What do you do when you can’t find the perfect WordPress theme? In all likelihood, you probably turn to a theme framework. However, every once in a while, you probably have this thought flit across your mind: “I should just code an HTML5 template and convert it into a WordPress theme.” But that’s just a pipe dream right? Let’s be …
Introducing WPMU DEV Cloud Backups (Members Get 10GB for Free!)
Hey, we just took your WPMU DEV membership to the next level by giving you 10GB unlimited site managed cloud backups. Oh, and guess what? It’s part of your regular WPMU DEV membership so is gonna cost you zero dollars and zero cents 🙂 How does it all work? Well, first up you can manage all of your backups along …
Advanced WordPress Development: Writing Object-Oriented Plugins
There are a lot of benefits to learning object-oriented programming if you’re a WordPress developer. OOP code can help organize your code and make it reusable. It’s more extensible, easier to maintain, and encourages a culture of using design patterns. This is the second post in our six-part series focusing on WordPress for advanced developers. This series follows on from our …
How to Add Schema.org Markup to WordPress for Better SEO
One of the challenges in getting people to visit your WordPress website is ensuring your content can be crawled by search engine spiders. And an even bigger challenge is making sure search engines can understand the relevance of that content in context. What do I mean by the “relevance of content in context?” Well, imagine you have the address of …
How to Move a Single WordPress Site into a Multisite Network
One of the most frequent questions I’ve been asked by students completing the WordPress Multisite course in The Academy is this: how do you move an existing WordPress site into a Multisite network? This post is designed to answer that question and take you through the steps you need to follow to move a site into a network. I’ll look …
Multisite, Hummingbird and Cloudflare: Make Your WordPress Network Blisteringly Fast
You may have caught the recent announcement that our Hummingbird performance plugin has been integrated with CloudFlare. But given that CloudFlare works on a domain level, what does this mean if you’re running a Multisite network? The good news is that with one CloudFlare account you can cover multiple domains. Unlike many services, you don’t need a separate account for each …
Advanced WordPress Development: Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming
Want to take your WordPress game to a whole new level of coding mastery? Are you ready to really push your PHP skills and add even greater complexity and advanced functionality to your plugins and themes? Welcome to our latest series, WordPress Development for Advanced Users. This series follows on from our popular WordPress Development for Intermediate Users, which introduced you …
The Ultimate Guide to Choosing a WordPress Theme Framework (Plus In-Depth Reviews)
Since I last reviewed WordPress frameworks two years ago, the nature of frameworks has evolved. My definition of a framework back then was a parent theme with an API and/or extensive customization options for non-coders. But things have changed. Not all frameworks are even themes now, let alone parent themes. Some of the frameworks reviewed here take the form of plugins, …
Introducing Gillie, Our Hip New Upfront Theme – and That’s Not Even the Best Part!
Don’t panic people, that noise you hear is the sound of awesomeness dropping. Our hip new Upfront starter theme Gillie is live… And that’s not even the best part. You may have noticed our Upfront theme framework got a huge upgrade this week, and with it comes Gillie, a welcoming new design that balances contemporary and vintage. It’s like peeking into a fashion magazine layout …
What Are Tooltips Good For Anyway? 6 Simple Options for WordPress
When we recently talked about tips for decluttering your website, we were mostly just focused on hiding away secondary pieces of content that were still worthy of inclusion on the site, but that didn’t quite deserve a spot front and center. Because your visitors’ experience always needs to be top-of-mind when developing a website, it’s really important for you to …