Weekly WordPress News: WordPress TV Ads

This week, we get a preview of the brand new WordPress.com TV ads.

You can also learn about the WordPress REST API from the perspective of a non-developer.

And Eric Mann has some interesting thoughts on whether WordPress.com is actually “WordPress”.

Let’s get to all of this week’s news…

WORDPRESS NEWS AND ARTICLES

• New WordPress.com TV Ads – check out the TV ads WordPress is testing.
• What Is The WordPress REST API? REST API For Dummies – for people who aren’t developers.
• WordPress.com is not WordPress – do you agree?
• WordPress.com Experiments With Allowing Business Plan Customers to Install Third-Party Plugins and Themes – an interesting development at WordPress.com
• WordPress 4.7.5 Security and Maintenance Release – make sure to update your sites!
• WordPress 4.8 Beta 1 – after upgrading to 4.7.5, give WordPress 4.8 Beta 1 a try.
• Is WordPress Ready to Be an Enterprise-Grade CMS? – what do you think?

TUTORIALS AND HOW-TOS

• Quick Guide: How to Create AND Display a Custom Post Type on WordPress – how to create and display a custom post type using Pods.
• Using the New PDF Preview Images in WordPress 4.7 in the Real World – PDF previews were a big deal. Here’s how to use them.
• Extra Hardening: Take care your HTTP Security Headers – FixMyWP with some extra security tips.
• How to Add a Custom Author Profile Page to Your WordPress – A neat tutorial for making better author profile pages.

RESOURCES & FREEBIES

• Geotargeting WP Review – Easily Geotarget WordPress Content – an easy way to geotarget your WordPress content.
• CEO of Perfect Dashboard & VP of Joomla, Aleksander Kuczek, Answers Our Most Challenging Questions – a great interview over at Freemius.
• Introducing Login Widget: Easily Add & Customize Login Forms – another solid Elementor feature.
• Comparing conditional logic in WordPress forms – Chris Lema gets conditional.
• Episode 36: David Bisset & WordCamp Miami – Episode 36 of the How I Built It podcast.