Using WordPress For Application Development (wpdaily.co) One of the things that has been discussing more and more on WP Daily – and in the rest of the WordPress community, for that matter – is viewing WordPress and a framework or platform for developing web applications.
A Step-by-Step Checklist for Planning Your WordPress Blog Posts (managewp.com) In this article Tom Ewer will be sharing the checklist he uses for planning his post before he start writing it, along with the thinking behind each item. In parts two and three he will focus on the checklists for pre- and post-publishing. If you follow his checklists, you will definitely get a lot more out of your posts.
WordPress Performance Optimization (blog.newrelic.com) WordPress is the gold standard platform in democratized online publishing. In digital media, performance means delivering the most value possible using the fewest resources and least time. The better the site performance, the more usage and the higher the adoption rates. Every website needs a host. And selecting the right web hosting partner has always been a key starting point of success.
Building Something That Your Users Will Actually Want To Buy (www.smashingmagazine.com) How do you make sure all the software products you spend time building are something that your customers will actually want to buy? It’s one thing to spend a few weeks coding your next big idea. But are you sure that you have an audience of customers that want what you’ve built?
How to monetize a freemium product with Jason Coleman (mattreport.com) Every business is faced with the question, “how are we going to make money?” The web app world is no stranger to this question. A majority of startups go the freemium route. In this post Matt introduces you to Jason Coleman of Paid Membership Pro.
WordPress Refactoring: Refining Plugin Functions (tommcfarlin.com) Whenever it comes to writing code, there are a lot of developers that aim to write clean, maintainable code. Tom McFarlin recently had a chance to do a bit of WordPress refactoring in the context of a commissioned plugin and wanted to share with you the process that he followed.
Facetious (wordpress.org) Facetious lets you add a faceted - often called an 'advanced' - search form to your WordPress website.
WP Snippets (wordpress.org) Create Snippets! This plugin adds a new Post Type. Snippets can be included in other Posts/Pages/Widgets via Shortcodes. A very lightweight plugin!
WP Redirects (wordpress.org) Create Redirects! This plugin adds a new Post Type. Redirect from anywhere — to anywhere. A very lightweight plugin!
Quick Style Editor (wordpress.org) A simple and easy way to test different styles from the dashboard without messing with the theme files.
SEO For Images (wordpress.org) Improve your images ranking by insert/amend alt and title text, generate solid traffic from search enigine.
Traffic Stats Widget (wordpress.org) TSW shows the number of visitors / hits / unique IPs in the past 24 hours, 7 days and 30 days. It also shows the number of users currently online.
How To Get The Most Out Of A Premium WordPress Theme (wp.smashingmagazine.com) There has quite probably never been a better time to be a premium theme user. While a huge increase in the supply of quality premium themes hasn’t particularly driven down prices, it has promoted a huge push for innovation, best practices and quality design.
How to Spy on WordPress Sites (8 Tools) (www.wpjedi.com) Plenty of folks have been using WordPress for years. If you are just getting started with WordPress, you could always use the expertise of more experienced players to your advantage. Spying on other WordPress sites could give you an idea what themes, plugins, and keywords they are using. These 8 tools let you reverse engineer WordPress sites easily.