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Calling All Developers: DE{CODE} 2022 Registration Open Now

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Emily Schiola

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March 11, 2022

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Springtime is a great time for refreshing your skillset and finding new ways to improve your development workflow. If you’re looking for some inspiration, DE{CODE} 2022, WP Engine’s all-virtual conference for developers, is just around the corner. Free registration is now open for the event, which will cover key topics including eCommerce, headless WordPress, managed WordPress hosting, and the builder experience. Live in Australia, London, or Toronto? No problem! DE{CODE}2022 will also feature the same insightful content across three regions on April 20-21st, depending on your time zone: Australia: 20th April 2022 10 am – 4 pm AEST North America: […]

Press This: Sleep Well. Lockdown Your WordPress Builds Today with Rob Cairns

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Emily Schiola

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March 8, 2022

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Welcome to Press This, the WordPress community podcast from WMR. Here host David Vogelpohl sits down with guests from around the community to talk about the biggest issues facing WordPress developers. The following is a transcription of the original recording. Powered by RedCircle David Vogelpohl: Hello everyone and welcome to Press This the WordPress community podcasts on WMR. This is your host, David Vogelpohl, I support the WordPress community through my role at WP Engine, and I love to bring the best of the community to you hear every week on press this as a reminder, you can find me on […]

CSS Box Shadow Tutorial: A Step-By-Step Guide (+ Examples)

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Nick Schäferhoff

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Development

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March 8, 2022

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Why does the box-shadow CSS property deserve its own tutorial? Because, as you will see below, it is one of the more complex properties that takes a number of values at the same time. This might make especially challenging for beginners. If so far you have struggled with using box-shadow properly, you have come to the right place. In the guide below, we will go over everything there is to know about this CSS property. We will talk about what it does, how to use its syntax correctly, some cool CSS box-shadow examples, and finally some generator tools that make […]

Voting for Torque’s 2022 Plugin Madness Now Open

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Emily Schiola

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Community

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March 6, 2022

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Have a plugin that you can’t live without? Something that makes your daily life easier? Show it some love! Voting for Torque’s 2022 Plugin Madness is now open. In its seventh year, this bracket-style competition pits the best plugins from around the community against each other. You nominated over 300 plugins and we narrowed them down to an impressive lineup of 64 strong competitors. Voting starts Monday of each week and goes until we crown the winner. Plugins are sorted into four categories, Optimization, Maintenance, eCommerce, and Marketing. Each one is free and in the WordPress plugin repository. This year the competition […]

An Introduction to WooCommerce Payments (And Who Should Use It)

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Will Morris

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Business

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March 4, 2022

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From checkout page designs to digital wallets, choosing the payment structure for your eCommerce business can be challenging. The good news is that WooCommerce Payments offers a simplified solution. However, you might be wondering how it works and if it will meet your online store’s unique needs. Fortunately, with a little preparation, you can easily decide if WooCommerce Payments is the right choice for you. After exploring some of its key features and unique add-on structure, you’ll be able to make an informed decision. In this post, we’ll learn how WooCommerce Payments works. Then we’ll review its benefits and who […]

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