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News & Articles
php[world] 2018 to Feature Full-Day Gutenberg Development Workshop (wptavern.com) The fourth annual php[world] conference is just two weeks away. The event is dedicated to uniting the PHP community and will be held November 14-15, 2018, in Washington, D.C.
This year the organizing team created a “Content Advisory Board” to ensure the event included sessions that will appeal to everyone. The board includes two WordPress Developers, two Drupal developers, and two more more general PHP developers.
WordPress 5.0 Beta 2 (wordpress.org) WordPress 5.0 Beta 2 is now available!
This software is still in development, so we don’t recommend you run it on a production site. Consider setting up a test site to play with the new version.
Byepass Plugin - Eliminating Passwords (byepass.co) Byepass is a cross-site and passwordless secure SSO.
Websites and apps no longer need a password field, users receive a magic link via email to login.
Once authorised, they can instantly login to any other site/app using Byepass without additional magic links.
WP Engine Acquires Array Themes (wptavern.com) WP Engine has acquired Array Themes and Atomic Blocks from Mike McAlister for an undisclosed amount. McAlister has been developing WordPress themes since 2009. He initially sold his themes on ThemeForest. In 2011, he founded Array Themes.
Ultimate WordPress Multilingual Guide – How We Launched 12 Languages (kinsta.com) Let’s first start out by saying, setting up a WordPress multilingual site can be very confusing! Even for seasoned WordPress developers and users, there are suddenly a lot of questions that get raised when first figuring out how to deliver your website in multiple languages. There are quite a few ways you can approach a multilingual WordPress site, so we’ll also share some alternative solutions.