Weekly WordPress News: WordPress 5.0.2 Brings Performance Improvements
One of the things that bugged a lot of people about the new WordPress Gutenberg block editor is how it slowed down for long content
December 21, 2018 No Comments
Weekly WordPress News: The First Week With WordPress 5.0
Howdy, WordPress friends. How are you faring with WordPress 5.0? Have you updated yet, or are you still holding off? Either way, you should pay
December 14, 2018 3 Comments
Weekly WordPress News: WordPress 5.0 “Bebo” Is Out
In the biggest news in a long time, WordPress 5.0, named “Bebo”, was officially released on December 6. As such, the new Gutenberg block editor
December 7, 2018 No Comments
Weekly WordPress News: WordPress 5.0 Further Pushed Back
A little while ago, the core team pushed the expected WordPress 5.0 release date from November 19 to November 27. Well, as the fact that
November 30, 2018 No Comments
Weekly WordPress News: Save Big With WordPress Black Friday And Cyber Monday Deals!
Do you smell the discounts in the air? It’s that time of year again! And to help you save big on WordPress products, we collected
November 23, 2018 1 Comment
Weekly WordPress News: WordPress 5.0 Release Date Pushed Back To Nov 27
When the core team announced the tentative WordPress 5.0 release date of November 19, they said that date could move by up to 8 days
November 16, 2018 No Comments
Weekly WordPress News: Is WordPress 5.0 Ready For Primetime?
The target release date for WordPress 5.0 is less than two weeks away and, well, some people are pointing out some reasons why it might
November 9, 2018 No Comments
Weekly WordPress News: Taking Gutenberg Blocks To The Cloud
This week, WP Tavern covered an interesting new Gutenberg Cloud plugin. Basically, it acts as a connector that lets users install Gutenberg blocks straight from
November 2, 2018 No Comments
The New “We Got Your Back” Program By Freemius Propels WordPress Plugin & Theme Businesses Through Branding (For Free!)
The Freemius team had just announced (earlier today) that it is launching a special program, which they have named: “We Got Your Back” Club. So
November 1, 2018 No Comments
Weekly WordPress News: Check Out The New Default Twenty Nineteen Theme!
This week, you can check out a sneak peek of the upcoming Twenty Nineteen theme for WordPress 5.0. It looks pretty cool! We also put
October 19, 2018 No Comments
Weekly WordPress News: WordPress Accessibility Team Lead Resigns
This week, there’s a lot of news and articles about how accessibility has been handled in Gutenberg, including the resignation of the WordPress accessibility team
October 12, 2018 No Comments
Weekly WordPress News: We Have Projected WordPress 5.0 Release Dates!
Big news, everyone! We now have some official estimates for when WordPress 5.0 will be released…though they’re still a bit up in the air. The
October 5, 2018 No Comments
Weekly WordPress News: The Gutenberg Editor Release Candidate Nears
The Gutenberg Editor is getting ready for prime time! WP Tavern reported that the first release candidate is only a few days away. That release
September 28, 2018 No Comments
Weekly WordPress News: WordPress.com Gets Gutenberg
True to its roadmap, Automattic is starting to roll out the Gutenberg editor at WordPress.com. For now, it’s only available to a small segment of
September 21, 2018 No Comments
Weekly WordPress News: Do You Use These Essential WordPress Plugins?
