Now, more than ever, businesses are looking to WordPress agencies to help them move online. To keep developers and marketers stay up to date with all things WordPress, WP Engine has moved their annual Summit online. The free virtual conference features keynotes and breakouts presented by WordPress experts from across the world. Tune in for Joost de Valk, founder of Yoast, Karim Marucchi, CEO of Crowd Favorite, John Eckman, CEO of 10Up, and more. Then finish the day with Keynote speaker, Robert Herjavec from Shark Tank. Speakers will discuss ways to accelerate your business, how to create a better experience […]
5 Best Practices for Maintaining Your WordPress Database
Your WordPress database is where all your site’s content is stored, so proper maintenance is key. However, this can become increasingly tricky over time as the necessary tasks begin to accumulate. Fortunately, there are several best practices in place to help you keep up with a growing WordPress database. Staying on top of your maintenance tasks will help you keep your site performing optimally. In this post, we’ll discuss the importance of performing regular database maintenance tasks. Then we’ll provide you with five best practices you can implement for your own site. Let’s get started! The Importance of Maintaining Your […]
10 WordPress Developer Skills You Should Invest In (2020 Edition)
As a WordPress developer, it’s important to keep up with all the new tools and skills emerging in your industry. WordPress is constantly evolving, with other developers releasing new plugins, frameworks, and build tools to make it even more robust. Learning these is necessary to staying relevant against growing competition. Below are a mix of ten tools to try and skills to invest in this year. Some are basic life skills and others growing technical niches. Learning to master these will help you become a better developer and find more work as you bring something new to the table. Version […]
Torque’s Social Hour: May 20th with the organizers of WCEU
Continuing our weekly series of live conversations, we hope you enjoy this week’s episode of Torque’s Social Hour. In this week’s episode we talk with Rocío Valdivia & Bernhard Kau, the two global leads of WordCamp 2020. The video had a few technical difficulties, but it’s well worth listening to! What a fun episode. Be sure to catch next week’s episode live by subscribing here.
8 Tested and Trusted Tips to Improve WordPress Website Security
There is no doubt that WordPress is one of the most popular Content Management Systems (CMSs) out there. Around 35% of the web uses WordPress, including the world’s popular websites such as Etsy Journal, TechCrunch, Microsoft News, and more. WordPress is reliable, SEO-friendly, and easy to use. However, it is also true that it is vulnerable to cyber-attacks and various other security risks. According to a report, in 2018, about 90% of all website cleanup requests belonged to WordPress, which was around a 7% increase from 2017. Fortunately, there are plenty of things website owners can do to keep their […]

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