Iain Poulson has published a thoughtful request on the Delicious Brains blog asking WordPress plugin developers to stop supporting legacy PHP versions. He covers some of the benefits of developing with newer versions of PHP, what Delicious Brains is doing with its plugins, and using the Requires Minimum PHP Version header in readme.txt. While we wait for the Trac discussion …
Use Your Expertise to Drive Your Brand
A simple and effective way to make your voice heard is to brand yourself as an expert. View original post at Entrepreneur…
How to Take Full Advantage of WordPress Automation
Automation can be a scary word for some, especially when a business relies on being able to make a personal connection with clients or customers. When it comes to working in WordPress, however, we understand that automation is a good thing (up to a certain point anyway). While we obviously don’t want a bot writing […] View original post at …
4 Proven Ways Successful Freelancers Achieve More Feast and Less Famine
The ebb and flow of paying jobs is the torment of working independently, until you learn the tricks of wooing and keeping clients. View original post at Entrepreneur…
GDPR: How it Affects WordPress Site Owners and Developers
If you haven’t been living under a rock for the last few months, there’s a very good chance you’ve heard of GDPR, or the General Data Protection Regulation. This is new legislation relating to personal data and how it’s stored. It’s European legislation but it will affect website owners and developers outside Europe, as if […] View original post at …
Why Employer Branding Is So Important
Employer branding will help you hire new employees, create a strong company culture and even reduce marketing costs. View original post at Entrepreneur…
Without Context, Some Lyrics Inside the Hello Dolly Plugin Are Degrading to Women
There have been many discussions over the years on whether or not Hello Dolly should be unbundled with WordPress. Seven years ago, it was argued that the lyrics are copyrighted and could potentially violate the GPL license. The latest issue with Hello Dolly is that some lyrics that appear in users dashboards with the plugin activated can be degrading to …
Branding Boot Camp: What to Do When You're Doing Too Much
Contributor Jessica Abo sits down with branding expert Kathleen Griffith in a special four-part series to figure out how she can grow her business and what you can do to scale yours. View original post at Entrepreneur…
5 Best Download Management Plugins for WordPress
While writing the 10-Step Guide to Using Free PDF Downloads To Grow Your Mailing List, I was thinking about all the different ways in which you can use downloads on your website. There’s, of course, the free giveaway to generate more leads. You can use downloads for the purposes of sharing content internally and privately […] View original post at …
Let’s Encrypt Wildcard Certificates Are Now Available
In July of last year, Let’s Encrypt announced that it would begin issuing Wildcard certificates for free in January of 2018. Although a little late, the organization has announced that Wildcard certificate support is now live. In addition to these certificates, the organization has updated its ACME protocol to version 2.0. ACMEv2 is required for clients that want to use …