News & Articles

• WordPress and PHP 7.3 (make.wordpress.org)
  PHP 7.3 is in the final stages of its release cycle. As of the publish date of this post, version 7.3.0RC3 has been released and the final release of PHP 7.3.0 is scheduled for December 13th. As the changes in PHP 7.3 were solidified earlier this year, contributors to WordPress Core worked to identify compatibility issues within the codebase. Overall, the changes needed to declare full PHP 7.3 support are minor, and are all being made.
• I Have Resigned as the WordPress Accessibility Team Lead. Here is Why. (rianrietveld.com)
  After several years of working on WordPress and accessibility and being part of the accessibility team, Rian has taken the very difficult decision to leave the WordPress accessibility team. Her story here.
• Does Serverless WordPress Make Sense? Shifter vs HardyPress – Top “Headless WordPress Hosting” Options Compared (www.codeinwp.com)
  What follows is a look into the world of serverless WordPress: what it is, how it works, why bother with it, who should potentially use headless WordPress hosting, which solution to choose when building your setup.
• The Freemium Business Model In The WordPress Ecosystem [+Video] – A Tool For Increasing Sales? (freemius.com)
  
• 14 Recommended WordPress Tools for the Non-Profit Event Planner (eventespresso.com)
  
• How We Built an Email Queue that Can Send 100 Emails Per Second Through Amazon SES (deliciousbrains.com)
  
• Join Kinsta’s Make Money with WordPress Facebook Group (kinsta.com)
  
• WordCamp Nordic 2019 to be Held in Helsinki, March 7-8 (wptavern.com)
  
• Using Kanban in WordPress Development (tommcfarlin.com)
  

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Plugin News

• Favorite WordPress Plugins and Utilities (roots.io)
  We asked Mike Spainhower, Craig, Evan Mattson, Nathan Knowler, and Matt Mirus for their recommendations on WordPress plugins and any relevant Composer packages they use on their sites. Here’s what our list of most frequently used WordPress plugins looks like!
• Learn How to Build JavaScript Plugins for WordPress with Riad Benguella’s Starter Kit/Tutorial (wptavern.com)
  Riad Benguella, the technical lead for phase 2 of the Gutenberg project, has published an educational resource to help WordPress developers get started building JavaScript plugins. The WordPress JavaScript Plugin Starter is unique in that it is built as a tutorial, not just a boilerplate.
• Welcome SeedProd to the WPBeginner Family of Products (www.wpbeginner.com)
  
• Contributing to Gutenberg: A New Contributor’s Experience (wptavern.com)
  

Theme Releases

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Theme News

• Introducing Twenty Nineteen (make.wordpress.org)
  Gutenberg grants users an unprecedented level of freedom to customize their site’s layout and design. In order to fully achieve their vision, users will need a new generation of flexible themes, built to take advantage of the creative freedom that Gutenberg offers. With that in mind, WordPress 5.0 will launch with a brand new default theme: Twenty Nineteen.

Tutorials

• Translate Gutenberg Blocks in WordPress (translatepress.com)
  Translating Gutenberg blocks is really straight forward by using TranslatePress. In this tutorial we’ll focus on how to translate Gutenberg blocks of any type, including headings, paragraphs with different formatting, quotes, lists, buttons and more.
• 5 Tips for Unbelievably Awesome Customer Retention (kinsta.com)
  Boosting your retention rate by a mere 5% can increase your profits anywhere from 25% to a whopping 95%. So, if you’re not making efforts to keep your customers, you’re missing out on some serious opportunity. But just in case you need more convincing, consider this article.
• PHP Namespaces in WordPress – a No Nonsense Guide (wpreset.com)
  
• Quick Tip: Sanitize Post Data in WordPress (tommcfarlin.com)
  
• How to Dropship: Here’s How to Start a Dropshipping Business (www.codeinwp.com)
  
• Create a Framework to Collect Content from Clients (www.wpelevation.com)
  

Podcasts and Videos

• Michelle Coe and Brett VanSprewenburg | Hallway Chats (hallwaychats.com)
  
• Interview With Mike ‘Shredder’ Schroder | WPWeekly (wptavern.com)
  
• Mike Michalowicz and the Importance of Putting Profit First | WP Elevation (www.wpelevation.com)