Torque’s very own editor, Marie Dodson, will be on WP Engine’s Finely Tuned Expert on Wednesday. Dodson will talk about what it’s like to run a news site that covers WordPress, and where she sees the CMS going. The FTE will follow the usual format, with a video interview headed by WP Engine’s Social Media team, Jonathan McNamara and Emma Zwirko. Follow the link to watch it live, Wednesday, May 11 at 3 PM Central Time. We’ll be there.
Developers are the backbone of WordPress. The CMS wouldn’t be what it is today without them. It certainly isn’t easy to be a WordPress developer, so we compiled a list of articles that will help anyone get started. With this toolbox, you can launch yourself into the world of WordPress development. 40 Awesome WordPress Development Tools A great place to start is by filling out your toolbox with the most useful dev tools available. Most of the tools on the list are free but there are a few premium options as well. Start with design tools to make your site […]
Updates certainly aren’t the most exciting part of owning a website, especially when it comes to security. Torque has written many times about the importance of updates, not only for making sure your site runs the way it should but mostly to ensure everything is as secure as possible. Checking for and downloading updates should be part of your weekly WordPress routine. Adding something new WordPress itself, a theme, or a plugin could introduce vulnerabilities. Most of the time, someone catches them before their exploited and an update is made. Not updating regularly leaves your site open to attacks, which is why people […]
Have a news tip or an upcoming event you’d like to see in our weekly ‘What’s New In WordPress’ roundup? Write us at [email protected]. WordPress Get Page: Take a look at the new “Get WordPress” page, which is much easier to navigate. Star Wars Day: May the Fourth is international Star Wars Day, and the WordPress community celebrated big time. How did you celebrate? WooComerce Connect Available For Testing: The new feature makes connecting to WooCommerce more user-friendly, and is ready for alpha testing. WordPress vs. Drupal: Download this free whitepaper written by Torque Contributor Nick Schäferhoff about the differences between […]
WooThemes yesterday announced WooCommerce Connect, a new functionality aiming to make it easier for anyone to start an online store and simplify the current process of adding extensions to your site by offloading the code to Automattic’s servers. The new feature is now available for alpha testing. “To make all of this happen, most of the code you used to have to download now lives on a secure server that we host. We’re using Jetpack to allow your site to talk to that server securely,” the announcement said. Connect leverages a SaaS-style Automattic-hosted server to do the heavy lifting and takes […]
The final mockups for the proposed “Get WordPress” page for WordPress.org provide an early look into the new section that aims to make it easier for people to “get WordPress.” Automattic Designer Mark Uraine originally proposed the Get WordPress page in February as a way to improve the current Download and Mobile pages of the WordPress.org site and to eliminate the confusion surrounding the current navigation path by combining Mobile, Hosting, and Download WordPress. Here’s a look at the final mockup: As a single access point, this information will dramatically improve user experience and also unify related content, Uraine said. “The mockup combines downloading WordPress, downloading […]
Have a news tip or an upcoming event you’d like to see in our weekly ‘What’s New In WordPress’ roundup? Write us at [email protected]. WordCamp Chicago: Torque stopped by WordCamp Chicago this weekend to have conversations with some awesome WordPressers. Check out all the videos here. WordPress 4.5.1 Update Available: It is already time for a 4.5 update. Download yours from the dashboard today. Schedule for WPCampus Available: Getting excited for WPCampus? Check out the schedule. 30 Essential Plugins For Beginners: As a beginner, it can be hard to know which plugins to choose. This post will make it much easier. […]
Last week, ManageWP hosted Michael Torbert for an AMA. Though he is most known for his work on All in One SEO Pack, Torbert has been involved in many WordPress projects. He began working for a SaaS company before finding an interest in creating commercial plugins. Torbert has helped organize WordCamp Raleigh since 2010. He was even able to pull his wife into the world, where she is an editor for Tibetan and Chinese. People stopped by to ask questions about SEO, the community, and Star Trek. Here are five takeaways. The Community Has A Small Town Feel. Though WordPress is […]
WordCamp Chicago 2016 took place over the weekend at University Center in downtown Chicago. Throughout the WordCamp, I was lucky enough to interview some of the presenters on the main takeaways from their presentations. Here’s what they had to say. Andrew Wikel Wikel works on payment gateways on WooCommerce at Automattic. In his talk, he discussed information security in ecommerce and how to present it to your users. You can find him on twitter as @slash1andy. Dustin Meza Meza is the director of customer experience operations at WP Engine. He presented a five-step plan to be ready for WordPress upgrades. You can find him on Twitter as @dustinmeza. Josepha […]
The schedule for the inaugural WPCampus, a conference dedicated to WordPress in higher education, is now available. The @wpcampusorg community is proud to share the schedule for our inaugural #WordPress in #highered event! Join us! https://t.co/UqLbsej11T — Rachel Carden (@bamadesigner) April 27, 2016 The two-day event, which will take place on July 15-16 in Sarasota, FL, will feature an impressive collection of presenters speaking on WordPress and how it relates to the world of higher education. Some of the featured sessions include, BuddyPress and Higher Education Higher Ed WordPress Showcase Creativity: Using WordPress to Remix the First Year Experience Course Building a WordPress Sandbox And […]
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