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How to Know If Managed WordPress Hosting Is Right For You
WordPress developers are a busy lot. If you’re a freelancer, your days are filled with writing new client proposals, hosting strategy meetings, and coding websites. If you’re scaling towards or already running a WordPress agency, then you’re entrenched in tasks focused on strengthening, growing, and promoting your business. Whatever your situation currently is, I bet […]
15 Lessons From This Year's Online Wins, Scandals and Top Videos, Tweets and Instagram Posts
These top moments reflect larger cultural trends that anyone building a brand can tap into.
Jetpack 5.6.1 Increases Security of the Contact Form Module
Jetpack has released version 5.6.1 which hardens the Contact Form module by improving permissions checking when updating a form’s settings. In addition to security fixes, the character count for when Publicize publishes content to Twitter has been increased to 280. This release also fixes a bug that disabled the ability to save widgets after removing a Widget Visibility rule. Users …
WordPress Plugin Conflicts: How to Check for Them and What to Do
When you think about the potential problems plugins can cause for your WordPress site, you probably think about poorly coded plugins that lead to performance issues and security vulnerabilities, right? Or maybe you’ve read something recently about fake plugins and now are worried about the authenticity of your plugins and the security issues those could […]
How to Use One Query to Run Multiple Loops
I’ve written a few posts here on the blog about the WP_Query class and how to use it to create multiple queries and multiple loops. I’m a big fan of WP_Query, and often use it on client sites and my own site to create advanced and custom queries. However, it does have its downsides if you […]
WPWeekly Episode 297 – WordCamp US 2017 Recap
In this episode, John James Jacoby and I are joined by Morten Rand-Hendriksen. We have an engaging conversation about WordCamp US 2017, Gutenberg, and what it’s going to take for it to succeed. Rand-Hendriksen shared what he thinks are the three conditions that need to be met before Gutenberg can be shipped. Near the end of the show, we discuss …
7 Best Sites to Find CSS Snippets and Inspiration
You’ve taken the time to learn and master CSS. And it’s probably fair to say that you’re a proficient coder now. Great! But understanding how to code well with CSS doesn’t necessarily make you fluent in the latest web design trends. Unless you have unlimited free time to read through all the major web design and […]
Storify to Close May 16, 2018, WordPress Plugin Discontinued
Storify, a service that launched in 2010 and opened to the public in 2013 has announced that it is shutting down version one of its service on May 16th, 2018. Concurrently, its WordPress plugin that is actively installed on more than 2,000 sites has been discontinued. Storify Plugin is Discontinued Storify enabled journalists and others to build stories and timelines …
We’re Giving You The WhiP VIP Absolutely Free!
We just sent out our 650th edition of the WhiP to more than a quarter million readers! And we don’t want you to miss another link. Because, in case you didn’t know, previously we’ve held back a VIP edition of the WhiP each week, just for paying members of WPMU DEV. But as of today… […]