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Doc Pop’s News Drop: WCUS 2018 Wrap-up

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Doc Pop

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News Drop, Videos

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December 11, 2018

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Doc Pop’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. We are live at WCUS 2018 in Nashville to give you a short recap of the event. Be sure to check out all of our WordCamp US interviews in this YouTube playlist. Love WordPress News, but hate reading? My name is Doc and this Doc Pop’s News Drop. I’m here in Nashville for WordCamp US 2018. WordPress version 5.0 with the Gutenberg editor went live on December 6th, the day […]

6 Effective Tips on How to Take Care Your Mental Health As a Freelancer

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Nick Schäferhoff

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Community

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December 11, 2018

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Taking care of your mental health for freelancers is as important as in any profession or field of work. If you don’t, bad things happen such as anxiety issues, depression or even burnout. This isn’t news. Mental health issues have been on the rise for a long time, especially among younger people. Today, about 1 in 5 Americans are struggling with a mental illness. While everyone understands taking time off for physical ailments (such as the flu), mental health issues don’t always get the same treatment. Neither from those experiencing it nor other people. However, they are not any different […]

How to Enforce Secure Passwords on Your WordPress Website

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Tom Rankin

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Beginners

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December 10, 2018

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We’re willing to bet that you probably know all about using secure passwords for your WordPress admin account. However, you can’t take for granted that other users will do the same. To make sure your site remains safe, you’ll want to ensure all passwords are secure. While WordPress includes a function to create a secure password, it’s completely optional. As with many WordPress tasks, the answer lies in using a plugin to enforce users to use strong passwords on WordPress’ back end. In this article, we’ll discuss the importance of password security. We’ll then show you what features WordPress offers […]

State of the Word 2018: Learn Blocks Deeply

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Emily Schiola

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Community, Featured

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December 8, 2018

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With snow lightly falling in downtown Nashville, Matt Mullenweg took the stage for his annual State of the Word address. The speech wrapped up another successful WordCamp US 2018 full of talks, networking, and fun. Mullenweg began by letting WordPress reintroduce itself. Reminding the community it was built on the constitution and is powered by the community. “It is both free and priceless,” he said. Gutenberg After stating the reasons we are all here, Mullenweg played some user test videos of the current editor. “Suffice it to say, this editor experience is not working for us,” Mullenweg said. The solution […]

Best WordPress Template: Monstroid2 vs. Divi vs. Avada

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Lana Miro

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Beginners

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December 7, 2018

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Building a website, you can go for a good template, a better template or for a super-cool one. You can even go for the very best template in the market. However, how do you learn which theme is currently the best? Template market is vast, and it’s hard to single out the best among best-selling themes. To make the lookout for the best template of this year simpler, we ran a criteria-based comparison and leadership contest for Monstroid2, Divi and Avada. You’ll see the leading-edge templates 2018 compared based on most vital criteria, such as visual customization ease, abundance of […]

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