Specialization is better than generalization, Trump teaches us. That’s why white working-class men loved him. View original post at Entrepreneur…
9 Ways to Protect Your WordPress Blog’s Images from Theft
When the original U.S. Copyright Act was established in 1790, it was the government’s goal to protect authors’ rights to their work. Fast forward to the present day, and it’s no longer just writers, composers, and artists whose work needs protecting: so too does the work found on websites. I could probably write whole chapters on this topic of intellectual …
SEO Checklist: 4 Simple Steps to Get Your WordPress Site Ranking Higher
Have you ever Googled your own website and been disappointed with the results? Maybe a random snippet of text rather than a proper site description was displayed. Or maybe you found that it takes Google far too long to locate and index your content. In either scenario, you’ve got a problem on your hands — unless, of course, you’re ok …
New WordPress Plugin Serves Pre-Compressed Emoji
WordPress emoji are served from s.w.org, but they are not compressed. This impacts the SVG loading time, depending on how many emoji you are using, and can even throw warnings on Google’s PageSpeed Insights tool. Turkey-based WordPress developer Mustafa Uysal has just released Compressed Emoji, a plugin that makes use of the emoji_svg_url filter introduced in 4.6. This filter allows …
10 Secrets to Master Your Personal Brand
Honing your brand is about taking control of your image and fine-tuning it to reflect who you are. View original post at Entrepreneur…
Introducing WPMU DEV Multisite Hosting – Join the Beta Program!
Did you know that over the past 10 years we’ve become the largest hosting provider for WordPress in education? It’s been an extraordinary ride and today I’m thrilled to announce we’re expanding this to the rest of the web. Introducing WPMU DEV Hosting, the ultimate enterprise-level WordPress Multisite solution. CampusPress… But For Everyone! The very genesis of our parent company, …
Andy Baio Relaunches Waxy.org on WordPress
After 14 years of blogging with MovableType, Andy Baio has relaunched Waxy.org on WordPress. Baio’s media and technology blog has been a continual source of original content about life on the internet and how it affects our culture. The migration includes 472 posts and 15,891 entries from his sideblog Waxy Links. Waxy.org played a small part in WordPress.org’s early history. …
5 Ways To Figure Out What Your Website Visitors Actually Want
If you make a living from your WordPress website(s), then you need to know what your visitors want. It’s natural to assume that you already know exactly what your visitors want. You got them to show up in the first place, right! Except, maybe you don’t… Assuming that you know what your visitors want is a sure-fire way to lose …
A New Way to Search, Preview, and Install Themes in the Customizer Removed From WordPress 4.7
Astute testers may have noticed a new feature in WordPress 4.7 beta 1 that enabled users to search, preview, and install themes from within the customizer. This feature was part of five feature projects related to the customizer that were approved for merge last month. Its goal is to unify the theme browsing and customizing experience. Customizer Theme Browser Flow …
Time For Your WP Checkup
Wouldn’t it be great if there was a WordPress tool that you could use to quickly scan a site for performance, SEO and security? Well, now there is – and you can try her out for free. Say hello to WP Checkup. What we’ve done is bring all of our experience in speeding up your site (WP Smush, Hummingbird), keeping it secure (Defender) …