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WordPress 5.2 Will Add 13 New Icons to the Dashicon Library (wptavern.com) Dashicons, the WordPress admin icon font, will be getting its first update in three years when WordPress 5.2 ships. The library will be updated to use WOFF2 (Web Open Font Format 2), replacing the previous WOFF 1.0 format for improved compression. WOFF 1.0 will still be included in core to maintain backwards compatibility.
Why Trying to Be a Sysadmin to Save $20/Month Is a Bad Idea (kinsta.com) Time and time again we see users on forums and social media complaining that managed WordPress hosting is a big waste of money. Their reason? It’s much better to manage your own server. Unfortunately, they never mention what all this actually entails. To a casual WordPress user, this can definitely give the wrong impression. It sounds easy and cheap, but the end result is you’ll probably end up spending a lot more time and money than you think.
Caring Is the New Marketing (pixelgrade.com) It’s no surprise that this is the only alternative to offer better experiences. We simply cannot achieve this level of human‐touch we are so in love with if we keep directing our attention to creating new products to fit all types of customers.
TranslatePress WordPress Translation Plugin Guide (www.wpexplorer.com) Which translation plugin do you choose? Do you translate your website manually or automatically? Do you hire a professional translator? Does translating your website affect your SEO rankings?
All these (and more) are pertinent questions to ask yourself as far as translating your WordPress website goes.
Turns out you can easily translate your WordPress website into more than 200 languages using the TranslatePress plugin.
Why We Don’t Donate to WordPress Plugins, Even When We Know We Should (cmljnelson.wordpress.com) Have you ever been on a WordPress.org plugin page, and seen a link saying "Donate to this plugin"? You probably didn't click it. Nearly none of us do. But why not? You probably think you should, but something is preventing you. In this article, we explore the reasons we rarely donate to software we depend on, and what can be done about it.
Clean Blocks: A Free Multipurpose WordPress Theme Compatible with Gutenberg (wptavern.com) Clean Blocks is a new free theme from Catch Themes that was released last week on WordPress.org. The design is suitable for businesses, agencies, freelancers, and other service professionals who require featured content, a portfolio, testimonials, a blog, and a services section.
How to Build an Elementor Membership Site with Paid Member Subscriptions (www.cozmoslabs.com) Looking to add membership functionality to an Elementor powered website?
Using Paid Member Subscriptions you’ll get access to content restriction based on membership plan, plus the ability to customize restriction messages & templates directly from Elementor’s front-end visual interface.
In this tutorial we’ll go through the steps required to build an Elementor membership site.
WooCommerce Signups with Gravity Forms (snippets.webaware.com.au) When customers buy things through your WooCommerce shop, they can sign up to your website right there in the checkout. But if you want to control the signup process, a better option can be Gravity Forms.
Building a custom form allows you to guide your new members through the signup process and get them to fill in the information that you need, including some things that they don’t enter at the checkout.