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News & Articles
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WordPress 3.6 Release Candidate 2 (wordpress.org)
The second release candidate for WordPress 3.6 is now available for download and testing.
We’re down to only a few remaining issues, and the final release should be available in a matter of days. In RC2, we’ve tightened up some aspects of revisions, autosave, and the media player, and fixed some bugs that were spotted in RC1. Please test this release candidate as much as you can, so we can deliver a smooth final release! -
10 Personalities in WordPress You Should Be Following (www.wpexplorer.com)
Within the community some people stand out for their contribution, going the extra mile, or just sheer charisma. Here I present ten of the most interesting personalities in the WordPress world today (deliberately unnumbered as they are no in particular order!). -
An Interview with Cristian Antohe (www.videousermanuals.com)
In this interview he talks openly and honestly about getting premium WordPress plugins to market and the challenges of managing client work. -
Thoughts on WordPress Pricing Models (www.wpmayor.com)
It all started with a post from Chris Lema. He suggested that WordPress plugin prices are too low. He followed that up with another post about pricing plugins by value. Both are essential readers for all plugin developers. The first post drew a huge number of comments, many of which are also very eye-opening. -
Page.ly: Blazingly Fast Managed WordPress Hosting (wpmu.org)
While Page.ly may not be for everyone (i.e. control freaks who want to manage their own upgrades and like having the ability to refine their control panel settings), they offer a fast and friendly option that provides a practical and forward-thinking approach to managed WordPressing web hosting. -
WordPress Multisite versus “Minisite” (poststat.us)
There is a subtle but important concept to understand when getting started with WordPress Multisite.
Multisite is intended to allow for different websites to utilize one WordPress install.
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Plugin News
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Widget Importer & Exporter (wordpress.org)
Widget Importer & Exporter is useful for moving widgets from one WordPress site to another, backing up widgets and for theme developers to provide users with sample widgets
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rtMedia: A Comprehensive Media Plugin For WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress (wpmu.org)
A quick search through the plugins at wordpress.org will turn up several photo plugins for BuddyPress but none with the comprehensive list of features offered by the rtMedia plugin. Previously known as BuddyPress Media, it has been completely re-written and has re-launched with the new rtMedia branding.
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Cart66 Cloud WordPress Plugin Review (www.wpexplorer.com)
Cart66 Cloud is the newest edition of the much loved Cart66 E-Commerce Plugin used by many WordPress stores (even Cart66 themselves). It’s been reborn easier, safer and faster than ever before. How? Read on to find out!
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WP Migrate DB Pro – An Essential Tool for Developers (www.doitwithwp.com)
WP Migrate DB Pro is a tool that, in a nutshell, allows you to copy a database from one site to another. It’s very useful for developers, who regularly develop a site on one server (a dev server or local installation), and then when the client is happy with everything, they can move the entire site to the production server, or live server.
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Top 10 Free WordPress Plugins of the Month — July 2013 (managewp.com)
The plugins below are both diverse and of real quality; there’s something for everyone. Enjoy!
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Plugin Review: Reaktiv Ratings (pippinsplugins.com)
Reaktiv Ratings is a brand new star rating plugin from Reaktiv Studios that is really, really excellent. I’ve always felt there was a pretty heavy lack of good ratings plugins for WordPress. They have always been either too simple or way too complex, but Reaktiv Ratings has nailed the plugin perfectly.
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Ecommerce & WooCommerce: Stats, Trends and Tips (www.woothemes.com)
We’ve written a number of posts highlighting ways WooCommerce is being used to help small innovative businesses around the globe sell their ideas.Today I’d like to present a brief overview of ecommerce growth figures and trends with a few tips for our current WooCommerce users to stay competitive in this growing market.
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Creating A Digital Publication In WordPress With The IssueM Plugin (www.wptavern.com)
Built by LewAyotte, Peter Ericson, and Glenn Ansley the recently released open-source plugin known as IssueM provides publishers the opportunity to harness the ease of WordPress to turn their site into an Issue based publication. After taking a look at their showcase, I decided to try out the plugin for myself.
