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Press This Podcast: Growing Awesome Niche Community Sites with WordPress featuring Moni Jefferson

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Emily Schiola

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March 30, 2021

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Welcome to Press This, the WordPress community podcast from WMR. Here host David Vogelpohl sits down with guests from around the community to talk about the biggest issues facing WordPress developers. The following is a transcription of the original recording. David Vogelpohl: Hello everyone and welcome to Press This the WordPress community podcasts on WMR. This is your host, David Vogelpohl, I support the WordPress community through my role at WP Engine, and I love to bring the best of the community to you hear every week on press this as a reminder, you can find me on Twitter @wpdavidv, […]

How to Develop a Strong Maintenance Plan for Your WordPress Website

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Will Morris

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Beginners

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March 25, 2021

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Building a successful website that you’re proud of is no small feat. Whether it’s a blog, lead generation site, or eCommerce shop, it takes a lot of time and effort to get it where you want it to be. Unfortunately, you won’t get very far without proper WordPress maintenance. Performing regular maintenance tasks is a crucial component of running any successful site. Being diligent in developing and following a plan can help you avoid more significant issues down the road. In this post, we’ll discuss why website maintenance is essential. Then we’ll share three tips for how to develop a […]

Headless WordPress Use Cases: Who Should Use It and for What?

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Nick Schäferhoff

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Development

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March 24, 2021

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Headless WordPress: If you haven’t heard of it yet, you will soon. The new and unique way of utilizing the ever-adaptive CMS is exploding in popularity, with a growing list of examples in the wild. You may be tempted to jump right on the bandwagon. However, the use cases for headless WordPress are not unlimited. So what is headless WordPress, and what about it has the WordPress community so interested? In short, WordPress is based on PHP and a bit of Javascript, which you were stuck with in the past. Its back end and front end are connected, and for […]

4 Common WordPress Attacks (And How to Avoid Them)

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Will Morris

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Security

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March 23, 2021

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Since it powers over 40 percent of the web, WordPress is a popular target for attacks. If a hacker manages to break into one WordPress website, they potentially have the key to millions of others – including yours. Part of keeping your site safe is understanding the risks. As a website owner, this may seem like a daunting subject. However, once you know what you’re up against, you can take the necessary steps to defend your site. In this article, we’ll discuss the importance of securing your WordPress site, and explore four of the biggest threats against it. Along the […]

3 Secure Ways to Add Custom Code Snippets to Your WordPress Website

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Nahla Davies

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Community

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March 16, 2021

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A code snippet is a small block of code added to a website to improve custom functionality. You might use a custom code snippet to make changes to your web design or extend features of the site, such as making adjustments to CSS, adding custom messages to your website, improving website caching speed, or hiding your WordPress version number so it isn’t known to attackers. While you can add custom functionality with third-party plugins, it can also be hard to find one that fits your needs exactly. Third-party plugins can also be a security risk if you don’t keep them […]

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