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Things to Keep in Mind While Picking Your Maiden WordPress Theme

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February 8, 2017

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Your theme sets the tone for not only your website but your business as well. Zeroing in on one theme from so many out there isn’t an easy task, trust me. There are thousands of free themes out there with more being added every day, and that can be overwhelming. These tips will help make the theme repository more accessible and will lead to a beautiful theme. Premium Themes Are Worth It The first thing you need to consider is whether you’re going to go with a free or premium theme. According to LinkedIn, the total number of themes downloaded from WordPress […]

Introduction To VueJS With The WordPress REST API

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February 7, 2017

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I’ve covered using the WordPress REST API with AngularJS in the past for Torque because I like it and have used it quite a bit. However, I have been using Laravel a lot lately, and the Laravel ecosystem has embraced VueJS as the front-end framework. That encouraged me to try it out and I’ve been impressed by its simplicity. My first real experience using VueJS was for the Caldera Forms front-end entry viewer. I had been experimenting with new ways of handling UI and I found VueJS to be the fastest to learn and loved the results. In this article, I’m going […]

Nominations For 2017 Plugin Madness Now Open

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February 7, 2017

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WordPressers, get ready. We’re back this year for Torque’s 2017 Plugin Madness, where 64 WordPress plugins will compete against each other for total plugin domination! Based on feedback we heard last year, this year we are doing things a bit differently. We want you to nominate your favorite WordPress plugins for the chance to compete in this year’s plugin madness. Now through February 28, go to torquemag.io/pluginmadness to nominate your favorite WordPress plugins. In March-Madness style, we’ve identified four regions — marketing, maintenance, optimization, and editorial. Plugins must meet the follow criteria to be considered: Must be listed in the official […]

Doc Pop’s News Drop: Day Of REST Diversity Scholarship

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February 6, 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. This week we talk about A Day Of REST Boston’s new diversity scholarship, the corporate sponsored workshops at WordCamp Europe, and our new WordPress word search puzzle.

How to Speed Up Your WordPress Development With WP-CLI

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February 6, 2017

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WordPress features an intuitive Graphical User Interface (GUI) that enables users to develop their sites with ease. However, putting ease of use first sometimes results in less than ideal efficiency, and WordPress falls into that trap in some aspects. Working with the WordPress Command Line Interface (WP-CLI) tool will enable you to tackle administrative tasks more efficiently. For instance, if you wanted to create a child theme manually, you’d need to go through several steps. Using WP-CLI, you can get it done with a single command. In this post, we’ll discuss some of the different ways you can use WP-CLI to speed up WordPress development, […]

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