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Introducing WP BrainWaves

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Marie Dodson

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Community

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April 1, 2014

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WP BrainWaves provides you with the ability to perform basic functions on your WordPress website from virtually anywhere. Through the utilization of a relatively simple Brain Computer Interface (BCI), you can use your brainwaves to communicate directly with your WordPress site. Allowing unprecedented portability and greater control, this plugin is ideal for on-the-go WordPress users of all skill levels. Now available—April 1, 2014. April fools! To celebrate the mischievous occasion, here’s some of the best April Fools’ Day pranks around the web. 1) YouTube Announces Upcoming Viral Video Trends In the spirit of April Fools’ Day, YouTube made an announcement taking credit for every […]

WP RSS Aggregator Review: Do More with RSS Feeds

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Jay Hoffmann

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Featured

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April 1, 2014

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RSS (Rich Site Summary) was invented to make sharing feeds of content from an external site really simple. Still, it can’t be easily done with WordPress right out of the box. And why should it? That’s why we have plugins. Introducing WP RSS Aggregator WP RSS Aggregator was built in order to accommodate this need. The plugin allows you to add any number of RSS feeds to your site, then output them on posts and pages using a shortcode. You can set a limit of how many posts to show for each feed, and then choose which feeds to output […]

AppPresser Represents WordPress at Macworld/iWorld

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Marie Dodson

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March 31, 2014

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Over the weekend, March 27-29, Macworld/iWorld was hosted at Moscone Center in Northern San Francisco, California. Among the Mac-centric festivities was the first-ever 6 About to Break competition. The competition aimed to spotlight the most innovative apps, accessories, software, and utilities uniquely positioned to breakout in the Apple marketplace. 1 out of 5 websites are powered by WordPress. With @apppresser you can easily turn your website into an app #6toBreak #Macworld2014 — Macworld/iWorld (@MacworldExpo) March 28, 2014 Among the 6 finalists was AppPresser—a plugin that allows you to build a mobile app from the ground up using only WordPress. On the first day of […]

Dissecting WordPress: page.php

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Sue Laren

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March 31, 2014

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This is the 3rd in a series of articles discussing the different pieces of WordPress. We’ve already discussed the header.php and the footer.php—but they are only part of the picture. What happens between the two files is the actual content on your WordPress site and pages, and we will now delve into templates: where the header, footer, and content areas are put together. What’s displayed to the end user in their browser is directed by the “template file” being used. WordPress has a hierarchy that determines which template file is used in specific situations, and although it may initially seem confusing, there […]

The Risks of Downloading Plugins from Unofficial Sites

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Marie Dodson

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News

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March 28, 2014

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Yesterday, a post by Denis Sinegubko addressed the dangers of downloading plugins from unofficial sites. Sinegubko explained how “patched” malicious premium plugins work, what they do, and how some websites build their entire business around these stolen plugins. There are people that—due to lack of knowledge—download free plugins from untrusted sites. But, more often than not, people download pirated software to avoid paying the premium costs. While this, quite obviously, leaves them with the benefit of a free premium plugin, their site is nonetheless left vulnerable to a variety of attacks. Sinegubko said: Why would someone spend their time to steal […]

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