News & Articles

• Figma Partners with WordPress to Improve Design Collaboration (wptavern.com)
  Figma, an online collaborative interface design tool, has donated an organizational membership to the WordPress project. The browser-based application helps designers and developers collaborate more efficiently and is used by organizations like Microsoft, Slack, and Uber. It provides design tools, prototyping, previews, and real-time feedback, all in the same place, and is often described as the “Google Docs for designing apps.”
• Finding the Best WordPress Hosting: An Honest Guide (wpshout.com)
  There are thousands of sources out there telling you who offers the best WordPress hosting. This article’s different, because it tells the truth. WordPress has good hosts and bad hosts. To find the best WordPress host for you, find the good host that best matches your situation.
• An Open Letter to the WordPress Community (wpandup.org)
  WP&UP are openly asking big businesses to support small business. The freelancers, the solo business owners and those prepared to step out on their own, don't have the same support networks in place as larger organisations. WP&UP plans to become that missing level of support, but they need our help to get there.
• Miriam Schwab And Strattic Are Completely Redefining The WordPress Website Security Arena (freemius.com)
  
• Kinsta Kingpin: Interview with Jean Galea & Mark Zahra of WP Mayor (kinsta.com)
  
• ExpressionEngine Goes Open Source after 16 Years (wptavern.com)
  
• Top 100+ Black Friday & Cyber Monday WordPress Deals 2018 (www.isitwp.com)
  
• We Planned Not to Build Another New Theme Ever Again – Transparency Report #45 (www.codeinwp.com)
  

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Plugin News

• Limit Discount Code Uses per User in Paid Member Subscriptions (www.cozmoslabs.com)
  Discount codes are a great incentive when trying to attract new subscribers to your membership site. There are however a few scenarios in which users may abuse the use of a certain code for accessing the benefits of a paid subscription (like restricted content or member-only products). Using the Discount Codes add-on for Paid Member Subscriptions you can now limit discount code uses per user when signing up for a paid subscription plan.
• Black Friday and Cyber Monday Sale - Event Espresso (eventespresso.com)
  If you want to get Event Espresso for the first time, or haven’t renewed in a while now is your chance to save 25% off new support licenses. If you are a current customer you can save a lot of money by getting 50% off add-ons.
• The Guten, the Berg, and the Ugly (blog.samuellevy.com)
  
• 50% OFF All Barn2 Plugins in our 2018 Black Friday/Cyber Monday Sale! (barn2.co.uk)
  
• New Block Lab Plugin Makes it Easy to Create Custom Gutenberg Blocks (wptavern.com)
  
• Uncanny Automator WordPress Plugin Review: Automate Your Workflows Like A Pro (www.wpexplorer.com)
  

Theme Releases

Euphoric (wordpress.org)

Cheery (wordpress.org)

Foodica (wordpress.org)

Theme News

• Best Free Stock Photo Sites: 21 Options With Breathtaking Imagery (themeisle.com)
  Stock photos are often generic and created for general public consumption, which means you’re using the vision of someone else versus being totally on-brand. Stock photos don’t have to be boring or cheesy, though. And with the best free stock photo sites, you can find great-looking photos that won’t break the bank.

Tutorials

• Managing Multiple WordPress Installations: 8 Essential Tools (2018) (wpbuffs.com)
  Managing a website isn’t about making superficial touch-ups for the purposes of keeping up appearances (though some of that may come into play too). The fact is, you’re entrusted with the security and performance of a client’s website, which requires a great deal of care, time, and attention. That said, WordPress maintenance can become an increasingly arduous process as you add more websites to your roster.
• How to Create a WordPress Language Switcher With Weglot (wpnewsify.com)
  Adding a WordPress language switcher to your site provides a simple, fuss-free way to reach new audiences and scale into new markets. This article runs through a WordPress language switcher plugin installation to get you up and running in no time.
• An Introduction to WordPress Penetration Testing (deliciousbrains.com)
  
• How To Set Up A Flexible WordPress Appointment Bookings Site With EDD Bookings (createandcode.com)
  
• Two Ways to Build Gutenberg Blocks (jasonbahl.com)
  
• WordPress Autocomplete Search Setup Guide: No Code Required! (themeisle.com)
  
• How to Use the @WordPress/Hooks Package in JavaScript Apps (www.ibenic.com)
  

Podcasts and Videos

• Looking Back at SEO in 201 | SEObits.fm (www.seobits.fm)
  
• Inflation, WordPress Release Dates, WP GDPR | WPWeekly (wptavern.com)
  
• Growing Your Freelance Business with Predictable Products | WP Engine (www.wpelevation.com)