How Barış Ünver Lives and Works with Censorship in Turkey

Doc Pop of Torquemag.io has published a great article featuring WordPress developer, Barış Ünver. Ünver is 27 years old and a Tuts+ author living in Ankara, the capital of Turkey. In the article, Ünver describes what it’s like to live and work in Turkey. When asked whether WordPress being blocked (more...)

WordPress 4.3 to Focus on Mobile Experience, Admin UI, Better Passwords, and Customizer Improvements

WordPress 4.3 development kicked off this week with release lead Konstantin Obenland at the helm. The main focus of this release will be to improve the experience of using WordPress on touch and small-screen devices. Contributors will also be renewing efforts to improve the Admin UI and the Network Admin (more...)

Postmatic Launches 100% Email-Based Commenting for WordPress

Postmatic publicly launched its email-based commenting service today and is now officially out of beta. The free plugin aims to increase comment engagement by allowing readers to subscribe to new posts/comments via email and leave comments by simply hitting reply. Postmatic also launched a commercial service alongside version 1.0. For (more...)

8 Proven Methods to Promote Old Posts in WordPress

Want to increase your website traffic? One of the easiest and smartest method to get more pageviews is to promote your old evergreen articles. In this article, we will show you some of the best ways to promote old posts in WordPress. But before we… Read More »

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How to Use YouTube Cards to Promote Your Business

Is YouTube a part of your social media marketing? Or do you only post videos occasionally? YouTube Cards let you add interactive cards to your videos. They provide excellent motivation for viewers to act on your calls to action. In this article, I’ll explain how to use YouTube cards to promote your business, products and […]

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WordPress 4.2.1 Released to Patch Comment Exploit Vulnerability

This morning we reported on an XSS vulnerability in WordPress 4.2, 4.1.2, 4.1.1, and 3.9.3, which allows an attacker to compromise a site via its comments. The security team quickly patched the vulnerability and released 4.2.1 within hours of being notified. WordPress’ official statement on the security issue: The WordPress (more...)

How to Disable Emojis in WordPress 4.2

Last week, WordPress 4.2 was released, and it came with the new Emoji feature that allowed you to use the new Emojis in WordPress. This may be a neat feature for some, but a lot of business owners simply don’t need Emojis. Specially considering that… Read More »

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Story.am Relaunches, Now 100% Free

Nick Haskins launched Story.am earlier this year as a hosted storytelling platform that offers all the features of Aesop Story Engine. Initially, the platform was only available to paying customers, but this week Haskins announced that Story.am is now available to everyone for free. The platform had not received much (more...)

More Marketing Time: How to Procrastinate Your Way to Success

Do you spend too much time on insignificant tasks? Want to have more time to do what you do best? To learn how to multiply your time as a marketer by procrastinating, I interview Rory Vaden. More About This Show The Social Media Marketing podcast is an on-demand talk radio show from Social Media Examiner. It’s […]

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WPWeekly Episode 189 – Drew Jaynes on What it’s Like to Lead a WordPress Development Cycle

On this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I were joined by Drew Jaynes, web engineer for 10up, and release lead for WordPress 4.2. Jaynes explains how a release lead is chosen, their responsibilities, and what their role is. Release leads are shepherds who work with multiple teams to (more...)

What’s New in WordPress 4.2

WordPress 4.2 was released just a few minutes ago. This is the first major WordPress release of 2015. It fixes many issues and adds some great new features to WordPress. Sadly, some really cool features were dropped because they were not yet ready to be… Read More »

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How to Clean Up Your WordPress Database for Improved Performance

If you have been using WordPress for a while, then there is a good chance that you need to clean up your WordPress site. Doing regular clean ups allow you to reduce your database size which means quicker and smaller backup files. In this article,… Read More »

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WordPress.org Now Requires Theme Authors to Use the Customizer to Build Theme Options

The WordPress Theme Review team made a major decision this week to enforce the use of the native customizer on new themes submitted to the directory. Theme authors who want to include customization options will no longer be able to create their own settings panels but will be required to (more...)

