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I follow the list and try to check out restaurants on it when I&#8217;m in the area, and as of last month had made it to 28 out of 50 of last year&#8217;s list. It&#8217;s a goal but in a rolling, gentle fashion: as the list changes every year I&#8217;ll probably never make it to 100%, but I enjoy exploring the highlighted folks and I&#8217;ve never had a bad meal at one. I was able to make it to <a href=\"https://www.elevenmadisonpark.com/\">Eleven Madison</a> last month and predicted they might take the top spot, which they did in a well-deserved win. As with any award, there are lots of detractors, but Scott Vogel at Houstonia has a great essay on <a href=\"https://www.houstoniamag.com/articles/2017/4/10/why-the-world-s-50-best-restaurants-list-matters\">Why the World&#8217;s 50 Best Restaurants List Matters</a>, which encapsulates nicely what the list represents to me.</p>\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}s:7:\"pubDate\";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:31:\"Wed, 12 Apr 2017 17:44:09 +0000\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}}s:32:\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:4:\"Matt\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}}}}i:5;a:6:{s:4:\"data\";s:13:\"\n	\n	\n	\n	\n	\n	\n\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";s:5:\"child\";a:2:{s:0:\"\";a:5:{s:5:\"title\";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:46:\"HeroPress: A Bottomless World of Possibilities\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}s:4:\"guid\";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:56:\"https://heropress.com/?post_type=heropress-essays&p=1692\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}s:4:\"link\";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:60:\"https://heropress.com/essays/bottomless-world-possibilities/\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}s:11:\"description\";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:6448:\"<img width=\"960\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://heropress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/041217-min-1024x512.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Pull Quote: I am quite lucky to wake up every morning and work, all on my own, in a country where 54% of the population are unemployed and over 70% are youth.\" /><p>I started playing with websites back in 2003. I was in secondary school and Internet was relatively new to Somalia. It arrived in 1998-99 but only very few people had internet in their homes. Luckily there were internet cafes and I was introduced to this guy who owned an internet cafe. He had a large collection of Somali music and wanted to upload to somewhere so he could share with other people. I put together a GeoCities website using Microsoft FrontPage.</p>\n<p>The site I built was literally a blank canvas with marquee at the top and links to the mp3 files.</p>\n<blockquote><p>The rest of the page was filled with animated gifs of waving flag, rotating globe and glittering stars.</p></blockquote>\n<p>I kept fiddling with FrontPage’s WYSIWYG tab. Every time I add new element to the visual tab I would immediately switch to the HTML tab and see how the generated code would look like. I have managed to teach myself some HTML this way, but I was still very uncomfortable with coding.</p>\n<h3>Buckling Down</h3>\n<p>After a while, I moved to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and suddenly I had plenty of time so I decided to buy a web design book. It was basically an HTML tutorial and it helped me code table-based layouts without using a visual builder. This led me to discover CSS, PHP and, among other things, WordPress.</p>\n<blockquote><p>I would install and test almost every PHP-based CMS out there: Mambo, Joomla, Drupal and few others but I settled with WordPress.</p></blockquote>\n<p>WordPress was always user friendly and anyone with half-decent knowledge in HTML and CSS could open Kubrick (default theme until 2010) files in text editor and whip out something unique.</p>\n<h3>Leveling Up</h3>\n<p>It was around this time that I started to take freelance projects. My first WordPress project helped me buy a decent laptop, and suddenly other projects started to come. Most of my clients were people in Europe and United States.</p>\n<p>Getting paid was initially difficult. Most of international payment systems didn’t work in Somalia until very recently.</p>\n<blockquote><p>PayPal’s strict policy meant payment was one-way street: you can make payments but can’t receive or withdraw anything.</p></blockquote>\n<p>I managed to team up with someone in another country and we opened a shared account where we could receive the payments. My business partner would then transfer my slice to my local bank account. Things changed recently and although PayPal is still not an option, freelancers can get paid via international bank transfer or Payoneer.</p>\n<p>My experience with open source in general and WordPress in particular had positive impact in my life. I am quite lucky to wake up every morning and work, all on my own, in a country where <a href=\"http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/hdr/Somalia-human-development-report-2012.html\">54% of the population are unemployed and over 70% are youth</a>. This has prompted me to seek ways help other people to get into open source, creating hobbies and jobs for many young people who have a lot of time in their hands to learn, contribute and work with open source software.</p>\n<h3>Branching Out</h3>\n<p>Although the Internet keeps crushing physical borders and bureaucracy policies it doesn’t mean opportunities will magically come knocking on people’s doors. However, the advantage of investing in skills that allow the individual to go remote and tap a global market of design, development, copywriting or blogging, is that the individual is not dependent on the demand of the local market. Another advantage is that it helps the person connect to thousands of like-minded people from worldwide, whom you learn from and contribute to. It’s a bottomless world of possibilities.</p>\n<p>I have recently talked to few WordPress developers from different parts of Somalia and we were trying to figure out how we can organize a WordPress related event, preferably WordCamp Somalia. We didn’t set out time yet but it’s in our plans. 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He proposed that the group build a forum website where they could use Facebook&#8217;s authentication and set up curated and free-post rooms, but said he sees it as &#8220;a nice pipe dream,&#8221; since few people would have time to build it.</p>\n<p>Members <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/advancedwp/permalink/1461487913913418/\" target=\"_blank\">responded positively to the news</a> that posting is changing, with a few exceptions who are worried about moderators having conflicts of interest. Others expressed concerns about not receiving timely posts and replies if someone is in need of assistance. Admins reminded members that the purpose of the group is not for receiving personalized support on projects.</p>\n<p>Several members commented on the announcement, saying they were considering quitting the group because the negative posts and noise level had gotten so high. 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The niche WordCamp will be open to anyone who uses WordPress to manage a publication, no matter what size. Organizers submitted an application last November and received approval from WordCamp Central in February.</p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A huge thanks to <a href=\"https://twitter.com/wordcamp\">@wordcamp</a> for letting us try this out. It\'s the first national WordCamp focused on a specific topic/industry.</p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Schweigert (@aschweig) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/aschweig/status/850040392812810241\">April 6, 2017</a></p></blockquote>\n<p></p>\n<p>In previous planning stages, the event was going to be called &#8220;WordCamp for Journalists,&#8221; but WordCamp for Publishers is more inclusive of the different types of professionals who are involved in managing publications. Organizers are planning to have tracks with content for engineering, product, and editorial teams. 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Eastern</p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe To WPWeekly Via Itunes: </strong><a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wordpress-weekly/id694849738\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to subscribe</a></p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe To WPWeekly Via RSS: </strong><a href=\"https://wptavern.com/feed/podcast\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to subscribe</a></p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe To WPWeekly Via Stitcher Radio: </strong><a href=\"http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/wordpress-weekly-podcast?refid=stpr\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to subscribe</a></p>\n<p><strong>Listen To Episode #270:</strong><br />\n</p>\n<div id=\"epoch-width-sniffer\"></div>\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}s:7:\"pubDate\";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:31:\"Thu, 06 Apr 2017 18:21:48 +0000\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}}s:32:\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:13:\"Jeff Chandler\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}}}}i:16;a:6:{s:4:\"data\";s:13:\"\n	\n	\n	\n	\n	\n	\n\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";s:5:\"child\";a:2:{s:0:\"\";a:5:{s:5:\"title\";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:83:\"WPTavern: Blog Helper: An Alexa Skill for Managing a WordPress Blog with Your Voice\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}s:4:\"guid\";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:29:\"https://wptavern.com/?p=68008\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}s:4:\"link\";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:93:\"https://wptavern.com/blog-helper-an-alexa-skill-for-managing-a-wordpress-blog-with-your-voice\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}s:11:\"description\";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:3293:\"<a href=\"https://i2.wp.com/wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/alexa.jpg?ssl=1\"><img /></a>photo credit: MjZ Photography <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/51590961@N04/16639251005\">IMG_8538-Edit.jpg</a> &#8211; <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/\">(license)</a>\n<p>&#8220;Alexa, tell Blog Helper to create a new post called ‘Granny&#8217;s banana bread recipe.