In just 13 years, WordPress has evolved from a blogging service into a full-service platform that companies like The New York Times and Wired trust with their websites. Like all open-source software, the beating heart of WordPress is the community. Without it, it certainly wouldn’t be where it is today. Today we highlight three different WordPress stories that show exactly how the CMS is changing lives. Tom Ewer Tom Ewer is the Editor-in-Chief and Founder of WordCandy, an online publishing agency that specializes in producing content for WordPress businesses. Ewer first started writing about WordPress back May 2011 on his blog, […]
13 Years Of WordPress
WordPress launched 13 years ago today. That’s 13 years of blogs, businesses, and community. The CMS has dramatically evolved over the years and is currently used by more than 25 percent of the entire internet. Needless to say, WordPress has come a long way since Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little teamed up to make blogging easier. We certainly wouldn’t be here without it. Let’s look back at 13 of the biggest WordPress milestones over the last 13 years. 2003 — WordPress Was Released There couldn’t be any milestones without the biggest. Thirteen years ago today WordPress officially launched when Mullenweg and Little […]
5 Best Plugins For Regulating Comments
If you run a WordPress blog, then you understand the importance of comments. The comment section of a blog is a great place for readers to engage with one another and build community. Fortunately, WordPress has five plugins make it easy to moderate your comment section. wpDiscuz Named on their site as “the best alternative to Disqus,” wpDiscuz has more than 10,000 active installs. It can support millions of comments per site, so you don’t have to worry about keeping your conversations to a minimum. Feel free to talk away. If people comment on your post, they can choose to be […]
WordCamp Europe Free Live Stream Tickets Available Now
WordCamp Europe organizer Petya Raykovska today announced a free live stream option for WordCamp Europe. Space is limited though so reserve your spot today. WCEU is one of the most anticipated WordCamps, with the first 1700 tickets to the event selling out six months in advance, prompting organizers to seek a larger venue. Now, with a new capacity of 2200, and tickets to the event almost sold out, WordCamp Europe is slated to be the largest WordCamp to date. Due to the limited venue space, not to mention the other barriers — like visas, costs, and travel — not everyone is fortunate enough to […]
Sucuri Report: Outdated Plugins Leading Cause Of WordPress Site Hacks
Three plugins were responsible for 25 percent of all WordPress hacks discovered in the first quarter, Sucuri said in its recently released report on post-hack actions by attackers. According to the report, outdated versions of RevSlider, GravityForms plugins, and TimThumb Script were the leading cause of WordPress site hacks and exploits. RevSlider accounted for the majority of vulnerabilities caused by the top three outdated plugins, which could in part be because it’s bundled within themes and other frameworks. “The biggest challenge with RevSlider however, is that it’s embedded within Themes and Frameworks and some website owners are unaware they have it installed until it has […]

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