Weekly WordPress News: Get 25% Off Elementor + Birthdays

You know that we’re big fans of Elementor here at WPLift, even using it to design our site. That’s why our lede this week is Elementor’s third birthday celebration, where you can get 25% off all pricing tiers. That means a single site license costs just $36, with an unlimited license going for $149. Check out our Elementor review to learn more.

Beyond that, there have been some more acquisitions in the WordPress space, and the latest version of the Gutenberg plugin brings block editing to widgets.

Let’s get to all of this week’s news…

WORDPRESS NEWS AND ARTICLES

• WordPress Mobile Pack for Sale at Flippa – want to own your own WordPress plugin? Check out this Flippa auction.
• WordPress Turns 16 – in addition to Elementor’s birthday, WordPress officially turned 16 on May 27.
• Automattic is Testing an Experimental Full Site Editing Plugin – this is a preview of where the block editor might be going.
• Pantheon Acquires StagingPilot To Extend WebOps Offering – Pantheon snapped up StagingPilot.
• Gutenberg 5.8 Released with Prototype of New Block-based Widgets Screen – what do you think of the new widget experience?

TUTORIALS AND HOW-TOS

• How to Fix the HTTP 503 Service Unavailable Error in WordPress – Kinsta shows you how to fix this error.
• How to Create a Website Like Amazon in Minutes Using WordPress – maybe a little ambitious 🤣 But a fun read nonetheless.
• How to create a Custom WooCommerce Product Type – Igor shows you how.
• Adding New ACF Repeater Items to the Top – this one is for the devs.
• Want to get involved in your local WordPress community? – nice post on how to get more traction in the WordPress community
• Working with WordPress Transients and Authentication – another dev tutorial from Tom McFarlin.

RESOURCES & DEALS

• Get 25% Off All Elementor Plans – I don’t see an end date for this, so don’t wait too long.
• WooBuilder Blocks Review: Build WooCommerce Product Pages With Gutenberg – check out our review if you have a WooCommerce store.
• WooCommerce Group Buy and Deals Review: Create a WordPress Groupon Clone – this plugin helps you create a Groupon clone with WooCommerce.
• 40+ Personal Blog WordPress Themes to Kick Start Your Blogging Journey – have a personal blog? Try one of these themes!
• The BEST and FREE Form Plugin for WordPress Just Got Better | EP 532 – a podcast about the Forminator plugin.
• Automattic’s Happy Tools w/ Matt Wondra – a new episode of Matt Report about Automattic’s Happy Tools project.
• The Complete Guide to Creating and Sending Email Newsletters from WordPress – an extensive guide on sending newsletters from WordPress
• YITH WooCommerce Quick View vs Flatsome Quick View vs WooCommerce Quick View Pro – check this quick view plugin comparison