Last month, we pit 64 of the most popular WordPress plugins in the repository against each other in a bracket-style competition. This week, Advanced Custom Fields and WooCommerce go head to head in the championship round of Plugin Madness! Go to pluginmadness.com to vote now. The tournament champion will be announced next Tuesday, April 12. You can check Torque this week for competition updates, giveaways, and more. When you vote, remember to tell the world using the hashtag #pluginmadness for a chance to win Torque swag that will keep you looking great!
What’s New In WordPress: 4/4/2016
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]. Plugin Madness: The Semi-Finalists Speak: Tonight is the last night to vote for Plugin Madness Semi-Finals. Read about each of the four remaining plugins here. WordPress Sites Get Hacked, Here Is How To Prevent It: It’s a sad truth, but WordPress sites can get hacked. These are great tips for protecting yourself and your clients. Inline Link Toolbar Added To 4.5: This new update will change how you search for links and find similar posts. REST API Four […]
Everything You Need To Know About WooCommerce
If you have a WordPress eCommerce site, then you’re probably using WooCommerce, the most popular eCommerce plugin. Powering 37 percent of all eCommerce sites, the plugin is so popular that it even warrants its own annual conference. The site boasts the plugin is “the world’s favorite eCommerce solution that gives you complete control to sell anything.” Because the plugin is so robust, it can be challenging to understand and effectively utilize all of its amazing features. In this post, we have compiled a comprehensive digest on WooCommerce, which includes all of our guides and articles related to the eCommerce plugin so […]
Comparing Gulp And Grunt For WordPress Developers
In the world of build scripts, Gulp and Grunt have become quite popular, and each has its own share of proponents, critics, loyalists, and fans. Both Gulp and Grunt serve more or less a similar purpose: both can be used to automate certain tasks, as well as can be extended by means of plugins. Plus, they both rely on Node.js That said, which one beats the other? Obviously, there can’t be a clear winner for this answer, but comparing one with the other, which script fares better and in what aspects? In this article, we attempt to answer this question. Comparing […]
REST API Will Not Be Included WordPress 4.6
This morning, the REST API 2.0 beta 13 was announced. It can be downloaded now from the plugin repository, or GitHub. Some of the biggest changes include that the Content-Disposition header parsing is fixed, and you can use compact links for embedded responses. The full list of changes can be found here. At the bottom of the post, the REST API team wrote a letter addressing the future of the REST API, which has been uncertain since the announcement that the REST API will not be merged with 4.5. The letter begins by saying 2.0 will be released in the […]

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