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Things the WordPress community is thankful for this year

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Doc Pop

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Community

Published

November 27, 2014

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In the WordPress ecosystem, we find ourselves surrounded by a great community, full of helpful people and technology that keeps getting better and better each year. Whether you’ve just started preparing your Turducken, or you are part of 95.5% of the world that doesn’t do the whole Thanksgiving thing, we appreciate you stopping by today. With that in mind, there’s plenty of things for WordPressers to be grateful for this season, here’s our list: Client-friendly security updates that automatically install themselves. JJJ committing the next 6 months of his life to BuddyPress, bbPress & GlotPress. Matt Mullenweg being a really snappy dresser. Git integration. […]

eCommerce Stores: Are You Ready for Black Friday?

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Security

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November 26, 2014

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Black Friday is finally upon us, and that can only mean one thing: millions of crazed shoppers fighting to grab the biggest bargains. Although it’s the brick-and-mortar stores that receive most of the media coverage, Black Friday is also an important time for eCommerce stores: with an ever-increasing number of online shoppers, there is serious money to be made! Today, I want to help you manage your eCommerce store’s Black Friday by giving you tips for handling traffic, creating promotions, and maximizing sales — I will also be introducing you to several WooCommerce plugins to help you add relevant Black […]

The ultimate guide to Jetpack

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Development, Featured

Published

November 24, 2014

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When it comes to WordPress plugins, we all have our favorites. It would probably take you only a few seconds to come up with at least five plugins you install on virtually every website you create. You little nerd, you! I’m no different. Among my all-time favorites is Jetpack by WordPress.com. Initially installed on one of my sites for its excellent stats and analytics feature, by now it has a fixed position on my go-to list of plugins. However, even though I use it on a regular basis, the other day I realized that my knowledge of Jetpack is not […]

Improving WordPress plugin development with Composer

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Featured

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November 20, 2014

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I recently released a plugin comprised almost entirely of code pulled from composer libraries. The plugin’s main file (besides the header and license) just includes the composer autoloader and the plugin’s activation function. That’s it. The rest of the plugin’s functionality comes from four composer libraries: three of which I wrote, and all of which are easily reusable in other plugins or other types of projects. That practical level of code reusability is one of the most exciting parts about integrating Composer into my workflow. In a recent article for Torque, I gave a general introduction to using Composer with WordPress. […]

Google Officially Releases Mobile Friendly Labels

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Featured, News

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November 19, 2014

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Yesterday Google officially announced the latest addition to its search engine results pages: mobile friendly labels. With the number of mobile users constantly on the rise, it is little surprise the latest changes were implemented with mobile users in mind. Creating a mobile-friendly experience is hardly groundbreaking — webmasters have long been embracing responsive designs to cater to mobile users, and Google already penalizes websites that aren’t optimized for mobile devices. However, the latest announcement signals a serious commitment to mobile users, and this could have repercussions for the millions of WordPress users around the globe. What are the changes? […]

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