wpMail.me wpMail.me issue#209 - The weekly WordPress newsletter. No spam, no nonsense. - June 18, 2015
News & Articles
HHVM Demonstrated to be 18.7% Faster Than PHP 7 on a WordPress Workload (wptavern.com) HHVM is Facebook’s open source PHP execution engine, originally created to help make its infrastructure more efficient. WordPress managed hosts, including WP Engine, Pagely, and SiteGround, have added HHVM hosting options within the last year to cater to customers who require better PHP performance.
A History of WordPress Security Exploits and What They Mean For Your Site (premium.wpmudev.org) The emergence of significant security vulnerabilities in WordPress this year have yet again reminded us of the need for ongoing vigilance and the importance of keeping sites updated.
In this article we’ll cover a selection of the major WordPress security exploits to date and what they meant for both users like you and the future of the WordPress.
Multiple Event Registration Now Available for Event Espresso 4 (eventespresso.com) With the Multiple Event Registration add-on, attendees can register for several events at once, and even add additional attendees to any of the same events–in the same checkout process. Additional attendees also get the same customized registration form as the first/primary attendee, or a completely different registration form, it's up to.
Divi 2.4 Has Arrived! Welcome To The Biggest Upgrade In Divi’s History (www.elegantthemes.com) This is a monumental update, including over 1,000 new module design settings and theme customizer controls, as well as an all-new fluid grid and a re-imagined set of flexible modules that are more versatile and easy-to-customize than ever. These ultra-customizable layouts are also easier than ever to use thanks to the Divi Library, an all new way to save, use and organize your own collection of Divi Builder layouts. Say hello to your new web design toolkit.
9 Lessons Learned While Creating a WordPress App (slocumstudio.com) We recently created a WordPress app for one of our clients. With this and our past experience in the field of WordPress app and SaaS development, we thought it would be fair to share our knowledge. There are quite a few lessons we learned while building WordPress apps. Here are nine of them.
The Tuts+ Guide to Template Tags: Second Batch (code.tutsplus.com) In the previous part of the series, we went through the first batch of WordPress template tags. In this third part, we're going to go through the second batch of the almost 200 template tags. Throughout the tutorial, we'll see template tags about taxonomies and terms.