Full-site editing, automatic theme and plugin updates, global styles, and more await. With the release of WordPress 5.4 and an open call version 5.5 tickets, it is time to peer into the future and catch a glimpse of what is to come. It is shaping up to be an exciting year thus far. Josepha Haden, executive director of WordPress, provided …
A Quick Guide to Protecting the Name of Your Business
Learn about trademarks, copyrights and more.
Supercharge Your Site: How To Update Your PHP in WordPress
Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound! Okay, maybe not that last part. However, when you keep your PHP up to date, you inherently enhance your website’s performance, security, and SEO. That’s pretty super in our opinion. In this article, I’ll be going into why PHP is crucial …
Open Call for WordPress 5.5 Tickets: What’s on Your Wish List?
Now that WordPress 5.4 has successfully launched, it is time to begin thinking about version 5.5, which has a tentative release date of August 8, 2020. On Wednesday, Josepha Haden, Executive Director of WordPress, put out a call for tickets. Naturally, the block editor is the top focus as we continually inch toward new features such as a refreshed interface, …
Why Franchising Is the Future of the Healthy-Fast-Food Movement
Younger generations are on board to eat healthier. In certain parts of the country, it’s just about access to affordable options.
Fighting the Stay-At-Home Boredom: Time to Create Rather Than Consume
A common theme among my friend groups is the utter boredom of being under stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 pandemic. Part of me wants to tell folks that there has never been a greater time in human history to find something to do at home. There is a plethora of content available at the touch of a finger or even …
WordCamp Europe 2020 Is Moving Online This Summer
On Monday, the WordCamp Europe team announced it would hold its annual event online from June 4-6. The move comes after initially postponing this year’s physical event because of the COVID-19 pandemic currently sweeping the globe. Like many other events, the organizing team is in the process of switching gears and moving everything to work over the internet. WordCamp Europe …
Building in Peace: An Introduction To WordPress Local Development
You’ve purchased your domain and you’ve secured your hosting. You’re halfway through your new kick-ass homepage, but you can’t shake the feeling that you’re being watched. That’s because your site is live, so who knows who might be looking over your shoulder… At WPMU DEV, many of our members use local environments for a variety of tasks, including building a …
Jetpack Re-launches Search Feature as Standalone Service
The Jetpack team announced today that its search service is now available as a separate package from the professional bundle it was previously under. The move should make it more affordable for small sites to use the service. Larger sites might have to shell out more money, depending on how much content is on the site. “Jetpack Search had only …
Proposal to Move WordPress Theme Review Process to GitHub
Denis Žoljom, the automation representative for the WordPress theme review team, proposed moving much of the theme review system over to GitHub. The idea is to move the interactive parts of the review away from the current system. The proposal claims such a move would streamline the process via automated tools and make the manual, reviewer-to-author interactions easier. Currently, the …





