Today in our WP News: The release of the next major WordPress update is postponed, WooCommerce 3.6 brings long-awaited innovations and Gutenberg gets a new block. We also show you the basics you should know about typography and web fonts. And we have 10 tips for optimizing landing pages.
The best landing pages: 10 tips for more conversions
You've put a lot of time and effort into creating a new landing page, come up with a special design and described your offer in all its facets - and yet the conversions are much worse than expected? Samira Marke has given us 10 tips on how to increase the conversions of your landing page easily and effectively. Find out what they are here.
Do you know the most important typography rules in web design?
Typography in web design, i.e. the use of fonts on your website, is actually not that difficult. Nevertheless, there are a few things you should bear in mind to ensure that the readability of your content and the performance of your site do not suffer. Mark Henckel has the most important basic typography rules plus helpful tips on using web fonts for you.
WordPress
WordPress 5.2 release postponed
The next major WordPress update was originally planned for April 30, 2019. However, as there are still several open tickets to be processed, the release cycle has been adjusted. WordPress 5.2 will now be released on May 7 - one week later. You can read more about how we handle updates at Raidboxes here.
The new Gutenberg block "Group"
It took a while to develop this block, but now it's ready: since the update of the Gutenberg plugin to version 5.5, there is finally a block for grouping multiple blocks. The colleagues from Elmastudio show you what the group block can already do and where there is still room for improvement.
WooCommerce 3.6 brings a performance boost
After 6 months of development, WooCommerce 3.6 was released last week. WooCommerce stores running on websites with WordPress 5.0 or higher now have access to 8 new product blocks for the Gutenberg editor. The update should also bring significant performance improvements.
Business
Pros and cons of the 4-day week
The company behind the freemium newsletter plugin MailPoet introduced the 4-day week for its 13-strong remote team in 2016. MailPoet co-founder Kim Gjerstad provides an exciting look behind the scenes and reports on how the team has fared so far and what advantages and hurdles this model entails.
Performance
15 link building tips for advanced users
SEO expert and entrepreneur Kristopher B. Jones explains in the Yoast blog why proper link building is still an important SEO strategy. He also reveals 15 measures that you can use to build high-quality backlinks and positively influence your search engine ranking.
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