News & Articles

• Identifying the Stakeholders of WordPress (wpgovernance.com)
  People and organizations involved in WordPress can span multiple stakeholders and take on different roles depending on context. For example, a WordPress meetup organizer in Nigeria can also be a theme developer. It is also very likely that involvement can “morph” over time from a complete beginner to someone running their own small business to eventually contributing to core and even writing commercial products in the WordPress ecosystem. The needs of WordPress stakeholders can and do change.
• Global WordPress Translation Day Set for May 11, 2019 (wptavern.com)
  The 4th edition of the Global WordPress Translation Day (GWTD) has been set for Saturday, May 11, 2019. It is a 24-hour virtual and in-person event that brings together new and experienced translators. The most recent event was held in 2017 with 71 local events in 29 countries.
• Pantheon Raises $40 Million to Manage Drupal and WordPress Websites (venturebeat.com)
  There’s no shortage of choices when it comes to managed hosting platforms (MHP), and some niches are more cutthroat than others. WP Engine, for instance, offers a WordPress-backed solution tailor-made for bloggers and enterprises, while Flywheel and MediaTemple target designers. One of the fastest-growing categories in the $70 billion industry, though, is marketing, and San Francisco-based Pantheon appears to have it on lock.
• How Do You Choose the Right London WordPress Agency for Your Project? (www.wholegraindigital.com)
  
• Introducing the WordPress Triage Team (make.wordpress.org)
  
• Taking Aspects of WordPress for Granted (tommcfarlin.com)
  
• Website Hack Trend Report 2018 (sucuri.net)
  
• 8 of the Best Managed WordPress Hosting Companies: The All-You-Need-to-Know Guide (www.codeinwp.com)
  

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Plugin News

• WP Offload Media 2.1 Released: Google Cloud Storage Now Supported (deliciousbrains.com)
  We’re very happy to announce the release of WP Offload Media 2.1 with support for Google Cloud Storage! Happily using WP Offload Media with Amazon S3 or DigitalOcean Spaces and don’t care about Google Cloud Storage? Never fear, there’s also some handy new features and of course bug fixes in this release too.
• Toolset Forms vs Gravity Forms: A Hands-On Comparison (wplift.com)
  In this post, we're going to compare the new Toolset Forms vs Gravity Forms. If you’re not familiar with Toolset, it’s a suite of plugins that help you create custom WordPress sites by making it easy to work with custom content types. You can use it to make directories, listing sites, membership sites, and a lot more. Learn more in our Toolset review.
• Gutenberg Blocks Design Library Offers Pre-Built Page Designs Using Existing Core Blocks (wptavern.com)
  
• Plugin & Theme Developers: This Is What You Can Learn From Our SDK’s Security Vulnerability (freemius.com)
  
• A Workflow for Modern WordPress Plugin Development (roots.io)
  

Theme Releases

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Theme News

• 31+ Best WordPress Wedding Theme For An Exciting "I DO" Website (www.collectiveray.com)
  

Tutorials

• Troubleshooting Failed Payments on Your Membership Site (www.cozmoslabs.com)
  Failed payments are part of running a membership site. They happen. However, troubleshooting failed payments on your membership site is much easier when you have a clear picture of what went wrong. This way both you and your users can take steps to fix it. Payment Logs for Paid Member Subscriptions will give you a clear picture of each step a payment goes through and where it got stuck.
• How to Find and Fix Broken Links in WordPress (5 Methods) (kinsta.com)
  In this post, we’ll dive into a deeper explanation for why broken links are something worth seeking out and correcting. Then, we’ll show you five different methods that you can use to find and fix broken links in WordPress without slowing down your site.
• Complete Guide: How to Easily Create a WordPress Multilingual Site With Themify and Weglot (themify.me)
  
• Best Tools for Creating Proposals for WordPress [Free Template] (www.wpelevation.com)
  
• Improving WordPress Code With Modern PHP (www.smashingmagazine.com)
  
• Dynamically Overwrite WordPress Permalinks with Filters (jasonyingling.me)
  
• WordPress Emergency Help: Who You Gonna Call? (And 6 Fix-It Tips) (wpbuffs.com)
  
• A Different WordPress Development Tutorial: How to Automate Your Workflow (www.codeinwp.com)
  

Podcasts and Videos

• 5 Ways to Create Recurring Revenue as a WordPress Web Designer | WP Gears (wpgears.com)
  
• Starting Again; Founder of iThemes Cory Miller on Leaving Liquid Web | Matt Report (mattreport.com)
  
• Chair Buying, Pressing Issues, and Block Management | WPWeekly (wptavern.com)