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  • ACF 5.0 Released with Updated UI and Gutenberg Compatibility

    ACF 5.0 Released with Updated UI and Gutenberg Compatibility

    ACF version 5.0 landed on WordPress.org this week with Gutenberg compatibility now available for more than one million sites where the plugin is active. The release is a welcome update for developers who were concerned about what would happen in real world usage of Gutenberg on sites with ACF-powered customizations. ACF’s Gutenberg compatibility is arriving…

  • WPForms Acquires Pirate Forms, Plugin to be Retired

    WPForms Acquires Pirate Forms, Plugin to be Retired

    WPForms has acquired Pirate Forms, a popular WordPress contact form and SMTP plugin originally created by ThemeIsle in 2015. The announcement coincides with International Talk Like a Pirate Day but the pirate branding of the plugin is set to be retired and its users will be given the option to migrate to WPForms. Pirate Forms…

  • Big Bite Creative to Launch New Amnesty International Website based on Gutenberg

    Big Bite Creative to Launch New Amnesty International Website based on Gutenberg

    The team at Big Bite Creative has developed a new website for Amnesty International using Gutenberg, soon to be launched at amnesty.eu. The agency worked in partnership with WordPress.com VIP to provide the London-based human rights organization with the tools to create multiple sites that could be uniquely customized for their editorial needs. After successfully…

  • Gutenberg Cloud: A Cross-Platform Community Library for Custom Gutenberg Blocks

    Gutenberg Cloud: A Cross-Platform Community Library for Custom Gutenberg Blocks

    During their presentation at Drupal Europe, the Frontkom team behind the Drupal Gutenberg project announced that they are working on a block management system called Gutenberg Cloud, a collective library of blocks online. The library will offer a content repository for custom Gutenberg blocks, such as forms, a call-to-action section, product grid, or even a…

  • Hybrid Core 5.0 Offers a More Modern, Modular Approach to WordPress Theme Development

    Hybrid Core 5.0 Offers a More Modern, Modular Approach to WordPress Theme Development

    Version 5.0 of Hybrid Core, one of the longest-running WordPress theme frameworks, is now available. Justin Tadlock celebrated 10 years with his Theme Hybrid community last month and released his new Mythic starter theme into beta. Mythic was built on top of Hybrid Core and developed in tandem with version 5.0. The framework has been…

  • Yoast SEO 8.2 Adds How-To and FAQ Gutenberg Blocks with Structured Data

    Yoast SEO 8.2 Adds How-To and FAQ Gutenberg Blocks with Structured Data

    Yoast SEO 8.2 was released last week with the plugin’s first tools designed specifically for Gutenberg. It includes two new How-To and FAQ structured data content blocks for early adopters of the new editor. Structured data is content that can be marked up with a shared vocabulary, such as the one provided by Schema.org. Content…

  • Drupal Gutenberg Project Receives Enthusiastic Reception at Drupal Europe

    Drupal Gutenberg Project Receives Enthusiastic Reception at Drupal Europe

    The Drupal Gutenberg project is gaining momentum after Per André Rønsen and Marco Fernandes gave a presentation at Drupal Europe this week titled “Introducing the Gutenberg content editor for Drupal 8.” Rønsen and Fernandes are representatives of Frontkom, a digital services agency based in Norway that has ported WordPress’ Gutenberg editor over to Drupal for…

  • WordPress 4.9.9 Release Focus Items Include Site Health Project and Gutenberg Preparation

    WordPress 4.9.9 Release Focus Items Include Site Health Project and Gutenberg Preparation

    The WordPress 4.9.9 release leads published a roadmap for the release this week. The minor release will be led by Anthony Burchell and Alain Schlesser. It is targeted for November 5 with the first beta arriving near the end of October. The leads identified four key focus areas for the upcoming release: accessibility, internationalization, the…

  • Official WooCommerce Android App Now in Beta

    Official WooCommerce Android App Now in Beta

    The first official WooCommerce Android app is now in open beta. The companion mobile app allows users to manage their WooCommerce stores on the go. Store owners who want to test the unreleased version of the mobile app can sign up with the Google Play Store. The WooCommerce app requires Jetpack to connect stores to…

  • MetaSlider Plugin Adds Gutenberg Block for Inserting Sliders

    MetaSlider Plugin Adds Gutenberg Block for Inserting Sliders

    If you search for “slider” in the WordPress plugins directory, MetaSlider is the first result that comes up. The plugin, created by the team at UpdraftPlus, is active on more than 900,000 sites, more than any other free slider plugin, and averages a 4.7-star review. It includes four different types of sliders: Flex 2, Nivo…

  • Marcel Bootsman is Walking 700km to WordCamp Europe to Raise Funds for DonateWC

    Marcel Bootsman is Walking 700km to WordCamp Europe to Raise Funds for DonateWC

    In May 2019, Marcel Bootsman will be lacing up a pair of hiking boots and walking 700km (435 miles) from his home in Rotterdam to WordCamp Europe in Berlin. Bootsman, a WordPress consultant and WordCamp organizer, is walking to raise funds and awareness for the DonateWC organization. The DonateWC initiative provides a global fund for…

  • Hemingway Theme Adds Gutenberg Support

    Hemingway Theme Adds Gutenberg Support

    Anders Norén has added Gutenberg support to his popular Hemingway theme in the latest update, version 1.66. The theme has a simple, timeless design that appeals to both bloggers and business owners alike. It is active on more than 30,000 websites and some of those site administrators are using Gutenberg. What does Gutenberg support look…

  • Meetup Group Organizers Can Now Earn A WordPress.org User Profile Badge

    Meetup Group Organizers Can Now Earn A WordPress.org User Profile Badge

    The WordPress Community team has unveiled a new tool called Meetup Tracker. This tool replaces the Meetup Status Document and will enable Global Community Team members to more easily track all Meetup.com groups. There’s also a new application form available for organizers looking to join the WordPress Meetup Chapter Program. Groups that are part of…

  • Biratnagar, Nepal to Host Its First WordCamp – December 22, 2018

    Biratnagar, Nepal to Host Its First WordCamp – December 22, 2018

    Biratnagar, one of the oldest cities in Nepal, is gearing up to host its first WordCamp on December 22, 2018. The local community organized its first meetup in 2011 with 40 participants. Since that time the community has grown and recently hosted 250 members for a two-day meetup in January 2018. “WordPress Biratnagar has a…

  • The State of JavaScript 2018 Survey is Now Open

    The State of JavaScript 2018 Survey is Now Open

    The annual State of JavaScript 2018 Survey is in its third year running and is now open for participants. Sacha Greif, an Osaka-based web designer and developer, said he created the survey to get more data about recent trends after hearing all the online discussion about “JavaScript fatigue.” Last year’s survey had more than 20,000…