If you are still running sites with WordPress 4.1 through 4.6 then take note that security back-ports will no longer be available. Usage of these versions is very low.

This was a bit scary. When we think of marketing informed by big data we think of the message and offer, but what if you used all of those data points to also determine the layout, colors, typography and images used? Science fiction or the future of web design?

Its happening! Here is the first official Etch training video. The video has a tour and explanation of the user interface features. Etch is looking good. Congrats to the team for the fast progress.

Paul Charlton is quick off the mark and created a nice walk-through of the new features of Bricks 2.0 RC.

The Release Candidate for Bricks 2.0 is ready for manual download. There were some new features added since the beta. Some of the new features include a command palette for fast search and navigation, a quick access bar for elements that shows which style features have been modified, support for having multiple theme styles active, and support for creating and managing style sheets inside the builder. The full change log lists other features and fixes.

A great presentation teaching how to optimize a website using Google Core Web Vitals.

SQLite is a single file, server-less database, that is very lightweight and portable. It is used in the WordPress Playground to allow users to quickly test core, plugins and themes. The SQLite Database Integration plugin is a project to replicate all of the features of MySQL that WordPress uses. I could see in the future SQLite being used to create and share datasets between websites.

The Ollie team has released a free course on WordPress block development.