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‘Stats Of The Word,’ Milestones From 2015 State Of The Word [Infographic]

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Marie Dodson

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December 10, 2015

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Last week at WordCamp US, co-founder of WordPress Matt Mullenweg delivered the annual State of the Word address. Mullenweg highlighted some of the milestones WordPress hit in 2015. These stats demonstrate just how powerful and robust WordPress has become as both a CMS and a community. Here’s a look at the most impressive takeaways! Share this Image On Your Site Please include attribution to Torquemag.io with this graphic. <a href=’https://torquemag.io/matt-mullenwegs-2015-state-of-the-word-address-infographic’><img src=’https://torquemag.io/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/StateOfTheWord-v4-1.png’ alt=’Stats Of The Word’ width=’540px’ border=’0′ /></a> Did you watch this year’s State of the Word? Which stats did you find most impressive?

Kinsta’s Battle Royale: HHVM Vs. PHP 7

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Emily Schiola

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December 10, 2015

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The official stable release of PHP 7 shipped right before the release of WordPress 4.4. Kinsta, a hosting company, ran a test with PHP 5.6, PHP 7, and HHVM and found that HHVM handles the most transactions per second. Though the results leaned in HHVM’s favor, speed isn’t the only factor to consider when choosing a scripting language. After a four-day test, their findings pointed to HHVM as the faster scripting language. The test was run on a bare metal server, and while some details of the test sites were shared, the entry didn’t account for any other plugins or themes running […]

WordPress Custom Post Type, A Tutorial For Beginners

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Nick Schäferhoff

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Community

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December 9, 2015

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WordPress has changed a lot over time. What used to be a pure blogging platform has evolved into a robust and full-fledged content management system that is used by brands, companies, and celebrities worldwide. One of the milestones and breakthroughs of this development was the creation of Custom Post Types (CPT). By default, WordPress comes with a number of standard content types, such as posts, pages, and attachments. Each type has its own set of formatting, settings and other options. However, there are many cases in which these types just aren’t enough. With WordPress running millions of websites, it’s only […]

WordPress 4.4 “Clifford” Now Available

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Marie Dodson

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Community, Featured, News

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December 8, 2015

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WordPress 4.4, nicknamed “Clifford” after American jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown, is now available! It is available for download or you can upgrade directly in your dashboard. Clifford features updates focused on improving the display of content and images, including responsive images, oEmbed for WordPress, and the new Twenty Sixteen default theme. This update also includes the scaffolding of the WP REST API. Twenty Sixteen Theme Twenty Sixteen is a contemporary take on the classic blog layout. It takes a mobile-first and totally responsive approach, and features a flexible header with beautiful default color schemes. Responsive Images WordPress 4.4 takes a responsive […]

5 Reasons To Start A Plugin Business

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Brandon Yanofsky

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Business, Featured

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December 8, 2015

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WordPress plugin businesses are incredible. I’ve seen developers code a plugin over a week, launch on the WordPress Plugin Directory for free, create a premium version, and a few months later, have a thriving business making a sizable income. These “mini tech startups” amaze me. So I decided to analyze them a bit and see just why they are the perfect business to launch…and then tell you why it may not be that easy. 1. They Are Lean Startups Eric Ries coined the term “Lean Startup”, borrowed from principles of lean manufacturing. In short, it is a set of principles […]

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