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6 Dec 2018

5 Ways to Give Your Blog a Temporary Holiday Theme

It’s the most wonderful time of the year — for blogging. Give your blog a temporary holiday theme and meet your readers’ expectations for a bright and joyful time of year. Small changes make a significant impact on your site visitors, and WordPress makes it easy to add some seasonal cheer. Experts predict holiday eCommerce …

Design & UX

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6 Dec 2018

Gutenberg is Here!

In January 2017, Matt Mullenweg announced the Gutenberg project. A project that would change the way people created websites and content in WordPress. After nearly two years, Gutenberg has been merged with core in WordPress 5.0. A long time coming The WISIWYG editor hasn’t had a massive update in over 15 years. Gutenberg introduces a …

Community & EventsInterviews & Features

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5 Dec 2018

10 Reasons WordPress is the Best Platform for Your Business Website

It doesn’t matter what business you decide to start or you already have; the website is its main representation in front of the audience. You know you need it, and you know it has to be great. This brings us to a question: how can you make the website project easier to develop, cheaper, and …

Tutorials & GuidesVirtual Assistants

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5 Dec 2018

Torque Toons: WCUS 2018

Heading to WordCamp US in Nashville this weekend? Be sure to stop by the WP Engine booth to pick up a copy of our Torque Toons coloring book. Featuring some of our favorite WordPress toons of the past year. Doc Pop Doctor Popular is an artist and musician living in San Francisco. As a full …

Community & EventsInterviews & Features

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4 Dec 2018

Storytelling – Why and How to Use It for Your Content Marketing

Storytelling is an important component of online content. Much like copywriting it’s a way of turning bland, forgettable blog posts and web pages into captivating content pieces. Storytelling has become a crucial component in online marketing. The good news is that, even if you don’t know anything about storytelling, you can learn it and this …

Community & Events

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3 Dec 2018

How to Balance Your Mental Health and Success in WordPress

We’ve discussed burnout previously on the blog, but mental health remains an important topic due to the high-pressure nature of working within WordPress. Given that a half day was dedicated to this exact subject at the latest WordCamp Europe, it’s clearly an ongoing concern for many developers. Fortunately, there’s a lot of information available on …

Community & EventsDevelopment

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30 Nov 2018

Top 10 WordPress Theme Frameworks Of 2018

There are multiple ways in which WordPress allows users to work on site themes. It is completely a developer’s choice to scratch the code or go for the ready-made framework of WordPress themes. Though frameworks are great in making the entire process of designing smooth, different developers have different needs. Here we present a list …

Tutorials & Guides

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29 Nov 2018

5 Essential Tools to Keep Your WordPress Content Marketing Strategy Organized

What’s the main purpose for owning a WordPress site? For some people, the goal is the website itself. They build it because they want to share something important with the audience. When it comes to business websites, however, the idea is clear: it’s all about marketing. In both situations, the website will need some promotion, …

Development

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27 Nov 2018

5 SEO Tactics That No Longer Work and That You Need to Retire

The field of search engine optimization has gone through so many changes and keeps evolving so fast that it’s hard to keep track. As a consequence, things that used to net you a good chance of landing on the first page of Google no longer do so. However, you might not even be aware that …

Development

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27 Nov 2018

We Need Your Help- Fill Out the Torque Community Survey

Five years ago Torque was created as a way to teach and communicate with the community. Ever since then, our community has grown and evolved. We want to carry on the tradition of community interaction by inviting you to participate in a survey to help make Torque better. We want to hear what you like …

Community & Events

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26 Nov 2018

A Practical Guide to Developing a WordPress Plugin

Lots of articles online discuss the ‘sexy’ side of development, such as coding strategies, framework choices, and other ‘fun’ elements. The more practical side of planning and developing WordPress solutions is less on display, although it can be just as interesting (and is absolutely vital). For example, honing and refining an idea into a laser-focused …

Development

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23 Nov 2018

10 Most Common Mistakes Beginner Marketers are Always Doing

Mastering content marketing may not prove challenging, but mistakes can be costly. Beginners, in particular, have to keep an eye out and try not to take the wrong step. To help you better understand the challenges ahead, we’ve highlighted the ten most common mistakes and their corresponding solutions. Creating duplicate content Every beginner marketer feels …

Tutorials & Guides

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