Theme Releases
Theme News
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CobaltApps Shuttering Popular Catalyst Theme to Focus on Genesis-Based Products (poststat.us)
This is pretty big news in theme land. CobaltApps has had a popular following for their options-centric Catalyst theme for some time. But they also have a Genesis-based theme that does everything visually that Catalyst does, plus, well, it’s got everything in StudioPress’ Genesis theme. -
30 Flat and Funky WordPress Themes (wpmu.org)
So what is flat design? It’s design. That’s flat. It revolts against skeuomorphism. In UI design, skeuomorphism usually refers to a digital element designed to emulate something from the real world – think of the leather stitching that boarders the calendar on an Apple device or the faux pine bookcase in iBooks. -
40+ Beautiful Flat Web Designs for Your Inspiration (www.1stwebdesigner.com)
For the last couple of months, flat web design has been really a huge topic on the web. Up to now, it is steadily dominating the web. From UI, to the latest portfolio update, icons and even the top web design blogs are now using flat web design, not to mention Microsoft, Android and just recently Apple is going flat too! -
Pagelines DMS, Too Sexy for Release (devpress.com)
Pagelines, a WordPress hosting platform with focus on drag-and-drop tools for site management and design, wants to revolutionize the site design experience with a first ever design management system (DMS). However, someone thought Pagelines DMS tool was too sexy for you to handle so they hacked the hell out of Pagelines.com, twice! -
Making the move to Genesis, and I’m not the only one… (chrislema.com)
The other theme framework that constantly called out to me was Genesis. It was lightweight. It loaded fast. And, in my opinion, it was written by engineers for engineers. I say that because it exposed all the hooks and filters way before others were ready to use them. It added a programmatic layer to help developers move faster. In engineering terms, it was a serious framework. -
Why Themes Are Presentation, Plugins Are Applications (tommcfarlin.com)
I recently had a conversation with someone about why I tend to favor working on WordPress plugins over working with themes, and the short answer is that I enjoy working more on application-type functionality rather than working on a design layer, and, as such, I believe plugins are applications for WordPress. -
How to Customize Your WordPress Theme With a Child Theme (wp.tutsplus.com)
So you have a WordPress theme on your website, either a free one or a commercial one, and you want to customize it. Someone has wisely recommended you do this by “creating a child theme”. But what does that mean, and how do you do it?
Tutorials
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Create Your Own Landing Page: The Ultimate Guide For Beginners (www.1stwebdesigner.com)
If you already know what is a Landing Page and what it is for, I will call you a “Smarty Pants”, but please give me just 58 seconds to explain it to those who don’t really know what it is.
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How to Create a Complete WordPress Backup for Free with BackWPup (www.wpbeginner.com)
Backups are one of the best defense against any sort of security threat toward your site. Regular backups are one thing that every blogger/webmaster should have. In past we showed you how to keep your content safe with BackupBuddy, and how to manually create WordPress database backups.
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WordPress Testimonial Page Template with WCK (www.cozmoslabs.com)
The scope for this tutorial is to build a WordPress Testimonial Page Template with WCK. Having testimonials displayed on your client’s website is a little bonus helping to characterize the brand’s personality and keeping up with it’s audience. How you choose to do this is a matter of choice.
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How To: Restrict Access to Content on Your WordPress Site – Free & Premium Plugins (wplift.com)
There are many scenarios where you may wish to restrict access to a piece of content on your WordPress-based website. Maybe you are offering an eBook or other digital file for download and you wish the user to complete an action before they gain access to it, such as paying, subscribing to a newsletter or sharing on a social network etc.
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A Look at the WordPress HTTP API: wp_remote_get – the Response (wp.tutsplus.com)
In this series, we’ve been taking a look at the wp_remote_get WordPress HTTP API function in order to understand how it works, how we can use it, and the optional arguments that it accepts.
From here, we’re able to write detailed requests; however, that’s only half of it – there’s also the response.
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Create a Shortcode to List Posts With Multiple Parameters (wp.tutsplus.com)
On many of the client sites I build, I find there are times when I need to include a post listing on a page. I’m not talking about archive pages here, but adding a custom listing to an existing static page.
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GenerateWP Releases New Tool - wp_comment_query Generator (generatewp.com)
GenerateWP provides user-friendly tools for WordPress developers to create high quality code and reduce development time. From now on, you can create custom comments queries using the WP_Comment_Query. The site already provides WP_Query and WP_User_Query generators. and many more great tool.
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WordPress Image Optimization: 2 Steps for Increased Engagement and Quicker Load Times (www.wpexplorer.com)
When it comes to creating a compelling website, images should be one of your most important considerations. The images you use on your website can make the difference between presenting a striking page that grabs a visitor’s attention and compels them to explore further, or turning someone off entirely and compelling them instead to leave your site as in a flash.
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