December 30, 2021
Video: How to Find Out Who Actually Owns a Domain Name 3 Ways
WPBeginner - WordPress Tutorials originally appeared at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=em0_x5EHJKU
December 27, 2021
Video: How to Add and Customize Admin Columns in WordPress
WPBeginner - WordPress Tutorials originally appeared at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwSLgU78QGU
December 23, 2021
Video: 24 Must Have WordPress Plugins for Business Websites
WPBeginner - WordPress Tutorials originally appeared at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5lj3rX5E5s
December 21, 2021
WordPress 5.9 Beta 4
WordPress 5.9 Beta 4 is now available for testing!
This software version is still under development. Please do not run this software on a production site; install it on a test site, where you can try out the newest features and get a feel for how they will work on your site.
You can test the WordPress 5.9 Beta 4 in three ways:
Option 1: Install and activate the WordPress Beta Tester plugin (select the “Bleeding edge” channel and “Beta/RC Only” stream).
Option 2: Direct download the beta version here (zip).
Option 3: When using WP-CLI to upgrade from Beta 1, 2, or 3 to Beta 4 on a case-insensitive filesystem, please use the following command sequence:
Command One:
wp core update --version=5.9-beta4
Command Two:
wp core update --version=5.9-beta4 --force
The current target for the final release of 5.9 is January 25, 2022, which is only five weeks away. Your help testing this beta is vital: the more testing that happens, the more stable the release, and the better the experience for users and developers—and the entire WordPress community.
Some Highlights
Since Beta 3, 20 bugs have been fixed. Here are a few of the changes you will find in Beta 4:
- Bundled Theme: Fixed duplicate CSS rules in Twenty Twenty-One theme (#53605).
- Customizer: It’s possible to switch to a block theme from within Customizer (#54549).
- Themes: Provide guidance to users seeking to preview block themes on WordPress versions below 5.9 (#54575).
- REST API: The get_theme_item method should respect fields param (#54595).
- Editor: Block Patterns: “Featured” category & patterns missing from inserter (#54623).
- Login and registration: Add a filter to allow to disable the Login screen language dropdown – (#54675).
How You Can Help
Do some testing!
Testing for bugs is vital for polishing the release in the beta stage and a great way to contribute.
Please post to the Alpha/Beta area in the support forums if you find a bug. If you’re comfortable writing a reproducible bug report, file one on WordPress Trac, where you can also find a list of known bugs.
Got questions? Here are some answers
In the coming weeks, follow the Make WordPress Core blog for 5.9-related developer notes that will cover these items in detail.
So far, contributors have fixed 326 tickets and 108 new features and enhancements in WordPress 5.9. More bug fixes are on the way with your help through testing.
Props to @cbringmann, @psykro, @hellofromtonya, @marybaum, @webcommsat, @audrasjb, @cbringmann, @costdev and @meher for contributions to this post.
WordPress 5.9 Beta 4 was originally posted at https://wordpress.org/news/2021/12/wordpress-5-9-beta-4/
December 20, 2021
Video: How to Unpublish a WordPress Page (4 Simple Ways)
WPBeginner - WordPress Tutorials originally appeared at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EAfiEV__9Y
December 16, 2021
Video: How to Set a Minimum Word Count for WordPress Posts
WPBeginner - WordPress Tutorials originally appeared at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j83NLygZ4Q
December 14, 2021
WordPress 5.9 Beta 3
WordPress 5.9 Beta 3 is now available for testing!
This software version is still under development. Please do not run this software on a production site; install it on a test site, where you can try out the newest features and get a feel for how they will work on your site.
You can test the WordPress 5.9 Beta 3 in three ways:
Option 1: Install and activate the WordPress Beta Tester plugin (select the “Bleeding edge” channel and “Beta/RC Only” stream).
Option 2: Direct download the beta version.
Option 3: If you use WP-CLI to upgrade from Beta 1 or Beta 2 to Beta 3 on a case-insensitive filesystem, please use the following command sequence:
Command One:
wp core update --version=5.9-beta2
Command Two:
wp core update --version=5.9-beta3 --force
The current target for the final release of 5.9 is January 25, 2022, which gets closer every minute. Your help testing this beta is vital: the more testing that happens, the more stable the release, and the better the experience for users and developers—and the entire WordPress community.
Some Highlights
Since Beta 2, 14 bugs have been fixed. Here are a few of the changes you will find in Beta 3:
- Editor: Add FSE infrastructure from Gutenberg plugin into Core (#54335).
