News & Articles

• GDPR Compliance Tools in WordPress (wordpress.org)
  Currently, the GDPR Compliance Team understands that helping WordPress-based sites become compliant is a large and ongoing task. The team is focusing on creating a comprehensive core policy, plugin guidelines, privacy tools and documentation. All of this requires your help.
• Everything You Wanted to Ask a GDPR Expert but Were Afraid to Ask (premium.wpmudev.org)
  May 25th marks the deadline for compliance to the General Data Protection Regulation and these new rules apply to any online presence collecting information from residents inside the European Union – and compliance is the responsibility of the site owner. Needless to say this has massive implications for WordPress users around the world. But have no fear, some forward thinking members of the WordPress community have been preparing for some time and even started working on core compliance, hooks and resources for the rest of us to learn from and implement.
• Getting Ahead of Gutenberg (torquemag.io)
  One of the biggest changes to WordPress ever is coming soon. Are you ready? How can you prepare? Why is WordPress making this change anyway? These questions and many more have been flying around the WordPress space for nearly a year since the new Gutenberg editor was announced by Matt Mullenweg in Summer of 2017 and with good reason. Many developers have concerns, namely around backward compatibility. Read on to learn how Gutenberg will affect your existing site.
• The Surprising Benefits Of Speaking At A Technical Conference (deliciousbrains.com)
  
• Come Speak at WordCamp Denver (wpshout.com)
  
• A Look At WordCamp London 2018 (wpengine.com)
  

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Plugin News

• Plugins Hosted on WordPress.org Can No Longer Guarantee Legal Compliance (wptavern.com)
  Since sites can have any combination of WordPress plugins and themes activated, it’s nearly impossible for a single plugin to make sure they’re 100% legally compliant. Plugin developers affected by this change will be contacted by the review team and be asked to change their titles, descriptions, plugin header images, and or the text within the readme.
• Setup Pay What You Want Subscriptions in WordPress (www.cozmoslabs.com)
  Accepting donations or enabling a variable pricing for your subscription plans is really straight forward using the Pay What You Want add-on for Paid Member Subscriptions. Setting up a WordPress membership subscription price this way can be, under the correct circumstances, a great way to attract more subscribers while also increasing revenue. Below we’ll go into the steps required to create a pay what you want subscription for your WordPress membership site.
• How to Translate MotoPress Hotel Booking Plugin with WPML (motopress.com)
  
• All in One SEO Pack Review: A Great Yoast SEO Alternative (createandcode.com)
  
• WordPress Plugins to Upsell and Cross-sell in e-Commerce Stores (premium.wpmudev.org)
  
• BuddyPress 3.0 Beta 2 Released (wptavern.com)
  

Theme Releases

Hive Lite (wordpress.org)

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Theme News

• Starting Your Traveling Blog With Vasco (pixelgrade.com)
  There’s no wonder that there are a lot of people who love to travel and share stories with other folks. Most of us are constantly saving money throughout the year to support this beautiful passion. But how would it be to actually make money while traveling and express your ideas on the go? It might look like a dream come true, but we're confident we’ve created a solution that could help you get closer to it.
• Elementor Pro 2.0 – Introducing Theme Builder (elementor.com)
  Elementor Pro 2.0 was just released, the most advanced page builder ever created, with built-in theme builder capabilities. Design your entire site in a new visual way that is light years ahead.

Jobs post your own job

• Remote Content Marketer (freemius.com)
  Join Freemius growing distributed team and make an impact on millions of WordPress users. We are passionate about the open-source community and about helping developers around the world build prosperous, subscription-based businesses while working on things they love! "Content is king" for us, and we are looking for a knight to join our content kingdom. During the past 3 years, we have managed to establish our blog as THE authority in everything related to the business side of WordPress plugins and themes. Join our team to become a key player making it even more significant!

Tutorials

• Visual Content Strategy: How to Use Visuals to Get More Traffic (kinsta.com)
  According to a report published by Social Media Examiner, 38% of marketers say that blogging is the most important form of content for their business. Visual content comes in second, as 37% of marketers admit it to be the most important part of their content marketing strategy. Also, the same report states that 68% of marketers use blogging for marketing purposes while 74% use visuals as a common type of content. Overall, content marketing gets you six time higher conversion rates than other types of marketing.
• How to Create a Referral Program in WordPress (www.wpbeginner.com)
  Do you want to create a referral program in WordPress? Referral programs are a great way to get more people to promote your products to a larger audience. In this article, we will show you how to easily create a referral program in WordPress and get more customers.
• WordPress S3 Tutorial: How to Connect WordPress to Amazon S3 Bucket (www.codeinwp.com)
  
• How to Create Fixed End Date Subscriptions (www.cozmoslabs.com)
  
• Gutenberg Best Practices for Blocks and Themes (jasonyingling.me)
  
• MySQL Kubernetes Operator for WordPress with Simple Backups and Failover (www.presslabs.com)
  
• How To Choose A WordPress Membership Plugin (And 3 Rookie Mistakes You Don’t Want To Fall Into) (codeable.io)
  
• How to Add a WordPress CAPTCHA to Cut Down on Spam (themeisle.com)
  

Podcasts and Videos

• All About You(r Privacy) | Draft Podcast (poststatus.com)
  
• Lindsay Halsey & Lori Calcott | Hallway Chats (hallwaychats.com)
  
• The Beaver Builder Success Story | WP Elevation (www.wpelevation.com)