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News & Articles
Why WebDevStudios Works with Other Agencies (webdevstudios.com) At WebDevStudios, they work with clients of all sizes. For many of their clients, they are the only WordPress agency with whom they partner. What might surprise you is that they also partner with competing WordPress agencies for many of their larger clients. Competing agencies working together? You bet, and there are many benefits to doing so!
Google Search Completes Rollout of Link Spam Update (wptavern.com) Google announced yesterday that it has completed its rollout of the link spam update, which was started a month ago. In an effort to combat sites using spammy links to manipulate rankings, the search engine has developed more effective ways to identify and nullify link spam across multiple languages.
An Update on the Classic Editor Plugin (wordpress.org) Before the release of WordPress 5.0 in 2018, the Classic Editor plugin was published to help ease the transition to the new block editor. At the time, they promised to support the plugin through 2021 and adjust if needed as the deadline got closer. After discussing this with Matt, it’s clear that continuing to support the plugin through 2022 is the right call for the project as well as the community.
The Cost of WordPress Plugins on the Performance of the Editor (riad.blog) The WordPress plugins repository contains thousands of plugins to super charge your WordPress Installation and editor. A typical WordPress install has at least a dozen of active plugins. And of course, plugins have costs: the editor needs to be performant intrinsically but also stay performant as you extend it.
Unfortunately, depending on the used plugins, this is not always the case.
The Ultimate Overview of the WordPress Block Editor for Developers in 2021 (deliciousbrains.com) Regardless of what you call it, the WordPress Block Editor (or Gutenberg if you’ve been following along for a while) brings some baggage along for the ride. We’ve been following the noise and #wpdrama surrounding the Block Editor for as long as it has been around. At first, the din was deafening. Now though, as the editor has matured, the negative talk has turned to optimism.