#WordPressWednesday 2016 Volume 4

This volume of #WordPressWednesday includes quite a few tutorials, some WordCamp announcements, other announcements around the community, and WooConf.

#WordPressWednesday is a series dedicated solely to the WordPress world. I gather around a dozen articles that are just enough to keep you up-to-date on some of the ongoings in the WordPress community. It doesn’t give you the kitchen sink, but during a busy week, hopefully this curated roundup will help.

#WordPressWednesday 2016 Volume 4

WordPress Plugins

Borek Bernard announced that VersionPress, a version control plugin for WordPress, has gone fully Open Source. – Going Open Source

WordPress Themes

The Themify team did a redesign of their theme, Parallax. – Parallax Redesign

WordPress Tutorials

Sam Sinton shares an easy method on how to update WordPress. – Setup Your First WordPress Website In Under 30 Minutes (The Easy Way)

Lyn Wildwood shows us how to use a plugin, as well as other methods on How to Use SMTP to Send Email from WordPress.

The WPBeginner editorial staff put together a tutorial on How to Show Random Quotes in WordPress Sidebar.

Matt Cromwell teaches us How to Load a Donation Form in a Popup with Give.

WordPress Development

Carrie Dils asks a great question to developers. If you don’t know why, you might want to find your “why.” – Do You Even Know Why You Want to Become a Freelance WordPress Developer?

Michiel Heijmans talks about plugins and accessibility. If you’re developing plugins, you will want to read this as you need to be on top of what’s required to be included in the plugin directory, as well as be more conscientious of your end users. – WordPress plugins and accessibility

WordPress Community News

Elizabeth Ehrenpreis announces that WebDevStudios has opened Pluginize, and has released the CPTUI Extended Plugin. = WebDevStudios Products Reach the Next Level with Pluginize.com

Bob Dunn shares a Twitter handle list of some of the speakers at WooConf 2016. – Follow and Learn From #WooConf 2016 Speakers on Twitter

WordCamp Kansas City has announced that their speaker submission form is open and available. Their event will be June 10-12, 2016. – Request to Speak at WordCamp Kansas City 2016

I usually don’t share my own posts, but it’s for another website, and because it is community news. I started a series at WordCamp St. Louis called #ThrowBackThursday. – WordCamp St. Louis #ThrowBackThursday

Please note that both of the WordCamps listed in this round up are selling tickets. I really recommend them, especially St. Louis, as that is the one I usually help organize because it’s my home.

What did you like from this week’s roundup? Please let your comments below and feel free to discuss any of the articles.