We discuss this week’s best WordPress & internet news stories. We also have a great panel of WordPress community and marketing internet junkies.

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#1 – Apple apologizes to WordPress, won’t force the free app to add purchases after all

https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/22/21397424/apple-wordpress-apology-iap-free-ios-app

#2 – Facebook’s ‘classic’ look dies in September

https://www.engadget.com/facebook-classic-redesign-septemver-235525075.html

#3 – Full Site Editing in WordPress: Lowering Barriers to Entry or the End of Themes?

https://torquemag.io/2020/08/full-site-editing-in-wordpress-lowering-barriers-to-entry-or-the-end-of-themes/

#4 – Google Has a Plan to Disrupt the College Degree

https://www.inc.com/justin-bariso/google-plan-disrupt-college-degree-university-higher-education-certificate-project-management-data-analyst.html

#5 – WordPress Documentation Team Discusses Modifying External Linking Policy Following Opposition to the Ban on Commercial Links

https://wptavern.com/wordpress-documentation-team-discusses-modifying-external-linking-policy-following-opposition-to-the-ban-on-commercial-links

#6 – WordPress Should Bump PHP Support on a Transparent and Predictable Schedule

WordPress Should Bump PHP Support on a Transparent and Predictable Schedule

This Week Panel Recommendations

Jonathan’s: Learn About The French Revolution Here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ofCqCc3S1s

Sallie Goetsch: https://wptavern.com/automattic-tangles-with-apple-over-lack-of-in-app-purchases-in-the-wordpress-for-ios-app

Sallie Goetsch: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/stitcher/people-i-mostly-admire

Spencer Forman: https://kinsta.com/knowledgebase/download-older-versions-of-wordpress-plugins/#rollback

Adrian Tobey: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=770129190475646&extid=hbfB3Q9cMWAMV1Sq

steven@zipfish.io : https://updraftplus.com/

John Locke: https://bertiecharlton.com/probabilistic-thinking-in-seo/

Our Regular Panel Members

John Locke LockedownSEO.com
Sallie Goetsch wpfangirl.com
Chris Badgett lifterlms.com
Spencer Forman wplaunchify.com
Matt Medeiros matt-report.com
Adrian Tobey groundhogg.co
Jonathan Denwood wp-tonic.com
Vito Peleg Vito Peleg
Steven Sauder Steven Sauder

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