Below you'll find a list of all posts from September, 2017
This week we’re excited to announce we’ve added a brand new, ultra-fast minification engine to our Hummingbird performance plugin! But that’s not all. Hummingbird now features Gravatar caching, too! So what does this mean? Well, two things: The new minification engine uses an API located on our dedicated servers, so when you minify a file, […] View original post at …
WordPress 4.8.2 is available for download and users are encouraged to update as soon as possible. This release patches eight security vulnerabilities and has six maintenance related fixes. Hardening was also added to WordPress core to prevent plugins and themes from accidentally causing a vulnerability through $wpdb->prepare() which can create unexpected and unsafe queries leading to potential SQL injection (SQLi). …
When you set out to disrupt the status quo, don’t pick a status quo people love. View original post at Entrepreneur…
WordPress provides incredible support for you to work with form submissions in your application. Whether you add a form in the admin or public facing areas, the built-in mechanism with the admin-post and admin-ajax scripts will allow you to handle your form requests efficiently. In this article, I’ll show you how to handle custom form […] View original post at …
Your personal brand reflects more than what people think of your product or service, it’s what they think of you, and will determine what your business will really be worth in the end. View original post at Entrepreneur…
We often talk about our performance and security plugins here on the WPMU DEV Blog, but did you know we have a nice collection of SEO plugins too? We’ve been developing SmartCrawl, our primary SEO plugin, for a few years now (it used to be called Infinite SEO), and we’ve got a huge update to […] View original post at …
Look, we all know that generating sales is what counts when all’s said and done. But you can’t expect your visitors to be so easily persuaded that they take one look at your site and think, “Yep, I gotta get me some of that.” While that instant sell isn’t totally outside the realm of possibility, […] View original post at …
Earlier this year I talked about a number of ways in which you can use video on your WordPress site. And you know what? I think there’s more to be said on this front since it’s clear that video isn’t going anywhere. Take promotional videos, for instance. Did you know that 45% of businesses use […] View original post at …
With the recent news that WordPress is abandoning React due to its BSD + Patents license, core contributors are now revisiting the discussion of the merits of other frameworks. Gutenberg development is currently on hold until a new library is chosen to replace React, and selection is likely to be imminent to prevent further delay. Vue is once again a …
So you’re just getting started in freelance web design/development? One of the biggest fears freelancers face before they jump into doing this full-time is: will I be able to consistently get enough work to sustain myself and my family in the long term? It’s a valid concern. After all, nobody wants to quit a safe […] View original post at …
