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9 Apr 2019

“Should I Use a WordPress Page Builder Plugin?” – Discussing the Pros and Cons

WordPress has risen to success and fame on a platform of ease of use and beginner friendliness (among other things). However, to truly customize your site you often still need coding skills or professional help. This fact has paved the way for page builder plugins, which have made it easier to make sweeping site changes …

Community & Events

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8 Apr 2019

Doc Pop’s News Drop: Should Plugins Alter Search Results?

Doc Pop’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. In this week’s News Drop we talk about a recent Jetpack update which adds feature suggestions to activate a Jetpack feature to the top of …

PluginsInterviews & FeaturesWordPress

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8 Apr 2019

WordPress’ New Block Editor: How to Inform Your Clients

WordPress 5.0 is now live, which means the new block-based editor is now a fully-fledged part of WordPress’ core. As such, if you’ve not yet spoken with your clients about this update and its likely impact, you’re already late to the party. This means time is of the essence. Fortunately, there’s not too much information …

GutenbergDevelopmentWordPress

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5 Apr 2019

5 Really Important WordPress Security Vulnerabilities You Need to Know About

As a business owner or individual, there’s a good chance you use a WordPress site for your digital base. The scalable platform can be used for anything from educating customers about your business and your services to even selling your products directly. It’s no wonder WordPress operates around 33% of the internet. Nevertheless, while WordPress …

Tutorials & Guides

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4 Apr 2019

How to Turn Your Blog into a Membership Site with WordPress

Blogging is only getting more popular which means more and more people are starting blogs in the hopes of turning it into a full-time career. But it can be difficult making money online with blogging and the income is unpredictable as well. So, how can you make more money blogging? One solution for a blog …

Tutorials & Guides

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4 Apr 2019

Orbiting Your Clients, and Why It’s a Bad Idea (For Both Parties)

Sometimes, you’ll encounter clients who aren’t a good fit for you. That doesn’t necessarily mean they’re ‘bad’ clients, just that the way they do business doesn’t align with your approach. In these cases, putting off the decision to make a clean break can only impact both of you negatively. When a developer doesn’t want to …

Tutorials & Guides

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3 Apr 2019

The ABCs of Blogging (Part 1 of 2)

This is the first of a two-part post that will help you understand everything you need to know to set up your blog correctly. It should be no surprise that WordPress, now almost 16 years old, continues to be the world’s most widely used Content Management System. While it has evolved well past its infancy …

Community & Events

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3 Apr 2019

Torque Toons: The Day After April Fool’s Day

That feeling when you forgot to check the date before ordering that GutenBrain Starter Kit. Doc Pop Doctor Popular is an artist and musician living in San Francisco. As a full disclaimer, he is neither a doctor nor popular. The post Torque Toons: The Day After April Fool’s Day appeared first on Torque.

Community & EventsInterviews & Features

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1 Apr 2019

How to Create an Effective One-Page Website

Sometimes, one page is all your website really needs. However, designing an effective one-page site requires special considerations – not least of which is deciding whether you should actually create one in the first place. Of course, no one format is perfect for every website, and one-page sites have many pros and cons. However, they can …

DevelopmentDesign & UX

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1 Apr 2019

Use Your Mind to Control Gutenberg with 93digital’s GutenBrain

One of the biggest things to happen to WordPress last year was the launch of 5.0 and Gutenberg. Since then, the community has created plugins, themes, and libraries all optimized for the new editor. London-based agency, 93digital is adding to the fray with GutenBrain. A plugin that allows you to control Gutenberg with your mind. …

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30 Mar 2019

Doc Pop’s News Drop: WCEU 2019 and Plugin Madness

Doc Pop’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. In this week’s episode we talk about Think Like A Hacker, the new podcast from Wordfence.com and the newest results from our Plugin Madness competition. …

Interviews & FeaturesPluginsWordPress

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29 Mar 2019

5 Best Practices for Managing Open Source Components

In today’s fast-paced software development environment, it is nearly impossible to keep up without using open source components, and it is estimated that 96.8 percent of developers rely on them. As agile and DevOps increasingly dominate the tech world, software development lifecycles (SDLC) are shortening. Open source libraries offer a wide range of ready-made components …

Development

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