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CMS Market Share: November 2019 Analysis (joost.blog) Joost de Valk wrote an analysis in the beginning of this year of the CMS market share numbers from W3Techs. Over the year he's been analyzing them a bit more and thought he’d share his insights with all of you. So, read on to see when Shopify is going to replace Joomla as the second biggest “CMS”, when Wix is entering the top 5 and why all of their growth pales in comparison to WordPress’ growth.
Black Friday Banner Gone Wrong: Advertising in Free Plugins (wptavern.com) On November 28, millions of people awoke to a Black Friday ad on nearly every page of their WordPress admin, courtesy of the Yoast SEO plugin. The ad was not limited to users with administrative permissions either, so some site owners were troubled to find users with low-level permissions could see the ad in the WordPress admin.
Initial Documentation for Block-Based WordPress Themes Proposed (wptavern.com) In a pull request on the Gutenberg repository yesterday, Riad Benguella created an initial document that outlines how block-based WordPress themes might work. While the document is merely a starting point for the conversation, it is a set of ideas that will likely forever reshape the WordPress landscape. It is paradigm-shifting.
How to Create a WordPress Members Area (Including WooCommerce!) (www.cozmoslabs.com) Creating a private WordPress members area is a great option for all types of WordPress sites – from everything to an online course to a WooCommerce store to blog and more. In this post, you’re going to learn how to create your own WordPress membership area with tons of advanced functionality (if you want it).
A Comprehensive Guide to Creating a Multilingual WooCommerce Store (translatepress.com) According to a Common Sense Advisory survey, 75% of people want to buy products in their native language. Across the 10 countries surveyed, 56% either spend more time on sites in their own language than they do in English, or boycott English-language URLs altogether.
That’s why it’s important ecommerce businesses invest in creating a multilingual WooCommerce store, one that provides quality translations and localized currencies, sizes, shipping, and more.