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SOS! Where to Find the Best WordPress Help (www.codeinwp.com) The great thing about working with WordPress is that the best WordPress help is never hard to find. Whether you have a simple question about resetting your password, or a more complex issue concerning custom post types, there is support and education available for all levels of users. For this post, we've gathered together our favorite free and premium sites that all offer excellent one-on-one support to help you solve your WordPress issues and get your site looking and running smoothly.
WordPress to Bump Recommended PHP Version From 5.6 to 7.0 By The Middle of 2017 (wptavern.com) Over the years, WordPress has been developed so that users and site owners don’t need to have a lot of technical knowledge to install and maintain it. Andrey Savchenko believes that WordPress is causing technical irresponsibility due to site owners not having to know technical details like which PHP version their site is running.
9 Best WordPress Caching Plugins Tested and Compared (athemes.com) Were you once happy with the performance of your WordPress website, only to now find it’s not loading as quickly as it once did? If so, then it’s time you thought about installing a WordPress caching plugin. In this article, we’ll be testing and comparing the best WordPress caching plugins to help you improve the speed of your website.
The 7 Best WordPress Podcast Plugins Available (themeisle.com) So when do you need WordPress podcast plugins? Well, with podcast listener figures growing over 20% between 2015 and 2016, there has arguably never been a better time to jump on the podcasting bandwagon. And while you’ll certainly have a myriad of creative issues to address between now and launch, there is also the technical aspect to consider – namely, how will you present podcasts on your website?
The Ultimate Guide to WordPress Spam (premium.wpmudev.org) It goes without saying that if you don’t have a solution for dealing with spam on your site you’re not only leaving yourself open to hacking attempts, but also a deluge of spam you’ll need to delete at some point in time.
This article deals with what you need to do to make your WordPress site secure from spam.
What Are Permalinks in WordPress? How to Set Them and Why (themeisle.com) Setting the right permalink structure is one of 10 things that you should do after launching any WordPress site. Basically, it’s through permalinks that the world identifies the individual pieces of content on your WordPress blog … as grand as it might sound.