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News & Articles

• WordPress 5.9.1 Maintenance Release (wordpress.org)
  WordPress 5.9.1 is now available! This maintenance release features 82 bug fixes in both Core and the block editor. WordPress 5.9.1 is a short-cycle maintenance release. The next major release will be version 6.0.
• WordPress for Publishers: A Study of the Digital Newsroom (wpengine.com)
  From the expansive catalog of WordPress plugins to the Gutenberg editor to the rise of WordPress as a headless solution, digital agency Big Bite’s recent whitepaper: WordPress in the newsroom: Scaling up editorial production takes a closer look at the reasons why WordPress is fast becoming the platform of choice for news organizations of all sizes.
• How Can We Increase Qualified Applicants for WordPress Jobs? (poststatus.com)
  Have you heard? There are jobs in the WordPress industry — lots of jobs and many different roles. See the job postings on the Post Status Job Board, WordPress Jobs, and even LinkedIn Jobs. There are a lot of job seekers in the web development world. How are job seekers preparing for the workforce? What are employers doing to find qualified talent?
• The Journey to Better WordPress Diversity (masterwp.com)
  
• WordPress Vulnerability Report – February 23, 2022 (ithemes.com)
  
• WordFest Live to Host Free 24-Hour Festival of WordPress March 4, 2022 (wptavern.com)
  
• Strattic Acquires WP2Static to Offer Open Source Static WordPress for All (www.strattic.com)
  
• WordPress Full Site Editing (FSE): The Features and their Impact on Users and Businesses (wpmayor.com)
  
• Convesio Partners with Object Cache Pro To Further Boost WordPress And WooCommerce Performance (convesio.com)
  

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Plugin News

• SQL Buddy for Simple Database Queries (www.webtng.com)
  SQL Buddy is a new plugin from Delicious Brains. They make the Better Search and Replace, WP Migrate DB, and Advanced Custom Fields plugins. The plugin is currently on version 1.0 and has about 40 active installs. So, very new.
• NextGEN Gallery vs Modula: Which Is the Best WordPress Gallery Plugin? (wpmayor.com)
  Trying to decide between NextGEN Gallery vs Modula as the best WordPress gallery plugin for your site? NextGEN Gallery and Modula are two of the most popular gallery plugins. Both also come with free versions at WordPress.org as well as premium versions that add more features.
• BP Rewrites’ First Beta (bpdevel.wordpress.com)
  
• Feature Project: Plugin Dependencies (make.wordpress.org)
  
• The 6 Best Plugins to Add a Forum on WordPress (wpmarmite.com)
  
• The 15+ Best Plugins for Bulk Editing Products in WooCommerce (2022) (barn2.com)
  
• WP REST API vs admin-ajax.php vs Must-Use Plugin: Handling AJAX Requests in WordPress (deliciousbrains.com)
  
• QuickPost Plugin Allows Users To Create New or Duplicate Posts from the WordPress Content Editor (wptavern.com)
  

Theme News

• Unearthing Hidden Treasures in the Wabi WordPress Block Theme (wptavern.com)
  
• Frost, Test of a WordPress Theme Promising You to Have “Fun” (wpmarmite.com)
  
• Skatepark Is a Bold and Vibrant Block Theme for Events and Organizations (wptavern.com)
  

Tutorials

• How to Set Up Event Registration in WordPress (www.cozmoslabs.com)
  WordPress is a powerful CMS that offers tons of functionality out of the box. However, it doesn’t let you set up event registration or restrict content for specific user roles. For obvious reasons, this is not ideal for event organizers. If you organize events, you want to offer easy registration so that as many people sign up for your events as possible. And in this tutorial, we’ll show you exactly that.
• Standardized Design Tokens and CSS for a Consistent, Customizable, and Interoperable WordPress Future (mrwweb.com)
  This is a proposal to use CSS utility classes for common layout needs and access to site-specific standardized design tokens set in theme.json. Doing so will allow WordPress “core”, themes, and plugins to have access to a valuable shared CSS toolkit.
• Configuring HTTP Security Headers on WordPress (www.wpwhitesecurity.com)
  
• Implications Of WordPress Joining The Block Protocol (www.smashingmagazine.com)
  
• How to Build a vCard Website with a Video Background (wptavern.com)
  
• How To Set Up A Variable Subscription Product In WooCommerce (autoship.cloud)
  
• How to Optimize Your WordPress Website for Local Searches (3 Tips) (torquemag.io)
  

Podcasts and Videos

• Five Cents on Five for the Future | WP Briefing (wordpress.org)
  
• Should WordPress Adopt The Block Protocol? | Post Status Excerpt (poststatus.com)
  
• Morten Rand-Hendriksen on Governing Open Source Projects | WP Tavern Jukebox (wptavern.com)
  
• Gutenberg 12.6, Planning for WordPress 6.0 and Universal Blocks | Gutenberg Changelog (gutenbergtimes.com)
  
• Pros & Cons of Being Acquired by Liquid Web: Zach Tirrell of The Events Calendar Shares a Year Later | Freemius (youtu.be)