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Although WordCamp US was full of hope for the future of the platform, it wasn’t without conflict. The night before the conference began, Pantheon’s $100,000 sponsorship was pulled leaving the company without a booth. The decision was made after attendees were greeted by Pantheon logos in the official WordPress US hotel, the Downtown Sheraton. Both the concierge desk and elevators were covered with Pantheon marketing materials. This kind of marketing isn’t unusual in the world of commercial conferences. Sponsors of E3 and Dreamforce put up billboards and ads on buses. However, WordPress and WordCamps are inherently different and the community operates […]

Anyone who is serious about their website wants to rank high in search engines. It’s the reason we publish a lot of SEO articles here on Torque. To achieve this, two factors are most important: relevance and authority. You can demonstrate them to search engines by writing content for both users and search engines as well as getting your technical SEO up to snuff. Using the right keywords doesn’t hurt either. For human visitors, the relevance of your content is especially important. That’s why in this article we want to talk about an underused way to increase it: Schema markup. If […]

As promised in the State of the Word, WordPress 4.7 dropped yesterday. The update, named after American Jazz Singer Sarah “Sassy” Vaughan, features a new default theme, the REST API content endpoints, and more. TwentySeventeen The newest default theme is designed specifically for businesses. The idea is for anyone with a business to be able to plug content in and go. It is easy to make this theme look good without much knowledge of code or design. REST API Content Endpoints The fate of the REST API has been in question since it was rejected from a merge in 4.5 and then […]

Starting a news site can be a great way to reach a new fan base and bring a lot of information to a large group of people. WordPress is the perfect place to host that site. We’ll take you through how to set up your site. Starting a news site with WordPress begins with installing it on a server capable of handling the high levels of traffic news sites tend to receive. If you’re starting with a small budget, use a shared hosting server from a reliable host such as SiteGround, InMotion Hosting, or A2 Hosting. If you plan on growing quickly […]

WordCamp US 2016 took place over the weekend in the heart of Philadelphia. Let’s look back at the Twitter highlights from day two of the event. [View the story “WordCamp US 2016: Day 2 In Tweets ” on Storify] Check out our recap of day 1 in tweets here!

After two full days of talks, parties, and networking, WordCampers lined up to fill the massive room at the top of the conference center. It was Matt Mullenweg’s 10th annual State of the Word address, in which we learn about the last year in WordPress and what’s to come. Mullenweg began by thanking the city of Philadelphia, sponsors, the 200 volunteers, and organizers saying, “this has been the smoothest WordCamp ever.” WordPress Meetups This year was huge for WordPress events. There were 115 total WordCamps in 41 countries, with 36,000 tickets sold. 750 organizer worked on those camps and 2,056 […]

I joined the WordPress community four and a half years ago and have since had the privilege to watch it grow. I just wrapped up my talk  at WordCamp US on how to make friends offline and grow your professional relationships in real life. Although the CMS has grown in popularity, now powering 27 percent of the internet, the tight-knit nature of the community hasn’t changed. People are always willing to answer questions, give business advice, or just chat. Meeting new people can be daunting. It can feel weird to walk up to a stranger and put yourself out there. […]