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Weekly WordPress News: Gutenberg 13.7 Expands Custom Template Capabilities
Hey, WordPress friends.
We are checking in with your latest dose of weekly WordPress news.
This week, Gutenberg 13.7 is now available in the WordPress plugin repository with an updated modal design, new template types, and a lot of feature improvements.
Beyond that, Joost de Valk published his semi-annual CMS market share analysis. After a decline in market share earlier this year, WordPress stabilizes at 43%.
We also have a lot of other interesting tutorials, deals, and resources for you, as usual.
Let’s get to all of this week’s news.
WORDPRESS NEWS AND ARTICLES
- What’s new in Gutenberg 13.7? – now available for download.
- CMS market share – analysis for July 2022 from Joost de Valk.
- SiteCare Acquires Maintainn – another acquisition in the WordPress space.
- WordFest Live Returns – the fourth installment of this event happens on November 18, 2022.
- Introducing Astra 3.9: Create the Ultimate Shopping Experience – get more details about this massive update.
- WordPress Themes directory now has 100+ Block Themes – an important milestone.
- WordPress Theme Authors Are Moving to Host Fonts Locally – the WordPress Themes team urges theme authors to host fonts locally.
- Refocusing the WordPress App on Core Features – some features will no longer be available in the mobile apps.
- Version 5.0 of the Akismet WordPress Plugin is Now Available – with a new spam detection feature.
- You can now buy Yoast SEO Premium on WordPress.com – available for all WordPress premium plans.
- WordPress Contributors Consider Renaming Full-Site Editing – Sarah Gooding has the story.
- Increasing Kinsta’s Free CDN Bandwidth (Up to 500%) – available on all plans.
- WordPress Accessibility Day Nov 2-3, 2022 – call for speakers now open.
- WordPress Vulnerability Report – July 27, 2022 – the regular iThemes vulnerability roundup.
TUTORIALS AND HOW-TOS
- How to Create, Add, & Edit a WordPress Navigation Menu – a guide from Jetpack.
- How to Create a Custom Login Page in WordPress – using three methods.
- Create a Basic Child Theme for Block Themes – as the title says.
- How to Increase Maximum Upload File Size in WordPress? – a detailed guide from SelectWP.
- Create a Basic Child Theme for Block Themes – as the title says.
- How to Add a Price to an Attribute in WooCommerce – using the WooCommerce Attribute Swatches plugin.
- Guide to creating custom product tables in WooCommerce (2022) – with WooCommerce Product Table Ultimate.
- The 10+ Best Google Reviews WordPress Plugins for 2022 – reviewed and compared.
RESOURCES
- FooEvents Review: Sell Tickets Online Without Commission or Fees – our detailed review of this events plugin.
- LearnDash Sale – get 40% off through July 31.
- The Events Calendar Sale – get 40% off through July 31.
- Kadence Theme Sale – get 40% off through July 31.
- Nexcess Sale – 50% off 6 months of WordPress hosting with code AFF50OFFWP.
- WP Reset Team Plan AppSumo Deal – $49 lifetime deal on this plugin.
- Creattie AppSumo Deal – LTD on this premium Lottie library for $79.
- Beginner’s Guide to Contributions 2.0 – the latest from the WordPress briefing podcast.
- Strattic, WordCamps, and Growing through Relationships – the latest from Post Status
- Gutenberg 13.7, Template Creation Enhancements and First Full-Site Editing Themes in Woo Commerce Marketplace – a new episode of the Gutenberg Changelog podcast.
- Sean Blakeley on Transitioning a Large Agency Over to Gutenberg – episode 36 of WPTavern Jukebox.
- Strattic, WordCamps, and Growing through Relationships – the latest from Post Status Draft.