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Our Smush image compression and optimization plugin has been named Torque’s 2017 Plugin Madness champion! Smush took on WordFence in the final championship round of the annual competition, knocking out the security plugin after winning 69% of the votes. Torque Managing Editor Marie Dodson had a chat with our CEO James Farmer about the competition and […] View original post at …
There are several popular providers that offer both domains and hosting for WordPress. For over a decade, the standard advice has suggested you should forgo convenience and keep your domains and hosting separate. It makes sense to house your site in the same place where you got your domain, especially since many providers offer seamless […] View original post at …
In recent posts, I’ve written about creating a staging site on cheap hosting and shown you how to keep that staging site synced with your live site. But what if you want to investigate all the possible approaches to creating a suitable testing and/or staging environment? Creating a duplicate site on your cheap hosting account is […] View original post at …
When I think about some of my favorite experiences with companies, there’s one common thread that ties them all together: trust. Without trust, I don’t know that I could ever relax enough to allow an online company to provide me with a product or service. Maybe that’s just me, though I think a lot of […] View original post at …
Since January 2017, Google has stepped up its enforcement of “HTTPS everywhere” by identifying websites that don’t have an SSL certificate as unsafe. To make matters worse, the search giant has also changed its algorithm to give a slightly higher page rank to websites that have an SSL certificate installed. If you haven’t yet made the transfer on […] View original post at …
So you want to make an accessible WordPress website? Congratulations – your site will be available to the widest possible audience! Not sure why accessibility is valuable? Accessible sites have benefits including faster load speed, better SEO and being good for PR. Plus making an accessible site is just the right thing to do. Themes […] View original post at …
While many WordPress developers rely on the convenient and customizable functionality of widgets, they are often a second thought to plugins. In fact, some beginners probably couldn’t even tell you the difference between the two! To give a brief primer, some widgets come standard with a WordPress install, many are included through the use of […] View original post at …
So you want to start a WordPress business. That’s exciting! If you have to work in a single platform all day long, I’d say WordPress is a great one to be “stuck” inside of. Aside from the benefits of working in an intuitive platform that comes chock-full of integrations that make your job easy, you’re […] View original post at …
Over the past few weeks, I’ve written quite a bit about SEO here on the WPMU DEV Blog because what’s not to love about getting free website traffic from Google? Yet so many people get discouraged when it comes to SEO because they are under the impression that it is insanely hard to get right. […] View original post at …
Animations are cool. We’ve seen them at play in gamification, in page transitions, and also in the latest navigation design trend. The best part about animation? You don’t see them all too often in web design, which is sure to give your WordPress site an edge over the competition. I think part of the reason […] View original post at …
