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WordPress 5.9 RC 2 (wordpress.org) The second Release Candidate (RC2) for WordPress 5.9 is now available! WordPress 5.9 is slated for release in just two weeks on January 25, 2022. There’s still time to help! Since RC1 was released, six bugs have been found and fixed.
WordPress 5.9 Field Guide (make.wordpress.org) WordPress 5.9 unlocks the ability to build with blocks across all parts of your site, bringing advanced design tools to build your templates, themes, and style your sites in new and exciting ways.
Let’s take a look at what to expect in WordPress 5.9.
Impossibly Knotted Together: Meditations on the WordPress Community (cdn.poststatus.com) This article is part of a conversation we'd like you to join.
What were the good and bad features of the first three versions of the WordPress community? What were the major bugs? What should the Post Status community look like in 2022 — and beyond? What should leadership in this space look like? What are the principles that should drive it? What are your own questions and What Ifs?
6 Best WooCommerce Currency Converter Plugins (Currency Switcher) (translatepress.com) Localizing your prices in a visitor’s currency makes it easier for shoppers to make decisions, which is always a good thing when you’re trying to optimize your conversion rates.
WooCommerce doesn’t include any built-in features to add a currency converter, but you can easily add this functionality with a plugin.
In this post, we’ve rounded up our picks for the six best WooCommerce currency converter plugins, including both free and paid options.
6 Best WordPress Membership Plugins in 2022 (Pros and Cons) (wphacks.com) Looking for the best WordPress membership plugin to base your site on? It’s a big decision, and one you’ll be unlikely to want to revisit any time soon.
To help you find the best plugin for your needs, I’ll share the features, pros, and cons of six of the most popular membership plugins for WordPress.
Twenty Twenty-Two Theme Review: A Full-Fledged Block Theme (torquemag.io) The new default theme will drop together with the upcoming WordPress 5.9 release. Like the other themes, Twenty Twenty-Two follows a minimalist design approach. However, that doesn’t mean it skimps out on the features. On the contrary, the theme is packed with possibilities.
How to Remove Unused CSS and JavaScript in WordPress (torquemag.io) It’s generally a good idea to regularly check your WordPress site if you can remove any CSS or JavaScript that remains unused. This is especially true when changing your theme or installing new plugins. In this post, you will learn how to achieve this both manually and via plugin.