Whether you’re switching to Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or changing domain names entirely, it can be a daunting task to use MySQL to try and replace all of the old instances of your domain name. For example, should you search for a reliable plugin, or directly manage the database with software such as phpMyAdmin? There’s actually a third way: you can use the WordPress Command Line Interface (WP-CLI) to change domain names in under a minute within your console. You don’t need to know anything about MySQL, and as long as you’re okay with the idea of using the command line, this is […]
Doc Pop’s News Drop: Automattic closing its San Francisco office?
Doc’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. On episode #101 of The Stack Overflow Podcast, Matt Mullenweg discusses the possibility of shutting down Automattic’s beautiful office in San Francisco. According to this listing, it sounds like the Automattic “Lounge” hit the market on April 8th for about $1,000,000 a year. Love WordPress news but hate reading? This is Doc Pop’s News Drop! On the hunt for a new office in San Francisco? It sounds like Automattic’s office on […]
Q&A with WPMU DEV CEO & Co-Founder James Farmer
Last month we launched our second annual Plugin Madness competition, where we pit 64 plugins against each other. Voted on by the community, this year’s victor was none other than WPMU DEV’s Smush Image Compression. Torque spoke with CEO and Co-founder of WPMU DEV, James Farmer, about his WordPress journey, what he’s learned along the way, and more. Torque: Tell us your WordPress story. How did you first get involved? How was WPMU DEV founded? Farmer: Well, it’s been a long and winding road. There are a couple of ways you can approach it, either a bit more of a regular […]
Everything You Need to Know About Hiring a WordPress Developer
WordPress sites are everywhere these days, but hiring a good developer is challenging. Before you go out and start trying random developers that may or may not work out, read this guide for how to hire the best WordPress developer for your team and decide on the best type of WordPress site for your business. Off-the-shelf vs. Custom build When you are building a WordPress site, you have two different paths you can take: Buy an off the shelf theme from somewhere like themeforest.net Work with a WordPress developer to create a custom theme Off-the-shelf WordPress themes are great for […]
How to Auto-Sync Your Git Repositories to WordPress
Many developers use sites like GitHub, BitBucket, and GitLab to automatically deploy changes to a staging or live website. For most developers, the workflow goes something like this: you develop a theme or a plugin locally and then host it somewhere — for me, it’s usually GitHub. Over the years, GitHub has become one of the popular choices for developers and pushing your projects to its repo has become an integral part of web development. Doing things this way can help you sync it up with a live WordPress installation. Syncing your GitHub repositories with WordPress manually is somewhat tedious because […]

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