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Archives for 2015

Elegant Themes is Evolving: What This Means for the Premium WordPress Marketplace

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June 26, 2015

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Elegant Themes, the brainchild of CEO Nick Roach, has been a popular name in premium WordPress development for years. It’s long been known for its innovative and relatively inexpensive pricing structure (pay $69, get access to all 87 themes), combined with the quality of the themes it releases. It was only recently, however, that Elegant Themes started making a name for itself in the premium plugins space. Their latest releases—Bloom, which creates beautiful email opt-in forms, and Monarch, which ET touts as “the best social sharing plugin for WordPress”—have been smash hits, especially Bloom. It’s safe to assume that in the […]

Adding Custom Routes to the WordPress REST API

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June 25, 2015

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Most of the discussion around the WordPress REST API has been about querying the default routes. In that sense, we’re treating it as a monolithic API—like the Twitter API, for example. The truth is, however, that the WordPress REST API is not one API, but millions of highly customizable APIs, which can also be leveraged as a tool for making APIs. Yes, it comes with default routes, but, by necessity, those routes are a compromise between tens of millions of sites, including many that haven’t been made yet. Just like WordPress isn’t just the global WP_Query object, the REST API isn’t just the default […]

The WordPress Foundation Sues TheWordPressHelpers.com for up to $100,000

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June 24, 2015

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The WordPress Foundation is suing TheWordPressHelpers.com for trademark infringement. The lawsuit targets the use of “WordPress” in the domain, which is forbidden unless permission is granted by the WordPress Foundation—the organization responsible for protecting the WordPress trademarks. The rules couldn’t be more clear, as outlined in the WordPress Foundation Trademark Policy: “Permission from the WordPress Foundation is required to use the WordPress or WordCamp name or logo as part of any project, product, service, domain or company name.” As any experienced WordPress user already knows, you cannot use “WordPress” in your top-level domain: “Under no circumstances is it permitted to […]

Creating Future-Proof, Extensible WordPress Plugins: A Best Practices Guide

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June 23, 2015

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One of the core aspects of the WordPress platform that we all know and love, is it’s emphasis on freedom and transparency, and an open dialog between platform, developer, and end user. With these freedoms comes the opportunity to develop software in whichever style one chooses, with any customized interfaces or stylings. With great power comes great responsibility. Over time, overly-complex interfaces and code structures can create high maintenance, as well as a not so extensible, structures for other developers to integrate with. Today, I’ll be running through a few core concepts to apply when creating your WordPress plugins, to […]

This Week In WordPress 06/22/2015

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June 22, 2015

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Have a news tip or upcoming event you’d like to see in our This Week In WordPress roundup, write us at [email protected]. News Highlights: Yoast Comment Hacks – Last week, SEO specialist Yoast released a brand new WordPress plugin: Yoast Comment Hacks. From Trials to Triumphs, AppPresser’s story – Scott Bolinger wrote a great post on the AppPresser journey. The post discusses the ups and downs since they launched their first products in January 2014, and what they’ve learned along the way. WordPress Foundation Sues Owner of WordPress Domain Names – The WordPress Foundation filed a lawsuit against the owner of TheWordPressHelpers.com, Edward Jeffrey Yablon and PC-VIP, Inc. […]

How to Do Market Research for Websites and Blogs

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June 22, 2015

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I’m sorry to be the one to tell you this, but your website is basically invisible. No, don’t worry your server isn’t down—I can see it just fine when I type in the URL. However, in the grand scheme of things, your WordPress website is a tiny spec on the vast canvas of the Internet. WordPress and other technologies make it easy for anyone, anywhere to start a blog or website. That means that there is now more competition than ever. In fact, estimates suggest that there are currently almost one billion websites in existence. In 2014, that number grew by about […]

Torque Talks #1 with Josh Pollock

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Doc Pop

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June 19, 2015

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We are lucky to have so many great writers sharing their work with us here at Torque. This week we thought it’d fun to try something new, so we asked Josh Pollock to chat with us about one of his recent Torque articles. Thanks again, Josh for taking the time to talk with us. You can read his “So You Want To Use WordPress To Power Your App” article here or you can find him on Twitter at @josh412. Which Torque article would you like us to feature in our next video?

Safari 9: What’s in Store for Web Designers and Developers?

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June 18, 2015

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At the recent WWDC, Apple made several huge announcements. These included the new version of Mac OS, named El Capitan, as well as Apple’s new streaming music service, and a lot many other things. One such announcement was related to Apple’s flagship web browser: Safari. The new version of Safari will have many changes and features in store for web designers and developers alike. What sort of changes and new features can we expect from Safari 9? In this post, I will attempt to answer this question. Safari 9: What’s in Store for Web Designers and Developers? Unprefixed CSS and […]

An In-depth Guide to Using WordPress SEO by Yoast

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June 17, 2015

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Question: Which plugin appears first in Google when you type in “WordPress SEO,” has over one million active installs, a 4.5-star rating in the WordPress directory, and is a regular on the favorite plugins list? If you just answered “WordPress SEO by Yoast,” you would be correct. The plugin by team Yoast is one of the best plugins out there. It is powerful, offers tremendous value, is meticulously updated and supported and used by literally hundreds of thousands of users. That includes me. I have the plugin installed on basically all of my blogs and client websites. However, with its […]

Yoast Releases Comment Management Plugin: Yoast Comment Hacks

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June 16, 2015

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Today, SEO specialist Yoast has released a brand new WordPress plugin: Yoast Comment Hacks. As the name implies, this plugin adds improved functionality to the default WordPress commenting system, making public some of the functionality already used by the Yoast team. This comes at a time when many WordPress bloggers are turning their comments off for good—now where’s the fun in that? By making the default commenting system more bearable to use, Yoast hopes that their new plugin will encourage WordPress users to value website community. The plugin is split into five modules, each focusing on a different comment ‘hack.’ Let’s […]

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