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wpMail.me wpMail.me issue#371 - The weekly WordPress newsletter. No spam, no nonsense. - August 9, 2018 Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. News & Articles Launching an Extension in the WooCommerce Marketplace (devpress.com) We launched an extension in the WooCommerce Marketplace! It's been three years since we came up with the initial idea and it's exciting to see it being sold on WooCommerce.com. For anyone interested in selling WooCommerce products, we wanted to share some thoughts on the process. Are Mobile Pop-Ups Dying? Are They Even Worth Saving? (www.smashingmagazine.com) Are mobile pop-ups dying, or will they simply undergo another adaptation? If they continue to remain effective, how should designers make use of them, especially in mobile web design? Are there alternatives? Let's see what the research says. WordPress.com Partners with Pexels to Offer Diverse, Free Stock Photo Library (wptavern.com) WordPress.com has partnered with Pexels, a popular stock photo library, to offer convenient access to stock photos inside the post editor. Hundreds of high quality free stock photo sites have cropped up on the web over the past few years, but Pexels is differentiating itself with a commitment to hosting diversity-focused images and videos that represent a wide range of experiences. Higher Education & Accessibility (thinktandem.io) MyKinsta v3 – Making WordPress Site Management a Breeze (kinsta.com) Best Website Builder: 5 Quality Options Compared (Hands-on Look) (themeisle.com) The Tech Industry Needs to Reckon with the Dark Side of Advertising, WordPress CEO Matt Mullenweg Says (www.recode.net) Known WordPress Threat Actor Under Investigation For Prescription-Free Online Pharmacy (www.wordfence.com) Sponsored by Plugin News Private or Commercial WordPress Plugins as Composer Dependencies (roots.io) Bedrock (and by extension Trellis) uses Composer to manage its dependencies, which includes WordPress themes and plugins. This is great for version control as many WordPress plugins are easily available via WordPress Packagist, but what happens when you need to add a private, commercial, or paid plugin to your site? This guide will explain a simple way to add private plugins to your site via Composer. Advanced Custom Fields to Add Gutenberg Compatibility in Version 5.0, Slated for September (wptavern.com) The Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) team published an announcement, assuring users that Gutenberg compatibility is in the works and will be available in version 5.0 of the free version in September 2018. The plugin, created by Elliot Condon, makes it easy for developers to add custom fields to WordPress edit screens, including posts, users, taxonomy terms, and media. Improve Page Load Time For Your WordPress Site With WP Offload S3: A Case Study (deliciousbrains.com) How to Create a WooCommerce Events Page (Without Using an Events Plugin) (barn2.co.uk) What's The Best WordPress Registration Plugin? 7 Top Options For 2018 (wplift.com) First Look at Live Demo of the Gutenberg Content Editor for Drupal 8 (wptavern.com) Theme Releases Seoboost (wordpress.org)   Melograno Lite (wordpress.org)   Admela (wordpress.org)   Theme News Mythic: A WordPress Starter Theme by Justin Tadlock Now in Open Beta (wptavern.com) Justin Tadlock, founder of Theme Hybrid, has released Mythic, a starter theme that provides modern tools to get theme developers started on the right foot. Tutorials Website Downtime: Applicable Tips on How to Prevent It (kinsta.com) If your server is slow and takes more than two seconds in fetching a single URL, Google might limit the number of URLs it crawls from your website. Simply put, Google likes to crawl fast websites and those that don't have errors. Also, don't forget that downtime or a slow server response will result in a higher bounce rate. User experience is one of the many ranking factors Google uses and a high bounce rate indicates poor user experience. Google Analytics in WordPress—Your 2.0 Guide (www.presslabs.com) You can set up Google Analytics to provide an incredible amount of data about your site visitors' habits, including custom goals tailored to your needs. Most people will be fine with the default information, but if you're interested in becoming a power user, there's a lot to unlock with this free tool. Building Gutenberg Blocks With create-guten-block (code.tutsplus.com) How to Create a WordPress Form with a Date Picker (www.isitwp.com) WordPress Footer: 3 Elements That All Websites Should Include, Plus How (themeisle.com) Podcasts and Videos Considerations for eCommerce Merchants, with Andrew Youderian of eCommerce Fuel | Draft Podcast (poststatus.com) Chris Hufnagel | Hallway Chats (hallwaychats.com) Long Live the Fields API Project | WPWeekly (wptavern.com) 4 Ways To Build Unstoppable Momentum In Your Business | WP Elevation (www.wpelevation.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. Copyright © 2018 WPmail.me, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website wpMail.me for a weekly newsletter. 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