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.
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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.
Check the latest WordPress and WooCommerce Beta releases
The Wordpress core team and WooCommerce team announced their latest Beta releases this week. Definitely worth a minute to check out.
Geek Tip of the Week—See WP Scheduled Tasks
Interesting overview on WPSHOUT of tool to let you see and manage scheduled tasks on your Wordpress site. A bit geeky, but pretty cool.
Are You Following ‘This Month in WordPress’?
With the rapid evolution of the Block Editor and other interesting projects that are advancing the Wordpress platform, we highly recommend checking the "This Month in Wordpress" that is posted by the core team each month. It is a great timely summary of what is going on.
Time to Check Under the Hood (of your website)?
It's the start of a new year. It is the start of a new decade. Your website is your "homebase" online. Like your car and home in the physical world, it is a complex asset that requires regular maintenance to perform reliably and look great.
Will Block-based Themes Enable Anyone to Write a Theme?
Justin Tadlock did a solid analysis of the proposed strategy for creating block-based themes that was published last month. Worth a read.