#523 WP-Tonic Round-Table Show on Friday, August 21th, 2020 at 8:30 am PST

<p>We discuss this week’s best WordPress & internet news stories. We also have a great panel of WordPress community and marketing internet junkies.</p> <p>This Week Show's Sponsors</p> <p>Kinsta: https://kinsta.com/</p> <p>WPFunsion: https://wpfusion.com/</p> <p><br /> #1 - Gutenberg VS Elementor – HTML Bloat</p> <p>https://gutenberghub.com/gutenberg-vs-elementor-html-bloat/</p> <p><br /> 2- The Wikipedia War That Shows How Ugly This Election Will Be</p> <p> https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/08/the-wikipedia-war-over-kamala-harris-race/615250/</p> <p><br /> #3 - WP Rig Starter Theme Project Looking for New Maintainers</p> <p><br /> https://wptavern.com/wp-rig-starter-theme-project-looking-for-new-maintainers</p> <p><br /> #4 - Mozilla cuts 250 jobs, says Firefox development will be affected</p> <p> https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/08/firefox-maker-mozilla-lays-off-250-workers-says-covid-19-lowered-revenue/</p> <p><br /> #5 - Exploring the First Block Patterns to Land in the WordPress Theme Directory</p> <p><br /> https://wptavern.com/exploring-the-first-block-patterns-to-land-in-the-wordpress-theme-directory</p> <p><br /> #6- Apple is now a $2 trillion company</p> <p> https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/19/21375223/apple-2-trillion-market-cap-first-us-company-stock-price</p>