\'&#8221; Imagine logging a new draft on your WordPress site using only your voice while working in the kitchen. 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Keep Updated with BuddyPress Development</h4>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-265121\" src=\"https://buddypress.org/wp-content/uploads/1/2017/04/keep-updated.png\" alt=\"66% read changelogs to keep updated\" width=\"800\" height=\"235\" /><br />\nFollowing the top-ranked preference of reading changelogs to keep updated with BuddyPress development, users ranked these preferences almost evenly: follow BP Twitter account/s (32%), subscribe to <a href=\"https://bpdevel.wordpress.com/\">bpdevel.wordpress.com</a> (32%), and checking <a href=\"https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org\">buddypress.trac.wordpress.org </a> regularly (29%).<br />\n&nbsp;</p>\n<h4>5. 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BuddyPress Theme Dev</h4>\n<p><img src=\"https://buddypress.org/wp-content/uploads/1/2017/04/customize-theme-1.png\" alt=\"51% customize BP style sheets every time\" width=\"800\" height=\"235\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-265196\" /><br />\nOn the other side of the equation: 27% sometimes customize style sheets while the remaining 22% never customize BP style sheets.<br />\n&nbsp;</p>\n<h4>7. BuddyPress Plugin Dev</h4>\n<p><img src=\"https://buddypress.org/wp-content/uploads/1/2017/04/customize-plugin-1.png\" alt=\"46% extend profile component sometimes\" width=\"800\" height=\"235\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-265200\" /><br />\nAround a third of BP users extend the following components every time: Members, Extended Profiles, User Groups, and Activity.<br />\n&nbsp;</p>\n<h4>8. Number of Members</h4>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-265125\" src=\"https://buddypress.org/wp-content/uploads/1/2017/04/member-number.png\" alt=\"58% of sites have up to 500 members\" width=\"800\" height=\"235\" /><br />\nMost of the respondents who had up to 500 members are those using BP for 2 years or less, have BP installed in WP domain root, have sites on Shared hosting plans, on PHP 5.6 or better, test against BP Stable release, and on the latest versions of WordPress, BuddyPress, and bbPress.<br />\n&nbsp;</p>\n<h4>9. Local Development</h4>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-265126\" src=\"https://buddypress.org/wp-content/uploads/1/2017/04/local-dev.png\" alt=\"23% use LAMP for local development\" width=\"800\" height=\"235\" /><br />\nOut of the 70% who develop locally, the preferred local development environments after LAMP are: XAMPP (19%), MAMP (18%), WAMP (13%), and VVV (13%), among others.<br />\n&nbsp;</p>\n<h4>10. Sharing BuddyPress Use Cases</h4>\n<p><img src=\"https://buddypress.org/wp-content/uploads/1/2017/04/bp-share-use-cases.png\" alt=\"63 participants signed up to share their BP use cases\" width=\"800\" height=\"235\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-265208\" /><br />\nExpect posts about how site builders or developers are using BuddyPress. Thank you to everyone who signed up!<br />\n&nbsp;</p>\n<h3>B. Trends</h3>\n<h4>1. Using BuddyPress</h4>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-265127\" src=\"https://buddypress.org/wp-content/uploads/1/2017/04/use-buddypress.png\" alt=\"62% use BuddyPress for own sites\" width=\"800\" height=\"235\" /><br />\nFor the fourth year in a row, &#8220;I use BuddyPress in My Own Site&#8221; ranks number one (62% in this survey), followed by &#8220;I build BuddyPress sites for others&#8221; at 37%. One participant commented &#8220;Also have a family BuddyPress site on a raspberry pi (in dev).&#8221;<br />\n&nbsp;</p>\n<h4>2. Languages of BuddyPress Sites</h4>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-265128\" src=\"https://buddypress.org/wp-content/uploads/1/2017/04/bp-lang-2016.jpg\" alt=\"Languages used in BuddyPress sites\" width=\"2444\" height=\"1543\" /><br />\nFor the third year (2013, 2015, 2016), the English language is used in most of the sites (69%). This is followed by Spanish (11%), German (10%), and French (9%), among many others.<br />\n&nbsp;</p>\n<h4>3. Types of BuddyPress Sites</h4>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-265129\" src=\"https://buddypress.org/wp-content/uploads/1/2017/04/bp-types-2016.jpg\" alt=\"Types of BuddyPress sites built\" width=\"2431\" height=\"1547\" /><br />\nFor the third year (2013, 2015, 2016), Generic (33%), Academic (29%), Sports (16%), Artistic (15%), and Gaming (12%) are the most common types of BuddyPress sites built. Generic and Academic types are consistently in the top two spots.<br />\n&nbsp;</p>\n<h4>4. BuddyPress Versions Used</h4>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-265130\" src=\"https://buddypress.org/wp-content/uploads/1/2017/04/buddypress-version.png\" alt=\"86% use BuddyPress 2.7 during survey\" width=\"800\" height=\"235\" /><br />\nEighty six percent (86%) are on BuddyPress 2.7+, followed by BP 2.6+ (23%), BP 2.5+ (6%), BP 2.4+ (4%), and BP 2.3+ (4%). Note: BP 2.7.x was the current release version during the survey period.<br />\n&nbsp;</p>\n<h4>5. WordPress Versions Used</h4>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-265131\" src=\"https://buddypress.org/wp-content/uploads/1/2017/04/wordpress-version.png\" alt=\"92% use WordPress 4.6+ during survey\" width=\"800\" height=\"235\" /><br />\nNinety two percent (92%) have WordPress 4.6+ installed, followed by WP 4.5+ (13%), WP 4.4+ (5%), WP 4.3+ (3%), and WP 4.2+ (3%). Note: WordPress 4.6 was the current major release version when the survey was launched.<br />\n&nbsp;</p>\n<h4>6. BuddyPress Setups</h4>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-265132\" src=\"https://buddypress.org/wp-content/uploads/1/2017/04/bp-install-in-wp.png\" alt=\"72% installed at WP domain root\" width=\"800\" height=\"235\" /><br />\nBuddyPress activated in a single WordPress installation continues to be popular with 72% of the respondents in 2016 as it was in the 2013 survey with 75%.<br />\n&nbsp;</p>\n<h4>7. BuddyPress Hosting</h4>\n<p><img src=\"https://buddypress.org/wp-content/uploads/1/2017/04/hosting-bp.png\" alt=\"48% use shared hosting for BP sites\" width=\"800\" height=\"235\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-265134\" /><br />\nFor sites hosted on Shared Hosting plans: half have 500 members or less, 40% of the sites are on single WP in domain root, 47% on PHP 5.6 or better, almost half of the respondents have been using BuddyPress for a year or less, and a little more than a third use BuddyPress for their own sites.<br />\n&nbsp;</p>\n<h4>8. Other Software Evaluated</h4>\n<p><img src=\"https://buddypress.org/wp-content/uploads/1/2017/04/evaluated-none.png\" alt=\"54% chose BuddyPress without further ado\" width=\"800\" height=\"235\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-265135\" /><br />\nFor the third year in a row, most of the users (54% for 2016) shared that they did not evaluate any other networking/membership plugin/software before selecting BuddyPress.<br />\n&nbsp;</p>\n<h4>9. Contributions to BuddyPress development</h4>\n<p><img src=\"https://buddypress.org/wp-content/uploads/1/2017/04/contribute-bp-dev.png\" alt=\"58% have not contributed to BP development\" width=\"800\" height=\"235\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-265136\" /><br />\nNote: 26% of the 58% who indicated that they have not participated nor contributed to BuddyPress development have also checked that they: helped out in the BP forums,  reported bugs at BP Trac, submitted patches at BP Trac, among others.<br />\n&nbsp;</p>\n<h4>10. bbPress Versions Used</h4>\n<p><img src=\"https://buddypress.org/wp-content/uploads/1/2017/04/bbpress-version.png\" alt=\"89% use bbPress 2.5+\" width=\"800\" height=\"235\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-265137\" /><br />\nConsistent with the vast majority using the latest versions of WordPress and BuddyPress at the time of this survey, 89% of respondents are using the latest version of bbPress which provides a <a href=\"https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/src/includes/extend/buddypress\">tight integration with BuddyPress</a>.<br />\n&nbsp;</p>\n<h4>11. bbPress Setups in BuddyPress</h4>\n<p><img src=\"https://buddypress.org/wp-content/uploads/1/2017/04/bbpress-setup.png\" alt=\"66% use sitewide and group forums\" width=\"800\" height=\"235\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-265138\" /><br />\nFor the third year in a row, the Sitewide and Group Forums setup is the most popular bbPress configuration at 60%, a big bump from its 49% first place ranking in 2015.<br />\n&nbsp;</p>\n<h3>C. Shifts</h3>\n<h4>1. Female Participation in Survey</h4>\n<p><img src=\"https://buddypress.org/wp-content/uploads/1/2017/04/female-gender-1.png\" alt=\"13% female developers and site builders\" width=\"800\" height=\"235\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-265191\" /><br />\nThe number of female respondents increased from 8% (17) in 2015 to 13% (37) in this survey. Levels of BuddyPress knowledge range from Beginner through Expert.<br />\n&nbsp;</p>\n<h4>2. BuddyPress Sites Per Respondent</h4>\n<p><img src=\"https://buddypress.org/wp-content/uploads/1/2017/04/bp-sites-built.png\" alt=\"36% built 2 to 5 BuddyPress sites\" width=\"800\" height=\"235\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-265142\" /><br />\nIn 2015, 41% of respondents (87) built or were responsible for one site followed by 38% (80) with 2 to 5 sites. For 2016, there were more developers who built or were responsible for 2 to 5 sites (99) than for only one site (95).