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Microsoft Bing announced that the popular WordPress SEO plugin Rank Math is integrating the IndexNow instant indexing protocol.  A publisher doesn’t even need to have an API key or a Bing Webmaster Tools account to enjoy the advantages of instant indexing. Getting started with IndexNow by using Rank Math SEO plugin is easy, especially with these step by step instructions.

Rank Math WordPress SEO Plugin

Rank Math is a popular SEO plugin that has over one million active installations. It is popular because it is easy to use and also because the plugin offers a generous selection of…

WordPress.org’s contributors are preparing to open the doors of the Pattern Directory to public submissions. Patterns’ transformative effect on page building in the block editor has made the feature important enough to earn its own directory in July 2021. For the past nine months, it has been limited to a small, curated selection of patterns from designers in the community.

Today, Alex Shiels unveiled the new Pattern Creator that will enable public pattern submissions.

“The Pattern Creator page will allow designers and content creators to build, edit, and submit their…

Busting WordPress Myths, report by Ricky Blacker, Senior Sales Engineer and WordPress Evangelist at WP Engine

Since its launch in 2003, WordPress, has evolved from a simple blogging platform to become the world’s most popular open-source content management system (CMS), now powering over 43% of the web. With more than 82 million sites worldwide, businesses of all sizes rely on WordPress to drive their digital properties, from startups and SMBs to The Walt Disney Company and The White House. The platform is  a constant source of buzz in the tech community and generates millions of…

Number of vulnerabilities found in WordPress plugins and themes jumped 150% between 2020 and 2021

A year-on-year surge has been observed in the number of security vulnerabilities found in the WordPress ecosystem.

The number of flaws reported in plugins and themes for WordPress was 150% higher in 2021 than in 2020, according to researchers at WordPress security firm Patchstack. As many as 29% of critical vulnerabilities were never patched.

WordPress powers just over 40% of all websites, but bugs in plugins and themes can render those sites vulnerable…

Building a website is a big task. It can be an even bigger task if you are not familiar with the process or the tools needed to make it happen. WordPress is a popular content management system that can help you get your website up and running in no time. In addition, many other features and plugins can help make your website stand out from the rest. 

A recent survey of CMS systems found that WordPress is the most popular system in use today. This is likely due to its ease of use and the number of themes and plugins available for download. 

If you are…

I have said it before, but it bears repeating: the next generation of WordPress theme authors will design from the site editor. It seems that Gutenberg project contributors are making good on my promise.

Earlier today, I exported a WordPress theme from the site editor.

The resulting ZIP file seemed to include all the necessary bits to upload and activate like any other theme.

This was a feature that I had been waiting on for months. It is a significant step toward the idea of not only democratizing publishing but bringing that same…

“I have so many design ideas in my head that I am about to make it my mission to singlehandedly fulfill [Matt Mullenweg’s] vision of 5,000 Full Site Editing #WordPress themes in the directory,” tweeted Brian Gardner earlier today.

Daniel Schutzsmith responded:

I’m just not seeing the need for more than one theme for FSE as long as I can override the look of it.

Would appreciate someone explaining why one theme like @frostwp COULDN’T just be the standard.

Making more themes feels like it defeats the concept of FSE altogether.

It is not the first time someone asked whether…