New Stats and Media Copyright Scanner, custom responsive breakpoints, a11y, photo metadata, Pantone color of year, TikTok ban and dinner of death. My wallet is definitely hurting from the Black Friday sales and the weird thing is that I didn’t buy any WordPress-related tools this year. My main expense was for hardware, though I did also take advantage of deals on some software. Because of all the sales, there has been less news and I expect that it will be quieter until the calendar rolls over to 2025. Before you head off to a holiday party, check out all of this week’s news below.

• Read this post on the Web Design Solutions Unleashed site!
• Read Tech News Digest for December 6, 2024 on Graphics Unleashed!

• WordCamp Europe 2025 is Looking for Speakers and Sponsors
• Scan of 140K Sites Reveals Best WordPress Plugins
• ClikIT Acquires UglyRobot’s Infinite Uploads and Big File Uploads Plugins
• WordCamp Asia 2025 Unveils Official Wapuu Mascot Tahopuu
• Introducing our optimized GoDaddy Managed WordPress platform: Built for WordPress developers who demand more
• Introducing Stats for WordPress®
• Introducing Media Copyright Scanner

• In defense of Jaguar (I think I’m the only one)
• Create an Effective Event Marketing Plan in 8 Steps
• Accessibility Champ: Wix, WordPress, Squarespace, Duda, Or…?

• Structured Data In 2024: Key Patterns Reveal The Future Of AI Discovery [Data Study]
• Try This Quick and Easy Trick to Get Better Google Results Instantly
• Google On Robots.txt: When To Use Noindex vs. Disallow
• Ask An SEO: How Does The Metadata On Photos Help Increase Rankings?
• Google Uses About 40 Signals To Determine Canonical URLs
• Google Warns Of Duplicate Content “Black Holes” Caused By Error Pages
• Google Search May ‘Change Profoundly’ in 2025
• 23 WordPress Alternatives Best For SEO
• Google: Focus On Field Data For Core Web Vitals

• The Venerable Canon 5D Mark IV Shows That DSLRs Are Far From Dead
• This Website Reveals What Google’s AI Can Learn From Your Photos
• Adobe claims surrealism isn’t just for AI in its 2025 creative trends
• The resource that taught a generation of animators is being updated for streaming
• Amazon’s New Multimodal AI Can Produce Towns Made of Pasta
• 10 graphic design trends to watch in 2025 (plus 4 to avoid)
• Pantone names its color of the year for 2025
• Pantone’s Colour of the Year is giving me the ick
• Christmas has come early as Maxon releases updates in Cinema 4D, ZBrush, Red Giant and Redshift
• Aiarty Image Matting: Remove Any Background with AI Precisely for Seamless Blending
• Famous logos are even more iconic when drawn with a single line
• A designer has ‘fixed’ the controversial new Jaguar logo

• Bluesky Emerges As Traffic Source: Publishers Report 3x Engagement
• If you convert to a domain name on Bluesky, you MUST do this right away
• FBI: Your Social Media Pics, Videos Fuel AI Scams, So Consider Going Private
• Gravatar Offers Free Domains To Use As Bluesky Handles
• Threads Now Lets You Follow Some Mastodon, Fediverse Users
• US Appeals Court Upholds TikTok Ban Law
• Own Your Digital Identity Everywhere With New Free Domains And Bluesky Integration

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

• Talking Turkey With Eric Kim
• Recreating an Ancient Roman Dinner of Death
• Make the Ancient Road Snack of Central Asian Nomads
• The ‘Mushroom Color Atlas’ Captures the Palette and Potential of Fungi

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.

Photo by Faizur Rehman on Unsplash