Note 775 A Rant About WordPressdotcom

I have two things to rant about today regarding WordPressdotcom. The first thing is that I noticed they reduced the amount of storage on the Business plan (now called Creator) from 200GB to 50GB, but the price is still the same. What kind of insanity is that? Second, you are not able to use a video block to display a video you have uploaded to your website media files unless you are on the Explorer plan. Personally I think, and I’ve been saying this for years, that WordPressdotcom does itself no service by limiting features. The only thing they should be limiting is the amount of storage space you get with each plan. If they did that, I feel that they would substantially increase their sales, but it appears they prefer to play games with their customers, and if many are like me, we’re not buying into limitations. I’ve been with WordPressdotcom long enough to have experienced all of their plans, except for the upper-most one, and aside from being able to use WordPress plugins, have noticed no difference in service regarding how my websites act and deliver content to my viewers. So when WordPressdotcom starts limiting features, why should I keep paying for the higher price plans, when I can get the same service on lower plans with less storage (since I’m so far someone who doesn’t actually use a lot of storage most of the time), and just forget about trying to enhance my websites with features they are limiting, and that may not make my website better anyway? Things that make you go hmmm.

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Note 117 How To Display Ad Blocks In Specific Posts In WordPress

Do you want to display ad blocks in specific posts on your WordPress website?

Inserting ad blocks into a specific post allows you to showcase ads where your users will be highly engaged with the content. This increases ad visibility and helps you get more clicks.

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https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-display-ad-blocks-in-specific-posts-in-wordpress/

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Note 078 Gutenberg 16.8 Makes Cover Block Smarter, Adds Experimental Pages List in Site Editor

Gutenberg 16.8 was released this week with improvements to existing blocks and some experiments that lay the foundation for Phase 3 focused on collaboration.

The Cover block now automatically sets an overlay color when a user applies the initial background image. If the user doesn’t manually set an overlay color prior to uploading the image, the code extracts the overlay color by computing the average color of the image.

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https://gizmodo.com/whole-earth-catalog-stewart-brand-internet-archive-1850926953

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Note 040 WordPress.com Blogs Can Now Be Followed On Mastodon And Other Federated Platforms

Earlier this year, WordPress.com owner Automattic acquired a plug-in that allowed WordPress blogs to be followed in the fediverse — the decentralized social networks that include the Twitter rival Mastodon and others. As a result, it launched version 1.0.0 of the plug-in, allowing WordPress blogs to be followed on Mastodon and other fediverse apps. At the time, however, WordPress.com blogs were not yet supported. But that changes today.

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https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/11/wordpress-com-blogs-can-now-be-followed-on-mastodon-and-other-federated-platforms/

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Note 038 WordPress now offers official support for ActivityPub

Bloggers and other publishers using WordPress to host their site can now use it to join the fediverse through an official ActivityPub plug-in.

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https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/11/23913278/wordpress-activitypub-official-plugin-automattic-fediverse-mastodon

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Note 033 How To Add HEIC To JPG Conversion In WordPress (Easy Method)

Do you have some HEIC photos that you would like to use on your WordPress website?

Many smartphone cameras use the new HEIC image format because it produces smaller file sizes. However, these images will need to be converted before you can use them on your WordPress website or blog.

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https://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-add-heic-to-jpg-conversion-in-wordpress/

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Note 032 How To Use Contact Form To Grow Your Email List In WordPress

Want to learn how to use contact forms to grow your email list in WordPress?

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https://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-use-contact-form-to-build-your-email-list-in-wordpress/

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Note 031 Evolution Of WordPress User Interface (2003 – 2023)

The WordPress user interface (UI) has evolved steadily since its first release in 2003.

It started as a simple blogging platform, but WordPress has grown into a full-fledged CMS platform and a robust web application framework. The user interface has evolved over the years as well.

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https://www.wpbeginner.com/showcase/evolution-of-wordpress-user-interface-2003-2009/

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Note 026 Transform Your Website With These 10 Multipurpose WordPress Themes For 2023

If you are looking for the best multipurpose WordPress theme you might feel the need to clearly understand what “best” means. On the other hand, you shouldn’t worry about that too much since you don’t have to drill down to selecting a single multipurpose WordPress theme at the exclusion of all others; and the reason is this. Multipurpose themes are flexible WordPress templates. You can use them to create almost any kind of website imaginable.

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https://webdesignledger.com/versatile-multipurpose-wordpress-themes-2023/

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