Off we go into a new, albeit short, month: the WordPress community shares its annual goals for 2021, W3C drafts new web standards for accessibility and the state of our internet health worldwide. In our magazine, we take a closer look at the latest SEO and web design trends and have the best social media tips for you and your business. Have fun reading! ?
SEO trends 2021: Core web vitals, UX, voice search & more
Good rankings will still be the result of hard work in 2021: What will change this year in terms of search engine optimization (SEO)? Leon Grage reveals which trends are coming, which ranking factors are important and how you can prepare yourself. Learn more
Web design trends 2021 at a glance
Interactive effects and new dimensions set the tone this year. Sonja Hoffmann presents the most important web design trends for 2021: What's going, what's staying and what's new. Let yourself be inspired!
Social media marketing for companies
You don't have the resources to be present on all social media platforms? Then you need to prioritize. Jan Tissler helps you decide: Where is your effort really worthwhile? And what is even possible?
Gender-sensitive language: Insanely important?
The debate about gendering is hotly debated: Some find gender-inclusive language superfluous, others extremely important. We join the discussion: Does our language create realities or is gendering just ideology?
WordPress
WordPress Big Picture Goals for 2021
WordPress releases the updated roadmap for 2021: What are the big annual goals, when do we want to achieve them and which team is behind them? Check out the official post for all the updates on Full Site Editing and Learn WordPress!
Security
40 tips for more WordPress security
What do professionals say about WordPress website security? What's the worst security problem they've had to solve for clients? The WPMU DEV team asked and brought you 40 great first-hand security tips!
Online Marketing
Hype about Clubhouse: "Does anyone still have an invite?"
Between exclusivity, irrelevance and data protection trap - downside or not, the Clubhouse audio app captures the zeitgeist. What potential does the new social network have and will it be a long-term success? Hubspot takes a look behind the scenes.
Web design & development
First draft of WCAG 3.0 Accessibility Guidelines
A full 13 years after version 2, the WCAG working group publishes a draft with new guidelines for the design of accessible websites. These are intended to be easier to understand and more flexible. You can find more information in the official blog post.
Business
The health of the web affects us all
What can be done to make the internet healthier? This is the big question that Mozilla has addressed in the Internet Health Report 2020. The status report comes to both exciting and frightening conclusions!
Working from home: new rights and obligations
New regulations for working from home have been in force since January 27, 2021. The latest podcast episode of Rechtsbelehrung is all about the legal aspects of working from home: what's changing for you in terms of costs, data protection and taxes.
