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The Ultimate Guide To Presets In Divi 5 (Including New Features)

Divi 5 helps you remember and reuse your design decisions. Using presets, you can set your brand colors, button styles, heading sizes, and spacing once, and every new element you add can automatically follow those rules. This transforms your styling… Continue Reading →

5 Hotspot Designs For Divi 5 (Free Download!)

Divi 5 makes it simple to build interactive sections that feel intentional, balanced, and on brand. In this free pack, you will get 5 Hotspot Sections, each designed to highlight key locations, features, or details in a clean and engaging… Continue Reading →

How to create magic effects in WordPress with core blocks

Most WordPress users don’t realize how far the block editor has come. Core blocks like Cover, Group, Columns, and Image now include enough built-in design controls to create layered depth, cinematic scroll effects, bold typography, and polished layouts that previously… Continue Reading →

Performance Year-End Chat Summary: 23 December 2025

The full chat log is available beginning here on Slack. View Transitions to Core @westonruter kicked off the discussion by referencing plans to graduate the View Transitions plugin into core for WordPress 7.0, noting it pairs well with the admin… Continue Reading →

WordPress Vulnerability Report — December 24, 2025

In this report, 150 vulnerabilities have been publicly disclosed. Security patches for 124 of these plugins and themes are now available. Please run these updates as soon as possible. If you’re a Solid Security Pro user, the version management tool… Continue Reading →

Introducing Divi Canvases (Off-Canvas Menus, Popups & Canvas Portals 🤯)

I am excited to introduce Divi Canvases for Divi 5. A canvas is a workspace detached from your main post content. You can use them as staging areas for design updates, a place to organize off-canvas components, or simply as… Continue Reading →

How managed hosting frees up time for agencies to focus on their core business

Most agencies move through their days balancing design work, development timelines, and client communication then suddenly get pulled into a different world the moment a site slows down, a plugin misbehaves, or a server error pops up. You’re expected to… Continue Reading →

How To Create Nested FAQs With Divi 5’s Nested Modules

Visitors scan FAQ sections more than they read them. They skim headings, looking for the one question that matches their problem. When they can’t find it fast, it affects conversions. The solution doesn’t lie in writing better answers, but in… Continue Reading →

How To Create Custom Product Pages In Divi 5 (New Woo Modules)

When it comes to ecommerce, standing out means ditching cookie-cutter templates for product pages that not only captivate but also convert. With Divi 5‘s Woo Product Modules, you can build high-impact product pages entirely from scratch, all while seamlessly integrating… Continue Reading →

How To Create A Custom Post Type Carousel Loop In Divi 5

Post displays keep visitors engaged with your content. They showcase what matters and encourage people to explore further. Static post loops work fine, but sometimes require an extra element to capture attention. That’s where carousels come in; they add movement… Continue Reading →

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (December 8, 2025 to December 14, 2025)

Last week, there were 224 vulnerabilities disclosed in 205 WordPress Plugins and 9 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 74 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those… Continue Reading →

How To Transition From Block To Flex In Divi 5

For years, Divi users relied on a block-based layout system that worked well at the time, but as WordPress page builders have evolved, limitations have emerged. Columns stacked predictably in rows, mobile reordering required duplicate sections or custom CSS, and… Continue Reading →

X-post: WordPress 6.9 Release Retrospective

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WordPress 6.9 Release Retrospective

Congratulations to all who helped make WordPress 6.9 possible! Now that the release cycle is complete, you’re invited to reflect and share your thoughts on the release cycle, release processes, release squad, or whatever else is on your mind. Feedback loops are… Continue Reading →

X-post: Proposal: 2026 Major Release Schedule

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Viraly Review 2026 – Could This Be The Best Social Scheduler Right Now?

Welcome to my Viraly review.  I’ve been avoiding writing this review for too long. But it’s probably not for the reason you think. Here’s why: I was one of the…

5 Large Text Designs For Divi 5 (Free Download!)

Divi 5 makes it simple to build bold hero sections and headline areas that feel intentional, balanced, and on brand. In this free pack, you’ll get 5 styled Large Text Sections — each crafted with strong typography, clear hierarchy, and… Continue Reading →

How Kinsta helps developers run complex WordPress sites at scale

Managing complex WordPress sites means dealing with plugin-heavy architectures, thousands of concurrent users, and clients who expect consistent performance. When you handle dozens of high-traffic builds for enterprise clients, standard hosting infrastructure breaks down. Kinsta provides an infrastructure built for… Continue Reading →

Accessibility Team Meeting Agenda: Dec 18, 2025

This is the proposed agenda for the bi-weekly Accessibility Team meeting on Thursday, December 18, 2025, 15:00 UTC Notes feature in WordPress 6.9 WordPress Importer can now migrate URLs in your content Planning for 7.0 Holiday updates Updates from the working group… Continue Reading →

Gutenberg 22.3 (December 17)

“What’s new in Gutenberg…” posts (labeled with the #gutenberg-new tag) are posted following every Gutenberg release on a biweekly basis, showcasing new features included in each release. As a reminder, here’s an overview of different ways to keep up with… Continue Reading →

Summary, Dev Chat, December 17, 2025

Start of the meeting in Slack, facilitated by @desrosj Agenda post. Announcements Gutenberg 22.3 has been released!WordCamp Asia 2026 Contributor Day: Call for table leadsWordPress 6.9 HotfixesPlanning for WordPress 7.0Real-time collaboration: Early user feedbackDiscussions Dev Chats Over the Holidays Note: This was the… Continue Reading →

How To Design CSS Grid Layouts For Your Website

Building a CSS Grid layout isn’t difficult to understand, but it can be challenging to execute cleanly. Sketching columns is easy. Keeping spans, gaps, and breakpoints in sync across pages is where most people stall. The good news: there are… Continue Reading →

WordPress Vulnerability Report — December 17, 2025

In this report, 293 vulnerabilities have been publicly disclosed. Security patches for 158 of these plugins and themes are now available. Please run these updates as soon as possible. If you’re a Solid Security Pro user, the version management tool… Continue Reading →

Dev Chat Agenda – December 17, 2025

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, at 15:00 UTC in the core channel on Make WordPress Slack. The live meeting will focus on the discussion for upcoming releases, and have an open floor section. The various… Continue Reading →

Performance Chat Summary: 16 December 2025

The full chat log is available beginning here on Slack. WordPress Performance Trac tickets @westonruter shared that he is still working through fixes for a CSS issue introduced in WordPress 6.9 related to loading separate block styles on demand in… Continue Reading →

Real-time collaboration: Early user feedback

Real-time collaboration—the ability for multiple users to edit the same post simultaneously, similar to Google Docs—is being developed for WordPress 7.0, scheduled for release in 2026. Beginning in October 2025, WordPress VIP customers have had access to a beta version of… Continue Reading →

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