Pentagon Receives Hundreds of UFO Reports in 2022

The Pentagon's new office for investigating potential UFO sightings received hundreds of new reports in 2022, and while it can explain more than half of those events, a sizable chunk remains a mystery.Within the new batch of sightings, the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence say, they're focusing on some 171 cases — including some in which objects appear to have demonstrated unusual flight characteristics or performance capabilities, and require further analysis.The Office of the Dire . . . [More]

Pentagon Receives Hundreds of UFO Reports in 2022

The Pentagon's new office for investigating potential UFO sightings received hundreds of new reports in 2022, and while it can explain more than half of those events, a sizable chunk remains a mystery.Within the new batch of sightings, the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence say, they're focusing on some 171 cases — including some in which objects appear to have demonstrated unusual flight characteristics or performance capabilities, and require further analysis.The Office of the Dire . . . [More]

5 World-Class WordPress Comments Plugins to Help Your Site’s Engagement

The post 5 World-Class WordPress Comments Plugins to Help Your Site’s Engagement is written by Tom Rankin and appeared first on WPKube. If you run a site where traffic is a priority, or you value engagement and community, a commenting system is the way to go. You can give your user base a direct voice on whatever content you produce. While the strategy is not plain sailing, selecting one of the available WordPress comments plugins can help. A dedicated plugin can give.... Continue Reading Re Posted From: 5 World-Class WordPress Comments Plugi . . . [More]

5 World-Class WordPress Comments Plugins to Help Your Site’s Engagement

The post 5 World-Class WordPress Comments Plugins to Help Your Site’s Engagement is written by Tom Rankin and appeared first on WPKube. If you run a site where traffic is a priority, or you value engagement and community, a commenting system is the way to go. You can give your user base a direct voice on whatever content you produce. While the strategy is not plain sailing, selecting one of the available WordPress comments plugins can help. A dedicated plugin can give.... Continue Reading Re Posted From: 5 World-Class WordPress Comments Plugi . . . [More]

Yoast SEO 20.0 Introduces New Admin Interface

Yoast SEO version 20.0 was released today with a new admin settings interface that also reorganizes the menu to into four main sections: General, Content types, Categories and Tags, and Advanced. In this update, the plugin did not add new features and settings but rather moved them to better match user workflows. The new sidebar menu should result in fewer clicks in accessing the most used settings. The individual settings pages are also sporting the new design, which is lighter and brighter than the previous screens. With such a larg . . . [More]

Yoast SEO 20.0 Introduces New Admin Interface

Yoast SEO version 20.0 was released today with a new admin settings interface that also reorganizes the menu to into four main sections: General, Content types, Categories and Tags, and Advanced. In this update, the plugin did not add new features and settings but rather moved them to better match user workflows. The new sidebar menu should result in fewer clicks in accessing the most used settings. The individual settings pages are also sporting the new design, which is lighter and brighter than the previous screens. With such a larg . . . [More]

Awesome Motive Acquires Thrive Themes

Awesome Motive has acquired Thrive Themes, its second acquisition of 2023 following the Duplicator plugin deal that was announced earlier this month. Thrive’s premium plugin suite reports more than 200,000 users. This includes Thrive Architect, a visual drag and drop page builder, an LMS course builder, and other marketing-focused plugins for generating leads, creating quizzes and testimonials, and doing A/B testing. In 2013, Thrive Themes co-founders Shane Melaugh and Paul McCarthy began their company with early products Hybrid Connect . . . [More]

Awesome Motive Acquires Thrive Themes

Awesome Motive has acquired Thrive Themes, its second acquisition of 2023 following the Duplicator plugin deal that was announced earlier this month. Thrive’s premium plugin suite reports more than 200,000 users. This includes Thrive Architect, a visual drag and drop page builder, an LMS course builder, and other marketing-focused plugins for generating leads, creating quizzes and testimonials, and doing A/B testing. In 2013, Thrive Themes co-founders Shane Melaugh and Paul McCarthy began their company with early products Hybrid Connect . . . [More]

Arçelik and Whirlpool team up to create new appliance brand

Two of Europe’s leading appliance brands Arçelik and Whirlpool have come together to create a new stand alone business in the European home appliances sector.The deal will involve Arçelik‘s owned subsidiary Ardutch B.V and Whirlpool Corporation‘s wholly owned subsidiary Whirlpool EMEA Holdings LLC, forming a new company which will manufacture, sell, and provide after-sales services for branded home appliances.These will include refrigerators, washing machines, vacuum cleaners, etc, from a range of Arçelik’s brands, including Grundig, . . . [More]

Arçelik and Whirlpool team up to create new appliance brand

Two of Europe’s leading appliance brands Arçelik and Whirlpool have come together to create a new stand alone business in the European home appliances sector.The deal will involve Arçelik‘s owned subsidiary Ardutch B.V and Whirlpool Corporation‘s wholly owned subsidiary Whirlpool EMEA Holdings LLC, forming a new company which will manufacture, sell, and provide after-sales services for branded home appliances.These will include refrigerators, washing machines, vacuum cleaners, etc, from a range of Arçelik’s brands, including Grundig, . . . [More]

