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wpMail.me wpMail.me issue#341 - The weekly WordPress newsletter. No spam, no nonsense. - January 11, 2018 Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. News & Articles WP Engine, a Managed WordPress Platform, Raises $250M From Silver Lake (techcrunch.com) WP Engine, which claims to be one of the world's largest WordPress hosts, has raised $250 million in funding led by Silver Lake, money that the company intends to use to fuel its international growth and continue developing its Digital Experience Platform, the product that underpins its main line of business. WordPress Website Cost – The Real Truth Behind Building a Site (kinsta.com) WordPress.org will tell you it's completely free. But… well, it isn't. At least, it isn't if you want your WordPress website to be a fully-functioning online entity. In that case, you'll need some extra stuff. The extras that you'll need to get up and running are where the added cost comes in. Zac Gordon Launches Gutenberg Development Course, Includes More Than 30 Videos (wptavern.com) Zac Gordon, a technology educator, has released his Gutenberg Development course. The course is $79 but is available for $49 using the coupon code earlyadopter. Gordon says the course is aimed at developers who want to update their themes, plugins, shortcodes, etc. to work with Gutenberg and take advantage of blocks What's New in WooCommerce Stripe 4.0: European Payment Gateways and a New Credit Card Form (woocommerce.com) Is Gutenberg the End or a New Beginning for WordPress? (deliciousbrains.com) Make It Better, Give It Back (heropress.com) The WordPress.com Year in Review (and Resolutions for 2018) (en.blog.wordpress.com) Improving WordPress Product Support (torquemag.io) Sponsored by Plugin News 16 Best Alternatives to the WordPress Jetpack Plugin (www.wpbeginner.com) Jetpack is a powerful WordPress plugin suite that adds various features to your WordPress website. Recently one of our readers asked us to share possible Jetpack alternatives for WordPress. In this article, we will show you the best alternatives to the WordPress Jetpack plugin. 9 Things We Learned From Launching Our Second WordPress Plugin (woorkup.com) For WordPress developers to succeed, you don't just need to be able to write code… you need to know how to market, keep customers happy, troubleshoot new problems, come up with creative solutions, and constantly innovate to stay ahead. Hopefully you found something insightful in what Woorkup learned this past year. 10 Best WordPress Star Rating Plugins (code.tutsplus.com) Brief WordPress.org plugin directory data analysis (danielbachhuber.com) Theme Releases Greenturtle Mag (wordpress.org)   Simplent (wordpress.org)   PhotoBlogster (wordpress.org)   Theme News Themify Ultra Review: Great Multi-Purpose WordPress Theme for Freelancers (wpmayor.com) Although Themify boasts plenty of themes, there's a reason why they've chosen to focus on and highlight the Ultra as their frontman. Ultra is an all-around theme with the ability to build any type of website you can think of, from online shops to professional services, to photography portfolios. 5 of the Fastest WordPress Themes (compared) (wprocks.com) Tutorials How To Create A Table Of WooCommerce Products With WooCommerce Product Table (wpmayor.com) If you're running a WooCommerce store, you know that WooCommerce already comes with a dedicated shop archive page that helps you showcase individual products. But, depending on what you're selling, that might not always be the most efficient way to showcase your products. That is – sometimes showing WooCommerce products in a table is more effective. How to Create and Manage Ads.txt files in WordPress (www.wpbeginner.com) Do you want to create and manage an ads.txt files in WordPress? Ads.txt file protects publishers from ad fraud, and it can potentially increase your ad revenue. In this article, we will show you how to easily create and manage ads.txt file in WordPress WordPress Gutenberg Guide: How to Build Your Next Site With the Revolutionary Editor (www.codeinwp.com) How to Sort Posts by their Taxonomy Terms (wpshout.com) The 5-Facet Approach To Fixing Your Slow WooCommerce Product Pages (codeable.io) How to Dropship With WordPress - the Most Streamlined Way (themeisle.com) Bitcoin and WordPress: Why and How to Take Cryptocurrency Payments (www.elegantthemes.com) Podcasts and Videos Topher DeRosia | Hallway Chats (hallwaychats.com) WordPress Predictions for 2018 | WPwatercooler (www.wpwatercooler.com) How To Make Money With WordPress In 2018 | The WP Crowd (www.thewpcrowd.com) follow on Twitter | forward to a friend  wpMail.me is published by Cozmoslabs. Not a subscriber yet? Subscribe here. Want to advertise? View our media kit for info. Want to post a job? Use our self serve system or reply to this e-mail. 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