When it comes to WordCamps, we are longtime listeners, first-time callers. What I mean is that from early on, we have enjoyed attending and occasionally speaking at different camps around the world, but besides a few smaller exceptions, we’ve not really gone ‘all in’ on sponsoring. That’s changing for us in a pretty big way […] View original post at …
WordCamp Manchester: My First Lighting Talk
This weekend just gone was WordCamp Manchester over here in the UK (yes, the real Manchester for our American following). I gave my first ever kind of talk and in truth, post talk I felt like maybe I was a bumbling idiot in front of people. We’re our own worse critic, right? So, I want to […] View original post at …
How One WPMU DEV Member Built A Global Development Empire
WPMU DEV is a complete WordPress toolkit built by developers for developers. In the early days we just built plugins that we needed and thought, “hey, someone else might need this too”. 15 years later WPMU DEV plugins are installed on +2,000,000 WordPress sites. But the foundation hasn’t changed…we build products and services for freelancers, […] View original post at …
How Noeste IJver Uses WPMU DEV To Manage WordPress Sites With The Hub
Our tools are built for real-life WordPress freelancers, designers, developers and agencies. With +250,000 sites and networks hooked into The Hub we’re constantly looking at how our members are growing their profits with automation, optimization and web security. We run annual surveys, share our roadmap quarterly, and get feedback on our forums everyday. But it’s […] View original post at …
Get Excited, WordCamp Europe 2018 Is About To Begin
WordCamp is an especially great event wherever it’s held. But, there are some big things happening in WordPress right now, and with WordCamp Europe about to kick off in Serbia, Thursday June 14th, we’re excited to take a look at some of the discussions lined up. If you take a look through the schedule, there […] View original post at …
WordPress Turns 15: A Look Back at Its Greatest Hits
If you can believe it, WordPress is about to turn 15! Where has the time gone? I wish I could say it seems like only yesterday when people were building websites and blogs with the likes of GeoCities, Blogger, and, of course, b2/cafelog… but it doesn’t feel that way. A lot has changed since the […] View original post at …
Defender Gets Fierce New Security Features (Login Masking and Forced Two-factor)
Defender is flexing some serious muscle when it comes to protecting WordPress. His layered security toolkit, automated scans and alert notifications are best in class. Plus, with 9.5+ million events (that can’t be modified or deleted by hackers) being logged per day, Defender’s Audit Logging is a one-of-a-kind power feature serious WordPress users can’t live […] View original post at …
Everything You Wanted to Ask a GDPR Expert but Were Afraid to Ask
If you’re like 99.9% of developers, site managers, agencies and freelancers, the last thing on your list of priorities for the past 2 years has been GDPR compliance. You have a million other tasks on your plate and dumping energy into government regulated data protection laws seems like a complete waste of energy. Especially when […] View original post at …
What’s New in WooCommerce 3.3.1 (And What Even Happened with 3.3)?
When WooCommerce 3.3 was initially released on January 30, 2018, there were many reasons to get excited about the upgrades that came with it. However, it wasn’t available for very long before WordPress removed it from the repository, citing issues for users who had WordPress themes that conflicted with the update. Thankfully, WooCommerce stayed on […] View original post at …
WordPress Documentation: Goodbye Codex, Hello HelpHub
One reason WordPress is such a popular CMS is that it’s so easy to get started with a site. Pick a name and a login password and you’re in. While the first bump in the road is choosing a theme, the Customizer goes a long way toward solving some of those initial issues of “what […] View original post at …