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How to Start a Career in WordPress: A Step-by-Step Guide

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December 10, 2020

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Starting a career in WordPress is something that would have seemed impossible just a few years ago. After all, we are talking about a piece of free software. How can working with that possibly put food on the table or provide for a family? However, with WordPress powering close to 40% of the Internet, this has long become a reality for thousands of people. In fact, by now, WordPress is not only running world-famous websites and blogs but is what million-dollar businesses are based on. As a consequence, these days, working in WordPress has become a legitimate career path. If […]

Press This Podcast: Mental Health & Hyper-Growth Entrepreneurship with Cory Miller

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December 9, 2020

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Welcome to Press This, the WordPress community podcast from WMR. Here host David Vogelpohl sits down with guests from around the community to talk about the biggest issues facing WordPress developers. The following is a transcription of the original recording. David Vogelpohl: Hello everyone and welcome to Press This the WordPress community podcasts on WMR. This is your host, David Vogel Paul, I support the WordPress community through my role at WP Engine, and I love to bring the best of the community to you hear every week on press this as a reminder, you can find me on Twitter […]

How to Write Effective Meta Descriptions for SEO (+ Examples)

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SEO

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December 9, 2020

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When putting together content for your website, you may find that the task of crafting meta descriptions places a giant question mark above your head. What are they for, really? What purpose do they serve? And how on earth do you write a good one?  Lucky for you, these questions and more are what we’ll be answering here today. With a few guidelines in mind and some tips and tricks up your sleeve, you’ll be a meta description writing pro in no time. Or, at the very least, you’ll be competent at the task.  Let’s go! What is a Meta […]

WordPress 5.6: New Features, Changes, and What Else to Expect

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December 8, 2020

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WordPress 5.6 adds several new features to the platform. For anyone who works with WordPress for a living, it’s important to know what’s on deck and how the new version will affect you and your site.  As usual, the latest WordPress release has something for everyone. Most end users will find the changes to the block editor and launch of a new default theme to be the most compelling additions. Developers will likely be digging into the nitty-gritty of the code changes. What will you find most significant? Let’s explore everything WordPress 5.6 has to offer.  The WordPress 5.6 Development […]

State of the Word to Stream Live

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December 7, 2020

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Every year at WordCamp US, Matt Mullenweg delivers a speech detailing where WordPress has come over the last year and where it’s going in the upcoming year. A lot has looked different in 2020, and the State of the Word will too. This year’s speech will be streamed on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter on Thursday, Dec 17th, 2020  at 1600 UTC. If you have a burning question, take a minute-long video on your phone or computer in landscape format and send it in. According to the announcement, “To submit your question, upload it as an unlisted video (YouTube works great for this) and send a […]

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