Today we have the last WP news for you in 2018: In his annual "State of the Word" address, Matt Mullenweg presents his vision for the future of WordPress, the WordPress Governance Project wants to strengthen the voice of the WP community and the first WordCamp is coming to Osnabrück in 3 months. We also have the web design trends for 2019 and show you how to prepare your WordPress site for high traffic.
How to make your WordPress fit for high loads
As a WordPress host, we regularly receive inquiries from customers whose product is about to attract a lot of attention - whether it's an appearance on "Die Höhle der Löwen", a report on YouTube or a large-scale marketing campaign. All of this means one thing: a lot of traffic on the server - too much for some sites and servers. Our Senior WebDev Matthias explains what measures are necessary to ensure that your WordPress can cope with this high visitor load.
These are the web design trends for 2019
Web design trends don't happen by chance - they evolve in response to the ever-changing preferences and needs of your website visitors. We'll show you which design elements have been in focus in recent years and which design trends you should count on in 2019 to successfully stand out from the competition.
WordPress
Big plans for WordPress in 2019
In his annual keynote, WP co-founder Matt Mullenweg reviews the past year and talks about the future plans for WordPress. This year's speech focused on the next phases of the Gutenberg project. In addition, WordPress will require PHP 7.0 as a minimum requirement from December 2019 at the latest. You can watch the full keynote here.
Who should decide the future of WordPress?
During the development of Gutenberg and WordPress 5.0, there was a lot of criticism from the WP community about the project management, lack of transparency and lack of communication from Matt Mullenweg and his project leads. In response to these tensions, Morten Rand-Hendriksen presented the WordPress Governance Project at WCUS. In an interview with Torque Magazine, he explains what it's all about.
Get ready for WordCamp Osnabrück!
Attention WordPress fans from NRW and Lower Saxony: From March 23 to 24, 2019, the very first WordCamp will take place in northwest Germany. Follow WordCamp Osnabrück on Facebook or Twitter so you don't miss the start of ticket sales. We look forward to seeing you in beautiful Osnabrück!
Security
First security update for WordPress 5.0
On December 13, shortly after the release of WordPress 5.0, the first security update to version 5.0.1 with some important fixes was released. However, compromises had to be made in terms of backwards compatibility with this update. The next small update to 5.0.2 was released yesterday. As a Raidboxes customer with WP 5.0 you don't have to do anything, as we automatically install minor updates as usual.
Google+ shuts down earlier than planned
Following the discovery of a new security vulnerability in a Google+ API interface, Google announces that it will shut down its social network earlier than initially planned: "With the discovery of this new bug, we have decided to expedite the shut-down of all Google+ APIs [...]. We have also decided to accelerate the sunsetting of consumer Google+ from August 2019 to April 2019."
