News & Articles

• WordPress 4.9.8 Release Candidate 1 (make.wordpress.org)
  The release candidate package for 4.9.8 has been released and is now available for testing. Please help test the release candidate version to ensure the version works as expected.
• The Importance of Colors and Personality for Growing Your Blog (pixelgrade.com)
  The right colors help convey your personality while creating an emotional connection with your audience and gather the right people around you. In contrast, the wrong colors can mislead people about who you are and deter the ones that you would like to attract.
• Why Learning WordPress Development is Hard (wpshout.com)
  This article’s for you if you’ve ever wondered, “How hard is it to learn WordPress development?” It’s also for you if you already know that learning WordPress development is difficult, and you want to know why.
• WordPress Core Fields API Project is Seeking New Leadership (wptavern.com)
  
• Surviving the Early Stages of Building a WordPress Business (premium.wpmudev.org)
  
• Heads Up for Small Businesses Running WordPress, Huge Changes Coming with 5.0 Gutenberg (smallbiztrends.com)
  
• WordPress 4.9.8 Will Significantly Reduce Memory Leak (wptavern.com)
  
• Is WordPress becoming the SAP of CMS’s? (diginomica.com)
  

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Plugin News

• Hand-Picked List of the Best WordPress Plugins (kinsta.com)
  One of the things people love about WordPress is its huge library of third-party plugins. But with 55,000+ free plugins listed at WordPress.org alone and thousands more listed elsewhere, it can be hard to find the one plugin that you need. Talk about a needle in a haystack! To help save you time, we've whittled down those tens of thousands of plugins into a list of the 66 best WordPress plugins for a huge variety of different uses.
• The 5 Best Google Analytics Plugins For WordPress (torquemag.io)
  As a blogger, you probably employ several tactics to maximize the impact of each post. Without the proper measurement tools, however, it can be difficult to know which ones are most effective at engaging your audience. That’s why we're a big fan of Google Analytics, Google’s free web analytics tool. The platform allows you to add tracking code to each page of your website, granting you access to a trove of stats and reports to help assess your web traffic.
• Classic Blocks: Going Gutenberg Chapter 6 (theeventscalendar.com)
  
• 27 Best Video Player Plugins for WordPress (wplift.com)
  

Theme Releases

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Create Magazine (wordpress.org)

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Jobs post your own job

• Senior Web Developer (www.bristolmedia.co.uk)
  Are you looking to make the step up to your next PHP role in a one of the fastest growing agencies in the South West? Ready to work on projects which utilise the latest tools at the very forefront of web tech? Can you imagine being part of a well organised, efficient team embracing the latest working techniques and best practices? Then apply to be our next Senior Web Developer at Mr B & Friends and start working with Laravel, advanced WordPress builds, and JavaScript SPAs.

Tutorials

• WooCommerce Pricing: How Much Does it Cost to Run a Store? (woocommerce.com)
  WooCommerce and WordPress are both free, open source software. While this can represent considerable savings, when it comes to WooCommerce pricing, there are still some costs involved in launching a new store. One of the reasons many people choose WooCommerce is because, like the software itself, costs are customizable — you have a lot more control over what you spend and when than with most other eCommerce platforms.
• 15 Interesting Ways to Use WordPress Forms (kinsta.com)
  There’s a million and one uses we put our WordPress websites to every day. From qualifying new leads to accepting job applications to selling products and accepting donations, there are literally tens of thousands of WordPress plugins to tackle the task.
• Switching To Windows For Local WordPress Development (deliciousbrains.com)
  
• How to Display Product Attributes on WooCommerce Shop Pages (barn2.co.uk)
  
• How to Adapt Your Plugin for Gutenberg: Part 1 (Block API) (www.codeinwp.com)
  
• Ultimate WordPress Digital Asset Management Guide (www.wpexplorer.com)
  
• Debugging WordPress Filters with Xdebug (roots.io)
  
• How Post Relationships Make it Easier to Build Advanced Websites (torquemag.io)
  

Podcasts and Videos

• Why the Makers of Ninja Forms are Getting into eCommerce | Draft Podcast (poststatus.com)
  
• Andy Fragen | Hallway Chats (hallwaychats.com)
  
• Getting NC State Gutenready | WPWeekly (wptavern.com)
  
• Marketing Your WordPress Business with Loss Leaders | WPblab (www.wpwatercooler.com)
  
• What is the CCPA and How Does it Compare to the GDPR? | Doc Pop's News Drop (torquemag.io)