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Q&A with Wired.com’s Jake Spurlock

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March 19, 2015

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Originally launched in 1994 as “Hotwired,” Wired.com has grown into a family of successful blogs that reports on current and future trends in technology. Early this month, Wired announced their first major site overhaul in 8 years. We were fortunate enough to talk with Jake Spurlock, one of the software engineers on the project, about what it was like to migrate 17 active blogs to one single WordPress install. Here’s what he had to say: Torque: First off, can you tell us a little bit about what you do at Wired?? Jake Spurlock: I’m a software engineer at Condé Nast, a “premier […]

Stronger together, learning from WordPress security vulnerabilities

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March 18, 2015

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Last week two very popular plugins, WooCommerce and WordPress SEO, identified, fixed, and disclosed security issues. The details of these vulnerabilities are now publicly available, which allows other developers to learn from their mistakes. In a previous article for Torque, I discussed the importance of responsibly disclosing security issues. To get a better understanding of this in relation to the recent vulnerabilities I reached out to James Golovich, a WordPress developer who recently discovered security issues in WP All Import, Easy Digital Downloads, and IgnitionDeck as well as several other plugins and themes, which he details on his highly informative blog. […]

Plugged in: adding forum functionality with bbPress

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March 17, 2015

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“Plugged in” is a reoccurring feature on Torque that aims to take a closer look at different plugins each week. If you have any suggestions for plugins you’d like to see reviewed, write us at [email protected]. Looking to build real, long-term success for your website? Then you need to cultivate a core of highly engaged, loyal followers. Remember: it’s not your one-off visitors that lay sustainable foundations for your website, but your biggest fans. These are the people who visit regularly, buy your stuff, and spread the word on social media. So how do you build this loyal following? Great content is, […]

Which WordPress management software should you use?

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March 16, 2015

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Managing multiple WordPress sites is a hassle. There are the regular maintenance tasks you need to take care of, such as updates, backups, and security, in addition to publishing content and moderating comments. The difficult way to manage your sites would be to log in to each site’s dashboard and handle these tasks one at a time. But it is time consuming. That’s why it’s important to use WordPress management software. It makes the task of managing and maintaining multiple WordPress sites simple and fast. Here are 6 of the best WordPress management software currently available. 1. ManageWP ManageWP contains the basic […]

An in-depth guide on how to integrate Mailchimp into WordPress

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March 13, 2015

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We have all heard it before: “The money is in the list.” Building a thriving list of email subscribers is one of the cornerstones of a successful website. Despite being a slightly older form of digital communication, it remains one of the most important ways of staying in touch with your audience. Forking over your email address is a huge sign of trust from the side of your visitor. It gives you direct access to their inbox, a coveted sanctuary for most, making it likely they will actually read what you send them and come back to your site. It’s no […]

The WP Summit: An online conference for WordPressers

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March 12, 2015

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The WP Summit , a virtual conference aimed at educating WordPress users on how to build impactful sites, kicks off on Monday, March 16! The 10-day conference, hosted by online entrepreneur and WordPress developer Jan Koch, features interviews with 28 WordPress experts and online entrepreneurs on a range of different topics from WordPress fundamentals, to inbound marketing: Day 1: WordPress Fundamentals Day 2: Design and WordPress Themes Day 3: Online Business with WordPress Day 4: List Building Day 5: Content Marketing Day 6: Social Marketing / SEO Day 7: Podcasting / Summits Day 8: Copywriting / Conversion Optimization Day 9: Backups and Security […]

Defining the WordPress 80/20 problem

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March 11, 2015

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The 80/20 rule, also known as the Pareto Principle, states that “for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes.” The 80/20 rule is named after Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto, and was popularized as a business tool in the book Living the 80/20 Way, by Richard Koch. This is one of the most useful principles for finding the most important things to focus on in business marketing and development. Identifying the 20% of your efforts that have the biggest impacts is a fundamental step in maximizing your efficiency in any pursuit. Most people with a freelance web […]

Plugged in: A Review of qTranslate X

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March 10, 2015

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“Plugged in” is a reoccurring feature on Torque that aims to take a closer look at different plugins each week. If you have any suggestions for plugins you’d like to see reviewed, write us at [email protected]. Let’s take a little trip down memory lane, shall we? My first ever article written for Torque was this one: 4 ways to turn WordPress into a multilingual website. As the name suggests, it describes how to display any WordPress site in more than one language. In the article I also mentioned a plugin which had been among my absolute favorites for a long time: qTranslate. […]

How fast is your website? Here are 5 free tools to find out

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March 6, 2015

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You’ve heard having a fast website is important, but do you know exactly how important it really is? Google conducted a test where they made their search pages take just half a second longer to load. The result: a 20% drop in traffic! Furthermore, while the average web page load time is 7.25 seconds, 47% of consumers expect a web page to load in 2 seconds or less. So, how fast does your website load? And if it isn’t fast enough, how can you improve it? Below, I’ve highlighted 5 free tools you can use to not only test your website’s […]

7 key metrics to track the success of your website

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March 5, 2015

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In life, it’s often the small details that define success over failure—and it’s exactly the same when running your own website. Now, I know that statistics and website metrics are not the most glamorous subjects, but you should never underestimate their importance. Even tracking the most basic of numbers relating to your website will give you an advantage over someone who doesn’t bother at all. You can use real-world data to confirm what works on your website and what doesn’t, identify room for improvements, and spot any abnormal results (such as those caused by a site outage). That’s why all […]

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