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Emily Schiola is the Editor of Torque. She loves good beer, bad movies, and cats.

WP Engine To Host Live Webinar On WP REST API On Nov. 18

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November 11, 2015

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WP Engine is hosting a live webinar on the WordPress REST API on Nov. 18 at 11 a.m. CT, featuring Torque contributor Josh Pollock. Josh Pollock, the owner and developer of CalderaWP, and Anthony Burchell, Operations Engineer at WP Engine, will be discussing everything WP REST API. The webinar will cover topics on why you should care, the timeline for REST API in WordPress Core, and discuss some “practical, useful and possibly wacky use cases.” You can register here! The webinar is geared towards intermediate to advanced developers as things will get a bit technical. To familiarize yourself with the WP REST […]

What’s New In WordPress: 11/9/2015

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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] How Not To Communicate Grievances With WordPress: To keep WordPress working as well as it does, it is important to talk openly about any problems you have with the CMS or the community. However, there is a right and wrong way to bring these issues up. Keeping Sight Of The Problem: Improving WordPress One Solution At A Time: Like anything, WordPress can be overwhelming. Here are some tips on how to break a big problem into smaller […]

WordPress Now Powers 25 Percent Of The Internet

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November 9, 2015

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Yesterday, WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg broke monumental news that WordPress now manages 25 percent of the Internet. Seventy-Five to Go https://t.co/h1dANXtQLs — Matt Mullenweg (@photomatt) November 8, 2015 W3Tech broke down the Internet by popular content management systems, and WordPress far exceeded number two on the list, Joomla, at 2.8 percent. The site also shows WordPress as the fastest growing content management system since Oct. 2015. WordPress appears to be growing significantly and steadily since 2011. In fact, it has grown 1.7 percent since Jan., which is substantial compared to the competition. Mullenweg mentioned in his blog post that these […]

5 Takeaways From Chris Lema’s AMA

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November 5, 2015

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Chris Lema headed this week’s ManageWP AMA. Lema is the CTO and Chief Strategist at Crowd Favorite, public speaker, and voracious blogger. Having authored five ebooks about how to manage an online team, Lema knows a lot about teaching and working on the Internet. There were questions about how to make intelligent hires, why he chose to work with the WordPress community, and as always, the future of WordPress. Here are five takeaways. Hire Smart People Who Are Willing To Learn. While it may seem like common sense, Lema talked about how important it is to hire people who are […]

RESTful WP-CLI Kickstarter Fully Funded In 12 Hours

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November 4, 2015

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Daniel Bachhuber’s Kickstarter went live only two days ago and already it is more than fully funded. Bachhuber, who maintains WP-CLI, says he’s still in shock at just how quickly the project surpassed its $17,500 goal. According to the Kickstarter page, “WP-CLI and the WP REST API offer CRUD interfaces to WordPress, and the functional components for WP-CLI’s internals are duplicated by WP REST API endpoints. By using WP REST API endpoints to power WP-CLI, we can remove a lot of code from WP-CLI.” This means that developers can push and pull posts and other REST API data with only a […]

What’s New In WordPress: 11/2/2015

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November 2, 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] How To Decide What Features In Your Plugin Should Be Free Or Premium: Well-known developers give advice on how to walk the fine line of offering premium features to your current customers and having enough free to entice new ones. What To Expect From WordPress 4.4: You know you’re just as excited about WordPress 4.4 as we are. This article will tied you over for the couple months until the release. WordPress And The GPL, Everything […]

REST API Infrastructure Officially Merged With Core

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October 29, 2015

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Earlier this week, the REST API team announced that it will be merged with core in 4.4, which is slated for release in a few months. The API comes in two parts, infrastructure and endpoints. You can rejoice that the infrastructure is part of core and that the endpoints will be available in the plugin. So what exactly does this mean? For one, everyone can build RESTful APIs much easier, and therefore, makes building custom APIs for your site a breeze. Plugin and theme developers can begin building right now. Start replacing any code you already have including admin-ajax endpoints. The only […]

5 Takeaways From Jason Cohen’s AMA

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October 29, 2015

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ManageWP is at it again, with another influencer AMA. This week featured Jason Cohen, CTO and Founder of WP Engine and creator of A Smart Bear blog. Cohen has more than eight years of experience in the world of WordPress and has great industry insight to share. Many questions revolved around how to create and grow a business, including how to ask for money and the best city to start your company in. Here are five takeaways. At The End Of The Day, The Customer Needs To Come First. WP Engine has grown to more than 300 employees and has offices in […]

What’s New In WordPress: 10/26/2015

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October 26, 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] Where To Get Awesome WordPress Themes: Don’t spend money on a lame theme you’ll want to change a week later. Make the right decision the first time. How To Use Git For WordPress Development: New to Git? Follow this easy beginner tutorial and start your easier life. 7 Methods For Preventing Client Problems Before They Arise: Let’s face it, you’re not going to get along with everyone. Nip client problems in the bud before they become an […]

5 Takeaways From Adii Pienaar’s AMA

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October 22, 2015

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Like Pippin Williamson last week, Adii Pienarr stepped up the mic this week to answer your questions. Pienarr is the co-founder of WooThemes, which was recently acquired by Automattic, and is now working on Receiptful. Pienarr talked about everything from what it’s like to have your company acquired, to how to build your own business multiple times. Here are five takeaways. Failure Comes With Building A Business. No one successful has gotten there without failing along the way, and Pienaar is no exception. Many people asked how to come back from a failure. The first thing Pienaar explained is that […]

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