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How WP Buffs Launched Their First Virtual Event
There are definitely pros and cons to the fact that all events in 2020 are virtual. The WP Buffs team knew that in order for them to host a virtual event, it had to be special. It had to be unique, valuable, and targeted. So they decided to focus it on something they knew a lot about: managed recurring revenue.
WordPress Can Now Turn Blog Posts Into Tweetstorms Automatically
Earlier this year, WordPress.com introduced an easier way to post your Twitter threads, also known as tweetstorms, to your blog with the introduction of the “unroll” option for Twitter embeds. Recently, the company is addressing the flip side of tweetstorm publication — it’s making it possible to turn your existing WordPress blog post into a tweetstorm with just a couple of clicks.
WordPress 5.6 Release Team Pulls the Plug on Block-Based Widgets
A new Widgets admin screen has been under development since January 2019, which was not long after the initial launch of the block editor in WordPress 5.0. For now, the block-based widgets feature has been punted to WordPress 5.7.
