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What to Expect from WordPress 6.1 (ithemes.com) Late fall brings exciting news to the WordPress community as WordPress 6.1 is scheduled for release on Tuesday, November 1, 2022. It is the third major WordPress release this year, which will follow WordPress 6.0 Arturo, released on May 24, and WordPress 5.9 Josephine, released on January 25.
WordPress 6.1 Release Candidate 3 (RC3) Now Available (wordpress.org) This RC3 release is the final opportunity for you to test and help to ensure the resilience of the 6.1 release by performing a final round of reviews and checks. Since the WordPress ecosystem is vast and composed of thousands of plugins and themes the entire project benefits from the time you take to assist.
Remotely Back Up Your WordPress Database and Media With WP Migrate CLI (deliciousbrains.com) Keeping regular backups of your WordPress installs is one of the most important things you should do after you launch a site. If you search for the term “backup” in the WordPress plugin repository, you’ll find over 700 that claim to be up to the task. In fact, we reviewed some of the best backup plugins earlier this year.
In this article, we’re using a bit of a different approach to set up a highly reliable remote backup solution using a plugin that isn’t on that list: WP Migrate.
Using a Popup to Upsell in WooCommerce: Complete Guide (2022 Best Plugins) (barn2.com) Have you ever visited an online store looking for just a pair of hiking boots, but ended up ordering a whole kit of hiking apparel? Still confused how that happened? Well, that's the power of upselling! You too can bring this power to your store using a WooCommerce upsell popup.
Arc FSE: A New Multipurpose Block Theme for WordPress (wptavern.com) Olive Themes, a relatively new independent theme shop, has released its third block theme on the WordPress.org directory. Arc FSE is a high contrast, multipurpose theme, designed to enable a broad range of flexibility through support for full-site editing features.
10 Ways to Maximize Subscription Revenue (www.cozmoslabs.com) While offering high-quality content is one of the best ways to increase subscriptions, there are many other ways you can use to maximize the revenue your subscription site generates. This will help you grow your business and make your business more profitable.
In this post, we’ll dive deeper into some of the best ways to maximize subscription revenue for your business.
Free Course: Custom Gutenberg Block Development (kinsta.com) Build the website of your dreams and take your block development skills to the next level. Dive into the basics of WordPress block editor and make your editing experience more flexible. Learn how to build Gutenberg blocks, including how to use development tools such as Node.js and React with this free course.