<br />\n&nbsp;</p>\n<h4>3. Number of Survey Participants</h4>\n<p><img src=\"https://buddypress.org/wp-content/uploads/1/2017/04/302-participants-1.png\" alt=\"302 Participants for BuddyPress 2016 Survey\" width=\"800\" height=\"235\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-265204\" /></p>\n<p>The number of respondents increased from 211 from 42 countries in the 2015 survey up to 302 respondents from 61 countries for the 2016 survey. We are grateful to everyone who took the time to take the survey.<br />\n&nbsp;</p>\n<h2>Acknowledgements</h2>\n<p><strong>Survey Participants</strong>: Net total of 302 who completed the survey<br />\n<strong>Online Survey Solution</strong>: <a href=\"https://polldaddy.com\">Polldaddy.com</a> and <a href=\"https://automattic.com/\">Automattic.com</a> for the corporate account<br />\n<strong>Survey Preparation</strong>: <a class=\"bp-suggestions-mention\" href=\"https://buddypress.org/members/mercime/\" rel=\"nofollow\">@mercime</a>, <a class=\"bp-suggestions-mention\" href=\"https://buddypress.org/members/johnjamesjacoby/\" rel=\"nofollow\">@johnjamesjacoby</a>, <a class=\"bp-suggestions-mention\" href=\"https://buddypress.org/members/boonebgorges/\" rel=\"nofollow\">@boonebgorges</a>, <a class=\"bp-suggestions-mention\" href=\"https://buddypress.org/members/djpaul/\" rel=\"nofollow\">@djpaul</a>, <a class=\"bp-suggestions-mention\" href=\"https://buddypress.org/members/r-a-y/\" rel=\"nofollow\">@r-a-y</a>, <a class=\"bp-suggestions-mention\" href=\"https://buddypress.org/members/imath/\" rel=\"nofollow\">@imath</a>, <a class=\"bp-suggestions-mention\" href=\"https://buddypress.org/members/dcavins/\" rel=\"nofollow\">@dcavins</a>, <a class=\"bp-suggestions-mention\" href=\"https://buddypress.org/members/hnla/\" rel=\"nofollow\">@hnla</a>, and <a class=\"bp-suggestions-mention\" href=\"https://buddypress.org/members/tw2113/\" rel=\"nofollow\">@tw2113</a><br />\n<strong>Survey Report</strong>: <a href=\"https://github.com/\">Github.com</a> (gh-pages), <a href=\"https://products.office.com/en-us/excel\">Microsoft Excel</a>, <a href=\"https://drive.google.com/drive/my-drive\">Google Documents &amp; Spreadsheets</a>, and <a href=\"http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html\">tagxedo.com</a>.<br />\n&nbsp;</p>\n<h2>Moving Forward</h2>\n<p>BuddyPress will be celebrating the <a href=\"https://buddypress.org/2009/04/buddypress-10-has-arrived/\">8th anniversary of the first stable release</a> on April 30, 2017. Thanks to @apeatling and the many contributors who brought that milestone to fruition. Looking at all the <a href=\"https://codex.buddypress.org/releases/\">major and minor releases</a> through the years led by <a class=\"bp-suggestions-mention\" href=\"https://buddypress.org/members/johnjamesjacoby/\" rel=\"nofollow\">@johnjamesjacoby</a>, <a class=\"bp-suggestions-mention\" href=\"https://buddypress.org/members/boonebgorges/\" rel=\"nofollow\">@boonebgorges</a>, and <a class=\"bp-suggestions-mention\" href=\"https://buddypress.org/members/djpaul/\" rel=\"nofollow\">@djpaul</a>, it&#8217;s amazing how much has been accomplished by the all-volunteer lead/core developers and contributors.</p>\n<p>The lead developers have set the <a href=\"https://bpdevel.wordpress.com/2016/07/13/priorities-for-the-next-12-months/\">priorities for this year</a> and we look forward to the bp-nouveau template pack and the BP REST API, among many other new features based on some of your comments/requests from this survey.</p>\n<p>All are welcome to <a href=\"https://codex.buddypress.org/participate-and-contribute/\">participate and contribute</a> to the development of BuddyPress. Keep abreast of the latest BuddyPress news at <a href=\"https://bpdevel.wordpress.com/\">bpdevel.wordpress.com/</a>, <a href=\"https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org\">buddypress.trac.wordpress.org</a>, Twitter @buddypress @buddypressdev @bptrac, and/or weekly BuddyPress Dev Chats at the <a href=\"http://BuddyPress Dev Chats at #buddypress channe\">#buddypress channel</a> (<a href=\"https://make.wordpress.org/chat/\">WP Slack account required</a>).</p>\n<p>Finally, all supporting graphs, tables, and comments from this survey are available on the accessible and mobile-friendly <a href=\"http://mercime.github.io/BuddyPress-2016-survey-results/\">BuddyPress 2016 Survey Results webpage</a>. Where possible, data from the <a href=\"https://buddypress.org/2013/09/2013-buddypress-codex-survey-results/\">2013</a>, <a href=\"https://buddypress.org/2014/03/2014-buddypress-survey-results/\">2014</a> and <a href=\"https://buddypress.org/2015/05/2015-buddypress-survey-results/\">2015</a> surveys have been added to the charts for comparison. 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The Raspberry Pi Foundation <a href=\"https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/ten-millionth-raspberry-pi-new-kit/\" target=\"_blank\">sold its ten millionth Pi</a> last year and just released the Pi Zero W in February 2017 with built-in WiFi and Bluetooth.</p>\n<p>If you are among the millions of Raspberry Pi owners who like to tinker with software, check out Automattic&#8217;s new <a href=\"https://inabox.blog/\" target=\"_blank\">Blog in a Box</a> project. 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If you add the sensor mentioned above you could livestream your cat whenever it’s nearby. Add some different sensors and you can see what affects a plant’s growth in a biology experiment and have the data ready to be viewed through WordPress, add a touchscreen and you have an interactive WordPress-powered display.&#8221;</p>\n<p>Since the system uses the REST API internally, Godley it wouldn&#8217;t be difficult to configure it to send data to a remote WordPress site. The team has looked at the possibility of doing this and may revisit it in the future if there&#8217;s enough interest.</p>\n<p>&#8220;Making it really easy to set up was a primary aim &#8211; we didn’t want people to have to setup MySQL and web servers and all the complexities involved in connecting this to Pi sensors. 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The camp, which held its sixth edition in Utrecht last year with more than 425 attendees, was one of the most well-established WordPress events in Europe. Yesterday lead organizer Marcel Bootsman published a <a href=\"https://nl.wordpress.org/team/2017/03/30/het-einde-van-wordcamp-the-netherlands/\" target=\"_blank\">post</a> on the Dutch WordPress community site to explain why the camp has been cancelled.</p>\n<p>Bootsman&#8217;s post is written in Dutch but includes correspondence in English between the WCNL team and WordPress Community Support (WCS), formerly WordCamp Central. WCS is now pushing for all WordCamps to be city-based with the exception of regional camps, such as WordCamp US and WordCamp Europe, where the cities already have their own camps and do not prevent or detract from local communities launching their own camps.</p>\n<p>&#8220;WordCamp Netherlands has been held 6 times to date and&#8230;It has not inspired any local WordCamps (in fact, I think it’s probably fair to say that local camps have not been happening because people don’t see a need for them with the country-wide camp happening each year) and, with the exception of Nijmegen, which is still in the pre-planning phase, no cities in the Netherlands have their own WordCamps,&#8221; a WCS representative said. &#8220;With that in mind, we feel that the time has come for your community to move from the country-wide camp to running local camps. This has started happening with Nijmegen already and can easily start happening more with WordCamps in Utrecht, Rotterdam, Amsterdam and other cities.&#8221;</p>\n<p>The Netherlands is <a href=\"http://mapfight.appspot.com/nl-vs-us.md/netherlands-maryland-us-size-comparison\" target=\"_blank\">roughly the size of Maryland</a>, or twice the size of New Jersey, in terms of land space. One can drive across the country in two hours or less. The WCNL team contends that a country-wide WordCamp makes sense for geographical reasons and because of the locations of the organizers. The country already has an active meetup culture with 13 different meetups hosting an average of 100 attendees per event. 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The Dutch community and many of its supporters are <a href=\"https://twitter.com/roytanck/status/847365810506969089\" target=\"_blank\">now</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/jrf_nl/status/847470162496241664\" target=\"_blank\">in</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/nielsvr/status/847384382541148161\" target=\"_blank\">an</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/mchaste/status/847374014414704645\" target=\"_blank\">uproar</a> over the decision and organizers are at a crossroads. They can choose to rebrand the event as WordCamp Utrecht, with significant drawbacks, or move forward with an independent country-wide event without the use of WordCamp tools, branding and trademarks, or funding from the Global Community Sponsorship Program.</p>\n<h3>WordCamp Netherlands Conflict Highlights Cultural Differences Between the U.S. and Europe</h3>\n<p>Marcel Bootsman, who heads up the 13-person WordCamp Netherlands organization team, said they have been working since late December 2016 on the upcoming event. The team had added eight new members after the event grew 68% from 2015 to 2016.</p>\n<p>&#8220;Everybody was thrilled to start, and the news that we could not continue hit us hard,&#8221; Bootsman said. &#8220;We have officially stopped and I have thanked everyone for their enthusiasm and support, which was difficult because I wanted to let these people feel what it is to organize an event and see happy faces all over the place.&#8221;</p>\n<p>WordPress developer and Dutch community member Juliette Reinders Folmer said she doesn&#8217;t believe that more than one or perhaps two city-based WordCamps will get started in the Netherlands. Organizing a WordCamp is not an easy endeavor with a small pool of local organizers and volunteers. Folmer notes that since the WordPress Foundation doesn&#8217;t allow for compensating speakers for their out-of-pocket costs, the speaker pool is further limited.</p>\n<p>&#8220;A trend I&#8217;ve spotted over the last few years is that &#8216;local&#8217; WCs will have a mix of local, national and international speakers,&#8221; Folmer said. &#8220;While national speakers might still be prepared to go out of pocket, the only international speakers who can afford to do this are the ones who are sponsored by big companies which pay their travel and time to speak at those WCs.