This Week in WordPress (December 9 to 15, 2017)

This Week in WordPress (12-9 to 12-15)

Ahoy, Divi Nation! I’m BJ, and I am here to talk to you about everything that went on with WordPress this week! Every week, we here at Elegant Themes round up all the best news, resources, and tutorials that were published this week in WordPress and bring them to you!

Remember, say hi in the comments and lets get to know each other. I’ll do my best to respond as I can, and if you’ve got something to share about YOUR week in WordPress, let’s hear about it!

–News
WordCamp US 2017 Recap – The Divi Nation Rocks Out in Music City https://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/community/wordcamp-us-2017-recap-the-divi-nation-rocks-out-in-music-city

Gutenberg and the WordPress of Tomorrow by Morten Rand-Hendriksen https://wptavern.com/gutenberg-and-the-wordpress-of-tomorrow-by-morten-rand-hendriksen

Storify to Close May 16, 2018, WordPress Plugin Discontinued https://wptavern.com/storify-to-close-may-16-2018-wordpress-plugin-discontinued

What WordPress Means to Me https://wpshout.com/what-wordpress-means-to-me/

The most popular WordPress plugins & themes of 2017 https://www.godaddy.com/garage/popular-wordpress-plugins-2017/
What Gutenberg Means for The Future Of Commercial WordPress Products – Learn from Leading Page Builders’ CEOs https://freemius.com/blog/gutenberg-commercial-wordpress-products/

What’s new in Gutenberg? (11th December) https://make.wordpress.org/core/2017/12/11/whats-new-in-gutenberg-11th-december/

–Tutorials

How to Find Your WordPress Page ID and Post ID (And What You Can Do With Them) https://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/tips-tricks/how-to-find-your-wordpress-page-id-and-post-id-and-what-you-can-do-with-them

How to use FTP to upload files to WordPress for Beginners http://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-use-ftp-to-upload-files-to-wordpress-for-beginners/

Tips to Make WordPress Mobile Friendly http://www.wpexplorer.com/wordpress-mobile-friendly

WordPress Plugin Conflicts: How to Check for Them and What to Do https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/wordpress-plugin-conflicts-how-to-check-for-them-and-what-to-do/

How to make a free explainer video to promote your WordPress product https://catapultthemes.com/how-make-free-explainer-video-promote-wordpress-product

How to Use One Query to Run Multiple Loops https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/how-to-use-one-query-to-run-multiple-loops/

Managing Your Blog On a Mobile Device https://en.blog.wordpress.com/2017/12/13/manage-your-blog-on-mobile/

9 Things You Should Know In Advance To Estimate On A WooCommerce Project https://woocommerce.com/2017/12/estimate-on-a-woocommerce-project/

Remote Work for WordPress Professionals: How to Work From Home (And Stay Sane) https://www.codeinwp.com/blog/remote-work-for-wordpress-professionals-how-to-work-from-home/

How To Secure Your Client’s Sensitive Data When Working On Their WooCommerce Store https://codeable.io/protect-sensitive-data-woocommerce?ref=RLTk

–Resources

Download a Free Photo Marketplace Layout Pack for Divi https://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/divi-resources/download-a-free-photo-marketplace-layout-for-divi

5 Factors that Make for a Compelling WordPress Portfolio Site https://wpmayor.com/5-factors-make-compelling-wordpress-portfolio-site/

Shared vs VPS vs Dedicated vs Cloud Hosting https://wp-rocket.me/blog/shared-vs-vps-vs-dedicated-vs-cloud-hosting

Ask Yoast: Emojis and SEO https://yoast.com/ask-yoast-emojis-seo/

Generation Z Opts for Personalization Over Privacy: What That Means for WordPress https://torquemag.io/2017/12/generation-z-opts-personalization-privacy-means-wordpress/

Discontinuing memberships on Pippin’s Plugins https://pippinsplugins.com/discontinuing-memberships-pippins-plugins/

Rollback Your WordPress Version with WP Downgrade https://wpshout.com/links/rollback-wordpress-version-wp-downgrade/

Why use WordPress: Good reasons for using the most popular CMS for your website or blog https://arrayinternet.com/wordpress/why-use-wordpress-most-popular-cms

Some Common Mobile Device Widths https://wpshout.com/links/common-mobile-device-widths/

Gumbo Theme Review: A Podcasting Theme That Exceeds Expectations https://wplift.com/gumbo-podcasting-theme-review

Q&A with Advanced WordPress Developer – Carl Alexander https://wpmayor.com/wordpress-developer-carl-alexander/

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