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Google’s Anti-Spam Strategy: No CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA

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December 30, 2014

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If you’ve spent any amount of time online, it’s likely you’ve been asked to solve a CAPTCHA to verify you are, in fact, a human – this is the awkward-looking, distorted text you have to squint really hard at to solve! And, if you’re anything like me, you probably fail this test more often than not. Google is in a catch-22 situation, really: We all hate CAPTCHA, but we hate spam more. Without CAPTCHAs the Internet would be rife with bots spamming and stealing data from websites. CAPTCHAs aren’t perfect, but they’re an extra anti-spam measure, and a small price to […]

Improved WordPress Front-End AJAX Processing

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December 26, 2014

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The “standard” way of processing AJAX requests in WordPress involves using WordPress’ admin AJAX API — whether you’re actually working in the admin or not. For front-end use of AJAX, especially on high-traffic sites, repurposing the admin AJAX API is not a great option. The 10up Engineering Best Practices provides a good breakdown as to why using admin AJAX for the front-end is not a good idea. It points out that using WordPress’ admin AJAX API causes the WordPress admin to be fully bootstrapped and has no built-in caching. For its intended purpose — running the WordPress backend — this […]

Which WordPress events will you attend in 2015?

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December 23, 2014

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WordPress really is an amazing platform, with a huge wealth of online information to help newbie users quickly become competent — there are a number of great resources out there, including the one you’re reading now! As great as the online material is, nothing beats attending a WordPress event, though. Not only do you get a rare opportunity to learn from the industry leaders in person, but you also get the chance to meet and collaborate with like-minded people. This makes them great places to learn the information needed to become a proficient WordPress user, launch a WordPress-related business, or […]

Jetpack alternatives for WordPress: 45+ plugins to get the features without the bloat

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December 22, 2014

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Is there an alternative to Jetpack? Since the plugin by WordPress.com is one of my all-time favorites, this is a hard question to ask for me. I’m such a fan, I even wrote an article about it a while back highlighting how amazing it is. Since Jetpack is not so much one plugin as a collection of 30 powerful features, it can can greatly enhance the capabilities of any WordPress website. Also, everything contained in the plugin stack has been test driven on thousands of WordPress.com sites and is therefore sure to be top-notch quality. On the other hand, very few […]

100 WordPress Influencers to Follow in 2015

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December 17, 2014

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2015 is looming near, and there are a lot of expectations from the new WordPress releases in the pipeline. With the ever-increasing popularity and demand, it is anticipated that the year 2015 will see a complete overhaul in the WordPress ecosystem, with WordPress becoming a truly responsive application framework. Surely, there will be progress on the core coding practices, with new plugins and themes being developed by the core development team. Three people who inspired us all with their unrelenting and untiring efforts to make WordPress a huge success in 2014 are: Andrew Nacin (Lead for WordPress 3.9) Helen Hou-Sandi […]

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