</p>\n<p>&#8220;Instead of creating a larger speaker group with new and interesting voices, we&#8217;re ending up with a corporate uniform message where the more innovative and sometimes dissident voices are few and far between. By forcing WCNL to break up into smaller more local groups, this trend will become even more persistent and insidious as the demands on the limited group of national speakers will increase unless they have corporate sponsoring. Even they will not able to afford the time and costs to attend and speak at the various local WCs.&#8221;</p>\n<p>Remkus de Vries, WordCamp Netherlands lead-organizer from 2009 to 2015, said the team has worked for years to see the local communities come together, and have seen people get involved with translations, forum moderation, and local meetups after attending the WordCamps.</p>\n<p>&#8220;Our idea from the get go for WordCamp Netherlands was to be as inclusive as possible, to unite the scattered Dutch WordPress community,&#8221; de Vries said. &#8220;The Dutch community consisted of little islands that didn&#8217;t really connect at all. 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We&#8217;re too practical sometimes, and in this situation, it will not help the community.&#8221;</p>\n<h3>WordCamp Netherlands Organizers are Considering Hosting an Independent Event</h3>\n<p>Both de Vries and Bootsman are said they do not believe rules that make sense for the U.S. should be applied universally. They would prefer them to be guidelines that communities can follow or depart from if they express their preference for a country-wide WordCamp. WordPress communities in other countries like Denmark, Croatia, and Switzerland have expressed similar frustrations with the U.S.-centric rules.</p>\n<p>&#8220;WordCamp Netherlands was what started the local WordPress meetups and ended up being the glue between the WordPress Meetups,&#8221; de Vries said. &#8220;Forcing us to stop using WordCamp Netherlands is going to impact that as you could see by the outpouring of reactions yesterday on Twitter and Facebook. 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We saw impressive results for our clients, too; not every website can go from 0 to 8,000 visits in six months, but we definitely see better results with WordPress than without it.</p>\n<p>Within a year, we went from platform agnostic to a dedicated WordPress shop. It worked better for us. It worked better for the people whose sites we built and managed. We were also beginning to see the value of open source and to appreciate the WordPress community.</p>\n<p>After that first WordCamp, I spoke at a couple of camps every year and our company sponsors and helps organize a couple of WordCamps nearly every year. Last year I spoke at three and I hope to continue expanding that service. WordPress has been good to us and we want to give back to the awesome WordPress community.</p>\n<h3>WordPress Success</h3>\n<p>Our business has grown. My eldest son graduated from college and joined the family business. My second daughter left us to work for Automattic. We’ve had some rough times, as every business does, but we can be proud of the work we do.</p>\n<p>We have the privilege of working with awesome clients, both locally and around the world. They can share their brands and their bigger messages in ways that would have been difficult and costly just a decade ago. We’re able to get great results for them – with hard work and WordPress.</p>\n<blockquote><p>WordPress is not a magic pixie dust you can sprinkle on your website for instant success.</p></blockquote>\n<p>But there are some things about WordPress that set you up for success:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>It may not be true (okay, it isn’t true) that you can master WordPress with no tech skills, training, or effort. But you don’t have to be a programmer to get the results you want and need in WordPress. If you have something to say, you can get it published more easily in WordPress than with other platforms.</li>\n<li>There’s no quality tradeoff. We usually build custom websites with talented and trained designers, but I’ve built dozens myself with pre-made themes and my own HTML and CSS skills (and great photos – the secret weapon for non-artists who want to create beautiful WordPress websites). Either way, you’re not limited by WordPress as you are by drag-and-drop sitebuilding tools.</li>\n<li>Because updating and adding content is so easy with WordPress, you can accomplish the essentials of content marketing more easily. You can focus on your message with less worry about the medium. You and your Web People can shape the web experience you want for your visitors efficiently.</li>\n<li>WordPress has the most supportive community you can find. We’re friends with local companies that we could also call competitors, because we spend time together in Meetups and WordCamp organizing meetings. We also have a large network of WordPress folks we respect and admire. It’s great to see them in person at WordCamps, but we also have the opportunity to get to know them better virtually. We help them and they help us.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>I can say from experience that WordPress has made a big difference in my life. I’m still a mom – in fact, I’m now a grandmother. But I’m also the owner of a successful web firm and a successful educational website. I write for and care for a number of websites I can be proud of.</p>\n<p>Last year at WordCamp Kansas City a man came up to show me his new website. I had spoken the year before about how to get started with a WordPress website, and he had been able to build a site for his fantasy hockey league. He was excited to show it to me, and I was excited to see it. That capacity to help other people achieve their goals with WordPress means a lot to me.</p>\n<p>If you’re just starting with WordPress, let my story encourage you. I was not an obvious choice for a successful Web Person, but WordPress helped me reach my goals. If you’re already a success with WordPress, find opportunities to help others reach their success, too.</p>\n<p>It’s the WordPress way.</p>\n<div class=\"rtsocial-container rtsocial-container-align-right rtsocial-horizontal\"><div class=\"rtsocial-twitter-horizontal\"><div class=\"rtsocial-twitter-horizontal-button\"><a title=\"Tweet: WordPress: A Tool for Success\" class=\"rtsocial-twitter-button\" href=\"https://twitter.com/share?text=WordPress%3A%20A%20Tool%20for%20Success&via=heropress&url=https%3A%2F%2Fheropress.com%2Fessays%2Fwordpress-tool-success%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"></a></div></div><div class=\"rtsocial-fb-horizontal fb-light\"><div class=\"rtsocial-fb-horizontal-button\"><a title=\"Like: WordPress: A Tool for Success\" class=\"rtsocial-fb-button rtsocial-fb-like-light\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fheropress.com%2Fessays%2Fwordpress-tool-success%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"></a></div></div><div class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-horizontal\"><div class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-horizontal-button\"><a class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-button\" href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fheropress.com%2Fessays%2Fwordpress-tool-success%2F&title=WordPress%3A+A+Tool+for+Success\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share: WordPress: A Tool for Success\"></a></div></div><div class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-horizontal\"><div class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-horizontal-button\"><a class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-button\" href=\"https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://heropress.com/essays/wordpress-tool-success/&media=https://heropress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/032917-min-150x150.jpg&description=WordPress: A Tool for Success\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pin: WordPress: A Tool for Success\"></a></div></div><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"perma-link\" href=\"https://heropress.com/essays/wordpress-tool-success/\" title=\"WordPress: A Tool for Success\"></a></div><p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://heropress.com/essays/wordpress-tool-success/\">WordPress: A Tool for Success</a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://heropress.com\">HeroPress</a>.</p>\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}s:7:\"pubDate\";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:31:\"Wed, 29 Mar 2017 11:30:02 +0000\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}}s:32:\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:13:\"Rebecca Haden\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}}}}i:34;a:6:{s:4:\"data\";s:13:\"\n	\n	\n	\n	\n	\n	\n\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";s:5:\"child\";a:2:{s:0:\"\";a:5:{s:5:\"title\";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:93:\"WPTavern: Poedit 2 Introduces Direct Connection to WordPress, Adds Support for Twig Templates\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}s:4:\"guid\";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:29:\"https://wptavern.com/?p=68041\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}s:4:\"link\";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:103:\"https://wptavern.com/poedit-2-introduces-direct-connection-to-wordpress-adds-support-for-twig-templates\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}s:11:\"description\";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:2392:\"<p><a href=\"https://i1.wp.com/wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/poedit.png?ssl=1\"><img /></a></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://poedit.net/news/introducing-poedit2\" target=\"_blank\">Poedit 2</a> was released today after two years in development. 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It is also the first paid upgrade for Pro users since the app <a href=\"https://wptavern.com/poedit-adds-pro-support-for-wordpress-theme-and-plugin-translation\" target=\"_blank\">added support for WordPress theme and plugin translations</a> in 2013.