Can you believe!? The WhiP is my second longest newsletter relationship. I looked through my Gmail archives and the oldest issue I was able to dig up was issue 345 from December 2015. I’ve been reading the WhiP for half its life and like the best relationships, it has been a delightful partner all the […] View original post at …
Say Hello To The Future Of Image Optimization – Smush 3.0 Is Here!!!
Smush 3.0 is here and she comes bearing futuristic image optimization superpowers for WordPress! Your favorite image optimization tool now powers a Global Image Delivery Network – 40 Tbps, 45 points of presence, WebP compression and AUTOMATIC IMAGE SCALING. Sounds pretty awesome…but what does it all mean? With +13.5 million downloads, Smush has proven itself […] View original post at …
WPMU DEV Dashboard Now With Built-in Analytics And Plugin White Labeling
The WPMU DEV dashboard plugin is currently used on a quarter of a million sites (Wowzas!). And why wouldn’t it? It unlocks better security and performance, backups, one-click installations, automated updates, reports and improved support access. Some would say it’s the magic behind the magic 🙂 The WPMU DEV Dashboard plugin works behind the scenes […] View original post at …
WPMU DEV And WordCamps – Starting With WCUS 2018!
When it comes to WordCamps, we are longtime listeners, first-time callers. What I mean is that from early on, we have enjoyed attending and occasionally speaking at different camps around the world, but besides a few smaller exceptions, we’ve not really gone ‘all in’ on sponsoring. That’s changing for us in a pretty big way […] View original post at …
Building Plugin Stacks for Complex WordPress Sites
With the right plugin stack, WordPress can produce some powerful and complex sites. But WordPress has no central authority coordinating everyone’s efforts, so plugin incompatibilities are a big problem. That’s like, the textbook definition of complexity: Complexity characterises the behaviour of a system or model whose components interact in multiple ways and follow local rules, meaning there is […] View original post at …
“Hello, WP!” A New Podcast About WordPress by WPMU DEV
We made a Podcast! And we can’t wait to share it with you. Literally. Our trailer and a special episode about Gutenberg and the release of WordPress 5.0 are now available for you to enjoy 🙂 Listen and subscribe! The entire first season will be available for your binge listening pleasure in January 2019. So […] View original post at …
15+ Design Tips for Developers When Your Designer Is Not Around
There are times when you have to design something in a hurry – and designers are nowhere to be found. In times like these, we can’t sit and cry – we have to hack design. Here are some convenient WordPress design tips that will set up any developer for success, even if there’s a pressing deadline […] View original post at …
The New Google PageSpeed Insights: A Perfect 100 Is Now Super Easy
Google PageSpeed Insights just got an update and scoring a perfect 100 is way easier. This is excellent news for agencies and freelancers with site management packages. Trying to explain Google’s flawed scoring system to clients who see their PageSpeed score as a pass-fail system has always been tricky. “Why are you okay with a […] View original post at …
How to Use Gmail to Send WordPress Emails
By default, WordPress uses the mail function in PHP, which is sufficient for the few emails that a new or small WordPress site needs to send. When your email volume increases, you’ll start to notice email delivery issues. You’ll need to switch over to a third party provider such as Gmail at this point. In […] View original post at …
How To Stand Out From The Crowd Using Paper.js With WordPress
Do you want to draw, paint and animate your WordPress page to create something unique and legitimately cool? Haven’t you always secretly wanted jellyfish swimming on your site, for example? Who hasn’t! Well – today is your lucky day because we’re going to be covering Paper.js, the brilliant javascript library which makes sites like patatap and […] View original post at …