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29 May 2018

Doc Pop’s News Drop: Hijacked Jetpack Plugins via WordPress.com

Doc’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. This week we talk about hijacked WordPress.com accounts, WordPress’s 15th birthday, and more WordCamp Europe news. WordPress Milestones WordPress Jetpack infection (Wordfence.com) WordCamp Europe 2018 Love …

PluginsInterviews & FeaturesWordPress

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29 May 2018

How to Boost Conversions on Your Site Right Now

It doesn’t matter how much traffic your website brings, if no one is converting, you’re not generating sales. That’s why it’s important to take conversions seriously and continuously tweak your campaigns to optimize for the actions you want your users to take. Whether it’s giving you their email address or completing a sale, every website …

Community & Events

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28 May 2018

3 Common WordPress Attacks You Can Stop In Their Tracks

Despite the thousands of hours that have gone into making sure WordPress is secure and stable, the default platform still has certain aspects that are vulnerable to attacks. It’s vital to know what those attacks are, so you can take steps to bolster your security and provide needed peace of mind. As we discussed in …

Development

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25 May 2018

Server Issues That Affect WordPress (And What to Do About Them)

It’s a situation that we’ve all been through. You’ve just set up your WordPress page, everything looks great and you’re ready to go live and unveil your awesome website or blog. Instead of loading, you get the following message: Error establishing a database connection WordPress is a slick and intuitive system, but sometimes, errors can happen. And it’s …

DevelopmentSecurity & Privacy

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24 May 2018

5 Psychological Design Tricks to Make Your WordPress Site Get Noticed

When creating a WordPress page, you think of its usability and visual components. You want more people to visit it and say “Wow!” But let’s face it, you want to convert, as well. Design and copywriting techniques do wonders, but sometimes you don’t see any logic behind users’ reactions to your website. You’ve put a …

Tutorials & Guides

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24 May 2018

Torque Toons: Solo Programming

Of course we have the newest Star Wars film on our mind, but we hope this joke doesn’t sound too forced. Don’t forget to check out our other editorial toons! 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 …

Community & EventsInterviews & Features

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23 May 2018

Happy 15th Birthday, WordPress!

This weekend WordPress turns 15. Since it’s creation as a blogging platform, the CMS has grown to be able to power the largest enterprise digital experiences. Check out 15 WordPress milestones that made the CMS what it is today! To get the party going, we created a Spotify list using music from all of the …

Community & EventsInterviews & Features

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22 May 2018

5 Artificial Intelligence Tools for Content Marketing

Content discovery, writing, editing, SEO, content distribution, and data analysis are some of the operations that you can automate with AI. Find out five great tools to improve and speed-up your content marketing workflow. How can you automate and scale-up your content marketing operations with artificial intelligence? What can you do today? In this article, …

Interviews & FeaturesTutorials & Guides

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22 May 2018

A Comprehensive List of GDPR-Related Resources

There’s been a lot of talk about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) so far this year. In fact, there’s been so much talk that it’s easy to lose track of what’s most important to understand. Given the penalties imposed for non-compliance, this could be catastrophic. While there are a wide array of articles on …

Interviews & Features

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22 May 2018

Doc Pop’s News Drop: Mass Deletion of Unused WordPress Plugins

Doc’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. There are over 9,000 plugins that have been approved, but the developers never uploaded the code. It’s believed that many of these developers submitted their plugins …

Interviews & FeaturesPluginsWordPress

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22 May 2018

Making your WordPress Database HEART Healthy

If your WordPress site was analogous to the human body, the core code would be the brain and your plugins and theme would be the rest of the central nervous system that makes the site do what you tell it to do. However, in the Information Age, where data is currency and the lifeblood of …

Tutorials & GuidesDevelopmentInterviews & Features

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21 May 2018

5 Key Elements of a One-Page Website

One-page sites are becoming popular in 2018, mainly due to the rise in mobile device browsing and the subsequent need for short, impactful information. They’re also perfect for developers who need to offer a summary of their services to potential clients. However, knowing what to include on a one-page site isn’t always easy. One-page sites …

DevelopmentDesign & UX

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