News & Articles

• Up and Running Third Edition (wpshout.com)
  The Third Edition of Up and Running is now live. If you want to learn WordPress development, this is the single clear, concise and critically acclaimed package you need – now updated for 2018.
• Let’s Encrypt Wildcard Certificates Are Now Available (wptavern.com)
  Wildcard certificates enable site administrators to secure all sub domains with a single certificate. This can be especially convenient for WordPress Multi-site networks. In July of last year, Let's Encrypt announced that it would begin issuing Wildcard certificates for free in January of 2018. Although a little late, the organization has announced that Wildcard certificate support is now live.
• Shared vs Managed WordPress Hosting: The Key Differences and How to Make Your Decision (www.codeinwp.com)
  Shared vs managed WordPress hosting has been a hot-button topic in the WordPress community for a long time now. And we’re no strangers to it either – in our multiple hosting reviews, comparisons and surveys, we’ve always come across many interesting points of view and opinions coming from each side of the barricade. In this article, we’ll look into what both developers and everyday users mean when they talk about shared vs managed WordPress hosting.
• The Agency Owner’s Conundrum: Should I Tell My Clients I’m Using Outsourced Developers On Their Project? (codeable.io)
  
• Transparency Report #37 – How We Built, Launched and Promoted Our Latest Project (www.codeinwp.com)
  
• Introducing a New E-Commerce Mastermind Group with Cory Miller and Chris Lema (ithemes.com)
  
• Pricing Pages: Should You Add to Your Freelance Website? (premium.wpmudev.org)
  

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Plugin News

• A Complete (and FREE) Ticket Sales Solution (theeventscalendar.com)
  If you’re just looking for a no-nonsense ticket sales plugin, Event Tickets is a great solution. If your needs are a little more complex, Event Tickets Plus has additional functionality to offer you more control over your ticket sales. Event Tickets Plus integrates with major WordPress e-commerce platforms so you can leverage and incorporate their powerful capabilities into your ticket sales.
• A Plea For Plugin Developers to Stop Supporting Legacy PHP Versions (wptavern.com)
  Iain Poulson has published a thoughtful request on the Delicious Brains blog asking WordPress plugin developers to stop supporting legacy PHP versions. He covers some of the benefits of developing with newer versions of PHP, what Delicious Brains is doing with its plugins, and using the Requires Minimum PHP Version header in readme.txt.
• The Slowest WordPress Plugins (and Alternatives to Try Instead) (premium.wpmudev.org)
  
• 8 Best WordPress LMS Plugins to Create and Sell Courses Online (kinsta.com)
  
• Weglot Review: Fully Translate Your WordPress Site In Just A Couple Minutes (wplift.com)
  
• The Best Plugins to Scan WordPress for Malware (www.wpexplorer.com)
  

Theme Releases

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Blue Monday (wordpress.org)

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Theme News

• 20 Horizontal WordPress Themes for Photography, Art, and Design Portfolios in 2018 (wpliving.net)
  Horizontal WordPress themes are a niche category in the WordPress theme market. That being said, the sideways form factor has a lot to offer in terms of user experience – particularly when it comes to visual content. The horizontal layout works well on swipe-screen devices such as smartphones or tablets. Intrigued by this unusual form, we decided to curate a list of 20 free and premium horizontal WordPress themes to showcase some of the potential this form has to offer.

Jobs post your own job

• Multilingual WordPress Support Engineer (kinsta.com)
  Kinsta's global client base is growing steadily and they're looking for a competent support engineer from 9AM to 5PM (local time zone) with exceptional communication skills who can provide enterprise level technical support to their customers via their support system (they use intercom.io and our own-developed dashboard (MyKinsta) exclusively for these purposes).
• Affiliate Marketing Manager (kinsta.com)
  Kinsta's growing team is looking for an Affiliate Marketing Manager who’s excited about working at a quick-moving, fast-growing startup. Your key responsibilities in this role will be recruiting and monitoring new affiliate performance.

Tutorials

• Preparing Your WordPress Site for the Upcoming Google Mobile-First Index (kinsta.com)
  If Google suddenly flipped the proverbial switch to mobile-first indexing, the vast majority of sites dominating the competition would face an SEO Great Depression, potentially destroying their current modus operandi. So, what does mobile-first indexing really mean? When does it take effect and how can you prepare? In this post, we’ll explain mobile-first and how you can prepare your WordPress site for the upcoming changes to avoid potential disasters.
• How to Backup a WordPress Site for Free: Step by Step, With UpdraftPlus (themeisle.com)
  If you’re looking for a way to backup a WordPress site for free, then UpdraftPlus is definitely one of the most popular and well-rated options. Not only does it let you manually take a backup, but it can also automatically backup your website to the cloud on a schedule of your choosing, as well as easily restore a backup with just a few clicks.
• Best SEO Practices for Your Photography WordPress Website (motopress.com)
  
• Gracefully Handle PHP Version Support in WordPress (tommcfarlin.com)
  
• Ultimate Guide: How To Make A WordPress Private Blog (barn2.co.uk)
  
• How to Add Smooth Background Color Change Effect in WordPress (www.wpbeginner.com)
  
• Tips and Tricks for Using WordPress for Digital Signage (torquemag.io)
  

Podcasts and Videos

• All AMPed Up | WPWeekly (wptavern.com)
  
• Dale Reardon | Hallway Chats (hallwaychats.com)