‍ACF Custom Database Tables 1.1

https://wp-digest.com/en/news/acf-custom-database-tables-1-1/
After many months of hard work version, 1.1.0 of our ACF Custom Database Tables plugin is finally done.
#wordpress

‍Quick & simple custom REST API routes for WordPress

https://wp-digest.com/en/guides/quick-simple-custom-rest-api-routes-for-wordpress/
WordPress REST API is a fantastic tool for delivering data either to the front end when you need to use it via JavaScript, or externally if you need to broadcast the data for other services/applications to consume.
#wordpress

‍How serverless helps keep your WordPress site secure

https://wp-digest.com/en/security/how-serverless-helps-keep-your-wordpress-site-secure/
Anyone who manages WordPress sites knows how critical it is to keep them secure.
#development #wordpress #ymir

‍Cache Invalidation with Flags

https://wp-digest.com/en/guides/cache-invalidation-with-flags/
Cache invalidation is hard, proven times and times by the “clear cache” and “delete all caches” buttons in various caching plugins and hosting control panels.
#wordpress

‍GoDaddy says data breach exposed over a million user accounts

https://wp-digest.com/en/security/godaddy-says-data-breach-exposed-over-a-million-user-accounts/
Web hosting giant GoDaddy has reported a data breach and warns that data on 1.2 million customers may have been accessed.
#wordpress

ClassifAI Expands OCR Scanning Capabilities To PDFs

https://wp-digest.com/en/news/classifai-expands-ocr-scanning-capabilities-to-pdfs/
The recent 1.7 release of ClassifAI, our free plugin that augments WordPress-powered websites with artificial intelligence and machine learning technology, expanded its Optical Character Recognition (OCR) scanning capabilities to support multi-page PDF files.
#classifai #plugins #wordpress

Page Caching on the Filesystem

https://wp-digest.com/en/guides/page-caching-on-the-filesystem/
A few months ago I set out to build a page caching plugin for WordPress from scratch and streamed it live.
#cache #sail #wordpress

Redis vs Memcached vs file_get_contents

https://wp-digest.com/en/compare/redis-vs-memcached-vs-file_get_contents/
I read articles about web performance and scaling almost every day, and when it comes to caching, the vast majority of them promote tools like Redis and Memcached, which are really fast, in-memory key-value stores.
#filegetcontents #memcached #redis #wordpress

‍XSS Vulnerability Patched in Plugin Designed to Enhance WooCommerce

https://wp-digest.com/en/security/xss-vulnerability-patched-in-plugin-designed-to-enhance-woocommerce/
On November 11, 2021 the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team initiated the responsible disclosure process for a vulnerability we discovered in “Variation Swatches for WooCommerce”, a WordPress plugin that is installed on over 80,000 sites and acts as an extension for WooCommerce.

#woocommerce #wordpress

Can Matt Mullenweg save the internet?

https://wp-digest.com/en/people/matt-mullenweg/
He's turning Automattic into a different kind of tech giant. But can he take on the trillion-dollar walled gardens and give the internet back to the people?
#automattic #mattmullenweg #wordpress #woocommerce

Live from New York … It’s State of the Word!

https://wp-digest.com/en/news/live-from-new-york-its-state-of-the-word/
Yesterday saw the return to a live State of the Word annual address, broadcast to the world from our new NoHo event space in New York City!
#gutenberg #mattmullenweg #wordpress

How to rank YouTube videos in Google search

https://wp-digest.com/en/seo/how-to-rank-youtube-videos-in-google-search/
Getting YouTube videos indexed and ranking in Google search is, essentially, extremely straightforward. There are two steps you need to take.
#google #seo #wordpress #yoast #youtube

Improving Core Web Vitals, A Smashing Magazine Case Study

https://wp-digest.com/en/guides/improving-core-web-vitals-a-smashing-magazine-case-study/
At Smashing, we’ve struggled with the amber Core Web Vitals score for a while. Then after 6 months we finally managed to fix it. Here’s a little case study on how we detected and fixed the bottlenecks, and how we ended up with green scores, all the way.
#corewebviitals #google #googlepagespeed #wordpress

Using Bento Components for Gutenberg Block Development

https://wp-digest.com/en/guides/using-bento-components-for-gutenberg-block-development/
Last week saw the launch of Bento, an easy to use component library that helps you achieve a great page experience.
#bento #gutenberg #react #wordpress

Kirki 4 is now live!

https://wp-digest.com/en/news/kirki-4-is-now-live/
The day has finally come! I’m happy to let you know that Kirki 4 is now live on wordpress.org.
#kirki #plugins #wordpress

4 Quality Options for a Table of Contents Block in WordPress

https://wp-digest.com/en/review/4-quality-options-for-a-table-of-contents-block-in-wordpress/
Offering a table of contents block in WordPress for blog posts (or really any other type of long-ish written content) is a good idea for two reasons.
#plugins #wordpress

How to Create a Headless WordPress Site With Faust.js (In 9 Steps)

https://wp-digest.com/en/guides/how-to-create-a-headless-wordpress-site-with-faust-js-in-9-steps/
If you need to run WordPress headless, a quality framework is a must-have. However, even with a little help from a modern framework, you may still struggle to preview your content effectively.
#development #faustjs #headless #wordpress

Critical Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Elementor

https://wp-digest.com/en/security/critical-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-elementor/
On March 29, 2022, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team initiated the disclosure process for a critical vulnerability in the Elementor plugin that allowed any authenticated user to upload arbitrary PHP code. Elementor is one of the most popular WordPress plugins and is installed on over 5 million websites.
#elementor2 #rce2 #security2 #vulnerability #wordpress

Only 2% of themes out there are block themes, indicating slow adoption of block themes in WordPress.

Hendrick conducted research on the current state of block themes, revealing there are only 194,000 total installations of block themes.

Block themes have a lower average rating of 85 compared to all themes with an average rating of 95, suggesting they are still harder to use.

Kevin Geary and Mike McAllister shared their insights on block themes, with Kevin questioning the lack of essential building blocks, and Mike mentioning the difficulty in making block themes.

It's really interesting information about using Gutenberg and its lack. What do you think about building new sites on the Gutenberg?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckq0Wfu2xvs&ab_channel=JamieMarsland

#gutenberg, #wordpress