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This week in WordPress
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Frontity and center
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"Madrid-based #startup @frontity closes a €1 million round led by @Tumblr & @WordPress's parent company @automattic, @Kfundvc & angels 💪🏼 Frontity has built an open-source React framework for WordPress which powers 35.8% of all websites on the internet :," tweets EU-Startups.
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Over at WP Tavern, Justin Tadlock observes in Frontity Raises €1M with Automattic and K Fund that "The framework seems to have captured Automattic's interest as a homegrown WordPress solution for facilitating decoupled setups that use React on the frontend."
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"🤔🤔 After reading this case study about how @gudog grew by 88% with @frontity technology, I understand better why @automattic invested in them. This could be for @WordPressVIP clients as well," tweets cloud data engineer Marcos Ortiz.
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Calling all data lovers
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Brandon digs into WordPress.org download and install data, new seller registrations at Freemius, paid plugin sales, and refunds. His interpretation of the data: COVID-19 has created reluctant customers, excited sellers, and a continued downturn in sales growth. He also highlights a rise in coronavirus coupons and the importance of subscriptions.
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Speaking of subscriptions… "With all the uncertainty with #coronavirus, recurring subscription revenues can carry your business through tough times. That's why @freemius is announcing $10k in fee waivers for #plugin + #theme shops making the switch to #subscriptions," tweets Freemius founder and CEO Vova Feldman.
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Subscription-based economy
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According to Zuora's Subscription Economy Index: COVID-19 Edition, more than half of the hundreds of businesses analyzed for the report have been unaffected by the coronavirus, while 25% are experiencing faster growth in their subscriber acquisition rates.
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Gutenberg news
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Gutenberg Hub has launched the first version of its block template builder. In Gutenberg Hub Launches Online Block Template Builder at WP Tavern, Justin Tadlock explains that it allows users to select from the project's existing library of nearly 200 templates. Basically, it's an online builder that allows users to craft a full page layout by mixing and matching various sections. You can then copy and paste into the block editor.
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"🎉 Excited about this fun project. The idea is to speed up the website creation workflow for #Gutenberg users. Still a prototype, looking for feedback about the idea overall and what features to add," tweets Gutenberg Hub creator Munir Kamal, linking to his announcement post Introducing Gutenberg Template Builder.
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Meanwhile, all of the recordings from the recent WPBlockTalk virtual event are now available on WordPress.tv. ICYMI, the 2 April event featured speakers from across the WordPress community who've been key to designing and developing the block editor itself. WPBlockTalk was produced by Brian Richards of WPSessions, with sponsorship from Automattic.
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In other news...
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- – So what are developers paid these days? Kinsta's editor in chief Matteo Duò finds out in What Is the Average Web Developer Salary? Here's What Data Says for 2020.
- – The WP FeedBack Virtual Summit, the biggest online summit in the WordPress space, is set to kick off on Monday. "WP FeedBack features more than 30 of the most prominent minds in WordPress! For 5 days, be part of the biggest, most insightful online community summit in the world," tweets Bridget Willard, co-host of The WordPress Marketing Show. She links to the event's landing page.
- – GitHub Opens Free Plan to Unlimited Collaborators on Private Repositories, reports Justin Tadlock for WP Tavern. He says it's good news for small development teams without the cashflow to upgrade to the paid Team pricing tier or higher.
- – At WP Tavern, Leave at Door, a new free WooCommerce plugin, enables contact-free delivery. After recently seeing a "leave at door" option when order food online, Amplify Plugins founder Scott DeLuzio created the plugin because he thought it would be a helpful option for WooCommerce store owners.
- – What's the secret to success? "Hard work," says Elementor CMO Ben Pines, who features in Torque News Drop: What is Next For Elementor? following the page builder's Plugin Madness win.
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