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Press This: A Closer Look at New Features in Advanced Custom Fields 6.0 with Iain Poulson

Emily Schiola

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October 6, 2022

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Welcome to Press This, the WordPress community podcast from WMR. Each episode features guests from around the community and discussions of the largest issues facing WordPress developers. The following is a transcription of the original recording. Powered by RedCircle Doc Pop: You’re listening to Press This, a WordPress community podcast on WMR. Each week, we spotlight members of the WordPress community. I’m your host, Doc Pop, I support the WordPress community through my role at WP Engine and my contributions over on TorqueMag.io. You can subscribe to Press This on Red Circle, iTunes, Spotify, or you can download episodes directly […]

Press This: When To Recommend Clients Host With You vs. Buying Hosting Directly With Jeff Mankini of UpClick Digital

Abe Selig

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September 29, 2022

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Welcome to Press This, the WordPress community podcast from WMR. Each episode features guests from around the community and discussions of the largest issues facing WordPress developers. The following is a transcription of the original recording. Powered by RedCircle Doc Pop: You’re listening to Press This, a WordPress community podcast on WMR. Each week, we spotlight members of the WordPress community. I’m your host, Doc Pop, I support the WordPress community through my role at WP Engine and my contributions over on TorqueMag.io. You can subscribe to Press This on Red Circle, iTunes, Spotify, or download the latest episodes at […]

Why You Should Avoid Using a Default Privacy Policy For Your Blog

Vlad Khorkhorov

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September 27, 2022

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While running your WordPress blog, you’ll likely collect some information from your online visitors. To maintain trust with your audience, it’s essential to disclose this in your privacy policy.  However, you may struggle to find a template that meets the specific needs of your website. To solve this problem, you can use a privacy policy template. This document adheres to international privacy laws to avoid any liabilities. Additionally, you can customize this template to accurately reflect your data collection practices. In this post, we’ll explain what a privacy policy is and the benefits of using one. Then, we’ll discuss why […]

Press This: David Vogelpohl Says Farewell As Host and Starts New Adventures

Abe Selig

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September 20, 2022

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Welcome to Press This, the WordPress community podcast from WMR. Each episode features guests from around the community and discussions of the largest issues facing WordPress developers. The following is a transcription of the original recording. Powered by RedCircle David Vogelpohl: Hello everyone and welcome to Press This, the WordPress community podcast on WMR. This is your host, David Vogelpohl. I supported the WordPress community through my role at WP Engine, and I loved to bring the best of the community to you here every week on Press This. As a reminder, you can follow me on Twitter @wpdavidv, you […]

Torque Social Hour: Talking WordPress 6.2 with Aurooba Ahmed

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March 29, 2023

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The Torque Social Hour is a weekly livestream of WordPress news and events. In this episode, we talked with Aurooba Ahmed, a Software Developer specializing in WordPress and the co-host of the viewSource podcast. We talked about what’s Style Books and other new features in WordPress 6.2. We also talked about the lessons Aurooba has learned will doing her daily podcast project. Join us next each Wednesday from 3-4pm PST for WordPress news and interviews.

How to Host Fonts Locally in WordPress (Classic & Block Themes!)

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March 29, 2023

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While using custom web fonts is a great way to make your site more unique and distinguish your branding, it can also come with certain problems — from privacy to performance. The solution: host your fonts locally on your WordPress website instead. To help you do so, in this post, we will tell you everything you need to know about this topic. Below, we discuss why it’s a good idea to host fonts locally in WordPress in the first place and then give you a rundown of code and no-code solutions to make it happen in both classic themes and […]

10 WordPress Site Editor (FSE) Features You Didn’t Know About

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Design, Development

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March 28, 2023

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WordPress Full-Site Editing, aka the Site Editor, offers a lot of features, not all of which you might be familiar with. That’s because it’s not only a relatively new addition to the WordPress platform but also under constant development with new features coming out regularly. As a consequence, it’s easy to miss out on some things. In order to help you get the most out of the WordPress Site Editor, in this post we will go over some features you might have overlooked. Some of them are bigger, some smaller. However, all of them can help you build better designs […]

Conquering The Rest of the Web at DE{CODE} 2023

Emily Schiola

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March 24, 2023

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WP Engine‘s virtual developer conference DE{CODE} 2023 just wrapped up, but that doesn’t mean you have to miss out on the insightful content! You can still register for free today and get the entire conference on demand. Let’s dive into some of the great content you can access right now. Learn at DE{CODE} The conference is packed with expert-led talks for any skill level. Whether you’re interested in headless, privacy, or security, there is something for you. WP Engine CIO and Founder, Jason Cohen, tackles How Technology has Shaped the Power Dynamics Between Designers, Developers, and Marketers. Cohen looks back […]

How to Create a Blog Comments Policy (And Display It on Site)

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March 23, 2023

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Blog comments are an important way of interacting with readers, collecting feedback, and getting ideas for new topics. However, your comment section can also be overrun by spam and turn into a toxic cesspool of people fighting (you know, like Twitter). In order to avoid that, it makes a lot of sense to set up a blog comments policy. Creating some rules around comments left on your blog is a great way to set some boundaries and expectations toward your audience. It helps raise the quality of comments you receive and, as such, the quality of your site as a […]

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