This week, we rounded up some of the most essential WordPress plugins that all sites need. Beyond that, Hurricane Florence rained out WordCamp Wilmington, and
September 14, 2018 1 Comment
Weekly WordPress News: WP Engine Users Get StudioPress Themes For Free
If you’re not hosting at WP Engine, you might feel a little jealous as all WP Engine customers now get access to Genesis and 35
September 7, 2018 1 Comment
Weekly WordPress News: The Gutenberg Plugin Is Active On 200,000+ Sites
Since launching the Try Gutenberg prompt, the Gutenberg plugin is now officially active on over 200,000+ sites, which is well over the 100,000 sites that Matt
August 31, 2018 No Comments
Weekly WordPress News: Someone Finally Forked WordPress Over Gutenberg
It was kind of bound to happen – but Scott Bowler went ahead and hard forked WordPress into ClassicPress because of Gutenberg. Beyond that, there’s
August 24, 2018 2 Comments
Weekly WordPress News: We’re Back, Plus New EasyThemePacks Templates
After a short hiatus for some much-needed vacation, we’re back with more great WordPress news! First up, EasyThemePacks just released two new premium Elementor templates
August 17, 2018 No Comments
Weekly WordPress News: WordPress 4.9.8 Gets Closer
This week, we get a look at the new Gutenberg prompt and a few other additions as WordPress 4.9.8 draws closer. There’s also been another
July 20, 2018 No Comments
Weekly WordPress News: Independence Day Sales Are Still Going!
We may be past July 4th, but there are still plenty of WordPress Independence Day sales that are still running. You can snag some great
July 6, 2018 2 Comments
Weekly WordPress News: WP Engine Acquires StudioPress
Big business news this week as WP Engine announced that they acquired Genesis Framework-maker, StudioPress. WP Engine plans to invest heavily in future development, as
June 29, 2018 2 Comments
Weekly WordPress News: The Gutenberg Roadmap Is Out
As part of WordCamp Europe, Matt Mullenweg laid out the roadmap for Gutenberg over the next three months. In July, there will be a prompt
June 22, 2018 1 Comment
Weekly WordPress News: WordCamp Europe Kicks Off
WordCamp Europe is officially in full swing! If you couldn’t make it to Belgrade but still want to watch the talks, you can snag a
June 15, 2018 No Comments
TemplateMonster June Great Sale: Best-Selling WordPress Themes of 2018 with a discount!
If you are looking for the trendiest WordPress themes that can be bought at the discounted price, then you have reached the right place. One
June 11, 2018 No Comments
Weekly WordPress News: 3 New EasyThemePacks Templates + A Discount
This week, Daan’s Elementor template site, EasyThemePacks, released 3 brand new premium templates to help you create a CV, portfolio, or arts and craft website.
June 8, 2018 No Comments
3 New EasyThemePacks Elementor Templates + A Massive Discount Deal
This week, Daan’s EasyThemePacks is launching 3 brand new premium Elementor templates – that puts them up to 10 total. These new templates can help
June 5, 2018 No Comments
Weekly WordPress News: Don’t Race To The Bottom With Your Business
After the excitement of WordPress 4.9.6 , this week was a bit quieter. Kinsta has a good article on why you should never compete solely
June 1, 2018 1 Comment
Weekly WordPress News: Special Lifetime Deal At WP Compress
Hopefully you’ve had a good week sorting through the thousands of privacy policy update emails you received as a result of the GDPR… This week,
May 25, 2018 No Comments
Weekly WordPress News: WordPress 4.9.6…A “Major” Minor Release?
This week, we got the release of WordPress 4.9.6. True to the numbers, it’s technically a minor privacy and maintenance release. But because it adds
May 18, 2018 1 Comment
7+ WordPress Businesses That Actively Share Income And Transparency Reports
There’s something exciting about knowing a secret, right? And when it comes to business, what’s more secret than a private business’ income numbers? Most private
May 15, 2018 2 Comments
20+ Examples Of Big Brands Using WordPress Actively In 2018
Looking for some examples of big brands using WordPress? You can find a lot of these posts littered around Google. But one thing that I
May 14, 2018 12 Comments
Weekly WordPress News: WordSesh Returns On July 25th
This week, we got news that WordSesh will be back on July 25th. You can learn more about it at the Post Status Draft podcast.
