Weekly WordPress News: WordCamp US 2019 Kicks Off

Hey WordPress fans, we hope your Halloween celebration was a success and you didn’t eat too much leftover Halloween candy.
This week, there are still some great Halloween sales going on where you can get spooky good prices on popular WordPress products, though you’ll need to act fast if you don’t want to miss out as they’re ending soon.
WordCamp US also kicks off this weekend – we have details on how you can watch from home if you weren’t able to make it to St. Louis.
Let’s get to all of this week’s WordPress news…
Halloween Sales
- WP Rocket: 25% off
- MalCare: 25% off on All Annual Security Plans
- BlogVault: 25% off on All Annual Backup Plans
- Themeum: 40% off on all WordPress Themes & Plugins
- AliDropship:
- 30% OFF AliDropship Plugin with the code HALLOWEEN30 at checkout
- 20% OFF Custom Dropshipping Store with the code HALLOWEEN20 at checkout
- 35% OFF all Add-ons with the code HALLOWEEN35 at checkout
- WPeka: Use coupon SPOOKY25 on checkout to get a 25% discount on all products.
- Crocoblock: 13% discount on the lifetime package deal with the code Boo13deal at checkout
- Tychesoftware: 30% Off all WooCommerce Plugins
- WeDevs: 25% OFF across the weDevs store with the code HALLOWEEN25 at checkout
WORDPRESS NEWS AND ARTICLES
- WordCamp US 2019 Livestream – check here for details on how to stream WordCamp US 2019.
- WordPress Businesses Should Send Out Press Releases – Justin thinks your WordPress business should send out press releases.
- Hilarious Web Design Stories of Nightmare Clients – Elementor has some fun stories – you’ll like it if you build websites for clients.
- WordPress Vulnerability Roundup: October 2019, Part 2 – iThemes’ bi-monthly roundup.
- Ghost 3.0, An Interview with Ghost CEO John O’Nolan – an interview with the CEO of one of WordPress’ blogging competitors. It’s Halloween, so we couldn’t ignore a ghost!
- Media coverage in WordPress should take another route – interesting article on the communication between publishers and advertisers
TUTORIALS AND HOW-TOS
- Integrating Advanced Custom Fields Gutenberg Into wd_s – WebDevStudios shows you how.
- How to Fix the “MySQL Server Has Gone Away” Error in WordPress – Kinsta with the fix for this error.
- How to translate Beaver Builder WordPress sites with Weglot – translate your Beaver Builder site.
- How to hide tags or categories from your site – using some simple code snippets.
- Complete Guide to Gravity Forms GDPR Compliance in WordPress – how to make Gravity Forms compliant with the GDPR.
- Featured Snippets: How to Get Google to Recognize Your Content – how to increase your chances of getting featured snippets in Google.
- The Ultimate Guide to Setting Up a WooCommerce Variable Product – Iconic shows you how
- How to Run a Free WordPress Newsletter (and the Plugins to Help You Do It) – MailPoet delved into their years of email marketing knowhow to put together a post on how you can utilize WordPress to create a newsletter for free”
- Complete Guide to Gravity Forms GDPR Compliance in WordPress – a guide to making sure your Gravity Forms are GDPR compliant
- How to Display a WooCommerce Delivery Date (Including Holidays) — This post shows how to show an estimated delivery date for your WooCommerce products, including for busy periods such as holidays.
RESOURCES & HALLOWEEN DEALS
- 5 Best WooCommerce Backup Plugins to Keep Your Store’s Data Safe – running a WooCommerce store? These real-time backups keep your store’s data safe.
- 5 Best Custom Post Types Plugins for WordPress Compared – need to create custom post types? We updated our collection of the best custom post type plugins.
- Using Social Proof to Improve Your Sales with Tevya Washburn – a new episode of the How I Built It podcast.
- MalCare: 25% off on All Annual Security Plans
- BlogVault: 25% off on All Annual Backup Plans
- Themeum: 40% off on all WordPress Themes & Plugins
- WP Rocket: 25% off (ends soon – act fast)
- AliDropship:
- 30% OFF AliDropship Plugin with the code HALLOWEEN30 at checkout
- 20% OFF Custom Dropshipping Store with the code HALLOWEEN20 at checkout
- 35% OFF all Add-ons with the code HALLOWEEN35 at checkout
- WPeka: Use coupon SPOOKY25 on checkout to get a 25% discount on all products.
- Crocoblock: 13% discount on the lifetime package deal with the code Boo13deal at checkout
- Tychesoftware: 30% Off all WooCommerce Plugins
- WeDevs: 25% OFF across the weDevs store with the code HALLOWEEN25 at checkout