WordCamp Denmark organizer Kåre Mulvad Steffensen and WP Pusher creator Peter Suhm are working on a GDPR for WordPress project that aims to provide an industry standard for getting plugins compliant with EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) legislation. The deadline for compliance is May 28, 2018, approximately 200 days from now. The Danish duo met at WordCamp Europe a …
13 Scary Websites from TV and Movies that Need to Die
The average adult watches approximately four-and-a-half hours of TV every single day. This includes both live and DVR’ed content. Then there are online streaming services like Amazon Prime, Hulu, and Netflix to think about. Netflix alone clocks about 125 million hours of streaming video each day. Needless to say, when your audience doesn’t have their […] View original post at …
New Dispensary Details Plugin for WooCommerce Adds Cannabis Details to Products
photo credit: Blueberry Kush, Indica-3 – (license) Two years ago, WordPress developer Robert DeVore launched WP Dispensary, a free marijuana dispensary menu plugin for WordPress, and has since built an accompanying theme, additional free add-ons, and six commercial extensions. DeVore is aiming to make WP Dispensary a complete online menu software solution for dispensaries and delivery services. The business has …
17 Client Retention Tips That Keep Website Clients Coming Back
When you’re first starting a WordPress development business, you need to invest time in finding new clients in order to build a steady base of freelance work. That said, once you have that consistent influx of clients coming through, it’s time to put some serious effort into retaining those customers. Here’s why: “It costs 7x […] View original post at …
Patreon Launches App Directory and Free WordPress Plugin for Membership Sites
Patreon was founded in May 2013 as a service with business tools that allow content creators to crowdfund their work through donations and subscriptions. The service is now expanding to help users connect their accounts to more third-party tools that make patron management easier. Patreon launched its new App Directory and Developer Portal today, featuring a free WordPress plugin that …
How Developers Can Make Recurring Revenue as an Amazon Affiliate
You know how we’ve been discussing finding more and better clients for WordPress, right? Have you ever thought about creating an Amazon affiliate site on WordPress to supplement your income? As a web developer, you are in a unique position to use your skill-set to create awesome content that converts. This is because whilst most people […] View original post at …
WordPress 4.9 Will Support Shortcodes and Embedded Media in the Text Widget
WordPress 4.8 brought TinyMCE to the core Text widget, along with brand new Image, Video, and Audio media widgets. The upcoming 4.9 release builds on this progress and will introduce some long-awaited improvements to Text widget. Users will finally be able to use shortcodes in the Text widget without the help of additional code from plugins or themes. This new …
The Dangers of Cross-Site Contamination and How to Prevent It
One of the worst things about flu season is the inevitability that you’re going to get sick. You might work in an office environment where coworkers come in with runny noses. Or maybe you take the bus to a co-work space where other commuters cough and touch the same railing you’re holding onto. Or perhaps […] View original post at …
WooCommerce Retires Canvas Theme, Recommends Customers Migrate to Storefront Theme
WooCommerce is retiring its Canvas Theme after seven years. Canvas was one of the most innovative themes on the market when it first launched in 2010, giving customers the ability to modify their sites’ design and layout through an extensive options panel. It sold for $99 before the product URL was redirected to a retirement page today. Canvas’ retirement is …
How to Reduce HTTP/S Requests in WordPress
Page load times will always be a concern for web developers, especially as you discover new ways to impress visitors with custom imagery, dynamic content, and more video. That’s because with each new asset added, your site has to generate additional HTTPS requests in order to communicate with your visitors’ browsers. And those HTTPS requests […] View original post at …





