Like a lot of people, I started out with WPMU DEV because of one plugin. But over the years I’ve come to appreciate much more about my membership – not only the wide range of plugins but other features too. If you’ve been thinking about taking out a WPMU DEV subscription, you may be wondering […] View original post at …
A Quick Guide to Building Restaurant Websites in WordPress
I was recently working on an article about merging a local brick-and-mortar presence with its digital one. As I put together my argument, I decided to use local businesses from my area as examples in the article. However, I ran into a problem when I started looking for restaurant websites. To start, some of the […] View original post at …
What does your WordPress business need to grow?
WPMU DEV is proud to write about all things WordPress, to offer free plugins, pro plugins, and courses to help everyone from the new WordPress user to the experienced dev. Now we want to open up our blog to your feedback. Publishing content is hard. You might have a great strategy around it, but trying […] View original post at …
How to Redesign an Existing Website and Migrate to Production
If you’re a freelance web designer or developer, or you run an agency, there’s a good chance that a lot of your business will be redesigning existing websites. Most potential clients out there already have a website, but many are old, possibly designed and coded on the cheap, and need a revamp. Some clients will […] View original post at …
Target CSS for Specific Content With WordPress Template Tags
One of the things I love about WordPress is its flexibility. You can use it to run a simple blog, as a high powered content management system, or to drive custom applications. Within theme development, one aspect that gives you lots of flexibility is the use of template tags. These will dynamically fetch data and […] View original post at …
What Is a Cognitive Walkthrough and Does Your Site Need One?
There are a lot of ways to test the strengths and weaknesses of a WordPress site. And you should be using as many testing methods as possible both before and after launch to ensure that the user experience is always in good shape. Many of the methods for testing the UX of a WordPress site […] View original post at …
Admit it, you still have no idea what GDPR means for your WordPress site
So, you run a WordPress site, and your business is driven by your ability to publish content easily in that system. And today, you’re still not quite sure if GDPR applies to you, and how. You don’t collect any personal data, and you don’t process any transactions. You’re in the clear! Right? Well… Maybe not. […] View original post at …
7 Ways to Optimize Structured Data for Voice in WordPress
You’re already using structured data to improve search queries and results for your site. But have you thought about the use case for structured data as it pertains to voice search? There are a number of reasons why we need to start thinking about this. For one, there’s mobile-first. As more users access your site […] View original post at …
Creating a Hybrid Single Page App in WordPress with VueJS
Power your WordPress application with Vue.js – the progressive JavaScript framework that now shares the stage with the likes of React and Angular. In this article, I’ll show you how to integrate a Single Page Search App within your existing WordPress application with Vue.js – an extremely popular JavaScript framework for developing rich user interfaces. […] View original post at …
How to Write and Activate a Function in WordPress
If you’re starting out developing your own WordPress plugins, or you’re creating your own themes, a skill you’ll need to learn is writing functions. Maybe you’ve written a function which didn’t work and you’ve given up in frustration. Or maybe you’re confused by action and filter hooks and you’re not sure how to get your […] View original post at …