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WordPress News Roundup: WordPress 6.1 Planning, Jetpack Split Features into Plugins + 4 More Updates | June 2022

WordPress.org is having a cool-off period after the release of WordPress 6.0 at the end of May. But June is still a busy month in WordPress. Many things happened around the world of WordPress this month. From WordCamp Europe 2022 recap, WordPress 6.1 planning to WordPress’s advice for theme makers, read on to learn more…

2022 Bluehost Creators Awards

We’re on the hunt for talent across the globe for the 2022 Bluehost Creators Awards. Are you a WordPress enthusiast? Are you a business owner who has built the website of your dreams? Do you love to create websites, blogs, themes, plugins on WordPress? This is for you. Share your creation with us for a…

WordPress News Roundup: WordPress 6.0 Release | May 2022

This monthly update is all about the latest WordPress release: WordPress 6.0 “Arturo”. WordPress 6.0 was released on 24/05 and it is the second major release of 2022. As with every other major update, users can expect plenty of new features and improvements. All the great new features, enhancements and gains from Gutenberg 12.0 and 13.0 are included…

10 WordPress Setting Changes to Optimize Your Site’s Performance

Speed is everything. According to research from Kissmetrics, “40 percent of people abandon a website that takes more than three seconds to load, and a one-second delay in page response can result in a seven percent reduction in conversions.” If your WordPress site is sluggish, it’s going to increase your bounce rate and lower the…

WordPress News Roundup: WordPress 6.0 Beta Releases + 3 More Updates | April 2022

This April the WordPress core developers have been preparing for the release of WordPress 6.0, the second major update of 2022. The team released 2 beta builds for WordPress 6.0 in April. Before that, WordPress 5.9.3 was released which focused on bug-fixing and maintenance. New releases are not the only thing happening in April. The…

WordPress News Roundup – Q1 2022 Recap

2022 begins on a high note with a new major release: WordPress 5.9. The keyword for this major update is full site editing! WordPress 5.9 comes with a new full site editing experience, a new theme along with more features and changes. After the exciting release of 5.9 came the 2 smaller releases of 5.9.1…

Bluehost Website Builder or Theme, Which Tool to Use to Design Your Website?

Building a website can sound scary if you don’t have technical or design skills. But it doesn’t have to be. There are many tools that enable even the least tech-savvy among us to build solid websites without requiring any coding. In this article, we’ll introduce you to the following tools – The Bluehost Website Builder and…

A Complete Walkthrough of The Bluehost Dashboard 

If you’ve decided to use Bluehost’s hosting and website building service- congratulations! You’ll be joining a community of 2 million websites hosted by Bluehost. We’ve long been proud partners of WordPress, supporting and contributing to the development of the platform!  So, you’ve bought our hosting plan and gone through the onboarding process. After which, you’ll…

WordPress 5.9 Updates: 4 Beta Versions Released

On November 24, 2021, the WordPress team announced they would delay the WordPress 5.9 release. The team decided to shift the release date from Dec. 14, 2021, to Jan. 25, 2022. They attributed this delay to an issue with the blocker bug that delayed the release of Beta 1. As of writing, the WordPress team…

What Is Spam Email, and How Do I Stop Getting It?

No one likes getting spam emails. Not only do they account for 45.1% of email traffic generated, but they also pose a cybersecurity threat. According to Trend Micro’s fourth annual Cloud App Security Trend Report, high-risk emails rose by 32% in 2020 compared to the previous year. And it has no intentions of slowing down…

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