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News & Articles

• WordPress 5.9 Performance Improvements (make.wordpress.org)
  Whether you’re using the latest and greatest with full site editing features or not, there are performance enhancements that everyone can look forward to with WordPress 5.9 set to launch January 25th, 2022. At a high level, you can expect improvements to the Inserter, Block Themes, List View, and more.
• WP Engine Acquires Brian Gardner’s Frost, Opens It to the Public (wptavern.com)
  Brian Gardner announced last week that WP Engine has acquired his latest project, Frost. In an email sent out to all customers, Gardner said his team had issued refunds to all current customers. The business model is changing, and Frost will be a freely-available project going forward and focus on full site editing.
• Yoast Moves Outside of Open Source Platforms to Launch SEO App for Shopify (wptavern.com)
  After 10 years in the WordPress ecosystem as one of the most popular plugin businesses, Yoast is branching out with a new SEO app for the Shopify market. The app will offer Shopify merchants a set of optimizations for search results and Google Shopping, automatically add structured data, and allows users to optimize for desired keyphrases. It will launch in the Shopify app store on January 18, 2022.
• HTTP/3 is Fast (requestmetrics.com)
  
• WordPress 5.9 RC 1 (wordpress.org)
  
• A Year in Core – 2021 (make.wordpress.org)
  
• WP Tavern’s 2021 Year in Review (wptavern.com)
  
• Announcing Post Status Twitter Conference (cdn.poststatus.com)
  
• WordPress Vulnerability Report: January 2022, Part 1 (ithemes.com)
  

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Plugin News

• How to Redirect Users After Login in WooCommerce (Easily & Quickly) (www.cozmoslabs.com)
  The ability to redirect users after login is an important functionality for WooCommerce sites. It not only helps increase sales by redirecting customers to an optimized products or shop page, but also offers a better user experience overall. Profile Builder not only allows you to set up login redirects for WooCommerce, but it also helps you customize other important pages, like your registration and logout page.
• Gutenberg 12.3 Introduces New Blocks, Design Options, and a Complete Core Blocks Reference (wptavern.com)
  The first Gutenberg plugin release of the year contains loads of features. Developers should enjoy a completed core blocks reference. Group block spacing controls offer more layout flexibility, and a new Post Author Name block has arrived on the scene. Overall, the site editing experience is shaping up.
• 8 Most Powerful Gamification Plugins for WordPress (www.isitwp.com)
  
• 10 Best WooCommerce Reporting Plugins (Free & Paid) (www.isitwp.com)
  

Theme News

• Anariel Design Releases Bricksy, Its Third WordPress Block Theme (wptavern.com)
  Anariel Design’s third block theme, Bricksy, went live in the WordPress.org directory. Ana Segota, the co-founder and self-proclaimed “creative motor” of the company, has almost become a master at block-based theme design at this point, and this project is just her showing off her skills.
• Building Gatsby Themes For WordPress-Powered Websites (www.smashingmagazine.com)
  
• Gutenberg Hub Launches a Block-Based WordPress Theme Directory (wptavern.com)
  

Tutorials

• How to Build an Online Community Website – Best Method in 2022 (www.cozmoslabs.com)
  Building an online community platform is a great way to bring together a group of members around a specific topic. And by creating your own platform, you can fully own the relationship with your members so that you’re never at risk of getting cut-off by a third party (looking at you, Facebook!). But if you’re not a super techie person, you might not be sure how to get started. Don’t worry—we’re here to help.
• How to Make Your WordPress Website CCPA Compliant (qodeinteractive.com)
  Generally speaking, CCPA has a similar set of rules like GDPR, though there are still some CCPA-specific things that every website owner should be aware of. For this reason, we’ve decided to gather a list of things you can do to make your WordPress site CCPA compliant. But before we begin, we will explain what CCPA stands for and share some of its most important rules.
• Frontend Developer Resources 2022 (www.iamdeveloper.com)
  
• How to Create a “Sticky” Floating Bar in WordPress (www.isitwp.com)
  
• How To Properly Set Up eCommerce Tracking In WordPress (www.wpbeginner.com)
  
• Take More Control Over Inner Block Areas (as a Block Developer) (make.wordpress.org)
  

Podcasts and Videos

• How Will You Use WordPress in 2022? | WP Review (wp-review.castos.com)
  
• In Person For State of the Word | Post Status Excerpt (poststatus.com)
  
• Sam Chason is Reshaping the College Moving Experience | Matt Report (mattreport.com)
  
• Computer Science & Problem Solving with Rene Morozowich | Women in WP (womeninwp.com)
  
• WordPress 5.9: Delays, the Customizer, and Contributing | Post Status Excerpt (poststatus.com)