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Become a Better WordPress Developer with these Local Development Plugins

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Ahmad Awais

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March 29, 2017

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Workflow is an important part of any WordPress developer’s job. However, some people can get stuck in the way they’ve always done things, and that can be very limiting. Some developers employ what’s called Cowboy Coding. Cowboy coding is an undisciplined approach to software development that gives programmers complete control over the development process. In this context, cowboy is a synonym for maverick — a loner who does things his own way. While that’s the official definition, this is how I define it: Non-agile No design No testing No requirements Unmaintainable code No feedback from users No schedule or deadlines No […]

Approaches To Using CDNs For Performance Optimization On WordPress Sites

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Josh Pollock

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March 28, 2017

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Performance optimization isn’t easy. There are a lot of possibilities out there and each one needs to be tested before deciding which is best. For example, while working on one of the two sites I discuss in this article, I tried out Redis as an object cache. Typically this is a good option, but it slowed down some of my pages, caused problems in others, and exhausted the memory. In this article, I want to discuss WordPress performance optimization, mainly in terms of CDN based on some recent experience of mine. This isn’t a definitive guide to optimization or a […]

How to Set Up Live Chat in WordPress (In 4 Simple Steps)

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John Hughes

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March 27, 2017

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Live chat often seems like a feature only huge commercial websites employ. After all, it probably isn’t easy to set up – and staying on top of support queries would take up too much time, right? Fortunately, neither of those statements has to be true. WordPress makes it simple to set up a live chat solution thanks to its plugin system, and once that’s done you won’t need to stay online 24/7 to help your visitors, either. As long as you make yourself available whenever you have the time, you’ll be able to prevent queries from piling up and astound your customers to […]

Doc Pop’s News Drop: Sucuri gets acquired by GoDaddy

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Doc Pop

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March 27, 2017

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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. Everyone is talking about GoDaddy’s newest acquisition, Sucuri Security, including us. This week we talk about that and Mike Little’s new role over at Human Made. If you haven’t seen it before, be sure to check out our brief history of GoDaddy acquisitions video. Love WordPress news, but hate reading? This is Doc Pop’s News Drop. GoDaddy has been chomping up many WordPress companies in the last few years, but it […]

How WordPress Is Powering The Future: Case Study

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Augustin Prot

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March 24, 2017

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Every year thousands of tech companies descend upon Las Vegas for CES to celebrate all things tech. Established companies present their latest products, and startups have the opportunity to reach more people. Participants and attendees include auto manufacturers, newborn startups, investors, specialized media, tech aficionados, and more. Two months ago, 180,000 attendees from over 100 different countries gathered to share projects. My country, France boasted the second-highest attendance numbers after America. That is due in part to the fact that France just opened the biggest startup accelerator of the world: Station F in a former train station facility (more info here in this article […]

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