In recent weeks, we’ve rolled out the biggest changes to our member dashboard ever. Introducing The Hub, your mission control for monitoring the vital stats of all your WordPress websites, including uptime, performance, and security. Add as many sites as you want – including Multisite networks – and receive instant security alerts whenever a vulnerability is spotted on any of …
When to Use the WordPress REST API – and When Not To
The WordPress REST API will solve lots of problems and have more uses than we’ve even begun to explore just yet. But it’s no magic bullet and there will be times when you’re better off not using it at all. There still isn’t a huge number of developers or agencies using the REST API for live sites, partly because the …
Building Meetup.com with Events+ and Membership 2 Pro for WordPress
Creating a premium events site for your members, like Meetup.com, Ticketmaster or EventBrite, isn’t out of reach with WordPress – and is easily done when you pair our Events+ and Membership 2 Pro plugins. Integrating these plugins allows you to create a site – or network – where visitors can sign up to view event information and buy tickets. You …
How to Create a WordPress Plugin
If you’ve been building your own themes for a while, chances are you’ve been adding code to the functions.php file. Sometimes you might have wondered if you should be writing a plugin instead, but you weren’t sure how. In many cases, writing a plugin is better practice than adding code to your functions.php file. And creating a plugin is far …
CloudFlare Review: Speed Up Your Site for Free, Plus Setup Instructions
When you spend so much time building and optimizing your site, ensuring it loads fast for your visitors is a top priority. CloudFlare is a popular choice for boosting site performance – we even use it here at WPMU DEV. CloudFlare is a Content Delivery Network (CDN) that sends traffic through its global network to automatically optimize the delivery of your site …
Replacing Image Links in WordPress After Installing an SSL Certificate
After installing an SSL certificate on your site to amp up your security, you may notice your images suddenly don’t display at all. Don’t panic – just read on for the fix. When you install an SSL certificate, like the free one from Let’s Encrypt we wrote about recently, your site’s address adjusts slightly and even a slight adjustment means some …
GoDaddy Managed WordPress Hosting Review: Budget Hosting, Poor Features
GoDaddy is somewhat of a true big daddy in the web hosting arena. The company was founded in 1997 and has since been publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange, has had Super Bowl ads, and has been the subject of many controversies. Due to its size, infamy and, in some cases, spotty service, GoDaddy has been the host …
Give Hackers the Smack-Down with Defender
Another week, another HUGE product release. Today, we’re excited to introduce you to Defender, our brand new security plugin… the hero that will defend you against evil bots, hackers and bad internet-y things. What does Defender do for you? Well, let’s start with scheduled security scans, vulnerability reports, safety recommendations, blacklist monitoring and customized hardening for your site… in just a …
12 Awkward and Embarrassing Confessions About Working From Home with WordPress
Being a freelancer can be great. I know it has given me the freedom to live life largely on my terms, which is awesome. But there are some drawbacks to this whole working from home thing that a lot of people don’t like to talk about. I mean, you don’t want to sound ungrateful, right? You work for yourself in …
How Slack Has Completely Changed the Way We Work at WPMU DEV
It’s safe to say Slack has been a game changer for us here at WPMU DEV. Working as part of a distributed team of 62-odd people scattered around the globe, communicating with colleagues used to be a bit of a nightmare, dare I say a pain in the ass. For years, we relied on a mix of email and Google …










