WordPress news for May 2018 as presented at WordPress Sydney meetup group

1. News, Views ‘n’ Stuff
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MAY 2018

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May 2018 WordPress News
WordPress Turns 15 on May 27th, 2018
Check out the official website for stories and pictures from 15th
anniversary celebration meetups.
Ref: https://wp15.wordpress.net/about/

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May 2018 WordPress News
WordPress 4.9.6 Privacy & Maintenance Release
• GDPR related stuff
• 95 additional updates
• “Mine” filter in media library
• Minimum PHP requirement when viewing plugin in admin
• More PHP 7 polyfills for future compatability
• TinyMCE updated to latest version (4.7.11)
Ref: https://wordpress.org/news/2018/05/wordpress-4-9-6-privacy-and-maintenance-release/

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May 2018 WordPress News
Mergebot Service Shutdown
Database merging service from Delicious Brains has shut
down after 3 years of operation
“..our solution doesn’t reach the high standards that we aim for
with all of our products.” - Brad Touesnard
Ref: https://mergebot.com/?mc_cid=15154e6b5e&mc_eid=df3102911f

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May 2018 WordPress News
BuddyPress 3.0.0 “Apollo”
• Lots of internal improvements
• Adds WP-CLI support
• JavaScript-powered themes
• Full integration with Customizer
• Control site-wide notices
Ref: https://buddypress.org/2018/05/buddypress-3-0-0-apollo/?mc_cid=15154e6b5e&mc_eid=df3102911f

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May 2018 WordPress News
WordPress Interactive “Time Machine”
• Scroll through images of versions from 1.0 to current and all
in-between and see how WordPress has evolved.
Ref: https://93digital.co.uk/wphistory/

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May 2018 WordPress News
WordPress Column Added To IEEE Software Magazine
With WordPress powering 30% of the top recorded websites
(source) peer-reviewed industry standard IEEE magazine
includes a dedicated “impact column” for WordPress related
information.
Proof that WordPress is being taking seriously in the software
industry.
Ref: https://livablesoftware.com/wordpress-content-management-democratize-publishing/

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May 2018 WordPress News
WordPress Hosting “Good, Bad & Ugly” Survey Results
Code In WP survey result on everything hosting including
survey respondents feedback on top hosting providers (rating
out of 5) such as Bluehost, GoDaddy, WP Engine, Flywheel,
SiteGround etc.
Ref: https://www.codeinwp.com/blog/wordpress-hosting-survey-results/

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WordCamp Sydney 2018
UTS July 28-29
https://2018.sydney.wordcamp.org/

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Give us your feedback – What You Want?
Short survey:
http://goo.gl/forms/wjTF9Ce4JE