Building loyalty takes lots of time and patience, but these tips could help streamline the process.
New Academy Courses: Introduction to Upfront and Multisite Masterclass
It sure has been busy around here. Over the past couple weeks, we’ve made some huge announcements: WPMU DEV Hosting, WP Checkup, new Hustle integrations and Upfront compatibility with WooCommerce. And while all that was going on, we quietly launched a new Introduction to Upfront course in The Academy. Yes, now you can learn how to use our Upfront theme …
Upvato Backup Service Confirms Files Are Lost, Plans to Relaunch on New Provider
Upvato creator Freddy Lundekvam has confirmed that all user files entrusted to the service have been permanently lost, as his previous storage provider is unable to recover them. After receiving a series of emails from the provider reminding him that payment was due, the provider terminated his account seven days after the invoice was overdue. Lundekvam said ordinarily he would …
5 Lessons You Can Learn From the Viral Success of Dollar Beard Club
The company has a signature style of coarse humor and satirical tone that has resonated with its customer base.
WordPress Careers Masterclass: Making it Work (Planning and Learning)
So, what’s your career plan? Do you have one? Maybe you don’t? If you don’t, let’s do something about it. Welcome to the final post in this series on how to build a successful career with WordPress. Hopefully, the earlier articles in this series have helped you to identify your career priorities and learn how to approach specific career paths. …
WP eCommerce 3.11.4 Patches SQL Injection Vulnerability
Over the weekend, the WP eCommerce team released version 3.11.4 of its e-commerce plugin. The update patches an SQL injection vulnerability that was responsibly disclosed by Mika Epstein, a member of the WordPress.org plugin review team. According to Justin Sainton, lead developer of WP eCommerce, the team was notified of the vulnerability on November 11th and patched within an hour. The update was …
How Trump Won Using Strategic Branding, and What Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Him
Specialization is better than generalization, Trump teaches us. That’s why white working-class men loved him.
9 Ways to Protect Your WordPress Blog’s Images from Theft
When the original U.S. Copyright Act was established in 1790, it was the government’s goal to protect authors’ rights to their work. Fast forward to the present day, and it’s no longer just writers, composers, and artists whose work needs protecting: so too does the work found on websites. I could probably write whole chapters on this topic of intellectual …
SEO Checklist: 4 Simple Steps to Get Your WordPress Site Ranking Higher
Have you ever Googled your own website and been disappointed with the results? Maybe a random snippet of text rather than a proper site description was displayed. Or maybe you found that it takes Google far too long to locate and index your content. In either scenario, you’ve got a problem on your hands — unless, of course, you’re ok …
New WordPress Plugin Serves Pre-Compressed Emoji
WordPress emoji are served from s.w.org, but they are not compressed. This impacts the SVG loading time, depending on how many emoji you are using, and can even throw warnings on Google’s PageSpeed Insights tool. Turkey-based WordPress developer Mustafa Uysal has just released Compressed Emoji, a plugin that makes use of the emoji_svg_url filter introduced in 4.6. This filter allows …