The search function built in to WordPress core has come a long way over the past few years. However, if you have a large, complex site you still probably aren’t very satisfied with the results it produces. Fortunately, there are lots of ways to improve it. In this guide, we’ll take a look at how the default WordPress search function works and consider …
Daniel Bachhuber Discusses WP-CLI, the WP REST API, and the Challenges of Contributing to Open Source on Roots Radio Podcast
Daniel Bachhuber, maintainer of the WP-CLI project and a contributing developer to the WP REST API, joined Chris Carr and Austin Pray on a recent episode of the Roots Radio podcast. Bachhuber discussed his recent experience crowdfunding his work on “A More RESTful WP-CLI” as well as the challenges he’s encountered as a contributor to various open source projects over …
Hootsuite Founder Talks Good Hustle vs. Bad Hustle, Building a Billion Dollar Brand
Ryan Holmes founded the social media tech company, which now has almost 1000 employees. Here, he shares how he did it and offers advice. Listen up. View original post at Entrepreneur…
A Thoughtful Guide to Picking the Perfect Themes and Plugins for Your WordPress Site
First impressions are everything. And when it comes to your online “home” making a great first impression can make all the difference between your website being a total success or a complete failure. It’s only natural that choosing the right theme and the plugins to go with it, are crucial parts of establishing your brand. But choosing the right theme can …
The WordPress.org Recommended Hosting Page is Revamped, Features Flywheel for the First Time
DreamHost, Flywheel, and SiteGround have joined Bluehost on WordPress.org’s new recommended hosting page. In mid 2015, Matt Mullenweg, co-founder of the open source WordPress project, announced the page would be revamped. To have a chance at being listed webhosting companies needed to fill out a 40-question survey. 2016 Recommended Hosts Page This is Flywheel’s first time on the page. Flywheel, …
How to Upgrade XAMPP for WordPress Without Losing Anything
There are a lot of things to love about XAMPP, but the update process is not one of them. There’s nothing automatic about it, and you can go ahead and plan on hitting a few bumps along the way. In this tutorial, I’ll walk you through the process so you can get XAMPP up-to-date with minimal hassle – and without …
WordPress Accessibility Team Seeks Testers Using Speech Recognition Technology
photo credit: Let’s Read – (license) The World Health Organization estimates that 285 million people worldwide are living with some form of visual impairment and 39 million of those are estimated to be blind. Many people with low vision depend on speech recognition technology to navigate the web and communicate their thoughts. This type of software also assists people who …
Your Brand Is About the Feels
Integrity, reputation, trust and relationships are the components of the emotional side of branding. View original post at Entrepreneur…
Setting Up VersionPress for Git-Powered WordPress Version Control
One of the best things about WordPress is how easy it is to make sweeping changes to a website in just a few minutes. But with no easy way to revert a website to a previous state, you can lose a lot of work very quickly if you aren’t careful. VersionPress brings the power of Git to WordPress so you …
GitLab Courts Disgruntled GitHub Customers with Response to Recent Pricing Hike
Yesterday GitHub announced pricing changes that give all paid plans unlimited repositories and change plans to a pricing-per-user model. Individual developers are the most likely customers to benefit from the changes, but many organizations will see an exponential increase in pricing. GitLab, a competitor in the Git repository hosting space, immediately addressed disgruntled GitHub customers with a pricing comparison on …