WordPress.org Launches Homepage Redesign

WordPress.org made its new homepage redesign live today. The meta team worked quickly to put the new design in place in time for the holidays. “While this is only the first iteration, the plan is to continue design and development to create something truly amazing,” Mark Uraine said in the announcement. “This is the first step toward that goal.” The …

6 Little-Known Image Compression Tips for Making the Most of Smush Pro for WordPress

Your WordPress site needs to load in a flash just like the Flash since 40% of people leave slow sites. Fortunately, WP Smush Pro is the image-smushing super power you need to speed up your website without breaking a sweat. WP Smush Pro compresses your images to reduce their file size and speed up your site. All without having to […] View original post at …

How to Cope with WordPress Coding Overwhelm

Web development is not easy work. New themes. New plugins. New responsive design techniques. New platforms. New JavaScript frameworks and libraries. And so on. No matter how experienced you are, web development work can be downright frustrating and overwhelming at times—especially when you’re starting out or simply trying to nail down a new technique. Here’s […] View original post at …

How to Create a Custom Taxonomy for Departments or Divisions on a Company WordPress Site

I often get asked if WordPress Multisite is a suitable solution for a company website that has different divisions with unique identities. The answer is usually yes – Multisite can do this excellently. But it isn’t always necessary to create a separate site for each of the divisions in your company website, even using Multisite. If […] View original post at …