The long-awaited major WordPress core update is here. Version 5.0 a.k.a. Gutenberg was released a few hours ago. At last check, the number of downloads was 410,970 and counting. No issues reported so far. Yay! You can read more from the official announcement at this link.
Anyone who’s gone into the WordPress dashboard to create or edit content is familiar with the visual editor, a version of TinyMCE, that has been in use since the beginning. Now 15 year’s down the line, and the world is getting ready to switch to a new editor: Gutenberg. Project Gutenberg was named after Johann …
I’ve met folks who are confused by WordPress.com and WordPress.org. The two are related, but present different versions of the WordPress web publishing software. Today, I’ll take a shot at clarifying things with a bit of help from WP101’s tutorial video! WordPress.org This is sometimes referred to as the self-hosted version of WordPress and is used …
Email marketing may sound like old-school technology, but it still packs a punch. Unlike social media feeds where a post or message can easily go unnoticed, emails will be seen. Even if the recipient decides not to open your mail, they will see the headline and sender details. It also helps that emails are directed …
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