Gutenberg 8.3 Quick Update
We deployed Gutenberg 8.3 to our verification sites when it was released last week. Generally seems pretty stable, but we did find some issues.
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WordPress Bumps PHP Minimum to 7.2—Checked Your Site Lately?
Have you checked the Site Health databoard on your Wordpress site. We strongly recommend checking and and addressing issues like this. It will improve the security and performance of your site. If you need assistance, be sure to contact us.
Recommended Tools: Duplicate Post
This is a new series of posts about themes, plugins, and blocks we use and recommend. First up is the duplicate Post plugin which was just acquired by Yoast.
Remember to Check the Gutenberg Experiments!
We hit a big issue with the Gutenberg 8.3 update. The support team at Yoast helped us to identify the cause as a Gutenberg experiments setting, but we should have caught it first.
Update to WordPress 5.4.2 as soon as you can
The WordPress 5.4.2 Security and Maintenance Release is now available. It corrects a bug that allows spammers to index in search engines results pages comments that are still awaiting moderation.
WooCommerce 4.1.1 Security and Fix Release Available
The WooCommerce team announced the availability of WooCommerce 4.1.1 yesterday. This is a security and fix release. It is highly recommended to apply the release as soon as possible.
The Block Editor Continues to Accelerate
The Gutenberg team continues to push the Block Editor forward. Here at Outcome Labs, we have moved all of our company sites and almost all new client projects over to the Block Editor as the primary tool for both content creation and for layouts.
Learn more about the WordPress Block Editor
On April 2nd, be sure to catch WPBlockTalk. This will be a live, virtual event with speakers who’ve been key to designing and developing the block editor.
Take Out the Trash — WordPress Revisions
Wordpress revisions are a great feature, but they can have an impact on your site's performance. Here are some tips on how to clean things up and optimize them for peak performance.