</p>\n<p>Poedit 2 introduces direct connectivity support for WordPress, allowing developers to connect directly to the server instead of working with unpackaged plugins/themes locally.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://i2.wp.com/wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/wordpress_connect@2x.png?ssl=1\"><img /></a><br />\n&#8220;Putting translation files on the server was the most common source of problems in Poedit (too many things can go wrong if you’re not yet very familiar with WP) and this feature should help a lot with that,&#8221; Slavík said.</p>\n<p>This release adds support for <a href=\"http://twig.sensiolabs.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Twig templates</a> and <a href=\"https://upstatement.com/timber/\" target=\"_blank\">Timber</a>. In the past, users had difficulty extracting strings from Twig templates, requiring some fragile workarounds. Slavík said some users resorted to setting up Poedit to treat them as Python files. Poedit 2 has a new built-in extractor for Twig.</p>\n<p>Poedit 2 also introduces a new pre-translation feature that allows for batch pre-translation of the entire PO file at once using Poedit&#8217;s online database and machine translation. After this has processed, users can then read through and correct any errors. Slavík said this feature saves a lot of time for many WordPress-related translations, such as themes, where a lot of strings are often repeated.</p>\n<p>Poedit used to be available from the Mac App Store but is now distributed exclusively from the <a href=\"https://poedit.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Poedit.net</a> website. 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In an effort to determine common problems with themes discovered by reviewers, Carolina Nymark, a member of the Theme Review Team, <a href=\"https://make.wordpress.org/themes/2017/03/25/review-statistics/\">reviewed 100 tickets</a> from 531 themes that were closed and marked not approved between December and February. 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Out of these themes, the most common problems were:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Missing escaping or using the wrong functions: 51 Themes</li>\n<li>Text that is not translation ready: 44 Themes</li>\n<li>Missing prefix: 39 Themes</li>\n<li>Missing license or copyright information for included assets: 34 Themes</li>\n<li>Unused code or files: 25 Themes</li>\n<li>PHP notices, errors or warnings: 20 Themes</li>\n<li>Missing sanitization, or using the wrong functions: 18 Themes</li>\n<li>Options in the customizer that are not working: 18 Themes</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Last Friday, Jose Castaneda, Ulrich Pogson, and Nymark participated in a <a href=\"https://make.wordpress.org/themes/2017/03/27/chat-with-matt-about-the-future-of-theme-repo/\">voice chat</a> with Matt Mullenweg, co-creator of the WordPress project, to discuss the future of the theme directory. The team discussed ideas around automation, improving the theme preview experience, and content portability. 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The team was given a series of tasks to complete and will report the results to Mullenweg at a later date.</p>\n<h2>New Theme Check Plugin Will Detect Common Security Issues</h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https://make.wordpress.org/themes/handbook/about/\">Theme Handbook</a> doesn&#8217;t have a chapter on security but it does link to a series of articles on writing secure themes in the <a href=\"https://make.wordpress.org/themes/handbook/review/resources/\">resources section</a>. Justin Tadlock, Key Reviewer, says work is underway on a new <a href=\"https://github.com/WPTRT/WordPress-Coding-Standards\">Theme Check</a> plugin that will automatically detect security issues commonly seen during the manual review process. These include escaping and data sanitization.</p>\n<p>&#8220;If we could get the greater theme developer community to pitch in and help get this finished, it would be awesome,&#8221; Tadlock said. &#8220;Even outside of WordPress.org, ThemeForest and commercial theme shops could really use this.&#8221;</p>\n<p>Members of the TRT are testing the plugin behind the scenes and are working to eliminate false-positives. The best way to get involved in the project is to view the<a href=\"https://github.com/WPTRT/WordPress-Coding-Standards/issues\"> Issue tracker</a> and submit pull requests. 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Contributors have been working for the past year on rebuilding the directory with a new design and better capabilities for searching through the 45K+ available plugins.</p>\n<p>The new landing page displays a search bar prominently at the top, followed by sections for featured plugins, popular plugins, and beta plugins.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://i2.wp.com/wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/wordpress-plugin-directory.png?ssl=1\"><img /></a></p>\n<p>The design changes to the individual plugin pages have received <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/advancedwp/permalink/1446257985436411/?match=YWR2YW5jZWQgd29yZHByZXNzLHdvcmRwcmVzcy5vcmcsd29yZHByZXNzLGFkdmFuY2Vk\" target=\"_blank\">mixed feedback from members of Advanced WordPress Facebook.</a> The screenshots slider and FAQ accordion UI are welcome improvements, but many are not fond of how the new single plugin display ditches the previous tabbed interface in favor of truncated sections with numerous &#8220;read more&#8221; links. This requires the visitor to click and scroll repeatedly through a massive wall of text. The experience of doing this to find information is much less efficient than the previous tabbed UI.</p>\n<p>Many of the plugin header images appear to be stretched now with the new wider content area, but this may encourage developers to update their listings. Several users have commented that they are disappointed with the removal of stats, which are now viewable for admins only. Plugin team member Mika Epstein said they are waiting for more feedback from end users (not plugin developers) on whether to make them publicly viewable again.</p>\n<p>The new design matches <a href=\"https://wptavern.com/wordpress-org-launches-homepage-redesign\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress.org&#8217;s homepage redesign</a>, which went from sketches to prototype to live during the last few weeks of December 2016. The most exciting improvements, however, are found under the hood.</p>\n<p>The plugin directory is now powered by WordPress, instead of bbPress, making it easier for plugin developers and reviewers to manage plugins, tags/categories, and committers. The submission and review process has also been streamlined so the plugin team will no longer reject plugins after 7 days. They also have to ability to rename plugin slugs prior to approval for easier handling of typos.</p>\n<h3>New Plugin Search Algorithm Delivers More Relevant Results</h3>\n<p>The most significant user-facing improvement in the redesign is better search relevance. <a href=\"https://make.wordpress.org/meta/2016/08/30/initial-analysis-of-plugin-search-logs/\" target=\"_blank\">Analysis of plugin search logs</a> in August 2016 showed the directory handles 100,000 searches per day and receives more than 500k unique search queries per month.</p>\n<p>Greg Ichneumon Brown, a Data Wrangler at Automattic, published an in-depth <a href=\"https://data.blog/2017/03/15/improving-relevance-and-elasticsearch-query-patterns/\" target=\"_blank\">article</a> on how he and contributors improved search fidelity for the new plugin directory. The eye-opening account explains just how opinionated search algorithms need to be in order to give users the best experience at this scale.</p>\n<p>&#8220;In improving the fidelity of search results, it’s not just a question of how we satisfy a single user’s search query, but how we satisfy thousands of users for each unique search term: which plugins will support that volume of users and their requests for support?&#8221; Brown said. &#8220;Which are most likely to give all of these users a great WordPress experience?&#8221;</p>\n<p>The new search algorithm delivers results based on this premise. Brown added a calculation for the lowest/highest ratio of active_installs to the number of times the search was performed. However, this isn&#8217;t the only factor that influences whether or not a users will have a good experience with the top results. The algorithm also includes signals that Brown said plugin authors have a lot more control over:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Resolving support threads</li>\n<li>Keeping the plugin update to date</li>\n<li>Testing the plugin on the latest versions of WordPress</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Brown&#8217;s <a href=\"https://data.blog/2017/03/15/improving-relevance-and-elasticsearch-query-patterns/\" target=\"_blank\">post</a> breaks down the Elasticsearch query he developed for the directory and explains how text matching works to find relevant results for author searches, queries that include operators, and partial-word boosting.</p>\n<p>The plugin directory relaunch has several known issues that the plugin team noted in the <a href=\"https://make.wordpress.org/plugins/2017/03/28/the-new-directory-is-mostly-live/\" target=\"_blank\">announcement</a> today. Users are noticing many broken links, problems with SVN, and other bugs when navigating around the new directory. 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Coming from a modest family background, the realization of achievement dawned over me. I never favored being a 9 to 5 corporate professional and a having a ‘boss’ was simply not my cup of coffee. I was never interested in the classes held in the college because I was being more productive at the ‘reality’ front of the life. I envisioned getting involved in tasks that were strongest at the core.</p>\n<h3>Where It All Started</h3>\n<p>Computer technology was in its nascent state in India the time I started my tryst with web pages. I began with designing my own college’s alumni website while pursuing MCA at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. Eventually, I was assigned the task of the event websites too. I was happy because all this brought about a sense of power to me. Though not initially refine, my work still appealed to many and it also made me realize the power technology had.