Below you'll find a list of all posts from 2016
If you’ve used WordPress for a while, you know keeping regular backups can save you from losing your website (you know, the site you’ve put all that time and effort – literally hours – into building). But have you tested your WordPress backups to see if they actually work? Sometimes, backups could be missing files or become corrupted. It may …
When ManageWP allowed users to perform security scans of websites through the Orion interface in December of 2015, a feature commonly requested by customers was the ability to automate the scans. Nine months after implementing security checks for customers, ManageWP has added automated security scans to its assortment of features. The automated security scans are a premium feature and cost $1 per site. …
Creating a brand is only the first step. Learn how to get your entire company on board so customers see your brand at work in every aspect of your business. View original post at Entrepreneur…
What do you do when you can’t find the perfect WordPress theme? In all likelihood, you probably turn to a theme framework. However, every once in a while, you probably have this thought flit across your mind: “I should just code an HTML5 template and convert it into a WordPress theme.” But that’s just a pipe dream right? Let’s be …
GitHub is now prominently displaying licenses in the repository overview page above the Clone or Download button. Visitors can now tell which open source license a project is using at a glance, instead of hunting through its files. GitHub uses a Ruby gem called Licensee to detect the license. Licensee was written by Ben Balter, one of the company’s product …
If you’re looking for a competitive edge, a way to establish your authority and a way to get more followers, one of the best, proven paths to online success is content curation. View original post at Entrepreneur…
Hey, we just took your WPMU DEV membership to the next level by giving you 10GB unlimited site managed cloud backups. Oh, and guess what? It’s part of your regular WPMU DEV membership so is gonna cost you zero dollars and zero cents 🙂 How does it all work? Well, first up you can manage all of your backups along …
Snowbird is a new theme released last week on WordPress.org, designed for storytellers with a blog-centered home page. It features a fullwidth header image, bold typography, and a host of layout and color options in the Customizer. Snowbird’s sidebar is hidden off canvas and can be toggled into view using the floating hamburger icon that disappears when you scroll. It …
There are a lot of benefits to learning object-oriented programming if you’re a WordPress developer. OOP code can help organize your code and make it reusable. It’s more extensible, easier to maintain, and encourages a culture of using design patterns. This is the second post in our six-part series focusing on WordPress for advanced developers. This series follows on from our …
Hard Refresh is a new WordPress-related tech podcast with a unique format that focuses on web developers and the challenges they face in building software that people depend on. Most WordPress podcasts follow a news or talk-show-style format, but Hard Refresh was designed to appeal to both developers and non-technical listeners with its polished story-driven narrative format. The show is …
