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An Untechnical Guide To The WP REST API & A Free White Paper For NonDevelopers (torquemag.io) The WordPress REST API is a hot topic in the WordPress space, particularly among developers. But for some of us less technical WordPress users, understanding exactly why this API is so revolutionary is a challenge.
WP Engine and Torque have teamed up to create a free white paper on the WordPress REST API geared toward non-developers.
Imperva’s Web Application Attack Report Shows Spam Is WordPress’ Largest Security Threat (wptavern.com) Imperva, an international cyber security company founded in 2002, published its 2015 web application attack report. The report includes a thorough analysis of attack data obtained through its WAF or Web Application Firewall. The report covers a lot of ground but for the purpose of this site, we’re focusing on WordPress.
A Field Guide to Major Features in WordPress 4.4 (wptavern.com) The WordPress 4.4 field guide is available and covers all of the major features in WordPress 4.4. The guide explains what the features are and more specifically, links to posts that explain how they work.
Tesla Login Customizer (wordpress.org) The new Tesla Login Customizer plugin easily allows you to customize your WordPress login page in minutes with no coding skills required. Transform the default log-in page into a professional and unique page that blends nicely with your brand or identity.
How to Redirect Users after Login & Registration in WordPress (www.cozmoslabs.com) If you own a WordPress site that allows front-end user registration you’re probably looking for an easy way to redirect users after certain actions, like successful login, registration or edit profile, to custom pages and also keep them out of the WordPress dashboard. Using the new and improved Custom Redirects module from Profile Builder, you can control to a high extend where to redirect users based on their actions.
In this tutorial we’ll go through the different types of custom redirects you can setup.
9 Solid Free WordPress Themes Built with Bootstrap (premium.wpmudev.org) Bootstrap is the most popular HTML, CSS and JavaScript framework in the world for a good reason – it slashes time spent developing and designing on the front end.
In this post, we’ll take you through the nine best free Bootstrap WordPress themes of 2015. Let’s set the scene first.
A Beginner's Guide to Titan Framework: Introduction (code.tutsplus.com) Titan Framework is a WordPress options framework which makes it possible to develop flexible plugins and themes by adding options to them. Though it is only a year old, Titan Framework claims to be one of the easiest options framework in the WordPress community. The reason is its ability to create configurable settings which can be included in your development project by adding only a few lines of code. Isn't it great? Let's find out.
How to Replace WordPress’ Default Avatars With Wapuu (wptavern.com) Out of the box, WordPress allows you to configure the default avatar that displays for commenters that don’t have one. The choices leave a lot to be desired. Thanks to a new plugin created by Lee Willis, called Wapuuvatar, you can replace default avatars with images of Wapuu.