</p>\n<h3>The Seed of Seriousness</h3>\n<p>The very first seed of the idea of taking this up as a serious profession was sown by a friend who told me about how creating web pages and blogging could be a source of monetization. Google pages was my first shot as a techie, wherein I started with contributing content through blogs to several clients.</p>\n<h3>Saw and Attempted</h3>\n<p>I can still recollect the time I received my first pay cheque. Initially, I had tested all Content management systems and had started with Joomla and Drupal. With absolutely no knowledge about coding, I went forward to scale the web designing mountain. WordPress came and was well recognized as a blogging platform; suitable to what I worked on. I bumped into WordPress in 2009 and like many other users, utilized it for my blogging endeavors. Little did I know that someday it would be the answer to my ‘coding gap’. I remember working on a 6-month project for my MCA final where I took up WordPress as the core subject and in there I talked about custom plugins and themes. The teacher was happy to receive the unique project and awarded me good grades for my sense of initiation with new approach.</p>\n<h3>That Leap of Faith</h3>\n<p>Now, I knew how I had to take this WordPress awesomeness forward. With a little exposure to learning new technology, I was baffled for a while but had the will to scale this one too. 6 months, and I thoroughly decoded the WordPress codex for me. This was a giant step forward where my future lay in my own hands.</p>\n<p>Personally, I feel that WordPress does not constrict you to a certain limit or a line of functionalities. If you have a core foundation, you can toy with it and make awesome end results. WordPress was now my pillar of strength. 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Time has moved slowly and with 6+ years of experience and self-discovery, I now run a fully-fledged WordPress based company <a href=\"https://wbcomdesigns.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Wbcom Designs</a> that has many developers and freelancers onboard with me.</p>\n<p>While additionally serving <a href=\"https://www.buddyboss.com/\" target=\"_blank\">BuddyBoss</a> as a Product and Support Manager, now I plan to infuse new changes in the pattern we operate at base as well as the firm through strategic planning. It’s time to give back to the WordPress community through the development of free plugins, theme customization and spreading the WordPress fandom at local level.</p>\n<p>I recently took the <a href=\"https://2016.nashik.wordcamp.org/wbcomdesigns-is-our-bronze-sponsor/\">opportunity to sponsor</a> <a href=\"https://2016.nashik.wordcamp.org/\">‘Nashik WordCamp’ 2016</a>, <a href=\"https://2017.pune.wordcamp.org/sponsors/\">WordCamp Pune 2017</a>, <a href=\"https://2017.udaipur.wordcamp.org/sponsors/\">WordCamp Udaipur 2017</a>, and <a href=\"https://2017.kochi.wordcamp.org/sponsors/\">WordCamp Kochi 2017</a>. I am glad I was able to take a step forward in my plans to pay back to the WordPress community. To set the ball rolling at local level, I have recently come up with a local <a href=\"https://www.meetup.com/Lucknow-WordPress-Meetup/\">MeetUp</a> group at Lucknow, India so that locally organized, face to face events can be organized that will accelerate the understanding of the WordPress CMS among the masses. I also plan to bring about WordPress awareness at the school and college level in my zone so that more and more young people know why this CMS is so amazing.</p>\n<p>To this day, my first love is my work desk. Whenever in an emotional or professional fix, I seek recluse through this amazing platform. Unlike others, working destresses me. There is a long way to go with this ideal because I want people to know how powerfully stable the WordPress is.</p>\n<p>Like they say,</p>\n<blockquote><p>“Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.”</p></blockquote>\n<p>I want to see the developer community going for heights that have never been achieved before and I want to be a part of this huge step-up.</p>\n<p>I am all open up for this WordPress community for contribution and assistance. For WordPress enthusiasts, I want to tell them that sky is not the limit. WordPress has accepted me as its own and it’s time for me and others to give back in the best possible manner.</p>\n<div class=\"rtsocial-container rtsocial-container-align-right rtsocial-horizontal\"><div class=\"rtsocial-twitter-horizontal\"><div class=\"rtsocial-twitter-horizontal-button\"><a title=\"Tweet: A Blissful Driving Force\" class=\"rtsocial-twitter-button\" href=\"https://twitter.com/share?text=A%20Blissful%20Driving%20Force&via=heropress&url=https%3A%2F%2Fheropress.com%2Fessays%2Fblissful-driving-force%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"></a></div></div><div class=\"rtsocial-fb-horizontal fb-light\"><div class=\"rtsocial-fb-horizontal-button\"><a title=\"Like: A Blissful Driving Force\" class=\"rtsocial-fb-button rtsocial-fb-like-light\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fheropress.com%2Fessays%2Fblissful-driving-force%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"></a></div></div><div class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-horizontal\"><div class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-horizontal-button\"><a class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-button\" href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fheropress.com%2Fessays%2Fblissful-driving-force%2F&title=A+Blissful+Driving+Force\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share: A Blissful Driving Force\"></a></div></div><div class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-horizontal\"><div class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-horizontal-button\"><a class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-button\" href=\"https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://heropress.com/essays/blissful-driving-force/&media=https://heropress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/032217-150x150.jpg&description=A Blissful Driving Force\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pin: A Blissful Driving Force\"></a></div></div><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"perma-link\" href=\"https://heropress.com/essays/blissful-driving-force/\" title=\"A Blissful Driving Force\"></a></div><p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://heropress.com/essays/blissful-driving-force/\">A Blissful Driving Force</a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://heropress.com\">HeroPress</a>.</p>\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}s:7:\"pubDate\";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:31:\"Wed, 22 Mar 2017 12:00:33 +0000\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}}s:32:\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:11:\"Varun Dubey\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}}}}i:48;a:6:{s:4:\"data\";s:13:\"\n	\n	\n	\n	\n	\n	\n\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";s:5:\"child\";a:2:{s:0:\"\";a:5:{s:5:\"title\";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:82:\"WPTavern: Help Jesse Petersen and His Family by Donating to His Medical Leave Fund\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}s:4:\"guid\";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:29:\"https://wptavern.com/?p=67746\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}s:4:\"link\";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:93:\"https://wptavern.com/help-jesse-petersen-and-his-family-by-donating-to-his-medical-leave-fund\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}s:11:\"description\";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:2774:\"<p><a href=\"https://www.petersenmediagroup.com/\">Jesse Petersen</a>, a longtime member of the WordPress community and founder of <a href=\"https://www.genesisthe.me/\">Genesis The.me</a>, needs <a href=\"https://www.newlungsfor.me/medical-leave-fund-for-jesses-double-lung-transplant/\">our help</a>. 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With our docs, you’ll learn how to create the exact site your client needs.</p>\n<h4>Extensions galore</h4>\n<p>WordPress.org is home to some amazing extensions for WooCommerce, including:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-google-analytics-integration/\">Google Analytics</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-delivery-notes/\">Delivery Notes</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-pdf-invoices-packing-slips/\">PDF Invoices and Packing Slips</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://wordpress.org/plugins/affiliates-woocommerce-light/\">Affiliates Integration Light</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-new-product-badge/\">New Product Badges</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p>Keen to see them all? Search WordPress.org for ‘WooCommerce’ to dive in.</p>\n<p>If you’re looking for something endorsed and maintained by the developers who built WooCommerce, there are a plethora of premium eCommerce extensions, the most popular of which include:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://woocommerce.com/products/woocommerce-subscriptions/\" rel=\"nofollow\">WooCommerce Subscriptions</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://woocommerce.com/products/woocommerce-memberships/\" rel=\"nofollow\">WooCommerce Memberships</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://woocommerce.com/products/woocommerce-bookings/\" rel=\"nofollow\">WooCommerce Bookings</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://woocommerce.com/products/dynamic-pricing/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Dynamic Pricing</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://woocommerce.com/products/table-rate-shipping/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Table Rate Shipping</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://woocommerce.com/products/product-csv-import-suite/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Product CSV Import Suite</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p>And there’s plenty more where they came from. Visit our <a href=\"https://woocommerce.com/product-category/woocommerce-extensions/\" rel=\"nofollow\">extensions page</a> to find out everything you’re capable of and all that&#8217;s possible with premium WooCommerce extensions.