WordPress 5.5 “Eckstine” Release Overview

The recent major release of WordPress 5.5 “Eckstine” brings a lot of improvement throughout WordPress Core. In this post, we are going to review and highlight some of the more notable changes and how they might affect your site and the future of WordPress. Content Management Block Editor Improvements With this update, ten releases from…

How to List Your Products on Google Shopping for Free

In April 2020, Google announced it’s now free to sell on Google Shopping. Previously, Google Shopping listings only consisted of paid advertisements. Now, search results on the Google Shopping tab will consist primarily of free listings, helping merchants better connect with consumers, regardless of whether they advertise on Google. Before you can take advantage of…

WordPress 5.4 Update

On March 31, 2020, WordPress 5.4 “Adderley” was released, named “Adderley” in honor of American jazz trumpeter Nat Adderley. With this minor release comes some much-anticipated updates. WordPress Gutenberg Block Editor Improvements New and Better Blocks Two new blocks have been added to the editor: Social Icons and Buttons blocks. These additions have been highly…

WooCommerce 4.0 – New Reporting Tools

WooCommerce released version 4.0 on March 10th — this is a “major” release. The most notable addition is the inclusion of the WooCommerce Admin plugin into the core WooCommerce plugin. This includes a Javascript-driven interface for managing the backend, plus new reporting tools and a dashboard to monitor key metrics. They also updated the Action…