Automattic’s theme division, Theme Shaper, recently announced they will be turning their attention back to the popular Underscores starter theme. Notably, this shift is cited due to the possibilities the new Gutenberg editor brings to future theme development. Underscores is a starter theme (as opposed to a theme framework) designed to cut down many hours of development time when setting up a …
5 Popular WordPress Mistakes that You Need to Stop Making
WordPress has ceased to become just another blogging platform. Today, it is considered as the most widely used content management system. It is the most popular choice among businesses because it is easy to use and manage, flexible and highly-customizable, SEO-friendly, and given a large number of users, there’s also an existing active community for …
Top 5 WordPress Security Breaches and How to Rectify Them
Holding more than 28 percent of the market share and powering 74.6 million websites across the globe, WordPress is indeed one of the most sought-after Open Source CMS in the world. With enhanced usability and appealing aesthetics, WordPress truly deserves to be the world’s most recognized publishing platform. But the massive usage of WordPress and …
How to Auto Optimize Images Using NPM Scripts & Gulp for WP Development
Image optimization is one of the best ways to make your site speedy and lightweight. Because images are one of the largest aspects of your site, it’s important that you know how to properly optimize them. Visitors will leave your site if it takes too long to load. So, the fact of the matter is …
Here’s What It Takes to Make a WordPress Website Mobile Friendly
The rise of mobile devices has been one of the most decisive changes on the Internet. These days, no website can do without being mobile friendly or rather, no website that wants to be successful. By now, mobile users represent more than half of all Internet traffic and also make up the majority of all …
Using VueJS and ES6 In the WordPress Admin
One big opportunity for using JavaScript interfaces with the WordPress REST API is improving WordPress admin and settings screens. I wrote a post for Torque recently on using the REST API and jQuery to build settings screens. It was a good introduction but normally, I would use VueJS. In the future, I’ll write more specifically …
Doc Pop’s News Drop: When and how to use the WordPress trademark and logo
Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. Many folks ask us about how and when they can use the WordPress logo, so in this week’s News Drop, Doc helps break it down into …
Is SaaS the Future of WordPress?
SaaS (Software as a Service) solutions have been very popular for the past decade. Surprisingly, WordPress seemed to be relatively underpenetrated compared to the rest of the industry. However, the recent WooCommerce move to a straight renewal process might be the first sign of growing trend in the WordPress universe. It’s been more than a …
Simplify Your WordPress Customizer Development With Sublime WP Customizer Package
Since WordPress 3.4, the Theme Customization API has emerged as an important PHP and JS based API in core. It introduced developers to a standardized way of adding theme options in the Customizer panel of the WordPress Dashboard. Last year while working on a project, I found out that adding panels, sections, and control and setting options with …
Using Easy Digital Downloads to Create eCommerce SaaS In WordPress
For the last few years many people, including me, have been talking about how WordPress has evolved to where it can power applications, including SaaS platforms. One of the reasons for this is the WordPress REST API. And while I completely agree with this, one of the reasons I think it’s a great choice is …
The Beginner’s Guide to the WooCommerce REST API
WooCommerce is a powerful ecommerce solution for WordPress, and has a set of Representational State Transfer (REST) API endpoints for custom development. This is a huge advantage for any apps you may build in the future, but to get there you’ll first need to understand the REST API and how to use it. REST APIs enable developers …
Doc Pop’s News Drop: How Hackers Can Find New Sites Within 30 Minutes
Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. At this year’s DefCon, Hanno Böck described how hackers can find a fresh new WordPress install within 30-60 minutes of going live. Don’t be nervous though, …