</p>\n<h4>Join our growing community</h4>\n<p>When you download WooCommerce, you join a community of more than a million store owners, developers, and WordPress enthusiasts. We’re one of the fastest-growing open source communities online, and whether you’re a n00b or a Ninja, we’d love to have you!</p>\n<p>If you’re interested in contributing to WooCommerce we’ve got more than 350 contributors, and there’s always room for more. Head over to the <a href=\"https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce\" rel=\"nofollow\">WooCommerce GitHub Repository</a> to find out how you can pitch in.</p>\n<p>Want to add a new language to WooCommerce? Swell! You can contribute via <a href=\"https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/woocommerce\" rel=\"nofollow\">translate.wordpress.org</a>.</p>\n<p>And, finally, consider joining or spearheading a WooCommerce Meetup locally, more about those <a href=\"https://woocommerce.com/woocommerce/meetups/\" rel=\"nofollow\">here</a>.</p>\n<p><!--section=faq--></p>\n<dl>\n<dt>Installation Instructions</dt>\n<dd>\n<h4>Minimum Requirements</h4>\n<ul>\n<li>PHP version 5.2.4 or greater (PHP 5.6 or greater is recommended)</li>\n<li>MySQL version 5.0 or greater (MySQL 5.6 or greater is recommended)</li>\n<li>Some payment gateways require fsockopen support (for IPN access)</li>\n<li>WooCommerce 2.5 requires WordPress 4.1+</li>\n<li>WooCommerce 2.6 requires WordPress 4.4+</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Visit the <a href=\"https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/server-requirements/\" rel=\"nofollow\">WooCommerce server requirements documentation</a> for a detailed list of server requirements.</p>\n<h4>Automatic installation</h4>\n<p>Automatic installation is the easiest option as WordPress handles the file transfers itself and you don’t need to leave your web browser. To do an automatic install of WooCommerce, log in to your WordPress dashboard, navigate to the Plugins menu and click Add New.</p>\n<p>In the search field type “WooCommerce” and click Search Plugins. Once you’ve found our eCommerce plugin you can view details about it such as the point release, rating and description. Most importantly of course, you can install it by simply clicking “Install Now”.</p>\n<h4>Manual installation</h4>\n<p>The manual installation method involves downloading our eCommerce plugin and uploading it to your webserver via your favourite FTP application. The WordPress codex contains <a href=\"https://codex.wordpress.org/Managing_Plugins#Manual_Plugin_Installation\" rel=\"nofollow\">instructions on how to do this here</a>.</p>\n<h4>Updating</h4>\n<p>Automatic updates should work like a charm; as always though, ensure you backup your site just in case.</p>\n<p>If on the off-chance you do encounter issues with the shop/category pages after an update you simply need to flush the permalinks by going to WordPress &gt; Settings &gt; Permalinks and hitting &#8216;save&#8217;. That should return things to normal.</p>\n<h4>Dummy data</h4>\n<p>WooCommerce comes with some dummy data you can use to see how products look; either import dummy_data.xml via the <a href=\"https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-importer/\">WordPress importer</a> or use our <a href=\"https://woocommerce.com/products/product-csv-import-suite/\" rel=\"nofollow\">CSV Import Suite plugin</a> to import dummy_data.csv and dummy_data_variations.csv.</p>\n</dd>\n<dt>Where can I find WooCommerce documentation and user guides?</dt>\n<dd>\n<p>For help setting up and configuring WooCommerce please refer to our <a href=\"https://docs.woocommerce.com/documentation/plugins/woocommerce/getting-started/\" rel=\"nofollow\">user guide</a></p>\n<p>For extending or theming WooCommerce, see our <a href=\"https://docs.woocommerce.com/documentation/plugins/woocommerce/woocommerce-codex/\" rel=\"nofollow\">codex</a>.</p>\n</dd>\n<dt>Where can I get support or talk to other users?</dt>\n<dd>\n<p>If you get stuck, you can ask for help in the <a href=\"https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/woocommerce\" rel=\"nofollow\">WooCommerce Plugin Forum</a>.</p>\n<p>For help with premium extensions from WooThemes, use <a href=\"https://support.woothemes.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">our helpdesk</a>.</p>\n</dd>\n<dt>Will WooCommerce work with my theme?</dt>\n<dd>\n<p>Yes; WooCommerce will work with any theme, but may require some styling to make it match nicely. Please see our <a href=\"https://docs.woocommerce.com/documentation/plugins/woocommerce/woocommerce-codex/\" rel=\"nofollow\">codex</a> for help. If you&#8217;re looking for a theme with built in WooCommerce integration we recommend <a href=\"https://woocommerce.com/storefront/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Storefront</a>.</p>\n</dd>\n<dt>Where can I request new features, eCommerce themes and extensions?</dt>\n<dd>\n<p>You can vote on and request new features and extensions in our <a href=\"http://ideas.woothemes.com/forums/133476-woocommerce\" rel=\"nofollow\">WooIdeas board</a></p>\n</dd>\n<dt>Where can I report bugs or contribute to the project?</dt>\n<dd>\n<p>Bugs can be reported either in our support forum or preferably on the <a href=\"https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/issues\" rel=\"nofollow\">WooCommerce GitHub repository</a>.</p>\n</dd>\n<dt>Where can I find the REST API documentation?</dt>\n<dd>\n<p>You can find the documentation of our REST API on the <a href=\"https://woocommerce.github.io/woocommerce-rest-api-docs/\" rel=\"nofollow\">WooCommerce REST API Docs</a>.</p>\n</dd>\n<dt>WooCommerce is awesome! Can I contribute?</dt>\n<dd>\n<p>Yes you can! Join in on our <a href=\"http://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/\" rel=\"nofollow\">GitHub repository</a> <img src=\"https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/2.2.1/72x72/1f642.png\" alt=\"🙂\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" /></p>\n</dd>\n</dl>\n<p><!--section=changelog--></p>\n<h4>3.0.3 &#8211; 2017-04-13</h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed an issue with variation tax-classes when set to &#8216;parent&#8217;. This made taxes apply on top of the tax inclusive price in certain setups.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Escaped attribute translations in the <code>cart.php</code> template and bumped the template version to match.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Corrected the display of refund dates on the order screen.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed the grouped product visibility check in the grouped.php template and bumped the template version to match.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed the sale badge display for grouped products.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Added the <code>itemReviewed</code> structured data for product reviews to make it validate.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Made the <code>get_attribute</code> method work on variation objects.</li>\n<li>Tweak &#8211; Turned off the deferred email sending by default which was added in 3.0. Whilst it does improve performance, there were compatibility problems on some servers. It can be enabled with a filter if desired.</li>\n<li>Dev &#8211; Added backtrace information to the deprecation messages to help find problem plugins.</li>\n</ul>\n<h4>3.0.2 &#8211; 2017-04-12</h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Removed required states for GP, GF, KW, LB, MQ, RE and YT countries.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Made cache in the [products] shortcode respect filters from plugins.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Added missing <code>woocommerce_cross_sells_columns</code> filter.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed shortcode rendering on the shop page.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed incorrect sale dates when bulk editing variations.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed calls to wc_reduce_stock_levels in PayPal and Simplify gateways.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Exclude &#8220;location&#8221; meta when reading customer meta data.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Updated <code>emails/email-addresses.php</code>, <code>emails/email-order-details.php</code>, <code>content-single-product.php</code>, <code>checkout/form-shipping.php</code>, <code>myaccount/form-add-payment-method.php</code>, <code>myaccount/form-edit-address.php</code>, <code>myaccount/form-lost-password.php</code>, <code>myaccount/form-reset-password.php</code>, <code>myaccount/orders.php</code> and <code>myaccount/view-order.php</code> template version to 3.0.0 since they had changes since 2.6.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed default behavior of variation tax classes when originally set to &#8220;parent&#8221;.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; When duplicating products, do not copy slug, append &#8220;(Copy)&#8221; to the product name, correctly copy all meta data, and prevent children of grouped products being duplicated too.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Removed duplicated items when outputting cross sells on the cart page.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed output of default &#8220;add to cart&#8221; text of external products in loops.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed backwards compatibility of guest checkout rules when being altered by plugins directly.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Use correct thumbnail sizes for variation images in the new gallery.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed captions on thumbnails and main image in the new gallery.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Trigger wc_fragments_loaded after add to cart fragment refresh.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Download permissions; Convert dates to timestamp on read so UTC is preserved.