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News & Articles

• A New WordPress News (wordpress.org)
  In June 2021, @beafialho in collaboration with @pablohoney floated the idea of giving WordPress News a new look. Today, those ideas become a reality—we’re excited to share that redesign of WordPress News is live!
• WordPress 5.9 and Full Site Editing (www.masterwp.co)
  Last month, WordPress released 5.9 with the flagship feature: Full Site Editing. It probably brings the most radical shift in the WordPress admin interface in years, and yet almost every site running WordPress 5.9 won't use it or even see it at all.
• The Definitive PHP 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.0, and 8.1 Benchmarks (2022) (kinsta.com)
  Each year Kinsta releases their in-depth performance benchmarks for various PHP platforms to see how different PHP versions stack up against each other. This year, they benchmarked 5 different PHP versions across 14 unique PHP platforms/configurations, including WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, Laravel, Symfony, and many more.
• WordPress Vulnerability Report – February 16, 2022 (ithemes.com)
  
• A Theory of Technology Adoption in the WordPress Project (make.wordpress.org)
  
• 2021 WordPress Maintenance Survey Results: Key Trends and Takeaways (managewp.com)
  
• Kinsta Managed WordPress Hosting Tried and Tested – Is It Really All That Good? (winningwp.com)
  

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Plugin News

• How to Password Protect Content, Posts, and Categories in WordPress (www.cozmoslabs.com)
  As it is with everything related to WordPress, password protecting posts doesn’t have to be difficult. If you’re wondering how to password protect WordPress content, posts, and even categories without having to mess around with code, then let us tell you that all you need is a flexible user management plugin like Profile Builder to get the job done in a few easy steps.
• Kadence Blocks 2.2.4 Adds Lottie Animations Block (wptavern.com)
  Kadence Blocks, a popular block collection plugin, added a new Lottie Animations block in version 2.2.4. Most of the blocks in the plugin offer commonly used page building features like rows, buttons, galleries, and testimonials. The Lottie Animations block introduces something a little more fun and whimsical.
• Plugin Madness 2022 Nominations Now Open (torquemag.io)
  
• Quicq Review: Real-Time WordPress Image Optimization (wpmayor.com)
  
• The Best WordPress Photo Gallery Plugins (2022 Edition) (wpmarmite.com)
  
• Gutenberg Contributors Explore More Advanced Template Creation (wptavern.com)
  
• Yet Another Plugin Dependencies Discussion, Two Proposals This Time (wptavern.com)
  
• 7+ Best Anti-Spam Plugins for WordPress to Protect Your Website in 2022 (appsero.com)
  

Theme News

• Block, FSE, Hybrid, Universal? What Do We Call These New WordPress Themes? (wptavern.com)
  

Tutorials

• How to Monetize Content on Your Website: 7 Strategies That Work (www.cozmoslabs.com)
  Building an audience is hard. So once you finally start getting some people to your website, it’s natural to start looking for ways to monetize digital content and begin earning an income from your work. Thankfully, you have plenty of options for making money with content. By combining different monetization strategies, you can turn your content into a robust income stream that will set you up for long-term success.
• WooCommerce Function Of The Week: wc_get_customer_total_spent (cdn.poststatus.com)
  WooCommerce is full of unknown gems for developers. For example, there are some core functions that calculate pretty complex data, and these functions are mainly “public” so that WooCommerce developers can reuse them for their own purposes. Today, let's take a look at the wc_get_customer_total_spent( $user_id ) WooCommerce PHP function.
• How to Set Up MySQL Incremental Backups (spinupwp.com)
  
• The Intended Wordle Font, Nobody Can See (pimpmytype.com)
  
• How to Add PayPal to WordPress: the Complete Guide (wpmarmite.com)
  
• How to Improve WordPress Search: 6 Effective Methods to Try (torquemag.io)
  

Podcasts and Videos

• The State of Email Marketing in 2022 | Matt Report (mattreport.com)
  
• Behind the Scenes: WooCommerce Branding and Design | Do the Woo (dothewoo.io)
  
• Block Protocol, Tumblr, and Complexity with Lesley Sim | Post Status Excerpt (poststatus.com)
  
• Dave Smith, Isabel Brison and Joen Asmussen on the New Navigation Block | WP Tavern Jukebox (wptavern.com)