You have undoubtedly heard about the coming wave of the mobile web. The most common thing you’ve probably heard is that mobile access to the web is increasing rapidly, and that about half of all web traffic is now via phone or tablet. A February 2018 report from the Pew Research Center notes that 95% […] View original post at …
A WordCamp for Organizers Is in the Planning Stages
Last year, Drew Jaynes and Carol Stambaugh proposed a new WordCamp event geared towards organizers to the WordPress Community Team. After fleshing out the details and discussing the idea over the course of seven months, the duo has announced that a WordCamp for Organizers is officially on the table. The goal of the event is to provide an opportunity for …
Gamifying WordPress: Is It Worth It?
No one wants their business to be represented online by a mundane website. That’s especially true for businesses that rely on heavy customer engagement levels with the brand (and sometimes among other members) in order to grow. But aside from writing some pithy copy and designing bold visuals to complement that message, what more can […] View original post at …
WPWeekly Episode 311 – Jetpack 6.0, WordPress 4.9.5, and A WordCamp for Organizers
In this episode, John James Jacoby and I discuss a great article published by Caspar Hübinger on AMP and WordPress. We cover what’s new in WordPress 4.9.5, Jetpack 6.0, and a WordCamp geared toward organizers. Stories Discussed: WordPress 4.9.5 Squashes 25 Bugs ‘Try Gutenberg’ Prompt Pushed Back to A Later Release Jetpack 6.0 Released Code of Conduct Survey Want to …
HTML to WordPress Theme Tutorial: Step 2 – Creating Theme Template Files
Welcome back to this series showing you how to create your first WordPress theme from static HTML. In the first part of this series, you took your static index.html file and converted it to a PHP file. You added some template tags and a loop. In this second part your file will start to look […] View original post at …
WordPress 4.9.5 Squashes 25 Bugs
WordPress 4.9.5 is available for download and is a maintenance and security release. WordPress 4.9.4 and earlier versions are affected by three security issues. The following security hardening changes are in 4.9.5. Localhost is no longer treated as the same host by default. Safe redirects are used when redirecting the login page if SSL is forced. Versions strings are correctly …
‘Try Gutenberg’ Prompt Pushed Back to A Later Release
Last week, we reported that WordPress 4.9.5 would ship with a call-out prompt that asks users if they want to try the new editor experience. Within the comments of the post, Gary Pendergast, who works for Automattic, is a WordPress core contributor, and a lead developer on the Gutenberg project, informed us that the prompt would not be in WordPress …
Why You May Want to Password Protect Your WordPress Site
It may seem counterintuitive, but there will be times when you need to restrict access to the content on your WordPress site. You can do this through a variety of means. You can make a page private. You can set your site to “noindex”. You can also create landing pages that only select individuals are […] View original post at …
How to fully uninstall a WordPress plugin
Plugins can be a great boon to WordPress sites, but there are times they outlive their usefulness. If a plugin fulfills a function you don’t need anymore, stops being updated, or appears to slow your site down, it may be time to remove it. Normally to delete a plugin you would go to the Plugins […] View original post at …
WPWeekly Episode 310 – Community Management, PHP, and Hello Dolly
In this episode, John James Jacoby and I discuss the news of the week including, the removal of offensive lyrics in Hello Dolly, a request for plugin developers to stop supporting legacy PHP versions, and changes coming in WordPress 4.9.5. We also talk about community management, the difference between comments and forums, and finally, John shares his concerns on how …