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed notices under PHP 7.1 when sorting products by name (numeric).</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Added additional checks to ensure objects are read before using class methods to avoid errors.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Removed legacy suggest.js code which was causing JS error on bulk edit.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed warnings on the &#8220;Lost password&#8221; page and when loading a product with invalid attributes.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Made background emailer update the queue after a successful send so duplicate mails are less likely.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Typo in flexslider_enabled option in new gallery script.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; woocommerce_notify_low_stock and woocommerce_notify_no_stock options had no effect.</li>\n<li>Tweak &#8211; For downloadable files, only validate file type when dealing with relative paths.</li>\n<li>Tweak &#8211; Improved automatic variation name generation.</li>\n<li>Dev &#8211; Added product visibility terms to system status report to help debug.</li>\n<li>Dev &#8211; Introduced <code>woocommerce_admin_order_date_format</code> filter to replace missing <code>post_date_column_time</code>.</li>\n<li>Dev &#8211; Introduced <code>woocommerce_update_customer_args</code> filter to prevent updates to user objects if needed.</li>\n<li>REST API &#8211; Fixed saving of variations in legacy REST API v3.</li>\n<li>REST API &#8211; Fixed backwards compatibility of line_items meta in legacy REST API.</li>\n</ul>\n<h4>3.0.1 &#8211; 2017-04-06</h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Show catalog hidden products within grouped products.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fade in the gallery in if no images are set or it&#8217;s custom.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Use wc_deprecated_function in WC_Deprecated_Hooks so notices aren&#8217;t output in ajax requests.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Added back the ability to include extra items to the System Status using the <code>woocommerce_system_status_environment_rows</code> filter.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Coupon category restrictions and limits for variations.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Allow shortcodes and HTML in variation descriptions like in 2.6.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Unset post date when duplicating products.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Show a sale price on variable products if on sale and all prices are the same.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Corrected download links when a product has multiple downloads.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Prevented potential errors if the product type was not posted for any reason on save.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Updated <code>single-product/up-sells.php</code>, <code>loop/add-to-cart.php</code>, <code>loop/rating.php</code>, <code>checkout/form-billing.php</code>, and <code>content-product.php</code> template version to 3.0.0.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Included clearfixes on billing and shipping field wrappers,</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed styling of logs table in some languages.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed display of variation attributes on old orders.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Use placeholder text for external products add to cart button text if left blank.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fallback to home URL if no shop page is set for system status security check for HTTPS.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; For variations, pull tax status and sold individually from the parent since there is no UI to set this at variation level.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Moved cron emails to background processing to avoid multiple sends.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Wrapped structured data in a hidden element when added to emails.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Missing gateway information in queued emails.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed a bug that caused pages to permanently reload if &#8220;Default customer location&#8221; was set to &#8220;Geolocate (with page caching support)&#8221;.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; When forcing shipping to billing, set the shipping fields in the order itself.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Check for invalid objects in WC_Register_WP_Admin_Settings.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Check for error object in wc_get_object_terms.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Removed slashes in shipping meta data on the order edit screen.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Prevented permalink rewrites for attributes with missing names.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed saving of meta data when multiple extensions use the <code>save_post</code> action.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Allow search customers by ID in edit order screen.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Prevents session data overwriting customer data on login.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed cross-sell column display and variation support.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed variable product stock syncing on save.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Included try/catch wrapper to prevent issues with Select2.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Prevented a bug that deleted all variations when the product type was change from variable to simple.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Switched to WPDB to quicker update when syncing titles for variations.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Exclude deprecated properties when loading a customer object.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed notices while trying to order again.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Fixed notices when <code>$wpdb-&gt;prefix</code> is empty.</li>\n<li>Fix &#8211; Prevent errors when loading a product with an invalid download file types.</li>\n<li>REST API &#8211; Fixed missing array declaration in CRUD controller.</li>\n<li>REST API &#8211; Removed extra <code>exclude</code>, <code>include</code> and <code>search</code> parameters from taxes endpoint.</li>\n<li>REST API &#8211; Fixed variation description formatting.</li>\n<li>REST API &#8211; Fixed incorrect attribute check in products endpoint in Legacy REST API.</li>\n<li>REST API &#8211; Allow variation image to be unset.</li>\n</ul>\n<h4>3.0.0 &#8211; 2017-04-04</h4>\n<ul>\n<li>New gallery on single product pages with better mobile support, using PhotoSwipe and Zoom. Declare support with add_theme_support() &#8211; wc-product-gallery-zoom, wc-product-gallery-lightbox, wc-product-gallery-slider</li>\n<li>Made the store notice dismissible on the frontend.</li>\n<li>Variable products no longer show striked out prices in combination with ranges for clarity when on sale.</li>\n<li>Prices no longer display as &#8216;free&#8217; instead of 0, to fix issues with ranges and localization and for consistency.</li>\n<li>Improved structured product data by using JSON-LD instead of inline Microdata.</li>\n<li>Improved downloads list layout (template file).</li>\n<li>Respect stock status and prevent the &#8220;out of stock threshold&#8221; setting affecting existing in-stock products.</li>\n<li>Improved handling of shop page rewrite rules to allow subpages.</li>\n<li>Redirect to login after password reset.</li>\n<li>When using authorizations in PayPal Standard, automatically capture funds when the order goes processing/completed.</li>\n<li>On multisite, when a user logs into a store with an account on a site, but not the current site, rather than error, add the user to the current site as a customer.</li>\n<li>Show variable weights/dimensions even when parent values are not set.</li>\n<li>Automatically sort tax rates rather than allow clunky manual sorting.</li>\n<li>When deleting a tax rate class, remove it&#8217;s tax rates.</li>\n<li>Made WC_Logger pluggable via wc_get_logger function.</li>\n<li>Use &#8216;average rating&#8217; post meta for &#8216;rating&#8217; product sorting option.</li>\n<li>Show better labels in nav menus metabox.</li>\n<li>Sort “Recently Viewed” products by the view order.</li>\n<li>Removed internal scroll from log viewer.</li>\n<li>Add reply-to to admin emails.</li>\n<li>Improved the zone setup flow.</li>\n<li>Made wc_get_wildcard_postcodes return the orignal postcode plus * since wildcards should match empty strings too.</li>\n<li>Use all paid statuses in $customer-&gt;get_total_spent().</li>\n<li>Move location of billing email field to work with password managers.</li>\n<li>Option to restrict selling locations by country.</li>\n<li>Added tool to clear orphaned variations in system status.</li>\n<li>Remove checkbox options in system status tools and replace with constants.</li>\n<li>Added security section in system status report.</li>\n<li>Add image_url setting to PayPal Standard.</li>\n<li>Fixed attribute registration. Attributes are non-hierarchical by default (parent is not supported).</li>\n<li>Add sort parameter to checkout fields to aid with sorting per locale.</li>\n<li>Merged percent and percent product coupon types (they provide the same discount).</li>\n<li>Prevent payment details being cleared after update_checkout events.</li>\n<li>Performance &#8211; Converted _featured and _visibility meta data to terms for faster catalog queries. Upgrade routine handles migration. Developers may need to update queries to reflect this change.</li>\n<li>Includes product attributes archives links in &#8220;Additional Information&#8221; tab.</li>\n<li>Select2 has been upgraded to v4.</li>\n<li>Improved logging system for extensions.</li>\n<li>Tax suffix is now hidden on non-taxable products.</li>\n<li>Grouped products are linked from the parent rather than the children. 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