Weekly WordPress News: Black Friday 2019 is Coming
Getting ready for Black Friday? While we’ll have our collection of the best 2019 WordPress Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals ready soon (you can take a peak at it – but still work in progress ;-), this week you can already save with some deals that started early, including hosting deals on LifterLMS, Cloudways, and WP Engine.
And once Black Friday hits, you can expect great deals on Elementor, Elegant Themes (Divi), Astra (and the Agency bundles), and lots more.
Check back soon for our deal roundup, and let’s get to all of this week’s news…
WORDPRESS NEWS AND ARTICLES
- 5.3 Retrospective – Call for feedback – give feedback on WordPress 5.3.
- “Learn From Mistakes,” They Say. Here Are Our Business and Marketing Mistakes, Broken Sites, Not Fun Stuff – a very transparent post from CodeinWP.
- Gutenberg 6.9 Introduces Image Titles, Block Patterns, and New Theme Features – new features in the block editor plugin.
- 10up Releases GitHub Actions for Simplifying WordPress Plugin Deployment – some helpful new tools from 10up.
TUTORIALS AND HOW-TOS
- Build The Perfect Custom WordPress Website with Toolset Blocks – how to use Toolset Blocks.
- How to Create a Product Comparison Table on WordPress for Free – learn how to easily create product comparison tables.
- WordPress Plugin Development Best Practices: Template Files – how to work with template files.
- Scroll Animations with Intersection Observer – WebDevStudios shows you how to do it.
- Why you need both Two-factor Authentication & strong passwords on WordPress sites – how to properly use 2FA on WordPress.
- Complete Guide to Gravity Forms Conditional Logic – how to use conditional logic in Gravity Forms.
RESOURCES
- Creating Niche Products You Enjoy w/ Jason Schuller – a new episode of Matt Report.
- Improving Accessibility for your Events with Svetlana Kouznetsova – a new episode of the How I Built It podcast.
- Cloudways 40% Off Your First 3 Months – you can already save 40% on your first 3 months at Cloudways.
- WP Engine 5 Months Free on Annual Purchases – save big on annual plans.
Colin Newcomer
Colin Newcomer is a freelance writer and long-time Internet marketer. He specializes in digital marketing, WordPress and B2B writing. He lives a life of danger, riding a scooter through the chaos of Hanoi. You can also follow his travel blog.
