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8 Amazing WordPress Multisite Examples Used by Notable Brands

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John Hughes

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Beginners, Featured

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April 3, 2017

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One of WordPress’ most impressive features is its built-in support for Multisite, which enables you to run a network of blogs from one installation. However, you may wonder if this feature is strong enough to hold up under pressure. Fear not! Multisite is a robust, powerful tool that can be used in a number of ways to manage and publish content. This is particularly useful if your content management needs extending beyond a single site for one type of project. Best of all, the proof can be found in the pudding; in other words, looking at how big brands use multisite […]

Creating the Best WordPress Community

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Bridget Willard

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Community, Featured

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March 22, 2017

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It’s undeniable that participating in the WordPress community enhances your overall experience with WordPress. This is especially true as a freelancer or remote worker. So, why do so few people attend Meetups? Sometimes it’s really hard. Seriously. Schedule conflicts, distance, and feeling on the outside can sometimes fuel our arguments. “It doesn’t fit into my schedule.” This was my excuse for a long time, especially since I commuted to a day job. Going to a WordPress Meetup at that time was far from convenient — and at that time I only had a mild interest. But once I started attending […]

6 Reasons Why Developers Should Choose WordPress for an Enterprise Site

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John Hughes

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March 20, 2017

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Building an enterprise website is, by definition, a huge undertaking. The last thing you want is to invest your project’s resources into the wrong framework, which could potentially set you back thousands of dollars and countless wasted hours. Naturally, we’re big fans of WordPress! It’s a well-supported, flexible, and open-source framework that’s powerful enough to develop all manner of websites. As a platform that’s now over ten years old, it’s stable and packed with extensible features that enable you to build almost any website or web app you can imagine. WordPress is a serious contender for many reasons. In this article, we’ll outline what […]

Leveling Up Your Search Skills to Better Your Business and Learn Anything

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Robby McCullough

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Beginners, Featured

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March 10, 2017

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In many social circles, responding to a question with, “have you tried Googling it?” is tired and cliche. So much so, there’s even a web app that generates a snarky, let me google that for you, animation. Modern search engines are phenomenal tools. They can uncover anything from weather to sports scores to cat videos. By mastering the ability to search the web, one can learn just about anything. While “Googling” something has become commonplace, in this post I want to discuss some advanced search and discovery techniques to help one search—and learn—more effectively. Search Basics Okay, let’s start from […]

Gender Diversity in WordPress: It’s time to lead by example

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Marie Dodson

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Community, Featured

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March 8, 2017

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The topic of women in tech is making headlines around the world, with recent light being shed on the gender inequality plaguing Silicon Valley. In the WordPress space, this isn’t really something we talk about. While I have personally found the community to be inclusive and accepting, the reality is that women are dramatically underrepresented in the space. This shouldn’t come as a shock considering the overall distribution of women in the technology space, but it doesn’t mean we shouldn’t talk about it. We interviewed three women in the WordPress space — Bridget Willard, Jennifer Bourn, and Petya Raykovska — about what […]

Level Up Your Skills with Our Guide to Object-Oriented PHP [Ebook]

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Emily Schiola

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Featured, News

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March 3, 2017

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PHP is one of the most widely used web development languages in the world. Not only is more than 80 percent of the web is using it, but it is also the language of WordPress. As a WordPress developer, it’s important to have understand PHP. If you’re just starting out as a WordPress developer, the concept of object-oriented PHP may seem daunting. We put together a comprehensive ebook to help you get started with object-oriented PHP. Download the Ultimate Guide to Object-Oriented PHP This free ebook, written by Torque contributor Josh Pollock, is a great way for PHP beginners to level up […]

WordPress is The Best CMS for SEO And Here is Why

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Nick Schäferhoff

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Community, Featured

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March 2, 2017

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Search engines remain one of the best sources of online traffic. A high-ranking page can bring in thousands of visitors to any web presence. For that reason, pretty much every website owner is (ideally) concerned with SEO. We have talked about this topic in the past, for example how to do proper on-page SEO, technical SEO or keyword research. However, just using WordPress is already putting you ahead in the SEO game. In fact, some would argue that WordPress is the best CMS for SEO and there is merit to this view. In this article, we will have a look […]

How to Add a Free SSL Certificate to Your WordPress Site

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John Hughes

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February 20, 2017

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Adding an SSL certificate to your site’s domain is one of the best ways to secure your WordPress website. Although a secure (and SSL-enabled) site is necessary for many sites, the cost and implementation concerns linked with it have stood in the way of its widespread deployment. Up until recently, getting started with a functional SSL certificate was no cakewalk. However, the new open source certificate authority, Let’s Encrypt, changed that forever in hopes of creating a more secure and privacy-respecting web. In this post, we’ll walk you through step by step instructions to install a free SSL certificate to […]

How your Business can Benefit from a WordPress Website

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Joe Casabona

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Featured

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February 15, 2017

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I’m going to tell you something that may be frowned upon in certain circles. I’ve recommended Squarespace. It’s true! And it might be shocking, seeing how long I’ve used and championed WordPress. But the truth of the matter is Squarespace has a market cornered. It’s a great option for the people who want to make something quickly themselves, in a controlled environment, for very little money. That is a reasonable option, but the fact of the matter is, that site won’t grow with you, scale, or look as beautiful on mobile. Every business should have an Internet presence and if […]

8 Ways to Fall in Love with WordPress All Over Again

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Brenda Barron

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Community, Featured

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February 14, 2017

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You know how it is. Day in, day out, the same old same old … all relationships grow stale, over time. If you’ve been with WordPress for a long time, you may have a hard time remember what made it special to you in the first place. Follow our strategies below to find the fun and fall in love with WordPress all over again. Improve Your WordPress Game It’s not much fun when you just don’t understand each other. While your relationship with WordPress will undoubtedly be somewhat one-sided in this regard, it’s still possible to deepen your understanding by […]

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