For years Google and other search engines have been essential for gaining visibility on the web, yet today social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, Google+, and other networks are major sources of traffic. These sites work a bit differently than Google. If you’re tasked with developing or running a WordPress site, you...Read More
WordPress upgraded to version 4.5.3 last month with a security release for all versions of the content management system. But it quickly discovered a number of vulnerabilities. A total of 17 bugs were found in the last three releases from this year, many of which allowed attackers to take over websites running on WordPress. And...Read More
WordPress owner Automattic has been quietly raging against some of the more creative abuses of the DMCA takedown procedures and general attempts to control the internet, maintaining a “Hall of Shame” tag on its official blog to out some of the worst attempts to get it to remove content. One I’ve been on the end...Read More
With this free plugin, you can change almost everything: admin menu and pages, login page, admin bar, etc. Another very interesting option is that the plugin lets you apply admin panel themes, though most of them aren’t free and not especially beautiful, in my opinion. Free download: Ag Custom Admin Admin Menu Editor If you...Read More
Only a few months ago, HHVM (HipHop Virtual Machine) was a popular buzzword in the PHP community. Many of us were curious about this technology, especially the reports of improved performance. Previously, Zend’s PHP was the only alternative — until Facebook introduced HHVM to the world. Good news, HHVM is no longer a buzzword. Many...Read More
Although most small businesses have a website these days, they usually do not have the budget for hiring an IT specialist to manage their website, update content and remove obsolete / out-of-stock products. Thanks to the WordPress platform, it is no longer necessary to have an IT background in order to administrate your own website and keep it...Read More
No online marketing strategy is complete without the component of social media. If you are running a blog or a small business website on the WordPress platform, it is quite easy for you to incorporate social media marketing in it. WordPress provides you with hundreds of social media plugins these days that can provide your...Read More
In this article, I’m going to cover a topic that doesn’t get a lot of love – WordPress multisite. I recently attended a session at a WordPress Meetup where the presenters shared their experiences with multisite. A special mention goes to Dee Teal (@thewebprincess) and James Bundey (@jamesbundey) who presented on this topic, which has...Read More
Many of the UK’s biggest firms are running outdated versions of their Drupal and WordPress Content Management Systems (CMSes). Threat management company RiskIQ conducted research across the top 30 organisations in the UK (FTSE-30), looking specifically at WordPress and Drupal instances visible on the open web. At least three in 10 of the content management...Read More
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