is Active? (wptavern.com)
  
• The HeroPress Network Launches Find It WP, a Cooperative Resource Archive for WordPress (wptavern.com)
  

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Plugin News

• Gutenberg 11.7 Iterates on Global Styles, Improves Adding Navigation Links, and Adds Column Spacing (wptavern.com)
  Gutenberg 11.7 is one of the more exciting releases we have had in a while. The Global Styles system iterations continue to impress. The lighter nav experience makes adding links easier, and a spacing control for the Columns block delivered one of our oldest wish list items.
• WP Migrate DB Pro 2.2 Released: Find & Replace Preview, Support for Different Table Prefixes, UX Improvements, and More (deliciousbrains.com)
  When using the WP Migrate DB Pro Find & Replace tool, having trust that the tool won’t break your data is essential. Wouldn’t it be great if there was some way to “dry-run” the Find & Replace operation, and view the exact changes that the tool is about to make to your data before applying them? That’s the same question we asked ourselves, and the answer was, “Yes, yes, it would be great! Let’s do that!”
• Build Notification Banners With ElmaStudio’s Latest Block Plugin (wptavern.com)
  
• ExactMetrics Review: Is it Worth It? (Features, Cost, & Alternatives) (www.isitwp.com)
  
• Atlas Content Modeler – a Reliable Custom Content Modeling Headless WordPress Solution (wp-content.co)
  

Theme News

• Zakra, a Great WordPress Theme? (wpmarmite.com)
  

Tutorials

• How to Make Your WordPress Website Accessible (kinsta.com)
  When a site is less accessible, or when accessibility isn’t prioritized, a portion of your audience is deterred or completely barred from getting all the information your site has to offer. In this post, we’ll discuss why accessibility matters, what it means, the degree to which WordPress is already accessible, how site builders can make sites accessible, and how to test a site’s accessibility.
• How to Use the Yoast Ecommerce SEO Training Course to Increase Online Sales (torquemag.io)
  Yoast has recently published a new course dedicated to helping eCommerce owners improve their search engine rankings. However, learning new techniques is one thing – putting them into practice is often an entirely different matter. That’s why we’ve created this complete guide to increasing sales, using the Yoast Ecommerce Search Engine Optimization (SEO) training course.
• How to Identify Your Best Customers and Find Even More (woocommerce.com)
  
• WordPress Featured Images: 3 Tips for Choosing the Right Image (ithemes.com)
  
• WooCommerce Black Friday Sale: 3 Easy Steps to 2x Revenue (2021) (barn2.com)
  
• Supporting Multiple “Block Styles” in the WordPress Block Editor (mrwweb.com)
  
• Building Custom Gutenberg Blocks: The Definitive Block Development Tutorial (kinsta.com)
  

Podcasts and Videos

• The Economics of WordPress | WP Briefing (wordpress.org)
  
• Reimagining The WordPress Media Library | WPwatercooler (www.wpwatercooler.com)
  
• A WordPress Core Performance Team? | Post Status Excerpt (poststatus.com)
  
• The Importance of Customer Journeys in Sales (Lucas Prigge, Kinsta) | WPMRR (wpmrr.libsyn.com)
  
• WordPress 5.9 Go/No Go Decision, Gutenberg Releases 11.6 and 11.7, and Themes and Styles for the Editor | Gutenberg Times (gutenbergtimes.com)