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News & Articles

• WordPress 5.8.2 RC 1 (make.wordpress.org)
  WordPress 5.8.2 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is available for testing! As per the proposed WordPress 5.8.2 schedule, the final release is expected on Wednesday, November 10, 2021.
• WP Career Summit – Save the Date! (poststatus.com)
  WP Career Summit – the first of its kind – will be held online April 8, 2022. While still in the early stages of planning, we can promise it will be an amazing event!
• WordCamp US Seeks New Host City for 2022 (wptavern.com)
  The search for a host city for WordCamp US 2022 is now underway with what WordPress community organizer Angela Jin calls “big changes” to the selection process. Unlike previous years where WordPress communities applied after researching venues and demonstrating activity and interest, community leadership plans to conduct its own city search.
• The WordPress Funnel Game Continues to Grow (chrislema.com)
  
• Should You Really Write in the WordPress Editor? (casabona.org)
  
• WordPress Vulnerability Report: November 2021, Part 1 (ithemes.com)
  
• WordPress Has Never Offered an Ideal Writing Experience (wptavern.com)
  
• Why Outdated jQuery Is Still the Dominant JavaScript Library (thenewstack.io)
  
• Birmingham to Host First In-Person WordCamp, February 4-5, 2022 (wptavern.com)
  

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Plugin News

• WordPress Plugin Acquisitions: A Guide for Small Software Developers (linksoftwarellc.com)
  WordPress plugin acquisitions are at an all-time high. Each day it seems like another huge plugin has been sold to an equally huge software or web hosting company. Of course, most of these plugin deals were between huge corporations and large development houses. There hasn’t been a lot of public talk about smaller, less expensive plugin acquisitions.
• Create and Manage Frequently Asked Questions With the Flexible FAQs Plugin (wptavern.com)
  David Gwyer released his Flexible FAQs plugin a year ago via his WPGO Plugins site. However, after a month of updates, the project seemed to fall off the radar, at least until earlier this week when he released a massive overhaul that integrates more with the block editor.
• Why I’m Building Plugin Machine (pluginmachine.com)
  
• Best WordPress Social Media Plugins (Free and Premium) (wpbuffs.com)
  
• Rank Math vs Yoast SEO - Which One Should You Go for as a Beginner? (wphive.com)
  
• Bloom Plugin Review: A Superb Email-Optin Form Plugin from Elegant Themes (winningwp.com)
  
• The WP Job Openings Success Story: Don’t Build From Assumptions, Build for Demand (freemius.com)
  

Theme News

• The WordPress Block Theme Revolution Is Quietly Picking Up Momentum (wptavern.com)
  
• Ona by DeoThemes Just Raised the Bar for WordPress Block Theme Design (wptavern.com)
  

Tutorials

• How to Complete a MySQL Performance Tune (4 Key Tips) (kinsta.com)
  If you’re running a WordPress website, there’s a good chance that it uses MySQL for its database. That makes it essential for you to understand how to complete a MySQL performance tune. By “tune” MySQL, we mean optimizing your database so the software can respond to queries faster. Ultimately, that can lead to shorter loading times and an overall snappier website. Moreover, if you maintain your database correctly, it should continue to offer high performance even as it grows in size.
• 8 Ways to Automate Your WordPress Blog with Artificial Intelligence (torquemag.io)
  Did you know that over a third of bloggers surveyed say their biggest challenge is creating quality content consistently? It’s no surprise that running a consistent WordPress blog takes a lot of hard work. Thankfully, with the help of artificial intelligence (AI), many mundane blogging tasks can be automated.
• How to Create a Custom WordPress Search Form (Step by Step) (www.wpbeginner.com)
  
• How to Fix “Deceptive Site Ahead” and Other Warnings on Your Website (kinsta.com)
  
• Beginners Guide to Creating Custom Posts with Advanced Custom Fields & Gutenberg Full Site Editing (www.pootlepress.com)
  

Podcasts and Videos

• The People of WordPress | WP Briefing (wordpress.org)
  
• Developers Drilling in On WooCommerce Performance | Do the WOO (dothewoo.io)
  
• The Future of WordPress Featuring Brian Gardner | Press This Podcast (torquemag.io)
  
• Why Being a Contrarian Works (Hristo Pandjarov, SiteGround) | WP Buffs (youtu.be)
  
• Purposefully Repurposing Content (Shaina Weisinger, Repurpose House) | WPMRR (wpmrr.libsyn.com)
  
• Does WordPress Need To Have A Superior Writing Experience? | Post Status Excerpt (poststatus.com)
  
• The Legend Of The Headless Website with the WebDevStudios Team | Post Status Live (poststatus.com)
  
• Tara King on Encouraging Developers Towards a Gutenberg Future | WP Tavern Jukebox (wptavern.com)
  
• Gutenberg 11.8-Navigation Block, Full-site Editing and the Plugin Machine | Gutenberg Times (gutenbergtimes.com)