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Custom post types and taxonomies are what make WordPress a Content Management System (CMS), and not just a blogging platform. With them, you can add your own post types, which you can then display using targeted template files. You can also create custom taxonomies that let you use more than just categories and tags to classify your content. This is …
Plugins let you add or change how your sites looks or functions. And the best part? Just about any kind of functionality you can dream up for your site, you can turn into a plugin and make it happen. This is the third post in our WordPress Development for Intermediate Users series. This series follows on from our popular WordPress …
It used to be that if you wanted to give users of your themes a way to customize aspects of their site or the theme, you’d create a theme options page. But now the best way (and the expected method for themes submitted to the theme directory) is to make use of the Customizer. This is the second post in …
You know how we’re the Multisite experts here at WPMU DEV? Well, we want to upload everything we know about Multisite directly into your brain, Matrix-style. Enrollments are now open for three new courses in The Academy: WordPress Multisite Masterclass, WordPress Development for Intermediate Users, and (by popular demand) our CEO James Farmer’s hugely successful Dream Small, Market Big & …
As a savvy website owner, I’m certain you understand how important it is for your website to load quickly. And if you run your website on WordPress, you’ve probably at least heard of the need for caching plugins before. Caching is a critical aspect of your website’s performance as it can greatly improve loading times. By a lot. In layman’s terms, a caching plugin creates …
The .htaccess file in your WordPress install is a powerful configuration file that you can use to override the settings on your web server to improve your site’s security and performance. Short for “Hypertext Access,”, you can edit the file and with the right commands, you can enable/disable extra functionality and features to protect your site from spammers, hackers and …
WordPress isn’t just for blogging. It’s a full-fledged CMS and undoubtedly a strong platform for developers. But the world of related trends and tools can be exhaustive when you just need a solid solution real fast. Given the fact that WordPress is used by millions of people, it’s only natural many use it to make a living, too. From plugin …
Despite the fact WordPress has been around for a while, and the method of adding scripts to themes and plugins has been the same for years, there is still some confusion around how exactly you’re supposed to add scripts. So let’s clear it up. Since jQuery is still the most commonly used Javascript framework, let’s take a look at how …
I read a lot of email newsletters. So many, in fact, that I’m resigned to the fact I’ll never reach inbox zero, and I’m totally fine with that. Why? Because newsletters are awesome, they really are, and I sign up for new ones all the time. I can’t get enough of them. What’s not to like about a curated collection …
