This weeks WordPress news – Covering The Week Commencing 7th October 2019:

WordPress Core

WordPress 5.3 Beta 3

WordPress 5.3 Improves Large Image Handling

WordPress.org Bumps PHP Maximum for Plugin Directory to Version 7.2

Community

MachoThemes, Modula Parent Company, Acquires Three Gallery Plugins

U.S. Supreme Court Denies Domino’s Appeal to Determine Whether Websites Must Be Accessible

Plugins / Themes

Brizy Design Kit 2.0

Ultimate Addons for Beaver Builder – Design User Registration Form like Never Before!

Ultimate Addons for Elementor – Build User Registration Forms Easily

Astra 2.1 is Out with Cleaner HTML and Faster Load Time

Visual Composer Website Builder in the WP repo

Deals from this week

WP Project Manager Pro – lifetime for $49

weForms – lifetime for $49

WP User Frontend Pro – lifetime for $49

Security

Website Malware Removal Guarantee – Why Insure Your Websites?

Clever New DDoS Attack Gets a Lot of Bang for a Hacker’s Buck

Important iThemes Sync Vulnerability Patched

WP Builds

Marketing funnels don’t exist!

25% off mintWP from Chris Hughes – code WPBUILDS

Jobs

None again, perhaps I’ll just abandon this after all!?!

Not WordPress, but useful anyway…

AI-Powered Web Accessibility Automatic. Simple. Affordable.

Mars Curiosity Rover finds evidence of an ancient oasis on Mars

Few convinced by Apple’s case for Hong Kong app removal

ExpressionEngine Under New Ownership, Will Remain Open Source for Now

New Better Proposals Templates

Google Chrome Announces Rollout Plan for Blocking Mixed Content Beginning January 2020