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    Gutenberg 13.7 Release From WordPress to Enhance Workflow and UI

    The new offering from WordPress, Gutenberg 13.7, brings users a better workflow, enhanced granular control within the full site editor, and a revamped user interface (UI). Gutenberg 13.7 is a cumulative update from WordPress, providing an intuitive and natural editing experience. The block locking feature allows users to apply a lock feature to block the elements within a block that is locked to prevent them from changing. Users can select a toggle feature, and the lock that applies to a block can be inherited by the blocks it contains. There are also improved popup menus called Modals that blur the page underneath to enhance focus. Users can create a new template system that gives them more design control. Additional abilities like selecting a featured image from the media placeholder streamline the workflow.

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    Latest Maintenance Update WordPress 6.0.1 Released With Multiple Bug Fixes

    WordPress has released its latest maintenance update release, WordPress 6.0.1, which fixes multiple issues. It is a short-cycle maintenance update. Such releases do not add any features but are essential for optimal website performance. This version has 13 bug fixes in Core and 18 for the Block Editor. Over 50 developers from the platform’s community contributed to designing this update. If your website supports automatic background updates, the update process will begin automatically. Otherwise, users can download it from WordPress.org or select ‘Updates’ from their WordPress dashboard and click ‘Update Now.’ WordPress recommends that users upgrade to this latest version for continued optimal website performance without glitches. WordPress has planned another major release, WordPress 6.1, later in 2022.

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    WP Engine Acquires Popular Plugin Maker Delicious Brains

    WP Engine, a web hosting company, managed by WordPress, acquired the renowned plugin maker Delicious Brains last June. The company has designed five acclaimed plugins used worldwide by four million customers - Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), WP Migrate, Better Search and Replace, WP Offload SES, and WP Offload Media. WP Engine has assured Delicious Brains customers that there will be no changes to existing plugins, and they will continue to be updated and compatible with WordPress's future releases. The plugins would remain free and available in the current WordPress repositories. They further added that they plan to expand support to contributors and reach a wider WordPress community. WP also intends to combine ACF with ACM (Atlas Content Modeler) for content building and modeling for headless WordPress websites.

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    Automattic Announces Jetpack Available As Six Plugins

    WordPress Jetpack is an all-in-one utility that works seamlessly to bring security, backup, performance improvements, and other functionalities to a WordPress site. WordPress has now announced a modular approach to Jetpack, allowing users to choose specific features. Jetpack, used by over 5 million users, is now available as six individual plugins. The changes are Automattic's answer to users asking for flexibility to use specific components of Jetpack as part of a custom-built "tech stack" of plugins. Users know that different plugins may or may not work well together. The change permits merchants to choose the features they need without installing the entire suite of products. Jetpack has the advantage of multiple must-have functionalities without worrying about causing a conflict between six different plugins.

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    WordPress Releases 6.0 “Arturo” With Over 1000 Changes

    WordPress 6.0, code named 'Arturo,' was recently released with nearly 1000 improvements and exquisite features. The version is named after the Grammy award-winning jazz musician Arturo O'Farrill. The update introduces about 1000 upgrades and enhancements that make WordPress sites more intuitive for developers, merchants, and end users. The new version boasts a faster performance, better page creation patterns, block locking, stack and row variations, global style variations, and an ability to select text across multiple blocks, among others. In its press release, WordPress stated that the latest version takes full site editing one step further by consolidating the “no code” experience for site-building, expanding existing customization tools, bringing new blocks, and focusing on the writing and design workflows.

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    Astra WordPress Theme Update Offers Enhanced Performance

    Astra WordPress theme is used by nearly 2 million websites worldwide, including Stanford University and NASA. Astra theme is free and has a five-star rating on the official WordPress theme website. The theme gained popularity because it is easy to design and is light on code, thereby improving performance. It also works well with major page builders like Elementor, Beaver Builder, Divi, Visual Composer, SiteOrigin, and WooCommerce. Astra has released a new updated version, 3.8.0, exhibiting more robust performance and multiple UI and design improvements. The update also offers faster performance on the backend and front end, improving the workflow. The update makes designing websites easier and quicker, making design controls more intuitive and powerful. Its paid pro version has been updated to version 3.6.8.

