News & Articles

• 9 Things We Learned from WordCamp Europe 2022 (poststatus.com)
  Measurement of WordPress market share is going to get “wonky in the coming years,” Matt predicts. Josepha mentioned she’s been talking with Matt about a “reliable” method of getting WordPress market share measurements and maybe even publishing that data on make.wordpress.org.
• Gutenberg Editor Now In Testing On Tumblr and Day One Web Apps (wptavern.com)
  Gutenberg is already finding a destiny of its own outside of WordPress. Projects like Drupal Gutenberg and Laraberg were some the early seeds of the wider Gutenberg ecosystem, demonstrating that communities other than WordPress find value in the project and can adapt it for use with their applications. At WordCamp Europe, Mullenweg announced that both Tumblr and Day One are now testing Gutenberg in their web apps.
• WordPress 6.1 to Focus On Refining Full-Site Editing, Next Phase Collaboration and Multilingual Features Anticipated in 2023-2025 (wptavern.com)
  Contributors are working on making it easier to build with patterns, with plans to improve the discovery and insertion process. WordPress 6.1 will bring better support for pattern usage in custom post types, block types, and a more intuitive experience locking patterns and managing saved patterns.
• Athens to Host WordCamp Europe 2023 (wptavern.com)
  
• Where Will The WordPress Middle Class Go? (thewpminute.com)
  
• WordPress Vulnerability Report – June 15, 2022 (ithemes.com)
  
• Thinking Through the WordPress Admin Experience (make.wordpress.org)
  
• An In-depth Look at Convesio’s Load Testing Process (convesio.com)
  
• Hosting Companies, Stop Caching Your Customers By Default (masterwp.com)
  
• Shaping the Space & Driving Change: 53 WordPress Experts to Follow Online (freemius.com)
  

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Plugin News

• 27+ WooCommerce Must Have Plugins for 2022: Improve Your Store (www.cozmoslabs.com)
  While the core WooCommerce plugin offers most of the basic functionality that you need for a store, pretty much all WooCommerce stores rely on dozens or even hundreds of plugins to add key features. That’s what this post is about – a curated list of the top WooCommerce plugins that can help any type of WooCommerce store.
• Jetpack CRM 5.0: More Power for Merchants, Free (jetpack.com)
  Online merchants, this one’s all about you. WooCommerce connectivity is now included in Jetpack CRM for free rather than being a separate, premium extension. And integrating your online store with Jetpack CRM is easier than ever.
• Top 10 Elementor Alternatives in 2022 (kinsta.com)
  
• 10 Best WordPress Messaging Plugins For 2022 (kinsta.com)
  
• The 9 Best Google Analytics Alternatives for WordPress (www.competethemes.com)
  

Theme News

• Theme Review Improvements (make.wordpress.org)
  Over the course of the last year, community members from the meta team and the theme review team have been working together, testing new ways to make theme reviews quicker and easier without compromising the quality of themes in the WordPress directory.

Tutorials

• How to Turn WooCommerce Multilingual and Increase International Sales (Step-by-Step Guide 2022) (dessign.net)
  Going multilingual is a great way to improve the user experience on your store and reach new customers. However, you might be worried about the complexity or time investment involved in making your store multilingual. Will you need to translate everything from scratch? Is the technical process of creating a multilingual store complex? While creating a multilingual WooCommerce store can be complex, it doesn't have to be.
• Creating Your First Remix App (webdevstudios.com)
  Keeping up with JavaScript is not difficult. If you are still new to Remix, the web framework, and would like to try it, then this article is for you!
• How to Add Tooltips in WordPress (qodeinteractive.com)
  
• Mastering WP_Query: 10 Useful Examples (code.tutsplus.com)
  
• What is a WordPress Staging Site and How Do You Set One Up? (woocommerce.com)
  

Podcasts and Videos

• A Chat With Sofie Couwenbergh | Hallway Chats (hallwaychats.com)
  
• Some Important Questions from WCEU | WP Briefing (wordpress.org)
  
• Are WordPress Developers Real Developers? | Press the Issue (masterwp.com)
  
• How Women Can Thrive With WordPress Featuring Sam Munoz | Press This (torquemag.io)
  
• WordCamp Europe, Gutenberg 13.4 and WordPress 6.1 | Gutenberg Changelog (gutenbergtimes.com)
  
• Matt Mullenweg on the Future of Technology and Where WordPress Fits In | WP Tavern Jukebox (wptavern.com)