News & Articles

• Global WordPress Translation Day 3 (wordpress.org)
  On September 30 2017, the WordPress Polyglots Team – whose mission is to translate WordPress into as many languages as possible – will hold its third Global WordPress Translation Day, a 24-hour, round-the-clock, digital and physical global marathon dedicated to the localisation and internationalisation of the WordPress platform and ecosystem, a structure that powers, today, over 28% of all existing websites.
• WordPress Core JavaScript Framework Selection Discussion Continues with Input from Open Source Community Leaders (wptavern.com)
  WordPress’ #core-js Slack channel hosted a lively and productive meeting led by Andrew Duthie. The discussion focused less on specific framework comparisons and more on the role a framework will play in building JavaScript-powered interfaces for WordPress. Contributors were joined by core developers and leaders from the React and Vue communities, Chrome engineers, and other interested parties from outside the WordPress community.
• Should You Disable Comments on Your WordPress Blog? (premium.wpmudev.org)
  Clearly, there are a number of reasons why you might want to disable comments on your WordPress blog. But since you aren’t the first person to make that decision, let’s see what the research says about disabling comments and check out some examples of bloggers and news sites who have blazed the trail before you.
• Bursting the WordPress Bubble (wordimpress.com)
  
• Three Types of WordPress Product Customers You Should Fire (freemius.com)
  
• INFOGRAPHIC: WooCommerce vs Magento vs Shopify (www.codeinwp.com)
  
• Facebook to Re-license React after Backlash from Open Source Community (wptavern.com)
  

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Plugin News

• Project Management Tips & Strategies for WordPress Plugin Developers (eventpresser.com)
  During Seth Shoultes's time at Event Espresso, they’ve tried many project management tactics and just recently developed a method of project management that seems to be working for them, or rather Seth, since he is the leading project management at the moment. Here is Seth's attempt to publicly share his thought processes and practices in regards to project management for our WordPress plugin, Event Espresso.
• 7 Top Quality Appointments and Bookings Plugins for WordPress (premium.wpmudev.org)
  Curious about what a reservation system can do for your WordPress site? Let’s take a look at what sort of businesses would benefit from one, what those benefits are, and then we’ll check out a number of plugins you can use to add a reservation system to your WordPress site.
• The New MailPoet is Finally Here (and It Comes with a Free Sending Plan!) (www.mailpoet.com)
  
• Free Versions of Premium WordPress Plugins and Themes by MotoPress (motopress.com)
  
• Behind-the-Scenes: Why the latest WP Migrate DB Pro release took twice as long as it should have (deliciousbrains.com)
  
• Best Two-Factor Authentication Plugins for WordPress (www.wpwhitesecurity.com)
  
• 9 WordPress Plugins Targeted in Coordinated 4.5-Year Spam Campaign (www.wordfence.com)
  

Theme Releases

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Theme News

• Announcing Imagely's Acquisition of ShowThemes (www.imagely.com)
  Imagely has acquired ShowThemes, a boutique of premium WordPress event theme shop. Their first priority will be to get to know the existing community and product line as deeply as possible and put a strong focus on continuity of maintenance and support for the existing user base.
• 32+ Best WordPress WooCommerce Themes for 2017 (templatic.com)
  If you are looking for best WordPress WooCommerce themes of 2017 for your eCommerce website, this list is worth your time. Check out the amazing WordPress eCommerce theme based on WooCommerce.

Tutorials

• The Non-Technical Guide to a WordPress Multilingual Site (www.cozmoslabs.com)
  Going forward with WordPress Multilingual, we’ll use TranslatePress, which is an easy to use WordPress translation plugin, that has a friendly interface, and which combines two translation possibilities: transform your site into a multilingual one with human translation or use Google Translate API to automate the process. According to Build With, the number of websites using the Google Translation API has increased.
• The Practical SEO Guide You Can Actually Use – Aka. SEO for People Who Don’t Like SEO (www.codeinwp.com)
  Why you need a practical SEO guide? Optimizing content for search engines is big business. Being able to identify the correct keywords relevant to your business, create content which can rank well for those keywords, and then optimizing the content to take the top spots for those keywords can make or break an online business. As someone trying to achieve the outcomes one can nominally derive from “good SEO”, how do you navigate this sea of information? Where should you focus your time? Which “tips and tricks” are actually useful?
• How to Find WordPress Performance Bottlenecks with New Relic (kinsta.com)
  
• How to Add Google Analytics to WordPress (Ultimate Guide) (kinsta.com)
  
• Beginner's Guide to Regular Expressions (carlalexander.ca)
  
• How to Use Domain Mapping When You’re Not Running Multisite (premium.wpmudev.org)
  
• WordPress Speed Optimization: What Common Factors Slow Down Your Website? (codeable.io)
  

Podcasts and Videos

• Mike Hale | Hallway Chats (hallwaychats.com)
  
• Mark Somehow Talks Donnacha Through a Live On-Air Breakdown | Mastermind.fm (mastermind.fm)
  
• Digging Into Local Search | SEObits.fm (www.seobits.fm)
  
• Where Did WordPress’ Ease of Use Go? | WPWeekly (wptavern.com)