WordPress News and Links — Mar 14, 2021
Here is this week’s update on important WordPress news and recommended articles for Outcome Labs WordPress Care Plan customers and our newsletter subscribers.
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Reusable Blocks Level Up
If you use reusable blocks in the WordPress Block Editor, there are some changes to how you access and edit them in WordPress 5.7 you should be aware of.
How Blocksy Unlocks the Power of CPTs
Here is a quick tutorial from WPTuts that demonstrates how easy it is to create custom post type pages and archives using the Blocksy theme.
Some Interesting WordPress Blocks
Here are some interesting blocks that our design and development teams have evaluated recently. They are good examples of blocks designed to address specific use cases.
WordPress 5.7 Verification Underway
WordPress 5.7 is the first major update to WordPress for 2021. It is targeted for release on March 9, 2021. The Outcome Labs team is going through our WordPress Update Verification Checklist using RC2 to identify and resolve any issues.
Recommended Read — iframe Native Lazy Loading
Some recommended reads on one of the changes in WordPress 5.7—iframes will be lazy-loaded by default. It may have implications for sites that display ads.
WordPress 5.6.2 is now available!
WordPress 5.6.2 is a small maintenance release focused on fixing user-facing issues discovered in 5.6.1.
Update Ninja Forms ASAP
Wordfence has detected four vulnerabilities in the Ninja Forms plugin. Due to the severity of the exploits, an immediate update of the plugin is recommended.
Gutenberg 10.0 — 100th Release
Gutenberg 10.0 was released on February 17, 2021. Get the details and read our assessment of this release.