WooCommerce 8.3 Makes Cart, Checkout, and Order Confirmation Blocks Default on New Installations

WooCommerce 8.3 was released today, featuring Cart, Checkout, and Order Confirmation blocks as the default checkout flow for new installations. This is a major milestone in moving WooCommerce towards a block-first checkout experience. Version 8.3 was slightly delayed, as core developers worked to ensure it would be compatible with the latest changes in WordPress 6.4 as well as the upcoming PHP 8.3 release scheduled for November 23, 2023. They also wanted to give time for plugin developers to prepare for the new reality of cart and checkout b . . . [More]

WooCommerce 8.3 Makes Cart, Checkout, and Order Confirmation Blocks Default on New Installations

WooCommerce 8.3 was released today, featuring Cart, Checkout, and Order Confirmation blocks as the default checkout flow for new installations. This is a major milestone in moving WooCommerce towards a block-first checkout experience. Version 8.3 was slightly delayed, as core developers worked to ensure it would be compatible with the latest changes in WordPress 6.4 as well as the upcoming PHP 8.3 release scheduled for November 23, 2023. They also wanted to give time for plugin developers to prepare for the new reality of cart and checkout b . . . [More]

Someone saw me driving an ATV while i was home

This story happened last autumn, around a year ago.In autumn we will start gathering our reindeer herd. We will then take that herd and move it to a large pasture. The pasture is connected to our fence, where the whole herd will go through.The purpose of this fence is so that we can do a healthcheck, vaccinate them, sell some of them and to take as food for ourselves.After they are done in the fence, they are then released back into their grazing grounds, which is on the tundra.Since we are quite a large group, we decided to make 3 teams.Each d . . . [More]

Someone saw me driving an ATV while i was home

This story happened last autumn, around a year ago.In autumn we will start gathering our reindeer herd. We will then take that herd and move it to a large pasture. The pasture is connected to our fence, where the whole herd will go through.The purpose of this fence is so that we can do a healthcheck, vaccinate them, sell some of them and to take as food for ourselves.After they are done in the fence, they are then released back into their grazing grounds, which is on the tundra.Since we are quite a large group, we decided to make 3 teams.Each d . . . [More]

Elementor Pro Pricing Update Slashes Features in the Essential Plan for New Customers

Elementor, the most popular website builder plugin for WordPress with more than 5 million active installations, has announced major changes coming to the features included in its Elementor Pro Essential subscription plan. The plan will still include the Theme Builder along with access to 50+ Pro widgets, basic marketing tools, and the Form widget, but it will shift other more advanced features to the more expensive pricing tiers: “Going forward, when you purchase the new Elementor Pro Essential, you will have all the features you need . . . [More]

Elementor Pro Pricing Update Slashes Features in the Essential Plan for New Customers

Elementor, the most popular website builder plugin for WordPress with more than 5 million active installations, has announced major changes coming to the features included in its Elementor Pro Essential subscription plan. The plan will still include the Theme Builder along with access to 50+ Pro widgets, basic marketing tools, and the Form widget, but it will shift other more advanced features to the more expensive pricing tiers: “Going forward, when you purchase the new Elementor Pro Essential, you will have all the features you need . . . [More]

Do Ghosts Exist?

How I look at it is, if ghosts existed, media would be flooded with convincing videos of sightings.Everyone is carrying a camera in their pocket at all times, people have cameras in and around their homes which notify the owner of any movement or activity of any kind.Businesses have dozens of cameras recording 24 hours a day, many of which notify the business owner or security contractor of any movement as soon as it happens.There are more cameras on this planet than there are people.99.999% of the evidence out there showing ghosts are either . . . [More]

Do Ghosts Exist?

How I look at it is, if ghosts existed, media would be flooded with convincing videos of sightings.Everyone is carrying a camera in their pocket at all times, people have cameras in and around their homes which notify the owner of any movement or activity of any kind.Businesses have dozens of cameras recording 24 hours a day, many of which notify the business owner or security contractor of any movement as soon as it happens.There are more cameras on this planet than there are people.99.999% of the evidence out there showing ghosts are either . . . [More]

#99 – Matthias Pfefferle on ActivityPub, WordPress and Decentralised Social Networks

Transcript [00:00:00] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress. The people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in this case, how the ActivityPub plugin can make WordPress the center of your social networks. If you’d like to subscribe to the podcast, you can do that by searching for WP Tavern in your podcast player of choice, or by going to WPTavern.com forward slash feed forward slash podcast. And you can co . . . [More]

#99 – Matthias Pfefferle on ActivityPub, WordPress and Decentralised Social Networks

Transcript [00:00:00] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress. The people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in this case, how the ActivityPub plugin can make WordPress the center of your social networks. If you’d like to subscribe to the podcast, you can do that by searching for WP Tavern in your podcast player of choice, or by going to WPTavern.com forward slash feed forward slash podcast. And you can co . . . [More]

