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WordPress 3.6.1 Maintenance and Security Release
After nearly 7 million downloads of WordPress 3.6, we are pleased to announce the availability of version 3.6.1. This maintenance release fixes 13 bugs in version 3.6, which was a very smooth release.
WordPress 3.6.1 is also a security release for all previous WordPress versions and we strongly encourage you to update your sites immediately.
Boost Your WordPress SEO with Short URLs
One of the easiest ways to improve your SEO is to think smarter before hitting “publish” on your posts. When the all-seeing Google indexes your website and decides which sites to prioritise over others, one of the factors it takes into consideration is your post’s URL, or permalink.
Make Your Photos Yours With Pressgram
It’s like Instagram but for WordPress and you get to keep 100 per cent ownership of your images. The idea is that with Pressgram, you can link it with your WordPress (self-hosted or WordPress.com) site. Photos you take with the app can be filtered and uploaded to your site or just kept on your smartphone without being published.
WordPress as an App Platform?
WordPress features many app framework and platform hallmarks, including core APIs and methods that automate and simplify otherwise complex operations like user authentication and remote data interaction. WordPress succeeds spectacularly largely because it emphasizes the publisher experience atop a capable, approachable, and open platform.
This Russian Software Is Taking Over the Internet
Automattic was replacing the web server software that underpins its popular WordPress blogging platform, and things weren’t going well. So Automattic pulled the plug on its Apache migration and bet the company on a then-unknown open source project called Nginx. Five years later, WordPress still runs on Nginx — pronounced “Engine X” — and so many others have followed suit.
Bridging The Gap Between Developers and Users
The open source nature of WordPress makes for interesting bedfellows. Users of WordPress are given access to tons of tools, many of them free, and are put in direct contact with the developers that made them. There are no layers of bureaucracy and customer service in-between as you get with typical tech companies like Apple or Microsoft.
How to Prevent Spam in WordPress
Automated spam is nothing new and since most WordPress sites allow commenting on at least blog posts, they become a target. Fortunately, there are simple measures that can be taken to keep this from becoming a massive problem. What follows is a two-fold approach that myself and others use to cut out nearly all spam with relatively little effort.
Episode 49: 2.2 Million Downloads w/ $35k Monthly Theme Sales
We’ve talked about the freemium model in past interviews, but this is the first time I’ve heard someone refer to it as a great responsibility.
And when you have one theme that powers more than a million websites — yea, I guess he’s right.
