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Archives for 2015

5 Takeaways From This Week’s AMA With Cory Miller

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December 3, 2015

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Cory Miller, Founder of iThemes, took his spot in the ManageWP AMA chair this week and shared his thoughts on leadership, marketing, and, of course, the future of WordPress. You can follow him on Twitter @corymiller303. Miller started his career as a newspaper journalist and in 2008 created iThemes, a company that now employs 25 people and services thousands of customers. Here are five takeaways. Only Seek To Control What You Can Control. Running a company comes with a myriad of stresses and frustrations, and finding a way to deal with those is critical. Miller suggests thinking about what your unmet expectations […]

Nothing Is Foolproof… Even WordPress

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December 3, 2015

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Being a WordPress plugin developer is kind of insane when you think about it. You write code that can be freely modified by anyone and is expected to work with any infinite different collections that make up a unique WordPress site. This is a huge part of why I love what I do, but still, I have to admit, it’s kind of crazy. Developing a plugin or theme that has to be compatible with a range of different WordPress versions, PHP versions, MySQL versions, web servers, and more is a huge undertaking. That doesn’t even include the infinite number of […]

Introducing Torque’s Ultimate Guide To WordPress Plugins, A Free Ebook

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December 2, 2015

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Plugins embody the very core of WordPress. They make WordPress the most flexible and extendible CMS, and they’re (a huge) part of why it’s grown to dominate 25 percent of the Internet. With more than 40,000 free plugins in the WordPress directory alone, which have been downloaded more than a billion times more, plugins allow you to add almost any functionality to your website easily, often times without even knowing a lick of code. This number may seem overwhelming, particularly if you are new to WordPress or just learning to navigate the robust plugin terrain. Torque teamed up with WP Engine to […]

How To Reduce The Abandon Rate Of Your WordPress Plugin

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December 2, 2015

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There are various performance indicators used to determine the success of a WordPress plugin. Most plugin developers tend to focus on distribution — i.e., how to get more installs — but forget to tackle the churn rate. And you know what, no one can blame us! How could we, plugin developers, focus on churn? Until March 2015, the only number WordPress.org exposed was the total number of downloads. A new counter was then added to estimate the number of active installs. How can plugin developers gather any valuable insight from these two numbers alone? It’s quite simple, they can’t. The […]

Go Back In Time With The WordPress Time Machine

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December 1, 2015

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Have you ever wanted to know what the WordPress dashboard looked like in 2006? Now you can go back and review WordPress’s evolution over the years… without a flux capacitor. London WordPress agency, 93digital, created something called the WordPress Time Machine, which looks at the WordPress dashboard and the default theme through the years, starting with version 1.0 “Miles Davis,” all the way up to the most current version, 4.3 “Billie Holiday.” As you can see, WordPress has come a long way since its debut in 2004. WordPress as we know it today didn’t really start to take shape until 2008. […]

Free WordPress Themes: November 2015

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December 1, 2015

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November was a busy month for the WordPress community. While we await the release of WordPress 4.4, we witnessed the public release of the open-source desktop client for Mac, Calypso. Of course, as usual, there were several amazing free themes that were released during November. In this post, we take a look at some of the most awesome free WordPress themes from the month of November 2015. Free WordPress Themes Pro Blogg Meant for personal blogs, Pro Blogg is one of the most minimal and clean WordPress themes out there. Featuring a responsive slider, fully mobile-friendly layout, and clean typography, […]

Everything You Need To Know About WordCamp US

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November 30, 2015

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The first ever WordCamp US is this weekend and we couldn’t be more excited. After a bidding process, Philly was selected as the site for the inaugural camp, so you can stop by the Liberty Bell between talks or maybe grab yourself a cheesesteak — with or without onions. Wappu already has his hands on one. Friday and Saturday will be chock-full of talks, while Sunday stands open for Contributor Day. Community Summit The Community Summit is a smaller, work-focused two-day session. The organizers have deemed the summit an “unconference.” This means instead of scheduled speakers and talks, the format […]

More Black Friday And Cyber Monday WordPress Deals

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November 27, 2015

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We had so many great responses to our piece about Black Friday, so we wanted to do a follow-up post to include even more amazing WordPress deals. So here is a list of the places you should visit today. Magic Toolbox Magic Toolbox is offering 40 percent off Magic 360, which is a 360 image viewer, and Magic Slideshow. For Magic 360, use the coupon code, black360, and for Magic Slideshow use blackslide. The deal goes until Dec. 1, so make sure you head over soon. Event Espresso If you’re looking for an event management plugin, now would be a […]

WordCamp Berlin 2015, “Ich Bin Ein WordPresser”

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November 25, 2015

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With the exception of earthquakes, wildfires, and other forms of natural disasters, there isn’t much that makes me get up at 7 a.m. on a Saturday morning. However, two weekends ago I was happy to jump out of bed. Why? Three words: WordCamp Berlin 2015. On this day, people from around Europe were swarming to the Technical University Berlin, where the camp was taking place. I was pretty excited since it was my first WordCamp. Tickets sold out weeks ago and I been just lucky enough to get one from the extra batch they released. If you couldn’t make it, […]

‘The History Of WordPress,’ The Story (So Far)

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November 24, 2015

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Maybe the WordPress origin story isn’t as legendary or contentious as Mark Zuckerberg’s. And maybe won’t be made into a movie written by Aaron Sorkin, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t a fascinating tale filled with community and conflict. In her book, The History of WordPress, Siobhan McKeown shows the difficulties and triumphs of creating and maintaining an open-source software. It covers everything from Michel Valdrighi’s disappearance to the creation of Automattic. If you’re new to the WordPress community, it is a great way to become familiar with the platform’s roots, and for those who have been here a long time […]

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