Below you'll find a list of all posts from September, 2016
Is anyone else freaking out about how many ridiculous new features the WPMU DEV super devs keep dropping on us? And the madness doesn’t stop. Our security plugin Defender just got a mega upgrade: Audit Logs! Now with Defender, not only can you harden your security and block attackers, but audit logs now hold everyone on your site or network to account …
If you’re looking for a long-term future in web development, WordPress is the perfect tool to do it. While the content management system itself is free to use, opportunities abound for professionals like yourself to make real money off of it. As a WordPress developer, there are a number of paths you might consider taking your business down: You could …
When creating a website, it’s natural to want to share as much information as possible. While visitors have come to your website to learn more about those pieces of information, that’s all they really want to see: pieces. This isn’t the first time the shrinking attention span of your site’s visitors has come to the forefront of our conversations on …
WordPress database tables all begin with the wp_ prefix by default. Security gurus often recommend changing the prefix to secure your site, but is it really worth doing? Or is it all sizzle and no steak? The idea is that changing the database prefix helps avoid nasty SQL injections since hackers usually use queries with the standard settings in their …
When we see brands advertising on Instagram, it removes the human factor from those brands. View original post at Entrepreneur…
If you have ever set up a WordPress Multisite install and then decided to swap from sub-directories to sub-domains, or the other way around, you would know it’s not as simple as clicking a few buttons. Unfortunately, the “Network Setup” page in the backend of Multisite doesn’t give you an easy way to switch. Yeah, it’s frustrating! If you try …
In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I are joined by Gabriel Mays, head of WordPress products at GoDaddy. We discussed a number of topics related to the company including a new on boarding process that will be unveiled to the public on September 15th. We learn why and how the company is establishing relationships with authors of …
Entrepreneur spoke with the stars and biker builder behind Discovery Channel’s new miniseries ‘Harley and The Davidsons.’ View original post at Entrepreneur…
One of the first things budding WordPress developers learn is to use child themes for customizing WordPress websites. While this is a sound practice, there will also be times when you want to reuse code you’ve added to a child theme with a different theme or on a different website. The best way to package code for use with any …
When the floor was opened up to users for suggestions on what they want to see included in WordPress 4.7, Mark Root-Wiley advocated for Trac ticket #27159. The three-year old ticket was created by Hugo Baeta and suggests that certain buttons in the post editor be removed in order to improve the user experience. In the initial proposal, Baeta recommends that the Underline, …
