2022 Web Almanac Performance Data Shows WordPress Sites May Be Overusing Lazy-Loading
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In the upcoming 5.8 release, WordPress is updating its version of Twemoji, Twitter’s open source emoji library that supports the latest Unicode emoji specification. Version 13.1.0 introduces five new smileys and emotions, including heart on fire, mending heart, face with spiral eyes, face in clouds, and face exhaling. Version 13.1 adds mixed skin tone support for…
If you’re a WordPress developer or designer, the struggle to find work can feel overwhelming. Not to mention neverending. The good news is that there are ways to get your WordPress skills in front of those who need it most. In fact, a good way to do this is to apply to ads on WordPress…
One of the biggest problems that store owners face is cart abandonment. Even if the right customers are viewing your products, they could add items to their carts and leave your site without making a purchase. Fortunately, you can use abandoned cart recovery plugins to remind customers that they left products in their carts. These…
Round #8 of the Full Site Editing (FSE) Outreach Program began yesterday. Instead of the user-centric call for testing features from the UI, program lead Anne McCarthy asks that volunteers dive into code. The new adventure is all about testing theme.json files. The twist is likely to limit the pool of usual volunteers. However, it…
Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) has released version 5.10, the first major release since the plugin was acquired by Delicious Brains. It introduces several new features that were previously experimental, closing out tickets that were started by previous owner Elliot Condon. The release enables HTML escaping by default, which helps prevent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. It…
WordPress’ Polyglots team has published the first edition of a new monthly newsletter aimed at helping contributors stay informed and engaged with the team’s activities. WordPress has been translated by volunteers for more than 15 years since version 1.2, with the earliest contributions from the Hindi, French, Japanese, and Norwegian communities. Since that time the…