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WordPress Vs. Tumblr – Which One Is Right For You?

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November 10, 2016

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WordPress isn’t the only free publishing platform out there. By now, anyone who wants to start publishing online has many different platforms to choose from. In the past, we have already looked into how Medium and Joomla compare to the WordPress platform. It’s about time we turned to another competitor: Tumblr. The WordPress vs Tumblr duel is an interesting one. Not only is Tumblr one of the most popular publishing platforms out there, at WordCamp Europe 2016, Matt Mullenweg also called it the most serious competitor to WordPress of the last five years. For that and other reasons, we will talk about […]

4 Online WordPress Conferences To Attend From Your Couch

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November 9, 2016

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Attending WordPress events is a huge part of joining the community. It allows you to meet the folks you interact with online in face-to-face setting and you always learn a lot. That said,  due to geography, cost, and other barriers it isn’t always feasible. However, you can still experience the camaraderie and education of a WordPress meetup with online conferences. Online conferences allow you to join a meetup from the comfort of your home, providing access to the same great speakers and sessions streaming online. Here are our four favorite online conferences coming up in the next few months. WordPress Translation Day WordPress is extremely […]

44 of the Best SEO Tools and SEO WordPress Plugins of 2016

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November 8, 2016

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Search engine optimization is a complex topic involving many different disciplines. No wonder we have written extensively on this topic before, for example here, here, here and here. Especially website owners who take care of SEO themselves can use all the help they can get and do well using all the tools at their disposal. Last year we already looked at the best SEO tools and WordPress plugins for 2015 and now it’s time for an update. For that reason, below we will have a look at some of the most useful SEO utilities 2016 that will help you make […]

Singletons In WordPress: Good Or Evil?

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November 8, 2016

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Whenever object-oriented PHP is discussed in terms of WordPress development the subject of singletons often comes up. In fact, I’ve covered them twice here on Torque. In my article on design patterns and then with Carl Alexander in my article on leveling up as a PHP developer. The singleton pattern is used in the design of a class to make it so only one single instance of that class will ever exist. Some people believe that singletons are bad or are an anti-pattern. I disagree. While I am suspicious of singletons and think they are way over-used in WordPress development […]

How WordCamp Denver Connected The Community

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November 8, 2016

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Last weekend, WordPressers met at the SpringHill Suites Denver Downtown Auraria Campus Hotel & Hospitality Learning Center in the Mile High City for WordCamp Denver. It was two days chock full of networking, speakers, and cider. The organizers did a great job of adding new elements to the “typical” WordCamp format. There was a lot of audience/speaker interaction, and even more time than usual for networking. Town Hall Sessions Alongside sessions, WordCamp Denver also featured five Town Hall sessions. The casual format allowed attendees to comfortably ask questions to experts. Each session was centered around a specific topic and featured subject-matter […]

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