Presented by Kerry Carron on 01/28/2019 2:00pm
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WordPress News
The WordPress 5.1 Beta 2 is now available and ready for testing! The WordPress core team is reaching out to WordPress users and encouraging us to set up a test site using the Beta version in an attempt to ensure they meet the WP 5.1 release that is tentatively scheduled for February 21st, 2019.
As a reminder, Beta software is still in development, so expect bugs and pass your findings along. Beta versions of WP are not recommended for use on sites that are already live.
If you would like to try the Beta in a test or development area, there are two ways to test the WordPress 5.1 beta.
- Install the WordPress Beta Tester Plugin (select the “bleeding edge nightlies” option)
- Download the beta zip file here.
WordPress Core Team News
WordPress Planet News
- Hot Seat: The Startup CEO Guidebook by Dan Shapiro
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera (audio)
- A Higher Standard by Ann E. Dunwoody
- Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin (audio)
- The Boat by Nam Le
- Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White
- Nonviolent Communication by Marshall B. Rosenberg
- How to Say Goodbye by Wendy Macnaughton
- When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chödrön
- Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery
- Poor Charlie’s Almanack by Charlie Munger and Peter Kaufman
- Sam the Cat by Matthew Klam
- The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
- The Vegetarian by Han Kang
- The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu
- After On: A Novel of Silicon Valley by Rob Reid
- The Conquest of Happiness by Bertrand Russell
- How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee
- Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges
- Black Box Thinking by Matthew Syed
- Darkness Visible by William Styron
- Tin Man by Sarah Winman
- Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
- Let My People Go Surfing by Yvon Chouinard
- Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
- Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari
- The Lessons of History by Will & Ariel Durant
- Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu
- How to Fix a Broken Heart by Guy Winch
- Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman
- Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
- Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed
- Farsighted: How We Make the Decisions That Matter the Most by Steven Johnson
- Severance: A Novel
- On the Shortness of Life by Seneca
- It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson
- Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
Known WP Plugin & Theme Vulnerabilities
Vulnerabilities Without a Fix
- Total Donations
- Social Network Tabs by Design Chemical
- Easy Redirect Manager
Fix Vulnerability with Updates
- Yet Another Stars Rating - fixed in version 1.8.7
- Wise Chat - fixed in version 2.7
- Health Check & Troubleshooting - fixed in version 1.2.4
- JobCareer | Job Board Responsive WordPress Theme - fixed in version 2.4.1
OwnWP Featured Topic – Network Newsletter
8 Newsletter Ideas For Your Newsletters
Last year, our end of year survey revealed that we were losing a lot of subscribers because we had not segregated our list well enough. One of the areas we identified as a segment that our visitors wanted was a list made specifically for our Network News. We are happy to report that OwnWP has separated the Network Newsletter list from our master list.
If you’d like to be on our Newsletter list (1 email per month only) please use the button below to subscribe. In addition to the button below, we will be sending out the link to our Slack group subscribers at the end of January 2019 to afford those subscribers an opportunity to join the new Network News newsletter subscription.
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Member Giveaway
Last week we held a Business Growth webinar. Part of our Member’s benefits with this webinar includes the webinar replay and a Business Growth Report. Within the Member’s Area, access to the entire 12 module course will also be made available (one module released each month during 2019). To sweeten the deal, we have also added a Business Growth Spreadsheet to track your business growth during the year.
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Presenter Bio: Kerry Carron
Kerry Carron is a loving wife and mother of three grown boys. As a freelancer, Kerry has built hundreds of WordPress websites and assisted other freelancers and small agencies with WordPress support and business development. She is the founder of OwnWP, a production of Ultimate Solution, LLC.
Kerry specializes in processes and creating systems. She is passionate about helping others find their path to success and her aspiration with OwnWP is to encourage other freelancers in finding and using the right combination of tools and skills they need to do more than merely survive!