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Plugins embody the very core of WordPress. They make WordPress the most flexible and extendible CMS, and they’re (a huge) part of why it’s grown to dominate 25 percent of the Internet. With more than 40,000 free plugins in the WordPress directory alone, which have been downloaded more than a billion times more, plugins allow you to add almost any functionality to your website easily, often times without even knowing a lick of code. This number may seem overwhelming, particularly if you are new to WordPress or just learning to navigate the robust plugin terrain. Torque teamed up with WP Engine to […]

Have you ever wanted to know what the WordPress dashboard looked like in 2006? Now you can go back and review WordPress’s evolution over the years… without a flux capacitor. London WordPress agency, 93digital, created something called the WordPress Time Machine, which looks at the WordPress dashboard and the default theme through the years, starting with version 1.0 “Miles Davis,” all the way up to the most current version, 4.3 “Billie Holiday.” As you can see, WordPress has come a long way since its debut in 2004. WordPress as we know it today didn’t really start to take shape until 2008. […]