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  • Creative Commons’ New Search Tool is Now in Beta, Pulls CC Images from Multiple Sources

    Creative Commons’ New Search Tool is Now in Beta, Pulls CC Images from Multiple Sources

    If you’ve been wearing out Unsplash images on your blog, it’s time to take another look at Creative Commons. The site has just launched the beta of its new multi-source search interface. Unlike the current search tool, which will only search one source by sending the visitor offsite, CC Search loads the results from multiple…

  • Google Webmaster Tools Fixes Confusing Messages About Updating WordPress

    Google Webmaster Tools Fixes Confusing Messages About Updating WordPress

    In 2009, Google announced it would send notifications via Webmaster Tools to site owners that new versions of software are available E.g. Joomla, Drupal, or WordPress. WordPress 4.7.2 was released at the end of January. It patched a critical security vulnerability with the REST API that is being actively exploited in the wild. Site owners who updated to 4.7.2 are receiving…

  • WordCamp Miami 2017 to Host JavaScript Track, AMA Spots, and 2-Day Kids’ Camp

    WordCamp Miami 2017 to Host JavaScript Track, AMA Spots, and 2-Day Kids’ Camp

    WordCamp Miami is sporting an 80’s theme this year for its 9th year running. The team of 12 organizers is expecting more than 800 attendees and will host 60+ local and global speakers, including new speakers from India, Australia, Poland, Canada, and other international locations. As in previous years, WordCamp Miami is a multi-day smorgasbord…

  • OSTraining Partners with GoDaddy to Launch Free WordPress Beginner Course on YouTube

    OSTraining Partners with GoDaddy to Launch Free WordPress Beginner Course on YouTube

    OSTraining has launched a free 40-video WordPress Beginner course on YouTube, thanks to a sponsorship from GoDaddy. The open source software education site has created more than 3,000 videos for PHP platforms like WordPress, Joomla, Magento, and Drupal. This particular course, which has all new information for WordPress 4.7, was inspired by the company’s success…

  • WordPress for Android Closes Google+ Community for Beta Testers

    WordPress for Android Closes Google+ Community for Beta Testers

    The WordPress mobile app for Android is shutting down its beta testing community that was hosted on Google+ for the past three years. The mobile team switched to a completely open beta last year, enabling them to recruit 1,500 new testers. The Google+ community, which currently has 1,152 members, has been the main channel for…

  • Google Updates AMP to Allow Sharing of Canonical URL

    Google Updates AMP to Allow Sharing of Canonical URL

    One of the main drawbacks of Google AMP has been brand confusion when viewing and sharing articles. Google launched the AMP project to speed up the mobile web, but in exchange publishers have had to give up control of how their AMP’d content appears. One of the most irksome aspects of interacting with AMP pages…

  • BlogVault Security Breach Infects Customers’ Sites With Malware

    BlogVault Security Breach Infects Customers’ Sites With Malware

    BlogVault, a real-time backup and migration service with a WordPress plugin that’s active on more than 20K sites, announced over the weekend that it suffered a security breach that exposed data. Akshat Choudhary, founder of BlogVault, explains that some customer sites were accessed without authorization and were infected with malware. BlogVault is contacting customers whose…

  • More Than 50% of Web Traffic is Now Encrypted

    More Than 50% of Web Traffic is Now Encrypted

    In October 2016 Mozilla Telemetry showed more than 50% of page loads were encrypted with HTTPS. This week Let’s Encrypt is reporting that more than 50% HTTPS page loads is now the norm, a major milestone for HTTPS adoption across the web. Per @Firefox Telemetry, more than 50% HTTPS page loads is now the norm!…

  • WP-CLI 1.1.0 Released, Project Shifts to Expand Package Index

    WP-CLI 1.1.0 Released, Project Shifts to Expand Package Index

    WP-CLI 1.1.0 is now available, two months after 1.0.0 was released. The project shifted after 1.0.0 to focus on its package ecosystem, encouraging new features to be built as standalone packages instead of rolling them all into WP-CLI core. Daniel Bachhuber, the project’s maintainer, moved WP-CLI in this new direction to better distribute the maintenance…

  • Logging Into WooCommerce.com Now Requires a WordPress.com Account

    Logging Into WooCommerce.com Now Requires a WordPress.com Account

    If you logged into WooCommerce.com over the weekend, you may have noticed a distinct change. In order to sign into the site, users are now required to have a WordPress.com account. The change occurred without warning and surprised those who manage multiple WooCommerce stores for clients. Brad Griffin, who maintains a number of client sites…

  • Micro.blog Project Surges Past $65K on Kickstarter, Gains Backing from DreamHost

    Micro.blog Project Surges Past $65K on Kickstarter, Gains Backing from DreamHost

    With one week remaining on its Kickstarter campaign, the Micro.blog indie microblogging project has surged past its original $10K funding goal with $66,710 pledged by 2,381 backers. This puts project creator Manton Reece closer to his stretch goal of $80K, which would enable him to develop a Safe Replies feature to preemptively combat abuse on…

  • WordCamp Europe 2017 to Experiment with Sponsors Workshops

    WordCamp Europe 2017 to Experiment with Sponsors Workshops

    WordCamp Europe 2017 opened its call for sponsors at the end of 2016. The organizing team is embracing the challenge of delivering value to sponsors with workshops for those purchasing the two highest sponsorship levels: This year, for the first time, we are introducing a third track during both conference days. The third track will…

  • Wix Removes GPL-Licensed WordPress Code from Mobile App, Forks Original MIT Library

    Wix Removes GPL-Licensed WordPress Code from Mobile App, Forks Original MIT Library

    In October 2016, Matt Mullenweg called out Wix for using GPL-licensed code from the WordPress mobile app and distributing it in its proprietary app. After identifying a path for Wix to comply with the license, Mullenweg confirmed he would be willing to go to court to protect the GPL. Wix CEO Avishai Abrahami’s response to…