May 11, 2018 1 Comment
A Collection Of Interesting WordPress Usage Stats: Market Share, Themes, Plugins, + More
You probably already know that WordPress is pretty popular. But just how popular is “pretty popular”? Have you ever wondered more about WordPress’ usage stats
May 10, 2018 4 Comments
Weekly WordPress News: The Biggest WordPress Headaches
This week, Pagely published the results of their survey about WordPress headaches. Performance issues took the lead as the biggest pain point. Weglot also published
May 4, 2018 No Comments
Weekly WordPress News: Gutenberg/iOS Troubles + New Elementor Templates
As far as WordPress news goes, this week was pretty quiet. WPTavern did spot some issues with using Gutenberg on iOS devices. And Ionut from
April 27, 2018 No Comments
Weekly WordPress News: Elementor Gets Theme Building
This week, Elementor, the page builder that we use here at WPLift, got a massive new feature. Elementer Pro now offers full theme building. You
April 20, 2018 1 Comment
Weekly WordPress News: Gutenberg Gets Drag And Drop
This week, Gutenberg 2.6 dropped with a much-needed new feature: drag and drop block sorting. Now, instead of needing to jam on the up or
April 13, 2018 1 Comment
Weekly WordPress News: WordPress 4.9.5 Is Here!
In last week’s news, we shared that WordPress 4.9.5 was going to bring a new prompt for users to install Gutenberg. Well…that prompt got pushed
April 6, 2018 No Comments
Weekly WordPress News: Gutenberg Gets More Public In WordPress 4.9.5
The Gutenberg Editor is getting closer to primetime – in WordPress 4.9.5, users will see a dashboard prompt that nudges them to Try the new editing
March 30, 2018 No Comments
Weekly WordPress News: Stop Supporting Legacy PHP Versions
This week, we have a call for developers to stop supporting legacy PHP versions, as well as tips to prepare your website for Google’s mobile-first
March 23, 2018 No Comments
Weekly WordPress News: TechCrunch Headless Redesign With React + WordPress
This week, TechCrunch launched a redesign in the “form of a single page style React app, decoupled from its WordPress backend.” A pretty cool look
March 16, 2018 No Comments
Weekly WordPress News: The Challenges Of Running A WordPress Business In 2018
This week, there’s a big post from Alexander Mat, the co-founder of MotoPress, about the challenges of running a WordPress plugin and theme business in
March 2, 2018 No Comments
Weekly WordPress News: Surveying The WordPress Facebook Community
Like last week, there wasn’t very much WordPress news this week. We did find a neat post from Cloudways where they survived a bunch of
February 23, 2018 No Comments
Weekly WordPress News: Product Support, Gutenberg, And Page Builders
There wasn’t much WordPress core news this week – perhaps everyone was too busy with Valentine’s plans. We do have some good articles on offering
February 16, 2018 No Comments
Blockchain Technology: How Will it Impact WordPress?
Cryptocurrency has been around for quite a while by now. But in the past few months, the fluctuations in the price of cryptocurrencies such as
February 16, 2018 1 Comment
Weekly WordPress News: WordPress 4.9.3 (And Then 4.9.4)
This week, we saw the release of WordPress 4.9.3…followed quickly by the release of WordPress 4.9.4 just hours later. WordPress 4.9.3 fixed 34 different bugs
February 9, 2018 No Comments
Weekly WordPress News: Liquid Web Acquires iThemes
In the biggest news this week, Liquid Web, a huge hosting provider, purchased iThemes in an all-cash deal. This is big news, and congrats to
February 2, 2018 No Comments
Weekly WordPress News: A Million Dollar Plugin Business
Ever wondered how Pippin Williamson built a million dollar plugin business with offerings like Easy Digital Downloads, Restrict Content Pro, and more? Wonder no more
January 26, 2018 No Comments
Weekly WordPress News: WordPress 4.9.2 Is Out!
If you didn’t get an update notification from your host, here’s your warning that WordPress 4.9.2. is officially out! It’s a security and maintenance release
January 19, 2018 No Comments
Weekly WordPress News: 2017 In Review
This week, we have two separate 2017 in review posts – one from ourselves and one from Pippin Williamson. Both are worth checking out! Beyond
January 12, 2018 No Comments
WordPress 2018 Predictions: My Thoughts On The Upcoming Year
A few days ago, I shared a recap of some of the biggest events that happened in the WordPress world in 2017. Now, I want
January 11, 2018 4 Comments
