Cron Jobs allow you to run scripts and automate repetitive tasks that can take up considerable time if done manually. In this post, we show you how to set up a cron job in cPanel and how to configure a real cron for WordPress. This tutorial covers the following: What is a Cron Job? Parts of a Cron Command How …
How To Set Up A Simple Membership-Only WordPress Site For Free
Learn how to set up a membership area on your website using built-in features of WordPress in this nifty step-by-step tutorial! Let’s say that you (or your client) want to set up a membership area on a WordPress site with little to no money to spend on web development (sounds familiar?) Whenever I hear someone mention that they want to …
A Visual History of The WordPress Project – Closing in on Two Decades
May 27, 2023 will mark twenty years since WordPress officially launched. Its humble beginnings, a conversation sparked between Matt Mullenweg (an American developer) and Mike Little (a British developer), in a quiet corner of the internet. Its historical content nestled safely online, so you can see with your own eyes the very first stirrings of what would later become WordPress. …
How to Install XAMPP and WordPress on Windows Localhost
Once you’ve experienced speed and reliability, there’s no going back. Remember the era before high-speed internet, when you had to wait for videos to buffer? Awful times. Three cheers for the modern internet speeds! If you’re used to developing your sites on a live server, that’s exactly what shifting to a local development environment such as XAMPP would feel like. …
CDNs and Cloudflare in WordPress – A Definitive Guide
A CDN, or Content Delivery Network, is a system of globally distributed servers that deliver content on behalf of other servers. CDNs cache data from the origin server, allowing users to access the data from a server near them, thus improving performance and reducing latency. CDNs are an essential part of our modern world. The content that you view on …
How to Create and Sell Online Courses with WordPress
Learn to create online courses in WordPress quickly and easily with the help of some fantastic LMS (Learning Management Systems) plugins, as well as how to sell your courses, course examples, and more. Now is a good time if you’ve ever considered launching an online course. E-Learning is going from strength to strength (A billion dollar industry according to analysts), …
How To Properly Add jQuery Scripts To WordPress
WordPress has been in our lives for over 16 years, yet the method of adding scripts to themes and plugins still remains a mystery for many developers. In this article we finally put the confusion to rest. Since it’s one of the most commonly used Javascript libraries, today we’re discussing how to add simple jQuery scripts to your WordPress themes …
New Hummingbird Update Ushers In Unified Notifications, a New Wizard, and More!
Our well-loved page speed optimization suite just got even suite-er with a new version release! Hummingbird is here to make your holiday brighter. We’ve added a slew of new features and improvements, from a browser cache wizard (which automates the process), to a brand new Notifications dashboard widget―with all of your reports and notifiers combined. Keep reading to check out …
How to Install WordPress on a Separate Subdomain Site (No Multisite Required)
In this post, you will learn how to set up a WordPress site on its own separate subdomain without using Multisite. Note: This article is intended for WPMU DEV members, as it utilizes features of WPMU DEV hosting. If you are not a member yet, consider joining with our no-risk free trial. Suppose you run a web agency (e.g. https://webagency.site) …
How To Get the Most Out of Client Billing
WPMU DEV’s Client Billing is perfect for creating and managing subscriptions, sending professional invoices, and providing your clients with an elegant white label portal where they can pay and manage their accounts (and websites, too). This article covers all of the essentials of how to get the most out of Client Billing. We’ll be going over: 1. Automating Your Client …