WordPress Weekly News and Tips: May 18th to May 24th

Welcome to the thirty-third WordPress Weekly blog post. In these weekly posts, we gather news articles from WordPress-related resources so that you can be up-to-date.

Disable Emojicons Introduced In WordPress 4.2

Author: Pauland

URL: http://www.paulund.co.uk/disable-emojicons-introduced-in-wordpress-4-2

If you use Emojicons on your WordPress site, then great! On the other hand, if you don’t use them, then that’s pointless to have the browser load the Javascript file. You can read Pauland’s post to learn more.

How to Detect Adblock Users in WordPress

Author: Editorial Staff

URL: http://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-detect-and-stop-adblock-in-wordpress

If you have subscribers, they might be using the Adblock browser plugin. How can this affect your site? If your site relies on ads, then you might be losing revenue.

Community, Translation and Wapuu: How Japan is Shaping WordPress History

Author: Sarah Gooding

URL: http://wptavern.com/community-translation-and-wapuu-how-japan-is-shaping-wordpress-history

Japan has been with WordPress since the beginning and continues to shape the WordPress community and its future.

Transparency in WordPress: Public Income Reports Roundup May 2015

Author: OLI

URL: http://wplift.com/income-reports-roundup-may-2015

May’s transparent income report presented by OLI.

Smush Pro vs Kraken vs EWWW: Comparing the Top Premium WordPress Image Compression Plugins

Author: Raelene Wilson

URL: http://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/smush-kraken-ewww

A comparison between the big three image compression plugins for WordPress. Check out the article to find out which one won!

13 Free User Management Plugins for WordPress

Author: Editorial Staff

URL: http://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/13-free-user-management-plugins-for-wordpress

A list of thirteen different management plugins that you can use for your WordPress site.

Accessibility, Part 3: ARIA

Author: Stephen Harris

URL: http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/accessibility-part-3-aria–cms-2179

Part three of the Accessibility series by Stephen Harris. In this article, Stephen explains the W3C protocal called WAI-ARIA (Web Accessibility Initiative—Accessible Rich Internet Applications) and how it works.

Automattic Acquires WooCommerce

Author: Sarah Gooding

URL: http://wptavern.com/automattic-acquires-woocommerce

WooCommerce, the e-commerce plugin, has been acquired by Automattic!

WordPress.org is Testing International Theme and Plugin Directories

Author: Sarah Gooding

URL: http://wptavern.com/wordpress-org-is-testing-international-theme-and-plugin-directories

The WordPress.org site is trying to open the plugin and theme directory to other communities around the world!

How to Import and Export Custom Post Types in WordPress

Author: Editorial Staff

URL: http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-exportimport-custom-post-types-in-wordpress

Learn how to export and import custom post types created with the CPT UI plugin.

Moving WordPress: Moving Your Site From a Subdirectory to the Root Directory

Author: Rachel McCollin

URL: http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/moving-wordpress-moving-your-site-from-a-subdirectory-to-the-root-directory–cms-22848

An in-depth tutorial on how you to move your WordPress installation from a subdirectory to the root directory.

A Walkthrough on Conditional Tags in WordPress: 14 to 26

Author: Barış Ünver

URL: http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/a-walkthrough-on-conditional-tags-in-wordpress-14-to-26–cms-22309

The second in a series about WordPress’s built in conditional tags.