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The Future Of The REST API: An Interview With Daniel Bachhuber

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Emily Schiola

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January 20, 2016

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A Day of REST, the developer conference on the WP REST API, is next week. It features speakers that contributed to the API directly and some who put it into practice. It is the ultimate place to hone your skills as a developer and learn a lot about the REST API and how to use it. Daniel Bachhuber contributed 128 hours to the project and knows a thing or two about how it began and what the future holds. The Beginning Of The REST API Bachhuber joined the project in Aug. 2014 at Contributor’s Day at WordCamp NYC, where he, Joe […]

What’s New In WordPress: 1/18/2016

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Emily Schiola

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January 18, 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]. 5 Niche Conferences You Can’t Miss In 2016: WordCamps are a great way to meet people, but there are even smaller conferences out there that are just as fun and perfect for networking. See if any of these are right for you. How To Prevent Image Hotlinking in WordPress: Hotlinking is an annoying issue but many times the people who are doing it don’t know it’s wrong. How To Move Your Site Correctly From WordPress.com To A […]

Lessons From The Rise of WordPress

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Sufyan bin Uzayr

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January 18, 2016

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Today, WordPress is the world’s most popular Content Management System, and is used by millions of websites. Supporting the likes of MTV, UPS and Blackberry, WordPress indeed is a global phenomenon, and its popularity on the internet is unparalleled and unmatched. However, even though today WordPress is the best in its league in terms of popularity, it had humble beginnings and it was once just a modest blogging tool. In fact, the success story of WordPress is like no other. So, what lessons can one learn from the monumental rise of WordPress in a short span of a little over a decade? […]

Human Made Releases Free White Paper On REST API

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Emily Schiola

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January 15, 2016

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Just a few weeks before A Day of REST, yesterday organizers of the conference Human Made released a white paper, Talking to 25 Percent of the Web, which takes an in-depth look at the REST API. The paper was written by Tom Wilmot, CEO of Human Made, and Joe Hoyle, CTO Human Made in collaboration with Ryan McCue, co-lead of the WP REST API development team, WP REST API developer Daniel Bachhuber, and writer Siobhan McKeown. It covers everything from what the API is, to how it will change WordPress, to potential future challenges by applying knowledge that Human Made has gained […]

How Being Like Jessica Jones Can Help Your Online WordPress Business

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Brenda Barron

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January 15, 2016

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When it comes to business advice, a lot of it is pretty generic. “Don’t air your dirty laundry on social media” is one I hear all the time. Another is “always use professional language.” Now, this is typically good advice to follow but there are times when generalizations like these can actually hurt your business. When you think about it, there are tons of examples of businesses that don’t follow this advice at all. In fact, they scoff in the face of it and shout a hearty expletive, to boot. A great way to frame this idea is to think […]

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