Hello! 

We are seeing an uptick in the number of enterprises who are reaching out to us for platform migrations. 

Upcoming Drupal 7 end of life, and complex architectural changes in Drupal 10 have made enterprises rethink their CMS strategy. To address the same, this July, we continued with our series of posts about Drupal to WordPress migration.

We wanted to share as much as possible to help enterprises make an informed decision. Our series covers: 

• Drupal vs WordPress
• Drupal 7 EOL. Move to Drupal 10, or WordPress? 
• Drupal to WordPress pre-launch checklist
• Drupal to WordPress checklist for the launch day 
• Drupal to WordPress post-launch checklist
• SEO preservation guide for Drupal to WordPress migration

Apart from migrations, another flavor of the season is Interaction to Next Paint, a key Core Web Vitals metric. We suspect INP scores are not letting marketers and SEO folks sleep peacefully. We got key folks from our performance team, to share their experience and expertise to help you improve INP scores. 

Last but definitely not the least, WordPress 6.6 “Dorsey” was released this July, featuring contributions from 23 rtCampers. The release featured enhanced block design options, quick page previews, plugin auto-update rollbacks, and performance improvements.

WordPress news snippets

• WordPress VIP introduced plugin vulnerability notifications on its platform. High and critical vulnerabilities trigger immediate alerts for users, helping enhance site security through a proactive reporting system.
• Automattic has partnered with Perplexity.ai to provide users with a wider range of search results. WordPress.com content will now be included in Perplexity’s search engine, and users can earn a revenue share if their website is referenced. 
• Awesome Motive acquired BuddyBoss, a WordPress-based community and social learning platform. BuddyBoss offers tools for building and managing online communities on websites.

From around the web

• Switzerland now mandates open source software for the public sector. New law requires disclosure of source code for enhanced transparency, security, and efficiency.
• Gartner forecasts the global IT spending to reach USD 5.26 trillion in 2024, a 7.5% increase. It also found AI investments to be significantly affecting the overall IT expenditure.
• Amazon unveiled AWS App Studio, a generative AI tool for building enterprise applications. It enables non-developers to create applications using natural language prompts.
• Meta released Llama 3.1 405B, its largest open-source AI model. In a related post, Mark Zuckerberg opined about the need to use open source for advancing a positive AI future. 

Upcoming events

• WordCamp US 2024 will conclude with WCUS Social at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry on September 20th, 7-10 pm. 
• WordPress Accessibility Day 2024 has sought volunteers (emcees, moderators, and point of contacts) for the event to be held on October 9-10 and globally livestreamed.
• WordCamp Asia 2025 first batch of tickets are now available. The event has solicited sponsorship applications and volunteer registrations (various roles). The event will be held on February 20-22, 2025 in Manila, Philippines. 

Blogs by rtCampers

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