The Dragon Roars with Fearsome WordPress Plugins

It's Episode 555 and we have plugins for Disabling Bloat, Managing Emergencies, Login Without Password, Query Looky-Loo, Worthless Plugin, Pranking WordPress… and ClassicPress Options. It's all coming up on WordPress Plugins A-Z!

Disable WooCommerce Bloat, Emergency Management, Temporary Login Without Password, Query Monitor, Worthless Plugin, WP Pranks……. and ClassicPress options on Episode 555.

John's Intro:

This is a value for value show and I look forward to everyone providing some value back.

Before I get started, you will want to hang around to the end of the show for our Q & A segment with Amber…. and to those listening on the podcast, you may want to check out the YouTube version which has some great discussions before the show starts…

Amber's Rant:

This is #15 of 52 episodes for 2022! So many 5's today! 5 is an interesting number in numerology – 5 is a master of change, able to go with the flow and adapt itself to thrive in different environments and social situations. People with the life-path number 5 tend to have a hard time settling down or sticking to routine, as people with 5 tend to crave new, fresh experiences – once something feels like routine these people tend to move on.

On another note – happy early April Fools! I think we should really just call it Loki Day – generally my youngest sets up about 20 different little harmless pranks at this time of year, so I can't help but wonder what she will do this year! I hope everyone has a lot of fun this year, and that you are able to get outside and enjoy the early Spring weather!

Rinse and repeat as often as needed.

We have some news from the world of WordPress for you today as well as some great plugins.

News this week:

WordPress Vulnerability Report – March 30, 2022 – Only 7 to worry about this week – don't forget to go through this list each week to see if a plugin you have deactivated in the past has been patched and is good to go now!

EXMAGE, Good & Bad Comments, Thank me Later, Page Security & Membership, Autolinks, Amministrazione Aperta, Ad Injection. If you have these in your site, deactivate and keep an eye out for updates!

Performance Team proposes enabling WebP by default in WordPress 6.0 – If this proposal is approved, version 6.0 will generate WebP images by default for new JPEG uploads and will use WebP images by default for website content. I could see this being very useful, as WordPress would auto convert JPEG uploads to the WebP in the background, and use them on your website.

Text Selection across multiple blocks is coming to WordPress – Ella van Durpe merged a feature into Gutenberg plugin, allowing users to select and modify text across multiple rich text blocks. This should land in 13.0 of the plugin, and WordPress 6.0 in May. I'll bet this will make life easier across the board for Gutenberg users!

WordCamp Asia 2023 tentatively set for February 17-19 in Bangkok, Thailand – Great news! WordCamp Asia is tentatively back on schedule for in-person WordPress events with these new dates – February 17-19, 2023. Read on to find out more!

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