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13 Years Of WordPress

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May 27, 2016

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WordPress launched 13 years ago today. That’s 13 years of blogs, businesses, and community. The CMS has dramatically evolved over the years and is currently used by more than 25 percent of the entire internet. Needless to say, WordPress has come a long way since Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little teamed up to make blogging easier. We certainly wouldn’t be here without it. Let’s look back at 13 of the biggest WordPress milestones over the last 13 years. 2003 — WordPress Was Released There couldn’t be any milestones without the biggest. Thirteen years ago today WordPress officially launched when Mullenweg and Little […]

5 Best Plugins For Regulating Comments

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May 26, 2016

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If you run a WordPress blog, then you understand the importance of comments. The comment section of a blog is a great place for readers to engage with one another and build community. Fortunately, WordPress has five plugins make it easy to moderate your comment section. wpDiscuz Named on their site as “the best alternative to Disqus,” wpDiscuz has more than 10,000 active installs. It can support millions of comments per site, so you don’t have to worry about keeping your conversations to a minimum. Feel free to talk away. If people comment on your post, they can choose to be […]

WP Engine Launches ‘Page Performance,’ A Data-Driven Site Optimization Tool

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May 24, 2016

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WP Engine today launched Page Performance, a new tool that delivers data and actionable recommendations to help its customers improve the speed and performance of their websites. Starting today, Page Performance is available to all WP Engine customers at no additional cost. The new data-driven speed and performance tool is built into the WP Engine User Portal, making it easy for customers to generate performance reports for any webpage, regardless of what type of website it is or where it is hosted.  “Page Performance runs a battery of tests to measure how your pages perform,” the blog post said. “From there, it delivers a […]

WooMattic’s Future: True Ecommerce Democratization

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May 19, 2016

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Since day one, WordPress co-founder and CEO of Automattic Matt Mullenweg’s mission for WordPress has been the democratization of publishing. And when Automattic last May acquired WooThemes, makers of WooCommerce, the popular ecommerce plugin, Mullenweg shared an idea to create a solution where it’s as easy publish stores online as WordPress has made it to publish websites. WordPress Democratizes Publishing Democratizing publishing is ambitious, and it’s something that WordPress achieves with grace. Users can easily spin up a free site on Automattic’s WordPress.com or for a low cost by signing up with a WordPress host. With thousands of free plugins to choose from, […]

Registrars Can Sign Up Now To Sell .blog TLD

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May 19, 2016

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Registrars can now sign up on nic.blog for the rights to sell the .blog top-level domain. According to nic.blog, registrars can also sign up to receive more information on the timeline, implementation details, and more. Pricing for the new gTLD will be standard for top-level domains and will also include premium options for higher-value names. “Pricing will be in the standard range for new gTLDs, with premium names available in several tiers,” the site said. “High margins for registrars will be guaranteed by an incentive model, rewarding sales above a certain baseline. Final terms will be published in the coming weeks.” While […]

Clean Up Your Site With ‘Spring Cleaning Tips For WordPress Site Optimization’ [Ebook]

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May 18, 2016

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The reality is that, over time, your WordPress site can become bloated and bogged down by unused or unnecessary plugins, broken links, comment spam, and more. That’s why it’s important to intermittently optimize your site to keep it running fast and smooth. Spring Cleaning Tips For WordPress Site Optimization walks through how to clean up and declutter your WordPress website. Download Spring Cleaning Tips For WordPress Site Optimization In this free ebook, Torque contributor Nick Schäferhoff provides tips on how to optimize your WordPress sites, including, Scanning for malware and changing passwords deleting unused plugins and themes removing old post and page drafts cleaning and […]

5 Takeaways From ManageWP’s AMA With Troy Dean

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May 16, 2016

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A new week, a new ManageWP AMA. This time with Troy Dean of WP Elevation. Dean began as a WordPress consultant, helping people grow their businesses. As the co-founder of Video and User Manuals as well as WP Elevation, Dean knows a thing or two about running a WordPress business. He now manages a membership community of over 350 business owners. Dean hails from Australia and works as a professional singer, guitar player, and voice-over artist in his spare time. People stopped by to ask about running an online business, public speaking, and how to get paid as a WordPresser. […]

WordPress.org Updates Hosting Recommendations

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May 13, 2016

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WordPress.org updated the hosting recommendations on their site, a revamp that has been in motion for nearly a year. DreamHost, SiteGround, and Flywheel have joined Bluehost as recommended hosting providers on WordPress.org/hosting. There are, however, some notable omissions from the lineup, like popular hosting providers WP Engine, Pagely, and more. The WordPress.org team last year announced that they were starting from scratch with the hosting page, and subsequently released a 40-question survey asking hosts various questions about their technology, customers, and more. On the hosting page, WordPress.org notes that the list is “completely arbitrary,” but hosts must meet a certain criteria to be listed. The […]

Modern Tribe Sponsors WPCampus And Higher Education

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May 11, 2016

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Last week, it was announced that Modern Tribe will sponsor WPCampus. “Modern Tribe has been an active supporter of the WPCampus community and we are proud to have them as one of our Vice-President sponsors for this year’s conference,” the announcement said. But that isn’t the beginning of the company’s involvement in higher education. CEO of Modern Tribe, Shane Pearlman talked to Torque about higher education and WordPress. “Any time we have the opportunity to engage with bright people solving similar problems to the ones we consistently run into, it catches our attention,” Pearlman said. “Out of that community a number […]

Automattic Wages War On ‘Woo’ Domain Names

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May 11, 2016

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“Automattic is actively asking businesses having the word ‘woo’ in their domain name to change the domain name,” WP Mayor wrote Monday in a blog post. The first known site to bow to the pressure is WooGPL, a WooCommerce plugin and extension company. WooGPL owner Billy Ablett announced in March that he will close up shop in June in an effort to “keep the peace.” Automattic contacted Ablett and claimed his use of the word “Woo” constituted trademark infringement, the announcement stated. WooGPL’s announcement points out that the company has been operating for two years and Automattic’s trademark on Woo began in October 2015, roughly five months after Automattic acquired […]

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