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Show Your Support with the #TheShowMustBePaused Plugin

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June 2, 2020

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Update on June 4: The plugin is now in the repository. In light of the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, one WordPress developer, Phil Johnston, took it upon himself to make speaking out against racial injustice as easy as possible for WordPress site owners. Johnston created a plugin called The Show Must Be Paused, that will replace your front page with this image: “When I saw the video of George Floyd, it really shook me. I had been aware of of other similar terrible situations that have been happening recently, like  Ahmaud Arbery, and just feeling […]

Torque’s Social Hour: WordPress’s 17th Birthday

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May 27, 2020

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Continuing our weekly series of live conversations, we hope you enjoy this week’s episode of Torque’s Social Hour. In this week’s episode we talk with Anthony Burchell and Chris Garret about WordPress’s 17th birthday, running WP on a Commodore 64, and Summit 2020. Doc also did a live rendition of the #WordPressStrong song. Be sure to catch next week’s episode live by subscribing here.

Torque’s Social Hour: May 20th with the organizers of WCEU

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May 21, 2020

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Continuing our weekly series of live conversations, we hope you enjoy this week’s episode of Torque’s Social Hour. In this week’s episode we talk with Rocío Valdivia & Bernhard Kau, the two global leads of WordCamp 2020. The video had a few technical difficulties, but it’s well worth listening to! What a fun episode. Be sure to catch next week’s episode live by subscribing here.

Torque’s Social Hour: May 13th with Ricky Blacker

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May 14, 2020

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Continuing our weekly series of live conversations, we hope you enjoy this week’s episode of Torque’s Social Hour. This week’s video features Ricky Blacker, a WordPress evangelist and pre-sales engineer at WP Engine. Ricky is deeply involved with the WordPress community in Australia and tells us about what makes it so unique. Be sure to catch next week’s episode live by subscribing here.

9 Ways to Take Care of Your Mental Health During the Coronavirus Lockdown

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May 13, 2020

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Preserving your sanity during the coronavirus lockdown poses a challenge for many people. Staying inside for a prolonged amount of time can take a toll on your mental health. And why wouldn’t it? It has all the ingredients for that: Social isolation and lack of person-to-person interaction Loss of structure and routine Lack of exercise, sunshine, and basic necessities High levels of uncertainty about the present and future Access to doom-and-gloom news feeds and lots of time to read them I could go on but you get the picture. If you want to get through this and come out on […]

Torque’s Social Hour: May 6th with Kathy Zant from Wordfence

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May 6, 2020

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Continuing our weekly series of live conversations, we hope you enjoy this week’s episode of Torque’s Social Hour. This week we talked with Kathy Zant, from Wordfence, about a recent uptick in WordPress site attacks, Wordfence’s documentary premiere at WCUS, and Doc tells some terrible puns. Be sure to catch next week’s episode live by subscribing here.

Torque’s Social Hour: April 22nd with Justin Channell

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April 24, 2020

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Continuing our weekly series of live conversations, we hope you enjoy this week’s episode of Torque’s Social Hour. In this week’s episode we talk with Justin Channell, from Sucuri, about security trends in 2020 and how to keep your WordPress page secure. Be sure to catch next week’s episode live by subscribing here. Our special guest will be John James Jacoby!

Torque’s Social Hour: April 15th with Chris Garret

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April 16, 2020

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Continuing our weekly series of live conversations, we hope you enjoy this week’s episode of Torque’s Social Hour. In this week’s episode we talk about our predictions for WordPress in 2020 and our special guest, Chris Garrett, tells us about how he is using headless WordPress to connect his Commodore 64 to the internet. Be sure to catch next week’s episode live by subscribing here. Our special guest will be Justin Channell from Sucuri!

Elementor Wins Plugin Madness 2020

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April 13, 2020

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After another hard-fought battle, Elementor has gone on to win Torque’s Plugin Madness competition for the second year in a row. Elementor beat out big contenders such as WordFence, former winner Advanced Custom Fields, WooCommerce, and finally, Custom Post Types UI to remain the champion. Elementor is a free page builder that was created to help designers and developers create anything on WordPress without restrictions. The plugin gives you the power to design on the frontend with real-time results. It allows you to spin up beautiful and functional sites quickly and efficiently. Thank you so much to everyone who nominated […]

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