WP Migrate 2.6 Introduces Full-Site Exports and Import to Local

WP Migrate, formerly known as WP Migrate DB and recently acquired by WP Engine, has long since expanded beyond its initial release as a database migration tool. Users may be familiar with the push/pull workflow of installing the plugin on two sites and migrating database, media, themes, and plugin changes back and forth. The most recent 2.6 release expands the plugin’s capabilities to include full-site exports for integration with Local, a popular free WordPress development tool, also owned by WP Engine. This new remote-to-local workflow i . . . [More]

WP Migrate 2.6 Introduces Full-Site Exports and Import to Local

WP Migrate, formerly known as WP Migrate DB and recently acquired by WP Engine, has long since expanded beyond its initial release as a database migration tool. Users may be familiar with the push/pull workflow of installing the plugin on two sites and migrating database, media, themes, and plugin changes back and forth. The most recent 2.6 release expands the plugin’s capabilities to include full-site exports for integration with Local, a popular free WordPress development tool, also owned by WP Engine. This new remote-to-local workflow i . . . [More]

Gutenberg 15.0 Introduces “Sticky” Position Block Support, Adds “Paste Styles” Option

Gutenberg 15.0 was released this week with some exciting new features for working with blocks and an improved UI for managing controls in the inspector panel. This release marks the end of the block inspector tabs experiment, which is now stabilized in the plugin. Users will notice that some blocks will now have separate tabs in the inspector for displaying settings and design controls, and optionally a list view tab that is included in the “off canvas navigation editor” experiment. Taking the block inspector tabs out of experimentation . . . [More]

Gutenberg 15.0 Introduces “Sticky” Position Block Support, Adds “Paste Styles” Option

Gutenberg 15.0 was released this week with some exciting new features for working with blocks and an improved UI for managing controls in the inspector panel. This release marks the end of the block inspector tabs experiment, which is now stabilized in the plugin. Users will notice that some blocks will now have separate tabs in the inspector for displaying settings and design controls, and optionally a list view tab that is included in the “off canvas navigation editor” experiment. Taking the block inspector tabs out of experimentation . . . [More]

WordPress Community Team Proposes Adopting GitHub to Improve Collaboration

Although GitHub is primarily used for code collaboration, WordPress’ Community team is considering adopting the platform to standardize their project management tools. Contributing to open source can already be challenging but when it requires signing up for multiple services in order to access the team’s many spreadsheets, trello boards, Slack groups, and other modes of communication, onboarding new contributors becomes needlessly difficult. A new proposal, authored by Community team rep Leo Gopal, outlines the benefits of using Git . . . [More]

WordPress Community Team Proposes Adopting GitHub to Improve Collaboration

Although GitHub is primarily used for code collaboration, WordPress’ Community team is considering adopting the platform to standardize their project management tools. Contributing to open source can already be challenging but when it requires signing up for multiple services in order to access the team’s many spreadsheets, trello boards, Slack groups, and other modes of communication, onboarding new contributors becomes needlessly difficult. A new proposal, authored by Community team rep Leo Gopal, outlines the benefits of using Git . . . [More]

The new Samsung Bespoke 4-Door Flex Refrigerator with Family Hub

During the latest edition of CES, Samsung presented its latest Bespoke Home innovations. The Bespoke Home 2023 lineup of home appliance combines cutting-edge technologies with aesthetic customization to meet any user’s preferences, setting a new standard for personalized, smart home living.One of the most interesting product for this new year is Bespoke 4-Door Flex With Family Hub+. The refrigerator dynamic features are showcased on its 32-inch, bezel-less FHD screen that is nearly two times larger than that of previous models. In addition, t . . . [More]

The new Samsung Bespoke 4-Door Flex Refrigerator with Family Hub

During the latest edition of CES, Samsung presented its latest Bespoke Home innovations. The Bespoke Home 2023 lineup of home appliance combines cutting-edge technologies with aesthetic customization to meet any user’s preferences, setting a new standard for personalized, smart home living.One of the most interesting product for this new year is Bespoke 4-Door Flex With Family Hub+. The refrigerator dynamic features are showcased on its 32-inch, bezel-less FHD screen that is nearly two times larger than that of previous models. In addition, t . . . [More]

6 Best WordPress Schema Markup Plugins for Rich Snippets and Structured Data

The post 6 Best WordPress Schema Markup Plugins for Rich Snippets and Structured Data is written by Colin Newcomer and appeared first on WPKube. Searching for the best WordPress schema markup plugins to add structured data to WordPress? Schema markup, also called structured data, helps you provide additional context to search engines like Google (or other platforms like social media networks). Search engines can use that added context to help add rich snippets (aka rich results) to your site’s search page listings, such as.... Continue Readin . . . [More]

6 Best WordPress Schema Markup Plugins for Rich Snippets and Structured Data

The post 6 Best WordPress Schema Markup Plugins for Rich Snippets and Structured Data is written by Colin Newcomer and appeared first on WPKube. Searching for the best WordPress schema markup plugins to add structured data to WordPress? Schema markup, also called structured data, helps you provide additional context to search engines like Google (or other platforms like social media networks). Search engines can use that added context to help add rich snippets (aka rich results) to your site’s search page listings, such as.... Continue Readin . . . [More]