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Icon fonts can be a very useful tool for WordPress sites. They allow you to add symbols and images to your website without slowing it down. That and other reasons are why icon fonts have become popular in recent years. If you are not sure about this topic, this blog post is here to help you out. In it, you will learn what icon fonts are and why it’s a good idea to use them. After that, you will get step-by-step instructions on how to add icon fonts to your WordPress site, both manually and via plugins. Sounds good? Then […]

The new WordPress block-based editor Gutenberg is coming to the WordPress soon. While no one has yet defined where Gutenberg will next be used, its been well architected for reuse, which is great, because plugin developers can now use these components in other interfaces, in the WordPress admin and beyond. Because the Gutenberg team is currently moving a lot of the code that is most likely to be reused into npm modules, this makes it very simple to reuse the Gutenberg components in a React app, even if it isn’t in WordPress. That’s not the only way to import Gutenberg […]

It is common practice for developers to work on several servers or tiers in order to test their work and make sure code is ready to deploy without introducing errors on a live production environment. WP Engine features multiple environments per WordPress installation and provides a multi-tiered workflow. It is possible for developers to work on a separate development site until code is ready to be shared with a client. The finished code can then be pushed to staging for customer approval. Once the customer signs off, it is possible to push the code live in the WP Engine User […]