What’s New in WordPress 4.9.8
A new Try Gutenberg callout, plus many updates to the new Privacy code, and 46 bug fixes are included in the latest WordPress release. See what affects you, and options for preparing for Gutenberg.
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A new Try Gutenberg callout, plus many updates to the new Privacy code, and 46 bug fixes are included in the latest WordPress release. See what affects you, and options for preparing for Gutenberg.
Tips this week include:
• The new BlogAid theme is live!!
• A new Happy Clients page with success stories that just blew me away
• My new Gutenberg posts have launched, and more on the way
• WordPress 4.9.8 releases today and how to turn off the Try Gutenberg invitation
• The reports I’m seeing of the latest hacker probing attempts and how to protect your site
• What has me nervous about a new site cloning feature from UpdraftPlus
• What’s up with Google testing a new layout for images with titles
• Finally! Some corroboration about why you need to stop chasing green dots in Yoast
• New schema markup for speakable news posts
• 4 ways to write better blog posts immediately
With Gutenberg, WordPress introduces a revolutionary text editor experience that is based on segmenting your content into blocks.
See a tour of Gutenberg tools and text editor basics that will familiarize you with the new layout and functions.
The Gutenberg text editor is just the first step in the evolution of what WordPress is becoming as a CMS (Content Management System).
This change is in anticipation of the coming revolution of how we will interact with the internet as a whole in the near future.
Discover what Gutenberg is and more on the coming internet revolution.
Tips this week include:
• A call for Happy Client stories
• New Gutenberg posts on the way
• Why you need to upgrade your hosting to PHP 7 right away
• A check to see if your backup solution is complete
• The Not Secure warning for non HTTPS sites rolls out with Chrome 68 today
• Who just bought Stone Temple Consulting, and what this means for SEO tips for us
• A very interesting interview with Joost de Valk on what the future holds for voice search
• Synonyms finally come to the Yoast SEO content analysis tool
• What the top 10 OWASP security holes are on your site, and an easy way to plug them
• A new migration tool from SiteGround and why you don’t want to use it
• 7 tips to get you unstuck with blogging and generating new ideas
Tips this week include:
• How theme design impacts site load speed
• The big changes I’m getting all of us site owners ready for, and when they will hit
• The new courses coming to the DIY SEO training
• WordPress 4.9.8 release schedule and what’s in it that you don’t want to use
• HostGator and Bluehost rumored to be down, and perhaps why
• The GDPR cookie plugin I see the most folks using
• A new place to get great free images for your blog and social media
Tips this week include:
• Tips for doing your own content revamp that make it so easy
• The SEO of deleting old content
• An update on the recipe plugin schema markup tests
• A site audit client story about how great it feels to know what you’re doing
• The hoohaa around the WordPress 4.9.7 security release and who I’m mad at about it
• How and why to turn off auto updates for WordPress, and what you have to be super vigilant about afterward
• What’s in the Genesis 2.6.1 recent release
• It’s confirmed! The Google speed update rolled out July 9, and what this really means for your site
• Why a voice app for your site might be in your future
• The reality of keyword research and why I don’t teach it
• 5 ways to get your blog post to go viral
• Why a writing style matters for your blog – and how to improve yours
As Gutenberg will change everything about WordPress, you need to take control of your updates until all the glitches are worked out.
See how to use the Easy Updates Manager plugin to control when you do both minor and major updates.
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