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This Week in WordPress (March 17 - 23, 2018)

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Channel: Elegant Themes · 2018 · People & Blogs

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Happy Friday, Divi Nation! I am B.J., a content creator at Elegant Themes. You’re watching This Week in WordPress, a weekly live stream where we talk about the best news, tutorials, and resources that have been published this week. Make sure to say hello  in the comments, share what you’ve been working on this week in WordPress, and let’s be friends!

--NEWS

WP 4.9.5 beta test https://make.wordpress.org/core/2018/03/21/wordpress-4-9-5-beta/

Caldera Forms Becomes First Major Plugin to Drop Support for Legacy PHP https://wpshout.com/links/caldera-forms-becomes-first-major-plugin-to-drop-support-for-legacy-php/  

WP-GDPR Plugin: Get Your Website GDPR Ready https://wpmayor.com/wp-gdpr-plugin-get-gdpr-ready/  

As Facebook’s algorithm changes SEO becomes crucial https://yoast.com/facebook-changes-make-seo-important/  

--VIEWER SUBMISSIONS

Useful Links Collecton Plugin https://codecanyon.net/item/useful-links-collections/18998109

--TUTORIALS

How To Cloak Affiliate Links In WordPress: With Or Without A Plugin https://wplift.com/cloak-affiliate-links-in-wordpress  

How to Add a Forum to Your Website with Divi’s Marathon Layout Pack https://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/divi-resources/how-to-add-a-forum-to-your-website-with-divis-marathon-layout-pack

How to Create “Floating” Objects in Divi Using Dropshadow https://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/divi-resources/how-to-create-floating-objects-in-divi-using-dropshadow

Top 10 Tips To Fix Most Common WordPress Security Issues https://torquemag.io/2018/03/top-10-tips-to-fix-most-common-wordpress-security-issues/  

Slow WordPress Admin Dashboard? Here’s How To Fix It (Including WooCommerce) https://wplift.com/slow-wordpress-admin-dashboard  

How to Protect WordPress Files with Prevent Direct Access https://wpmayor.com/protect-wordpress-files-prevent-direct-access/  

Optimizing a single page: One page website SEO https://yoast.com/one-page-website-seo/  

How to fix 500 and 502 errors in WordPress https://www.catswhocode.com/blog/how-to-fix-500-and-502-errors-in-wordpress  

The Beginner WordPress Developer’s Guide to wp_enqueue https://torquemag.io/2018/03/beginners-guide-wp_enqueue/  

How to Create a WooCommerce Secret Sale: 3 Methods https://wpmayor.com/how-to-create-woocommerce-secret-sale/  

--RESOURCES

The 30 best conferences to attend in 2018 https://getflywheel.com/layout/best-conferences-2018/  

5 Ecommerce Mistakes You Can’t Afford to Make https://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/tips-tricks/costly-wordpress-e-commerce-mistakes-you-need-to-avoid

Watch WordCamp Miami 2018 Via Free Livestream https://wptavern.com/watch-wordcamp-miami-2018-via-free-livestream  

7 Reasons Your Small Business Needs a Blog https://torquemag.io/2018/03/7-reasons-small-business-needs-blog/  

Should You Sell Premium Themes on Your Own or at a Marketplace? https://wplift.com/sell-premium-wordpress-themes-marketplace-shop

Where Will Your Next Blog Post Inspiration Come From? https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/where-will-your-next-blog-post-inspiration-come-from/   

Creating A UX Strategy https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2018/03/creating-a-ux-strategy/  

What’s new in Gutenberg 2.4 https://make.wordpress.org/core/2018/03/14/whats-new-in-gutenberg-14th-march/

Getting Ahead of Gutenberg https://wpengine.com/blog/getting-ahead-gutenberg/

Should You Add Pricing Pages to your Freelance Site? https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/pricing-pages-should-you-add-to-your-freelance-website/

Slowest WP Plugins and Alternatives to Them https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/the-slowest-wordpress-plugins-and-alternatives-to-try-instead

Ask Yoast: Comment systems and SEO https://yoast.com/ask-yoast-comment-systems-and-seo/  

The Current State Of Email Marketing Programming: What Can And Can’t Be Used https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2018/03/email-marketing-programming-best-practices/  

11 Important Pages that Every WordPress Blog Should Have (2018) http://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/important-pages-that-every-wordpress-blog-should-have-2018/

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