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News & Articles
WordPress 5.8.2 RC 1 (make.wordpress.org) WordPress 5.8.2 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is available for testing! As per the proposed WordPress 5.8.2 schedule, the final release is expected on Wednesday, November 10, 2021.
WP Career Summit – Save the Date! (poststatus.com) WP Career Summit – the first of its kind – will be held online April 8, 2022. While still in the early stages of planning, we can promise it will be an amazing event!
WordCamp US Seeks New Host City for 2022 (wptavern.com) The search for a host city for WordCamp US 2022 is now underway with what WordPress community organizer Angela Jin calls “big changes” to the selection process. Unlike previous years where WordPress communities applied after researching venues and demonstrating activity and interest, community leadership plans to conduct its own city search.
WordPress Plugin Acquisitions: A Guide for Small Software Developers (linksoftwarellc.com) WordPress plugin acquisitions are at an all-time high. Each day it seems like another huge plugin has been sold to an equally huge software or web hosting company. Of course, most of these plugin deals were between huge corporations and large development houses. There hasn’t been a lot of public talk about smaller, less expensive plugin acquisitions.
Create and Manage Frequently Asked Questions With the Flexible FAQs Plugin (wptavern.com) David Gwyer released his Flexible FAQs plugin a year ago via his WPGO Plugins site. However, after a month of updates, the project seemed to fall off the radar, at least until earlier this week when he released a massive overhaul that integrates more with the block editor.
How to Complete a MySQL Performance Tune (4 Key Tips) (kinsta.com) If you’re running a WordPress website, there’s a good chance that it uses MySQL for its database. That makes it essential for you to understand how to complete a MySQL performance tune. By “tune” MySQL, we mean optimizing your database so the software can respond to queries faster. Ultimately, that can lead to shorter loading times and an overall snappier website. Moreover, if you maintain your database correctly, it should continue to offer high performance even as it grows in size.
8 Ways to Automate Your WordPress Blog with Artificial Intelligence (torquemag.io) Did you know that over a third of bloggers surveyed say their biggest challenge is creating quality content consistently? It’s no surprise that running a consistent WordPress blog takes a lot of hard work. Thankfully, with the help of artificial intelligence (AI), many mundane blogging tasks can be automated.