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All WordPress.com Subdomains Encrypted By End 2014

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June 10, 2014

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Last week, Automattic’s General Counsel Paul Sieminski announced that all *.wordpress.com subdomains will be served over SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) by the end of 2014. Sieminski wrote: In the face of intrusive surveillance, we believe that everyone in the tech community needs to stand up and do what they can, starting with their own sites and platforms. For us, that means working to secure the connection between users and our websites. We’ll be serving all *.wordpress.com subdomains only over SSL by the end of the year. It’s been a year since whistleblower Edward Snowden leaked files revealing the National Security […]

Mobile Devices Are The Big Story in Mary Meeker’s 2014 Internet Trends Report

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June 3, 2014

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Mary Meeker’s annual Internet Trends report 2014 came out last week. At 164 slides, it’s a pretty long read. Josh Constantine of TechCrunch has consolidated down to a summary of 54 slides, which is still hefty, but more manageable. The Mobile Device Story It could be that I have mobile apps on the brain, following my double dose of app education last week. But for me, the biggest story of the report is the evolution and growth of mobile devices, and what they are doing to disrupt and benefit the wider economy. Check out these stats: 30% of all mobile […]

A Few Words from Sucuri’s New CEO, Tony Perez

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May 21, 2014

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Since 2010, Sucuri has been servicing the community by making the internet a safer place. In four short years, the company has evolved from a 2-man team into a multi-million dollar company. Sucuri has become a dominating force in the anti-web malware and security industry (not to mention it’s widely favored across the WordPress community). On Monday, Dre Armeda, co-founder of Sucuri, announced that he’s stepping down from his position as CEO of Sucuri Inc. He’s passing the torch to Tony Perez, former chief operating officer. In regards to this bittersweet news, I reached out to Perez. Here’s what he had to say: […]

My Favorite WordPress Plugins

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May 15, 2014

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One of the best things about WordPress is the easy access to numerous plugins, which extend its use as a CMS. It’s a repetitive cycle—more and more new plugins are developed for WordPress because it’s the most popular CMS, and more and more new users are attracted towards WordPress because it’s easier to extend by means of simple plugins. Of course, the vast number of plugins in the repository are not all alike. Some are amazing, others are tolerable, and some are disappointing. When it comes to plugins, every WordPress user has his or her own preferences. In this post, I’ll talk about some […]

The Ultimate Guide to Speeding Up WordPress

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April 29, 2014

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Roughly 4 years ago, Google announced page load speed as a SEO ranking factor. Since then, webmasters around the world have been contriving new ways to keep their load times down. In this article, I’m going to provide a collection of these practices to help you speed up your WordPress site. Before you start implementing any of the tips I’m about to list, it’s important that you know the current speed of your WordPress site. This will allow you to accurately compare the before/after results when testing the new plugins and steps listed. My favorite tool for this is Pingdom, but […]

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