WordPress is an incredibly powerful platform that can power anything from a personal blog or portfolio to an enterprise site. One of the things that makes this possible is plugins. You can customize your site any way you want with a free plugin. If you’re interested in creating an educational website to sell courses online, these plugins will provide you with everything you need. These plugins offer a new way of teaching. Teachers can send assignments to their students, ask for homework, and share grades all on one website. All of them are free and have been updated within the […]
What’s Next for WordPress: Why the Future is Great with Gutenberg
This article is a part of series of articles about Gutenberg development for WordPress developers. Back in the day when Custom Post types had just been merged in core, in WordPress 3.0, I used to think about how innovative the WordPress 5.0 release would be. Not long ago, I started calling it the Next WordPress. Well, fast-forward to 2018 and we have an expected date of release for WordPress 5.0. In the State of The Word, 2017, Matt Mullenweg announced the focus of next year’s WordPress development, the Gutenberg project. Gutenberg is the new and exciting project set to join WordPress Core […]
Improving WordPress Product Support
My entry into the WordPress world started with support. It’s not an uncommon path to being a WordPress developer. Starting with support is a great way to learn development. But it’s also a great way to learn about your product by talking with the people who use it. Personally, I’ve always approached that process more conversationally then in a data-driven fashion. Talking to people is a great way to find out what they think, but it doesn’t scale. Early next year my friend Matt Cromwell, Head of Support and Community Outreach for GiveWP.com and WordImpress.com will be leading a webinar […]
Gutenberg and WordPress in 2018: An Interview With Adam Warner
Gutenberg was the biggest WordPress news in 2017. Matt Mullenweg announced and strongly backs the project that is looking like it could change the landscape of the CMS. Because we still don’t have an official release date, there is still a lot of speculation surrounding the project. Could it make WordPress even more competitive than it already is? We spoke to Adam Warner, Open Source Community Manager at Sitelock, about where he thinks Gutenberg and WordPress will be in the new year. WordPress Will Continue to Dominate WordPress can scale large enough to power an enterprise site and still support […]
Torque Toons: Supply Chain Attack
After reading Wordfence’s great articles about the rise of “supply chain attacks” in WordPress plugins, I’ve decided to try using the term as often as possible in everyday conversation.

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