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Doc Pop’s News Drop: When and how to use the WordPress trademark and logo

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August 14, 2017

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Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. Many folks ask us about how and when they can use the WordPress logo, so in this week’s News Drop, Doc helps break it down into a few simple rules. “When can you use the WordPress trademark?” Love WordPress News, but hate reading? This is Doc Pop’s News Drop! In 2015, the WordPress Foundation sued The WordPress Helpers for trademark infringement. The interesting thing is that WordPress Helpers were using the […]

Doc Pop’s News Drop: How Hackers Can Find New Sites Within 30 Minutes

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August 7, 2017

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Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. At this year’s DefCon, Hanno Böck described how hackers can find a fresh new WordPress install within 30-60 minutes of going live. Don’t be nervous though, in this week’s video we talk about how you can protect a fresh WordPress install. WordFence shared an excellent write up of Hanno’s presentation, which you can read here, as well as another article on how hackers can take advantage of WordPress sites that have […]

Doc Pop’s News Drop: Torque’s 4th Birthday

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July 31, 2017

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Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. We just turned four! We made this cute video to celebrate. Thanks for watching and supporting us over the years. Love WordPress News, but hate reading? This is Doc Pop’s newest little news drop! This week is Torque Magazine’s 4th birthday. That’s four years of WordPress news, cartoons, videos, tutorials, and events! To celebrate, Emily and I made a cute video showing some of our favorite highlights. Looks off camera: Roll […]

Doc Pop’s News Drop: Did “tech giants” drop the ball on the Net Neutrality Day of Action?

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July 17, 2017

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Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. July 12th was the Net Neutrality Day Of Action. It was hoped to be the largest online protest in history, but did big tech companies like Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Netflix drop the ball on promoting it? Love WordPress news but hate reading, this is Doc Pop’s News Drop. July 12th 2017 was the “Net Neutrality Day of Action”. Organized by the Fight For The Future, the goal of this day […]

Doc Pop’s News Drop: Early Review of the Gutenberg Editor

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July 11, 2017

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Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. We’ve talked a lot about the upcoming Gutenberg Editor for WordPress, but this week Doc gives an early review. Gutenberg hasn’t been officially released yet, but a beta version is available in the plugin repository. Keep in mind this is still an early version of the new editor and many changes are probably still coming. This version used in this video is 0.4.0.

Doc Pop’s News Drop: WordCamp Europe Attendees and Recap

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June 26, 2017

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Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. In this week’s News Drop video, we talk about a few highlights from WordCamp Europe 2017 and ask why the actual attendance was 1/3 less than the estimated attendance. What are your thoughts? Love WordPress news, but hate reading? This is Doc Pop’s News Drop. Last week was WordCamp Europe in Paris, France and it sounded fantastique. During his Q&A session with Om Malik, Matt Mullenweg, the co-founder of WordPress, debuted […]

Doc Pop’s News Drop: WCEU Visa Issues

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June 12, 2017

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Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. Dealing with travel visas can always be a little difficult, but it was still a surprise when WordCamp Europe attendees were getting their visas rejected specifically because of the event’s low entry fee. We cover the organizer’s response and interview Muhammad Adnan, who had hoped to attend WCEU, but was disappointed to find out his Visa would take 6 weeks to approve. Love WordPress news, but hate reading? This is Doc […]

Doc Pop’s News Drop: WP-CLI with Dwayne McDaniel

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May 30, 2017

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Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. This week we caught up with Dwayne McDaniel at the WPSFO meetup and chatted about the advantages of using the WordPress Command Line Interface (or WP-CLI) for managing your WordPress site.

Doc Pop’s News Drop: WordPress 4.7.5 security update and 4.8 news

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May 22, 2017

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Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. WordPress 4.8 is set to launch on June 8th. While you are waiting, be sure to download WordPress 4.7.5 for the newest security fixes. Love WordPress news but hate reading? This is Doc Pop’s News Drop! First and foremost, WordPress version 4.7.5 is out now and it’s a security release. It’s strongly recommended you upgrade immediately. This update addresses 6 known security issues, some of which allowed hackers to take control […]

Doc Pop’s News Drop: WordCamp Europe 2017

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May 8, 2017

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Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. < We are just 5 weeks away from WordCamp Europe, the world’s largest WordPress get together happening in Paris, France. In this week’s News Drop, we talk about the final schedule for this year’s event. Love WordPress News but hate reading? This is Doc Pop’s News Drop. One of the world’s largest WordPress meetups, WordCamp Europe, is happening one month from now in Paris, France. Organizers have announced they’ve already sold […]

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