UFOs in Orlando

This is my first time making this video public. To be honest, I've only showed this to a few people since it happened that night.It was 11/03/2020 and there was also something big happening that day in my country, the presidential election.I was sitting on my back patio looking at my phone when I heard a neighbor yelling that there was “fireballs” in the sky.She was telling whomever she was on the phone with to go outside and look. She sounded pretty sincere (and a little crazy) about it and after listening for a few more moments,I walked o . . . [More]

UFOs in Orlando

This is my first time making this video public. To be honest, I've only showed this to a few people since it happened that night.It was 11/03/2020 and there was also something big happening that day in my country, the presidential election.I was sitting on my back patio looking at my phone when I heard a neighbor yelling that there was “fireballs” in the sky.She was telling whomever she was on the phone with to go outside and look. She sounded pretty sincere (and a little crazy) about it and after listening for a few more moments,I walked o . . . [More]

Brainstorm Force Invests in LatePoint Bookings and Appointment Scheduling Plugin

Brainstorm Force, makers of the popular Astra theme, has invested in LatePoint, a commercial booking and appointment scheduling plugin for WordPress. LatePoint is used on 21,000 websites to enable bookings for small businesses, such as salons, therapists, doctors, spas, and fitness studios. It also supports a growing library of add-ons for further customizing the booking experience. “This is a strategic investment, primarily made to begin integrating LatePoint into our products and offer it to our customers,” Brainstorm Force CEO Sujay P . . . [More]

Brainstorm Force Invests in LatePoint Bookings and Appointment Scheduling Plugin

Brainstorm Force, makers of the popular Astra theme, has invested in LatePoint, a commercial booking and appointment scheduling plugin for WordPress. LatePoint is used on 21,000 websites to enable bookings for small businesses, such as salons, therapists, doctors, spas, and fitness studios. It also supports a growing library of add-ons for further customizing the booking experience. “This is a strategic investment, primarily made to begin integrating LatePoint into our products and offer it to our customers,” Brainstorm Force CEO Sujay P . . . [More]

WordCamp Asia Extends Sponsor Application Deadline

The WordCamp Asia organizing team has extended its call for sponsors until Thursday, November 30, 2023. In an update on the official website, organizers explained that they received feedback from multiple potential sponsors regarding why they had been unable to apply before the original deadline.  Some of the reasons included the following: The availability of travel visas Team member logistics Some companies were still planning their 2024 budgets WordCamp Asia’s organizers decided to extend the deadline to allow potentia . . . [More]

WordCamp Asia Extends Sponsor Application Deadline

The WordCamp Asia organizing team has extended its call for sponsors until Thursday, November 30, 2023. In an update on the official website, organizers explained that they received feedback from multiple potential sponsors regarding why they had been unable to apply before the original deadline.  Some of the reasons included the following: The availability of travel visas Team member logistics Some companies were still planning their 2024 budgets WordCamp Asia’s organizers decided to extend the deadline to allow potentia . . . [More]

My Mother Was a Paranormal Entity

This happened a few nights ago.I am someone who's very prone to getting sick.I'm either always down with a cold or a fever, and they usually cause me immense body pain and keep me up at night.And so, when I woke up at what I assume to be around 2 A-M with a lot of body pain, it wasn't all that unusual.It's important to note that I was super exhausted when I woke up, and my room was extremely dark.I was sitting up in bed, my limbs and chest in constant pain.I knew I wouldn't be able to fall asleep in such discomfort.Just then, my mom entered the . . . [More]

My Mother Was a Paranormal Entity

This happened a few nights ago.I am someone who's very prone to getting sick.I'm either always down with a cold or a fever, and they usually cause me immense body pain and keep me up at night.And so, when I woke up at what I assume to be around 2 A-M with a lot of body pain, it wasn't all that unusual.It's important to note that I was super exhausted when I woke up, and my room was extremely dark.I was sitting up in bed, my limbs and chest in constant pain.I knew I wouldn't be able to fall asleep in such discomfort.Just then, my mom entered the . . . [More]

ElmaStudio Releases Moog: A Free Block Theme for Blogs

Moog is one of the latest free block themes to be released on WordPress.org. It features a minimal and bold layout with a responsive, masonry style grid on the homepage. Moog is well suited to blogs or even small magazine websites, with options to radically change the style with the click of a button. Moog’s designers went wild with style variations. The theme packages 25 distinct variations, an exceptionally large number, which quickly transform the site’s design into various moods � everything from a classic style to dark mod . . . [More]

ElmaStudio Releases Moog: A Free Block Theme for Blogs

Moog is one of the latest free block themes to be released on WordPress.org. It features a minimal and bold layout with a responsive, masonry style grid on the homepage. Moog is well suited to blogs or even small magazine websites, with options to radically change the style with the click of a button. Moog’s designers went wild with style variations. The theme packages 25 distinct variations, an exceptionally large number, which quickly transform the site’s design into various moods � everything from a classic style to dark mod . . . [More]