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News & Articles
WordPress 4.1.2 Security Release (wordpress.org) WordPress 4.1.2 is now available. This is a critical security release for all previous versions and we strongly encourage you to update your sites immediately.
Event Espresso 4 REST API Development Started on Github (eventespresso.com) We are happy to announce that development of the Event Espresso 4 REST API has begun. You are invited to get involved with the API development by: sharing feedback on the direction of the API, contributing code, testing what is already completed, and encouraging others to get involved.
Have Your Projects Online at All Times with WPide (wpide.net) Forget about deploying to show your clients progress. You can keep your clients in the loop with access to your project at all time.
All changes you make in the IDE will be instantly available on the development site. You won’t need to deploy each time you make a change. Take a look on WPide here.
The Best Related Posts Plugins for WordPress (premium.wpmudev.org) In today’s Weekend WordPress Project we’ll look at how you can display related and promoted posts in WordPress, so when a user has finished reading one article they will be encouraged to read another… and hopefully another and another.
Introducing Builder Theme Anderson (ithemes.com) Introducing Anderson, a bold new Builder theme. Perfect for freelancers and business owners, Anderson features customizable page layouts, built-in Exchange styles for ecommerce and a mobile-responsive design. Anderson makes it easy to spin up a custom WordPress website in no time–so it’s perfect for your latest website or client project.
Why You Shouldn’t Code URLs in Themes or Plugins—and the WordPress Functions to Use Instead (code.tutsplus.com) When you're developing a theme or a plugin, you'll often find that you have to include a URL in your code. It might be tempting to simply code the URL in the same way as you might in a static site, but it's a bad idea. In this tutorial I'll explain why you shouldn't do this—and show you the functions you can use to create URLs dynamically.
How to Clean Up Your WordPress Database for Improved Performance (www.wpbeginner.com) 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, we will show you how to clean up WordPress database.