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What’s New In WordPress: 9/21/2015

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Marie Dodson

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News

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September 21, 2015

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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]. News Highlights The Ultimate Guide to the WordPress REST API: This 64-page ebook provides an in-depth overview on the WordPress REST API. WP-REST API Merge Proposal: Over the weekend, the WP REST API team released a merge proposal, laying out the plan for the inclusion of the WP API in core. WordPress 4.3.1: This security update addresses two cross-site scripting vulnerabilities and a potential privilege escalation. WordCrash.net: WordCrash is similar in concept to Couchsurfing, except it is […]

10 Free And Clean WordPress Themes

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Sufyan bin Uzayr

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Community

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September 21, 2015

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The best part about WordPress is the easy availability of awesome free themes. No matter what type of website you are running, you can get a free theme that is both well coded and well designed. In fact, the official WordPress repository is full of such amazing themes that don’t cost a dime. In this post, I’ll discuss 10 themes that feature clean layout, the right blend of minimalism, and above all, good typography. Now, picking 10 among hundreds is always a tough job, especially because new WordPress themes are released almost every other day; so I limited myself to […]

‘The Ultimate Guide To The WordPress REST API,’ An Ebook By Josh Pollock

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Marie Dodson

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Community, Featured

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September 17, 2015

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Slated for inclusion in 4.4, the WordPress REST API makes development faster and easier by providing a new way to interact with WordPress posts, users, comments, and taxonomies using the popular RESTful API standard — which allows you to create, read, update, and delete the main WordPress objects and provides infrastructure for creating your own custom APIs. The Ultimate Guide To The WordPress REST API is a WP Engine-sponsored ebook, authored by WordPress developer and Torque contributor Josh Pollock, that provides an in-depth overview of website and application development using the WordPress REST API. You can download a free copy […]

5 Simple Tips To Deliver Amazing Customer Support (Or Service)

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Brandon Yanofsky

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Featured

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September 16, 2015

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We’re in the midsts of a revolution. The companies, entrepreneurs, and freelancers who are winning are the ones who deliver exceptional support, service, and experiences. Just look at Uber. They were able to dominate the taxi industry by making it easier, cheaper, and faster to get around town… and being friendlier than most taxi drivers. The same is happening in the freelance industry. Many of my clients came to me because their previous developers delivered horrible support. I recently started a business that is all about delivering support, and I make sure we deliver exceptional customer service across the entire […]

A Google Analytics Tutorial For Beginners And WordPress Users

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Nick Schäferhoff

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Featured

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September 15, 2015

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No matter whether you are running a blog or another kind of website, online success is all about creating a relationship with your audience. However, how do you do that? How do you establish a bond to an anonymous mass of individuals who happen to stop by your website? Luckily, together with the means to build an online presence, technology has also provided us with a way to understand those who visit us there. I am, of course, talking about web analytics. Analytics tools take a lot of the guesswork out of running a website. Without them, we would all […]

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