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Top 11 Things You Need To Start A Career As A WordPress Professional

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Brenda Barron

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Beginners, Business

Published

May 25, 2016

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If you’re planning to build your future career as a developer on the WordPress platform, you’re making a smart choice. WordPress powers almost 26% of the entire web, and enjoys a 50-60% market share among all CMS platforms. And those numbers aren’t likely to go south any time soon, so it’s safe to say WordPress is only going to increase in popularity from here on out. That’s a lot of potential clients and gigs for developers with the right combination of skills, traits, and tools. And that’s exactly what this article is about: the eleven tools, essential skills, and specific […]

WordPress.org Rolls Out New Theme Tags

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Emily Schiola

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News

Published

May 24, 2016

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WordPress.org today is starting to roll out new and updated theme tags, which will make it easier for users to filter themes. The idea for the overhaul comes from the Theme Directory survey conducted last year. “One of the things that the team believed to be low-hanging fruit was an overhaul of the theme tags system to something a bit more modern and useful for today’s WordPress users,” the announcement said. You can go to the theme page now to see a draft of the included tags. If you are a theme author, now is the time to start updating those […]

WP Engine Launches ‘Page Performance,’ A Data-Driven Site Optimization Tool

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Marie Dodson

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Community, News

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May 24, 2016

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WP Engine today launched Page Performance, a new tool that delivers data and actionable recommendations to help its customers improve the speed and performance of their websites. Starting today, Page Performance is available to all WP Engine customers at no additional cost. The new data-driven speed and performance tool is built into the WP Engine User Portal, making it easy for customers to generate performance reports for any webpage, regardless of what type of website it is or where it is hosted. “Page Performance runs a battery of tests to measure how your pages perform,” the blog post said. “From there, it delivers a […]

6 Tools That Make WordPress Migrations A Breeze

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Brandon Yanofsky

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Featured

Published

May 24, 2016

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Migrating WordPress from one host to another used to be such a hassle. Broken databases, missing files, and long wait times made it one of my least favorite things to do. Until I discovered plugins and tools that made migration joyfully easy. Here is a list of my favorite migration tools. Not only have I included descriptions about each, but which tool is best for what kind of user. If you don’t see your favorite migration tool below, please include it in a comment at the end. 1. All-in-One WP Migration Not only is this plugin easy to use, but it […]

What’s New In WordPress: 5/23/2016

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Emily Schiola

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News

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May 23, 2016

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Have a news tip or an upcoming event you’d like to see in our weekly ‘What’s New In WordPress’ roundup? Write us at [email protected]. Happy First Birthday, Woomattic: A year ago Automattic acquired WooThemes and the company has made great strides ever since. Is It Dangerous To Clone A WordPress Site?: Duplicating a WordPress site can make your work easier, but is it a safe thing to do? Registrars Can Sign Up To Sell .blog Domain: Now you can own the .blog domain. Sign up here to get updates on progress. WordPress Forums Upgrade: The WordPress team is working to make […]

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