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Looking for a Halloween costume? How about The Legend of Headless CMS? 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 Legend of Headless CMS. appeared first on Torque.

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19 Sept 2019

Automattic Gets $3 Million at $3 Billion Valuation from Salesforce

Automattic just closed a Series D funding round of $3 million from one investor, Salesforce Ventures. According to Automattic founder, Matt Mullenweg, this investment will allow the company to stay the course and honor the current roadmap. For Automattic, the funding will allow us to accelerate our roadmap (perhaps by double) and scale up our …

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19 Sept 2019

Torque Toons: Tech Like A Pirate Day

Happy TalkLikeAPirateDay! 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: Tech Like A Pirate Day appeared first on Torque.

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21 Aug 2019

Torque Toons: Keep Calm Tumblr

Yahoo shared a Keep Calm And Carry On gif six years ago when they acquired Tumblr. With Automattic recently announcing they’ve purchased Tumblr, we thought it would be fun to give the gif an update. Doc Pop Doctor Popular is an artist and musician living in San Francisco. As a full disclaimer, he is neither …

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13 Aug 2019

Torque Toons: 30 – 50 Feral Wapuus

Legit question for WordPressers – how do I cuddle the 30-50 wild Wapuus that just appeared on my yard? 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: 30 – 50 Feral Wapuus appeared first on …

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12 Aug 2019

Automattic Acquires Tumblr

In its biggest acquisition to date, Automattic Inc. has purchased Tumblr along with its 200 employees. Automattic CEO, Matt Mullenweg told the Wall Street Journal that executives will try to find ways to merge Tumblr’s functionality with WordPress.com’s. According to Post Status, Mullenweg’s initial goals for the website are to: 1. Move infrastructure off Verizon.2. …

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24 Jul 2019

Torque Toons: Is this a bug?

Feature or a bug? That is the question. 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: Is this a bug? appeared first on Torque.

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23 Jul 2019

9 Ways to Reduce Shopping Cart Abandonment in WordPress

Finding ways to reduce shopping cart abandonment is one of the main challenges in running an e-commerce site. Research suggests that up to 75 percent of all online shopping carts are abandoned before making a purchase. Of course, this phenomenon has serious consequences for your bottom line. Because of that, in this post, we will …

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18 Jul 2019

Torque Toons: The Crop Circle Block

With all the recent talk about Area 51, we thought it would be fun to see a new Gutenberg block just for aliens. 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 Crop Circle Block …

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5 Jul 2019

Torque Toons: noindex

Earlier this week, Google announced they will no longer be supporting noindex directives found in robots.txt files. They listed several alternative methods to keep your site unlisted, but we’ve heard that robots.txt isn’t taking the news well. Doc Pop Doctor Popular is an artist and musician living in San Francisco. As a full disclaimer, he …

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24 Jun 2019

WP Engine to Acquire Flywheel

It was announced today that Digital Experience Platform WP Engine will acquire hosting and management company Flywheel. This marks the largest acquisition in the WordPress industry to date. “On behalf of the WP Engine team, we couldn’t be more excited to join forces with one of the most respected brands in WordPress. I personally welcome …

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11 Jun 2019

Major Issue with WordPress VIP Go Causes Sites to Go Down

WordPress powers over 30 percent of the web, including some of the Internet’s biggest enterprise sites. On Tuesday, WordPress VIP Go experienced an issue that left multiple sites with nothing but a photo of a succulent. At 17:27 UTC, WordPress VIP announced ongoing issues with the platform, citing 503 errors and missing theme files. This …

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