Marketers Embrace Influencer Marketing: New Research

Have you considered reaching out to social influencers to win more credibility and sales? Do you want research to help make the case that influencer marketing works? In this article you’ll discover the most recent findings about marketers’ perception of influencer marketing and its ability to boost social media marketing efforts. Influencer Marketing Defined Quickly, […]

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XSS Vulnerability: What to do if You Buy or Sell Items on Themeforest and CodeCanyon

Earlier this week, one of the largest coordinated efforts between WordPress plugin authors, Sucuri, and the WordPress security team resulted in a number of popular plugins receiving security updates. Due to inaccurate information within the WordPress codex, a number of developers improperly assumed the add_query_arg() and remove_query_arg() functions would properly (more...)

Facebook Has Abandoned Its Official WordPress Plugin

The official Facebook plugin for WordPress launched in 2012 with the help of engineers from Automattic and currently lists 14 contributing authors. The plugin is active on more than 200,000 websites, but Facebook has not updated the plugin description page to let users know that it has been abandoned. The (more...)

Gateway: A Free WordPress Theme Built on the Foundation Framework

Gateway is an elegant and eye-catching new theme that recently landed on WordPress.org. Since its release less than a week ago, the theme has already been downloaded more than 1400 times. It’s easy to see why it’s an instant hit – the versatile design is perfect for writers, businesses, or (more...)

WordPress 4.1.2 is a Critical Security Release, Immediate Update Recommended

WordPress 4.1.2 is available and is a critical security update for all previous versions of WordPress. The release has eight security fixes, one of which is high risk, three are medium-low risk, and the last four added to harden WordPress. This is the first major security update to WordPress core (more...)

How to Add Character Limit to Post Titles in WordPress

Did you know that the optimal title length is between 55 and 60 characters? It becomes hard to manage the title length when running a multi-author blog. In this article, we will show you how to add character limit to post titles in WordPress. First… Read More »

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How to Improve Your SEO With LinkedIn and SlideShare

Do you use LinkedIn or SlideShare for your business? Did you know you can improve you search engine optimization (SEO) with these channels? With a few simple techniques, you can optimize your LinkedIn and SlideShare assets to achieve higher search rankings organically. In this article you’ll discover four ways to optimize LinkedIn and SlideShare for […]

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Applications to Host WordCamp Europe 2016 Closing Soon

WordCamp Europe 2015 will be held at the end of June in Seville, Spain, but organizers are already finalizing host city applications for the 2016 event. A final call for host cities went out today and organizers announced that applications will close on Friday, April 24. This highly anticipated WordPress (more...)

11 Ways to Boost Facebook Engagement for Small Businesses

Is your small business on Facebook? Are you looking for better ways to engage your fans? Small businesses are winning on Facebook more than ever before. In this article you’ll find 11 ways small businesses can improve engagement and drive sales with Facebook posts. #1: Move Your Audience to Action Litographs is an online store […]

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5 Ways to Succeed With Pinterest Promoted Pins

Are you marketing on Pinterest? Have you considered Pinterest promoted pins? Pinterest promoted pins (recently opened to everyone) can help you reach more people and drive results. In this article I’ll share five ways businesses can get the most out of Pinterest promoted pins. About Promoted Pins While Pinterest is a social sharing community, users visit […]

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LinkedIn Elevate: This Week in Social Media

Welcome to our weekly edition of what’s hot in social media news. To help you stay up to date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention. What’s New This Week? LinkedIn Introduces LinkedIn Elevate: LinkedIn Elevate is “a new product that helps companies and employees curate high-quality content, share easily […]

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BuddyPress 2.3 Will Improve Avatar Uploads with the New BP Attachments API

BuddyPress contributors are polishing up new and existing APIs for the upcoming 2.3 release. For the past several months, core developer Mathieu Viet (@imath) has been spearheading the effort to get the new Attachments API ready for 2.3 with the help of contributions and feedback from the core team. The (more...)

Documentation Post Type: A WordPress Plugin for Documenting Products

A product’s documentation is usually a strong indicator of its quality, but creating docs is often the least exciting aspect of launching something new. Products that lack documentation can create a greater support burden, forcing you to write docs as a defensive measure after the fact. The free Documentation Post (more...)