- Formatting: Allow PDFs to embedded as objects (#54261)
- Language switcher on the login screen (#43700)
- REST API: Add navigation areas REST API endpoint from Gutenberg plugin (#54393)
- Themes: Live Preview button bug (#54578)
How You Can Help
Do some testing!
Testing for bugs is vital for polishing the release in the beta stage and a great way to contribute.
If you think you’ve found a bug, please post to the Alpha/Beta area in the support forums. If you’re comfortable writing a reproducible bug report, file one on WordPress Trac. That’s also where you can find a list of known bugs.
For even more ways to test, you can also refer to this official Full Site Editing post from @annezazu.
Got questions? Here are some answers
In the coming weeks, follow the Make WordPress Core blog for 5.9-related developer notes that cover these items in detail. So far, contributors have fixed 316 tickets in WordPress 5.9, including 100 new features and enhancements. More bug fixes are on the way with your help through testing.
Props to @psykro, @estelaris, @hellofromtonya, @marybaum, @webcommsat, @cbringmann, @costdev, and @audrasjb for contributions to this post.
Filed under #release, #5.9, #beta
WordPress 5.9 Beta 3 was originally posted at https://wordpress.org/news/2021/12/wordpress-5-9-beta-3/
December 13, 2021
Video: How to Add a PDF Viewer in WordPress
WPBeginner - WordPress Tutorials originally appeared at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhYUQyXWQ6E
December 9, 2021
Video: How to Add a Favicon to Your WordPress Blog
WPBeginner - WordPress Tutorials originally appeared at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13jjglEuNpA
December 7, 2021
WordPress 5.9 Beta 2
WordPress 5.9 Beta 2 is now available for testing!
This software version is still under development. Please do not run this software on a production site. Instead, install it on a test site, where you can try out the newest features to get a feel for how they will work on your site.
You can test the WordPress 5.9 Beta 2 in three ways:
Option 1: Install and activate the WordPress Beta Tester plugin (select the “Bleeding edge” channel and “Beta/RC Only” stream).
Option 2: Direct download the beta version here (zip).
Option 3: When using WP-CLI to upgrade from Beta 1 to Beta 2 on a case-insensitive filesystem, please use the following command sequence:
Command 1: wp core update –version=5.9-beta1
Command 2: wp core update –version=5.9-beta2 –force
The current target for the final release of 5.9 is January 25, 2022, which is just seven weeks away. Your help testing this version is a vital part of making this release as good as it can be.
Some Highlights
Since Beta 1, 24 bugs have been fixed. Here are a few of the changes you will find in Beta 2:
- Block Editor: Remove navigation areas (#54506)
- Block Editor: Navigation block view JavaScript error (#54456)
- Block Editor: Block template theme error related to child themes (#54515)
- General: Fixing existing links to Customizer when the Site Editor is enabled (#54460)
- Media: Media library showing only the selected image (#53765)
- Media: Fatal error uploading media on PHP8 (#54385)
- REST API: Add Global Styles REST API endpoints from Gutenberg into Core (#54336)
Also, note that some users testing 5.9 Beta 1 faced some fatal errors upon upgrade. In turn, these errors revealed the need for some extra work on the filesystem and upgrader. Those fatal errors are no longer a problem, and the enhancements will be part of version 6.0.
How You Can Help
Do some testing!
Testing for bugs is vital for polishing the release in the beta stage and a great way to contribute.
If you think you’ve found a bug, please post to the Alpha/Beta area in the support forums. If you’re comfortable writing a reproducible bug report, file one on WordPress Trac. That’s also where you can find a list of known bugs.
Where can I get more information?
In the coming weeks, follow the Make WordPress Core blog for 5.9-related developer notes that cover these items in detail.
So far, contributors have fixed 305 tickets in WordPress 5.9, including 110 new features and enhancements. More bug fixes are on the way with your help through testing.
Props to @psykro, @estelaris, @hellofromtonya, @marybaum, @webcommsat, @cbringmann, @davidb, @audrasjb, and @pbiron for contributions to this post.
WordPress 5.9 Beta 2 was originally posted at https://wordpress.org/news/2021/12/wordpress-5-9-beta-2/
December 6, 2021
Video: How to Automatically Post to Facebook From WordPress
WPBeginner - WordPress Tutorials originally appeared at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYJ8kODmjK8
December 2, 2021
Video: 11 Free Google Tools Every WordPress Blogger Should Use
WPBeginner - WordPress Tutorials originally appeared at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiV0n-mRc9s