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    WooCommerce’s New 6.6 Beta Version is Available for Testing

    WooCommerce announced the release date of its new version 6.6 as 14th June 2022. The Beta 1 version is available for testing by downloading it directly from WordPress.org or installing the WooCommerce Beta Tester Plugin. Developers can now test this new release on the Beta Tester plugin, which allows switching between beta versions and release candidates. A set of testing instructions are published on the WooCommerce Wiki page on GitHub. The WooCommerce team has also posted a helpful write-up on beta testing to help developers get started. The company has requested the users to inform them if they discover any bugs during the testing process by logging a report in GitHub. The company has bumped the version of WordPress tested for WooCommerce to 6.0 and also fixed a potential error during installation with PHP 8.0.

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    WordPress Announces Performance Lab – the Performance Enhancing Plugin

    WordPress has announced its official Performance Lab Plugin that boosts website speed and performance. The company lets publishers test the new beta features and offers constructive feedback. The plugin is developed by the famed WordPress performance team, formed in November 2021 to coordinate performance improvements within WordPress core, and is made up of developers from WordPress, Google, and Yoast. The plugin provides WordPress publishers access to use the upgrades before they are integrated into the WordPress core to diagnose issues that slow down their websites. WordPress designed the plugin in a modular fashion by grouping all the new performance features into one plugin allowing publishers to pick and choose which features to enable from a single central location within a single plugin.

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    WordPress Elementor Plugin Ecosystem Riddled By Vulnerabilities

    Elementor is a popular Plugin Page Builder developers worldwide choose to create unique professional WordPress websites easily. The plugin has been rocked recently by critical security vulnerabilities. The flaws are detected in more than 15 popular addon plugins for Elementor and have critically impacted millions of users who created websites on the platform and its addon ecosystem. These Cross-Site Scripting vulnerabilities resemble the recently patched vulnerabilities in the main Elementor plugin. The flaw allows hackers with access to Elementor editor to add JavaScript to posts resulting in websites getting taken over by cyber attackers. The addons that add additional elements to the page builder are affected. The company has recommended its users to update Elementor and its addons as soon as possible to deflect the attacks.

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    WordPress Announces Decision to Reassess Controversial WebP by Default

    WordPress initially proposed to add a feature that automatically generates multiple versions of every image used on a website and WebP versions of those images. This feature would facilitate publishers to upload images to WordPress and also allow WordPress to output optimized WebP versions. Concerns were immediately rampant in the WordPress community as some sites might run out of disk space because of archiving as many as a million of such additional images. Some wanted the feature to be turned off by default. In the aftermath of the massive opposition, WordPress has now announced that the company is reconsidering its decision to roll out automatic WebP image generation and that it would consider researching the suggestions put forth by the community before taking further steps in the matter.

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    Two Separate Vulnerabilities Identified in WordPress Plugin CleanTalk

    The Wordfence Threat Intelligence team recently reported two separate reflected XSS (Cross-Site Scripting) vulnerabilities in Spam Protection Software, AntiSpam, and Firewall by CleanTalk. CleanTalk, a popular WordPress plugin with over 100,000 installs, is designed to protect websites from spam comments and registrations. A hacker could take over a site if an attack were successful by convincing a site admin to perform an action, such as clicking on a malicious link. The hacker can use JavaScript running in their browser to take over a site. The glitch is feared to affect 1000s of merchant websites. The company has requested its customers to update to their latest version as soon as possible to tackle this snag. A patched version 5.174.1 is available to customers from March 25, 2022.

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    Security Patches for Critical Vulnerabilities in NextGen Gallery Plugin

    NextGen Gallery is a popular WordPress plugin designed to create highly responsive image galleries. It has been installed in over 800,000 WordPress websites. Two Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities were later determined in the plugin by the Wordfence Threat Intelligence research team on December 14, 2020. The vulnerabilities included a critical severity vulnerability that could lead to Remote Code Execution(RCE) and Stored Cross-Site Scripting(XSS). These flaws made the integrated websites vulnerable to malicious attackers. The exploitation of such attacks could lead to site takeover, malicious redirects, spam injection, and phishing. The plugin’s publisher, Imagely, then released firewall rules to the patched version of NextGen Gallery to Wordfence Premium users first and later to sites running the free version.