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WordPress 5.0 Beta 1 (wordpress.org) WordPress 5.0 Beta 1 is now available! WordPress 5.0 is slated for release on November 19, and we need your help to get there. Here are some of the big items to test so we can find as many bugs as possible in the coming weeks.
What’s The Best WordPress Translation Plugin in 2018? 5 Options Compared In Detail (www.cozmoslabs.com) Translating your WordPress site is a big endeavor. This isn’t like swapping out one contact form plugin for another – you really need to dig in and make sure that you’ve picked the right long-term solution before you put hours and hours into translating your WordPress site.
To help you pick the best WordPress translation plugin for your specific needs, we created this comparison.
WCEU Team is Working on PWA Support for All WordCamp Websites (wptavern.com) WordCamp Europe’s new PWA (Progressive Web App) was one of the highlights of the 2018 event in Belgrade. The app was originally built using React on the frontend and was hosted on a node server. It used WordPress for content management on the backend, along with the WordPress PWA plugin and OneSignal Push Notifications. The team working on scaling the app for use at other WordCamps is still debating the technologies they will use moving forward.
Advanced Custom Fields: The Hero WordPress Needs Right Now, but Not the One It Deserves (deliciousbrains.com) If you’re unfamiliar, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) is a WordPress plugin that gives you much greater control of your WordPress content, utilizing custom post meta to enrich the content with structured data. We took a step back and started to realize just how important ACF has been and still is for WordPress and WordPress developers – even with and especially because of the upcoming arrival of Gutenberg. Let us explain.
4 Best Incremental WordPress Backup Plugins (Save Space and Speed) (kinsta.com) From recovering your website data after a breach to simply giving yourself peace of mind while growing your business, WordPress backups are essential in the security game. In this article, we’ll outline both methods and go through the reasons you might choose each. In addition, we’ll expand on some of our favorite WordPress backup plugins and why you must go with a tool that offers incremental backups (hint: it’s for performance purposes).
10+ of the Best AMP Ready WordPress Themes for Your Site (www.codeinwp.com) Why the need for AMP ready WordPress themes? Well, the short answer is statistics!
It’s no secret that mobile devices dominate most people’s internet usage – more than 52% of all global web pages have been served to mobile phones in 2018! The majority of visitors to your website are therefore more likely to visit on their phones, tablets, or laptops rather than from a desktop computer. This has a number of implications for the way your site should be designed.
How to Easily Translate Your WordPress with TranslatePress (www.wpbeginner.com) Did you know that you can install and use WordPress in multiple languages? Yes, you can even create a multilingual website with WordPress by translating your content into different languages. In this article, we will show you how to easily translate your WordPress with TranslatePress.