In our first episode in more than a month, Marcus Couch and I discuss the latest WordPress news, including a preview of WordPress 4.5. I share my experience taking a month off away from WordPress and the lessons learned in doing so. This show is a little rough around the edges but we'll be back to our normal selves starting next week.

Stories Discussed:

WordPress 4.5 Beta 1 Released

WordPress 4.5 to Introduce Native Support for a Theme Logo

Poetica Acquired by Condé Nast, Open Source WordPress Plugin Will Be Discontinued

Stripe Payment Gateway for WooCommerce Is Now Available for Free

Automattic Adds AMP Support to WordPress.com, Releases Plugin for Self-Hosted Sites

Plugins Picked By Marcus:

Migrate Ninja Forms to Gravity Forms is a plugin that does exactly what it's name implies. It migrates content from Ninja Forms to Gravity Forms.

AMP Analytics extends Google's AMP to allow you to add analytics to your Accelerated Mobile Pages.

PageLines Platform 5 is a complete drag-and-drop editing system. It works with any standard WordPress theme.

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