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16 May 2018

Advanced OOP For WordPress Pt. 4: Setting Up With WordPress Test Suite For Integration Testing

In my previous articles in this series, I showed how to structure a WordPress plugin using object-oriented PHP. Then I covered unit testing. Unit tests cover each component, totally isolated from all other parts of the system. Unit tests should not be concerned with how the object interacts with any dependencies including the database and …

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16 May 2018

Designing Swappable Search Request Implementations – Code Review Part 4

In the last article, we identified that the task of generating posts, albeit arbitrary, is just one possible implementation of getting content for a search query. As such, we split the tasks of “getting content” and “generating posts” into separate methods. This design sets us up for a discussion about designing swappable search request implementations. …

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16 May 2018

Torque Toons: How To Prep Your WordPress Site for GDPR

4 easy steps to GDPR compliance. 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 post Torque Toons: How To Prep Your WordPress Site for GDPR appeared first on Torque.

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15 May 2018

How to Use Blogging to Drive More Traffic to Your Site

Blogging is arguably the most effective way to drive continuous organic traffic to a website for a long period of time. It’s why every business from big brands such as Virgin and Starbucks to even the smallest retail stores and startups create a business blog from the very first day of the launch of their …

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14 May 2018

A Breakdown of the OWASP Top 10 Application Security Risks for 2017/18

Website security: two words that should be of paramount importance for all site owners. Security is big business online, mainly because it’s so vital that to ignore it can mean catastrophic consequences for your website and its user base. However, some security issues are more pertinent than others – and figuring out what’s most important …

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14 May 2018

Doc Pop’s News Drop: WordPress Plugins For The Gutenberg Editor

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. The Gutenberg editor isn’t officially part of WordPress core, but there are already several plugins to help add to it. This week we talk about some …

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11 May 2018

7 Common Mistakes We All Make While Starting Out On Our Blog Journey

From a platform for self-expression to being one of the most powerful tools for sharing professional information on the net, blogging has come a long way. A professional blog is a great way to promote any business or just share your passion with the world. But there are some things to keep in mind before …

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10 May 2018

How to Create a Professional-Looking Freelancing Portfolio with WordPress (in 5 steps)

Merely having a website as a freelancer is not nearly enough. If you want to be taken more seriously and command higher rates from customers and prospective clients, then you should really think of building a freelancing portfolio online; one that stands out. When it comes to building a freelance portfolio, two things are the …

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9 May 2018

Doc Pop’s News Drop: WordPress 4.9.6 Adds Privacy and GDPR Features

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. The GDPR Compliance team has been working hard on adding new privacy tools to WordPress. The current beta release for 4.9.6 has many of these features …

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9 May 2018

Torque Toons: Cookie Optin Monster

With the wave of new GDPR privacy policies and cookie opt-in requests, it’s hard not to think about poor cookie monster surfing the web. 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 …

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8 May 2018

The Decline of Social Traffic and the SEO Renaissance

Recent trends show why SEO should always be the cornerstone of your WordPress traffic acquisition strategy. Everyone wants traffic, and there was a time when one of the best ways to grow it was through social media. However, that particular party may be over. Twitter accounts for less than 2.5 percent of traffic to publishers, …

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8 May 2018

Using the WordPress Desktop App with Self-hosted WordPress – A Review

There are many tools to help you take care of your WordPress website. We have talked about some of them in the past in this post. Aside from them, there are also the official WordPress mobile apps. Although it has been around for a while, a lesser-known example is the WordPress desktop app named Calypso. …

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