Array Returns to Themeforest After Disappointing Experiences Selling on Creative Market and WordPress.com

The Array theme shop, founded by Mike McAlister, is celebrating one year since becoming a completely independent operation. Array, formerly known as Okay Themes, pulled out of Envato’s marketplace last April to rebrand and relaunch with the freedom to further build the business. At that time, McAlister said, “After fighting (more...)

How to Make New Feature Suggestions for WordPress – Beginner’s Guide to Using Trac

Wondering how do new features get added in WordPress? Want to make a new feature suggestion for WordPress? Recently one of our users asked us how they can suggest a new feature to be added into WordPress. In this article, we will show you how… Read More »

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How to Offer Great Customer Service With Social Media

Are your customers on social media? Do you interact with them? The key to effectively using social media for customer service is to listen, take action and make the most of what your community tells you. In this article you’ll find out how to provide great customer service with social media. #1: Make a Customer […]

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12 Most Useful WordPress Custom Post Types Tutorials

WordPress allows you to create your own custom content types. These content types are called custom post types. You can use them to add custom content like products, reviews, recipes, etc. In this article, we will share the 12 most useful WordPress custom post types… Read More »

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Instagram Post Notifications: This Week in Social Media

Welcome to our weekly edition of what’s hot in social media news. To help you stay up to date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention. What’s New This Week? Instagram Adds Post Notifications: Instagram introduced a new feature that allows you to receive push notifications “when your favorite accounts post a […]

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Visualize the Disk Space Used on Your Site with the Disk Usage Sunburst Plugin

Disk Usage Sunburst is a new plugin created by Raidboxes that enables you to visualize the disk spaced used by your WordPress site. After installing and activating the plugin, you’ll find the sunburst chart under the Tools – Disk Usage menu. A sunburst chart is generated in SVG format that (more...)

Automattic Sponsors Let’s Encrypt Initiative

Last November the Electronic Frontier Foundation announced Let’s Encrypt, a new free and open certificate authority for the public. The initiative aims to make trusted certificates available to anyone at no cost. The idea behind Let’s Encrypt is to transition as many domains as possible from HTTP to HTTPS by (more...)

Give: A New Free Donations Plugin for WordPress

The new Give WordPress plugin launched this week on WordPress.org. As far as donation plugins go, this one is making a big splash with its 0% commission charge approach. Any site using the plugin can collect 100% of the donations given, as opposed to online donation sites that generally keep (more...)

Stack Overflow Developer Survey Ranks WordPress as the 3rd Most Dreaded Technology

Stack Overflow has released the results of its 2015 developer survey, which covers a wide range of topics including preferred programming languages, education, compensation, and even caffeine consumption. The 45-question survey ran for just two weeks in February and the site was able to collect results from more than 26,000 (more...)

Git and WordPress: 3 Tips to Do It Better

This post was contributed by guest author Peter Suhm. Peter is a web developer from the Land of the Danes. He is the creator of WP Pusher and a huge travel addict, bringing his work along with him as he goes.   This article is based on a few ideas, (more...)

Social Media Tools That Help Optimize Your Time

Do you struggle to keep up with social media tasks? Are you looking for ways to get more done? Whether you need help maintaining your social accounts, finding content to curate or monitoring competitors, there are ways to simplify these processes. In this article I’ll share a number of tools to maximize the time you […]

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How to Optimize Social Media Images

Do you create your own images for social media? Are you happy with their performance? With a few simple tweaks, you can optimize images for greater visibility on social media and in search engine results. In this article you’ll find three tips to optimize your social media images for better online performance. #1: Optimize Images […]

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Jack Lenox on Building Themes with the WP REST API

WordCamp London 2015 was packed full of excellent presentations, lightning talks, and panels. For several of the more technical sessions, attendees were actually turned away at the door due to the rooms being filled to capacity. This was the case for Jack Lenox’s presentation on Building Themes with the WP (more...)

8 Ways Twitter Chats Can Benefit Your Business

Are you active on Twitter? Does your business participate in Twitter chats? While it may be more challenging for businesses to participate in chats from behind a logo, it can be done. In this article I’ll explain how to engage in Twitter chats as your business, so you can grow your network. #1: Give a […]

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