#525 WP-Tonic Round-Table Show on Friday, August 27th, 2020 at 8:30 am PST

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

https://wptavern.com/wordpress-should-bump-php-support-on-a-transparent-and-predictable-schedule