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In May of 2018, WordPress 4.9.6 was released with new privacy-related features to aid in compliance with the new EU privacy regulations known as the GDPR. The GDPR grants EU citizens the right to request what data a website can collect, and request that it be erased. It also requires informed consent of how the …

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28 Jun 2018

5 Ways Responsive Web Design Benefits Your SEO

Creating a successful, well-optimized website is something like throwing your own, custom-made, wide net into the ocean in the hope that you’ll catch as many fish as possible. You need to consider all the different devices that people use to browse the internet and cover all the options with a responsive web design that adjusts …

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26 Jun 2018

The Google Mobile First Index and What It Means for Your WordPress Site

The Google mobile first index is upon us and it will further change the way we optimize our sites. Since mobile devices have surpassed desktop computers as the dominant Internet devices in 2016, the search giant has increasingly put emphasis on mobile friendliness. These days, if you don’t know how to make your WordPress website …

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25 Jun 2018

A First-Time Developer’s Guide for Contributing to WordPress

WordPress is huge, and so is its community. What’s more, WordPress was built on collaboration and has always been welcome to new developers contributing to the project. However, while you may want to help the platform grow even further, it can be hard to know where you could apply your skills. Fortunately, getting started with …

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19 Jun 2018

How to Improve Organic CTR (Click-through Rate) in WordPress

Search engines remain one of the most important traffic sources for websites. Learning to improve organic CTR (click-through rate) is crucial for taking advantage of them. When it comes to SEO, many website owners simply focus on ranking. They think that as long as they make it to the first page of Google, traffic will …

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13 Jun 2018

Advanced OOP For WordPress Part 6: Continuous Integration For WordPress Plugins

This article is a part of a series on writing object-oriented PHP for WordPress development. So far, we’ve spent two articles on writing the code and now we will test the code and systems. It takes an enormous amount of tooling to write code and back in my day I walked uphill both ways, in …

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11 Jun 2018

How to Create a Custom Single Post Template (With and Without Coding)

WordPress templates make it easier for developers to create dynamic content and apply a consistent style across multiple posts or pages. While this is a very useful feature, it’s been skipped over by many users due to the required degree of coding. However, this is no longer the case. The new Elementor Theme Builder includes …

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7 Jun 2018

Why Millions of Developers use JavaScript for Web Application Development

Over the past 20 years or so since when JavaScript was released, it has become the most popular programming language for web development today. You can understand the importance of JavaScript as a web development language from the fact that as per the recent reports, JavaScript is currently being used by more than 94 percent …

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4 Jun 2018

A Beginners’ Guide to Privacy Policies

Among the important web development trends of 2018, user privacy and how websites handle collected data is at the top of the list. With the imminent introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), it’s more important than ever to ensure you have a privacy policy in place that adheres to its guidelines. Failing to do so …

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30 May 2018

Advanced OOP For WordPress Part 5: Using The WordPress Test Suite For Integration Testing

In my last article, in this series on advanced object-oriented programming (OOP) for PHP WordPress development, I showed how to setup the WordPress test suite for integration tests. Previously, I had written about unit tests, which I showed how to run in an isolated environment. These tests were not dependent on WordPress at all, so …

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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 …

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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 …

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Developers

How WordPress Can Lead the Web in Privacy-First Design

5 Ways Responsive Web Design Benefits Your SEO

The Google Mobile First Index and What It Means for Your WordPress Site

A First-Time Developer’s Guide for Contributing to WordPress

How to Improve Organic CTR (Click-through Rate) in WordPress

Advanced OOP For WordPress Part 6: Continuous Integration For WordPress Plugins

How to Create a Custom Single Post Template (With and Without Coding)

Why Millions of Developers use JavaScript for Web Application Development

A Beginners’ Guide to Privacy Policies

Advanced OOP For WordPress Part 5: Using The WordPress Test Suite For Integration Testing

3 Common WordPress Attacks You Can Stop In Their Tracks

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