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What’s A WordPress Nonce And How to Use Them

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Josh Pollock

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Featured

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September 20, 2016

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Nonces are an important part of WordPress security, but they are often misunderstood or misused. They are a key part of what authorizes an HTTP request to your site, which works to keep your code secure. In this article, you’ll learn what nonces are, what a WordPress nonce is, how they can protect against certain types of attacks, what they can’t protect against, and how to use them. What Is A WordPress Nonce Nonces are cryptographic hashes that are used to verify that a request was made by the right person or client. Since nonces are constructed using a cryptographic hashing […]

15 Essential WordPress Plugins For Photographers

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Sufyan bin Uzayr

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Featured

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September 8, 2016

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WordPress makes it really easy to create a photo blog or run an online portfolio of your images. As such, many photographers, both professionals, and hobbyists alike, tend to use WordPress to showcase their works online. Of course, you still need to cater to popular photo-centric platforms, such as Flickr or 500px, but having your own website with a showcase of your images goes a long way in establishing your identity online. If you are looking to create a photography website using WordPress, where should you begin? You can, obviously, use WordPress plugins to do more with your website. This article […]

GoDaddy Acquires ManageWP, Community Reacts

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Emily Schiola

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Community

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September 7, 2016

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On Sept. 1, WordPress management company, ManageWP was acquired by GoDaddy for an undisclosed amount. ManageWP, which will remain entirely platform independent as part of the acquisition terms, first launched in 2012 and currently manages more than 25 million WordPress sites. Why GoDaddy? According to ManageWP, the pricing model and features will stay the same, however, by partnering with GoDaddy the company will be able to offer a hosting service. The deal will make it easier for the Serbian company to stay connected to Silicon Valley. “This is the second largest tech investment in Serbia (after Microsoft) and will mean a lot […]

How To Customize The WordPress Login Page

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Nick Schäferhoff

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Beginners, Featured

Published

August 26, 2016

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Even after working with WordPress for a long while, many people are still surprised to learn that the backend of their website is just as customizable as the front and that none of the things they take for granted are really set in stone. We ‘ve covered this a bit in how to customize the WordPress dashboard and customizing the WordPress editor. Today we want to continue with this theme by turning to another internal page users interact with on a daily basis — the login page. Just like other parts of WordPress, we can completely customize the login page. First, we […]

Product Launch UX Best Practices Part 5: Building a WP Welcome Page Boilerplate

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Ahmad Awais

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Featured

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August 25, 2016

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Welcome to Part five in my series on User Experience (UX) best practices in a product launch. In the previous article, I talked about the importance of including a welcome page in your plugin. Today I’ll explain how to build that welcome page with a GPL licensed boilerplate that can be used on any WordPress product. Welcome Page Boilerplate For Your WordPress Product I created a WP Welcome Page Boilerplate to simplify the process of adding a welcome page. The boilerplate is currently available as a WordPress plugin. You can download the latest release version here and install it on your WordPress […]

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