Fake plugins, AI page layouts, Divi 5 migration, builder comparisons, Google leak, Microsoft Paint, Wix AI, ThreadsDeck, bagels and school lunch. Each week there are more tools released with some sort of AI capability. While I am dipping my toes into AI, I haven’t fully embraced it just yet. Some of my attempts have yielded great results and some have been pretty awful. I have no doubt it will be an important part of my workflow in the near future, but it hasn’t gotten there yet. Check out all of this week’s Web design news below, including several stories involving AI.

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• New WordPress Plugin Solves Site Navigation Problem
• WordPress Turned 21
• WordPress 6.5.4: An upcoming maintenance release
• Critical Vulnerability Patched in UserPro Plugin
• Why we’re lucky WordPress is here and other topics
• Plugins: Fake Plugins Are Your Fault
• WordPress Releases Way To Build Sites On A Windows Desktop
• WordPress Playground – A New Tool You Need To Try Right Now

• Squarespace vs Shopify: Best AI Ecommerce Builder in 2024?
• Wix vs Webflow: Comparing Website Builders (2024)
• Wix vs Weebly: Which is Better for Business Owners in 2024?
• Wix vs Hostinger: AI Website Builders Compared (2024)
• Squarespace vs GoDaddy: Which Site Builder to Choose in 2024?
• The Top 10 Content Marketing Skills You Need (Plus Tips On How To Master Them)
• Why Do I Need A Privacy Statement?

• Google Is Now Indexing EPUB Files
• An Anonymous Source Shared Thousands of Leaked Google Search API Documents with Me; Everyone in SEO Should See Them
• Google Ads Now Being Mixed In With Organic Results
• Core Web Vitals: WordPress, Wix, Squarespace, Joomla, Duda, & Drupal
• Google AI Overviews under fire for giving dangerous and wrong answers
• Google Documents Leaked & SEOs Are Making Some Wild Assumptions
• Google Validates Leak, Igniting Questions Around Search Transparency
• Google To Limit AI Overviews For “Nonsensical” Queries

• Microsoft Paint can now transform your scribbles into AI art
• These Maps Reveal the Hidden Structures of ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ Books
• This DJ’s logo makes ingenious use of negative space
• How to create a stylised toon character with Cinema 4D
• New Wix AI Image Tools Makes Image Editing Apps Virtually Obsolete
• DaVinci Resolve Review
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• The Euro 2024 logo is packed full of clever Easter eggs
• Blackmagic Fusion Studio 19 review: VFX software goes from strength to strength
• How to use Blender to create atmospheric concept art
• Adobe Lightroom Classic Review

• ‘Dancing for the Devil’ Is the ‘TikTok Cult’ Doc You Have to See to Believe
• Apparently Instagram can’t tell the difference between Photoshop and AI
• How to Prevent Facebook From Sharing Your Personal Data
• Threads’ TweetDeck-style redesign is rolling out to everyone
• The TweetDeck clone for Threads is finally here
• Microsoft Adds Copilot Bot to Telegram
• Meta Takes Down Over 2,000 Facebook Accounts Posting Fake Political Content
• Users are already poking fun at the Discord rebrand
• 8 Ways To Promote Your Facebook Page Successfully
• Meta says the future of Facebook is young adults (again)
• Artists threaten to leave Instagram in droves over AI art training

Each week we’ll share a meme that we find thought provoking or just plain funny.

• The Sweet and Sour Origins of Amish Soul Food
• These Stuffed, Fluffy Bagels Are Taking China by Storm
• Alfred L. Cralle: The Black Businessman Who Invented a Better Way to Scoop Ice Cream
• School Lunch Around the World

If you see some important news that you feel we should share with our readers, please let us know and we’ll consider including it in our next post.

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