by Sarah Gooding | Jun 25, 2019 | amp, google, News, Plugins, Wordpress Resources
Google released version 1.2 of its official AMP plugin for WordPress ahead of WordCamp Europe in Berlin. This release introduces a new AMP Stories editor that is powered by Gutenberg. AMP Stories are separate from the capabilities that enable AMP for the rest of the...
by Sarah Gooding | May 31, 2019 | gutenberg, News, Plugins, Wordpress Resources
Automattic is working on a new experimental Full Site Editing plugin aimed at enhancing the page creation workflow in the block editor. Starting a new page from scratch may be overwhelming for those who don’t have a vision for how to tastefully put blocks...
by Sarah Gooding | May 23, 2019 | Elementor, free wordpress themes, News, Plugins, Themes, Wordpress Resources
Elementor launched its Hello theme on WordPress.org this week. After just a few days in the directory, the theme already has more than 10,000 active installations. It is essentially a blank starter theme that offers 100% compatibility with Elementor. Page builders...
by Sarah Gooding | Apr 10, 2019 | coblocks, godaddy, gutenberg, News, Plugins, ThemeBeans, Themes, Wordpress Resources
GoDaddy has acquired CoBlocks, ThemeBeans, Block Gallery and Block Unit Tests, one of the leading Gutenberg product lines in the WordPress ecosystem. Founder Rich Tabor is joining GoDaddy as Senior Product Manager of WordPress Experience and will lead a team dedicated...
by Raelene Morey | Apr 9, 2019 | images, Plugins, Wordpress Resources
Sites with a ton of images can take forever to load. For every image, that’s another HTTP request, and more time your users have to wait in frustration while pages load slowly. So what’s the solution? Lazy loading. It can significantly speed up image-heavy...
by Sarah Gooding | Apr 4, 2019 | News, pipdig, Plugins, security, Themes, Wordpress Resources
Over the weekend, Pipdig, a small commercial theme company, has been at the center of a scandal after multiple reports exposed a litany of unethical code additions to its Pipdig Power Pack (P3) plugin. On Friday, March 29, Wordfence threat analyst Mikey Veenstra...
