News & Articles

• WordPress 4.7 Release Candidate (wordpress.org)
  The release candidate for WordPress 4.7 is now available. RC means we think we’re done, but with millions of users and thousands of plugins and themes, it’s possible we’ve missed something. We hope to ship WordPress 4.7 on Tuesday, December 6, but we need your help to get there. If you haven’t tested 4.7 yet, now is the time!
• How We Brought ManageWP Brand To Life (managewp.com)
  Good branding is more than just a fancy looking business card or signage in front of your office, it goes beyond visual – it’s reflected in recognition, trust and loyalty of people along with the quality of the product. Visual presentation is there to connect all of these values into something unique. Let us show you how ManageWP brand evolved.
• WordPress Passes 27% Market Share, Banks on Customizer for Continued Success (wptavern.com)
  WordPress now powers 27.1% of all websites on the internet, up from 25% last year. While it may seem that WordPress is neatly adding 2% of the internet every year, its percentage increase fluctuates from year to year and the climb is getting more arduous with more weight to haul.
• That Time I Brought Down Millions of WordPress Sites (jeremyaboyd.com)
  
• Automattic Clarifies .blog Landrush Process After Bait and Switch Allegations (wptavern.com)
  
• WordPress Deals for Black Friday 2016 (and Cyber Monday) (www.codeinwp.com)
  
• Transparency Report #21 – The Good, the Bad, and the … Illegal? (www.codeinwp.com)
  

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Plugin News

• Building Multi-Step Registration Forms with Profile Builder explained (www.cozmoslabs.com)
  Usually, for businesses, it’s pretty hard to convince people to go to the registration page and complete a long and annoying form because it can be frustrating. That’s why when you are dealing with this type of long forms it’s better to break them into multiple steps based on the type of information or multiple pages. There is a high chance it will increase your conversion rate. You can use Multi-Step Registration Forms in various cases and combinations.
• Event Espresso Black Friday and Cyber Monday Sale; Save 25-50% (eventespresso.com)
  If you want to get Event Espresso for the first time, or haven’t renewed in a while now is your chance to save 25% off new support licenses. If you are a current customer you can save a lot of money by getting 50% off add-ons.
• 99 Robots ThanksGiving & Black Friday Sale (99robots.com)
  99 Robots is offering 50% off any plugin on their site, or take 50% of the entire library by getting the All Access Product Pass. Their library of 22 plugins are perfect for savvy digital marketers and publishers. Use Promo Code: BLACKFRIDAY50 - their offer expires Nov 29 at midnight EST.
• Divi Plugin Highlight: Divi Layout Injector (www.elegantthemes.com)
  
• Best WordPress Popup Plugins and Smart-Usage Practices (www.wpmayor.com)
  
• Use with Caution – Advanced Mode (wpflow.com)
  
• Up to 90% Discounts: MotoPress Black Friday and Cyber Monday Sales 2016! (www.getmotopress.com)
  

Theme Releases

EightyDays Lite (wordpress.org)

Resortica Lite (wordpress.org)

Tifology (wordpress.org)

Theme News

• Will You Still Need a Child Theme With WordPress 4.7? (premium.wpmudev.org)
  

Tutorials

• How to Code Your Own Custom WordPress Widget (premium.wpmudev.org)
  Have you ever wanted to create a custom widget for your WordPress website? While WordPress does include a built-in text widget, which you can use to display HTML along with embedded CSS and JavaScript, if you want to do anything more than that the text widget just won’t cut it. What if you want to grab a bit of content from your website database and display it in a widget? The solution is to code up a custom sidebar widget.
• How To Create A Demo Website With The MotoPress Demo Builder Plugin (www.wpkube.com)
  A demo builder plugin is something every WordPress developer, specifically those who offer their own themes and plugins, needs in their toolkit. It lets you install your product in the backend of a WordPress installation and add whatever content you need to make it look as though you’re using it on a well-established site. You can then hand it over to potential customers to let them try it out by giving them access to the demo installation in hopes that the trial will be enough to give them that extra nudge they need to complete a purchase. This is what MotoPress wants to help you accomplish with the Demo Builder.
• Server Management for Beginners Part 2: Installing Nginx, PHP and MySQL (deliciousbrains.com)
  
• How to Customize the WordPress Multisite Activation Email with a Plugin (premium.wpmudev.org)
  
• How to Defeat WordPress Spam Users: Identify, Delete, and Prevent Future Registrations (www.elegantthemes.com)
  
• Buffering WordPress Content with PHP (tommcfarlin.com)
  
• How To Future-Proof Your WordPress Website In 4 Easy Steps (torquemag.io)
  
• The Beginner’s Guide to WordPress Digital Asset Management (DAM) (www.wpbuffs.com)
  
• Create Your Own Free WordPress Restaurant Website (wpdiscounts.com)
  

Podcasts and Videos

• Back to Basics: The Vision, the Mission, the Values | Mastermind.fm (mastermind.fm)
  
• Value Pricing – How To Keep Your Prices Competitive With Higher Competition | The WP Crowd (www.thewpcrowd.com)
  
• Solopreneur Dan Cameron of Sprout Apps | Matt Report (mattreport.com)
  
• Kerfuffle Dot Blog | Doc Pop's News Drop (torquemag.io)
  
• How to Get Started with WooCommerce | WPwatercooler (www.wpwatercooler.com)
  
• Thankful for WordPress | WordPress Resource (yourwebsiteengineer.com)