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Hackers attack WordPress sites both big and small with tens of thousands of attacks happening per minute. Fortunately, there are many ways you can protect your WordPress site. Today, I want to share with you how you can make your WordPress site’s security air tight with basic through to advanced techniques. I’ll also explore how WordPress can be vulnerable to attacks, how hackers compromise websit

Remember how hard it used to be to vertically center content on your site? If you’re struggling with the words “used to be” in that last sentence, you obviously haven’t yet cottoned onto flexbox, the answer to clean, hack-free CSS layouts. Oh man, remember how hard it used to be to vertically center content on your site? If you’re struggling with the words “used to be” in that last sentence, you o

Did you know that the majority of Slack's capabilities go unused? One of the primary ideas behind Slack is to save time while increasing productivity. Yet often for busy users, tapping into its' many features gets sidelined. That's why we've put together this list of most useful tips, to help you discover Slack's many powerful features. Did you know that the majority of Slack’s capabilities go unu

Say you’re planning to bake a pizza. What will the base, sauce, cheese, and toppings be? Thin or thick crust? Marinara or pesto sauce? Mozzarella, cheddar or Parmesan cheese? Pepperoni, mushrooms, anchovies? And let’s not even talk about pineapple here! There are so many variations to choose from. If only there was a way to mix and match them to get exactly what you want. Oh wait…there are several

Medium is a blog publishing platform that has grown by leaps and bounds over the last year or so. Its design is simple yet attractive, making sure to put a great deal of focus on the site’s content. Both of these things have led some in the WordPress community to pay attention. And as is often the case, when something new arises and becomes popular in the web publishing space, many WordPressers lo

While there are plenty of articles about translating WordPress, very few of them go into specific details of how this is done and managed on a day-to-day basis. What happens when you change something in the code? What happens when you add new strings? What happens when you update a plugin to a new version? So in today's post we're going to answer these types of questions with step-by-step examples

Contact forms are far from the most exciting element of your WordPress site, but if you want your users to be able to reach out to you, they’re an essential. An ideal form is simple to create, straightforward to use - and being easy on the eye doesn’t hurt either. Contact forms are far from the most exciting element of your WordPress site, but if you want your users to be able to reach out to you,

Want to add image sliders on your site? Here are the top 10 most popular free WordPress image slider plugins available in the WordPress plugin repository. Finding the perfect slider for your site is by no means an easy task. At last count, there were over 900+ sliders in the WordPress Plugin Repository. Who’s got time to test every plugin? To help you separate the wheat from the chaff, I’ve ranked

Magazine themes can be an excellent attribute for your WordPress site. They can display your content into a perfect digital magazine format that works well for your users. A while back, WordPress even had a magazine theme as their default theme. While making the new default theme a magazine-style design was an interesting and welcome move, of course, it still didn’t suit everyone’s tastes precisel

With the help of a few plugins, it’s entirely possible to keep WordPress users out of the dashboard and put everything they need on the front-end. Today we’re going to focus on the most requested front-end features: posting, editing and uploading. These features are especially important for sites that depend on user-submitted content and news. The plugins below are some of the most high quality so

Whether you're building a website for a new client or working on a project for yourself, customizing the WordPress admin makes the day-to-day business of working on a website behind the scenes a more personal one. Whether you’re building a website for a new client or working on a project for yourself, customizing the WordPress admin makes the day-to-day business of working on a website behind the

We all know that backing up a live WordPress site is a mandatory task for any site owner. Check out all of Snapshot’s new features, including the option to back up your sites to Google Drive! Check out Snapshot Storing backups in a remote location available from anywhere is a sound strategy and anyone with a Gmail account has a cheap and easy solution. In this Weekend WordPress Project, we’ll walk

bbPress is an extremely popular forum software created by the same people who make WordPress. It's also similar to WP in that it often takes a number of plugins to get it working the way you’d like. In this post, we’ve compiled a list that we find to be quite good. bbPress is an extremely popular forum software created by the same people who make WordPress. It’s also similar to WP in that it often

Managing a WordPress Multisite network can be a lot of work, but it doesn’t have to be if you have the right tools. But what are the best tools for Multisite? There’s always a lot of discussion on the WPMU DEV forums about this very topic, so I asked our support crew and developers what plugins they recommend people install on their network. Whether you’re new to running a Multisite network or hav

As a web developer, you want to be sure that what you’ve designed is able to adapt to any device or browser. Google Chrome, as the most used browser, should be at the top of that list. Google Chrome wasn’t the first web browser to enter the arena, yet despite a growing number of competitors over the years, it continues to hold the title of most popular. Since arriving on the scene in 2008, Chrome

TwentyTen child themes have been popping up everywhere and many theme designers are offering them for free. One strong benefit of using TwentyTen as a parent theme is that you’ll always be able to update the basic framework without breaking your design. Check out a few of the free child themes listed here to see what’s possible when building with TwentyTen. Continue reading, or jump ahead using th

There are so many free WordPress themes out there it can put your head in a tail spin. So in an effort to help you sift through the good and the – let's face it – crap, we've put together this ultimate guide to free WordPress themes. There are so many free WordPress themes out there it can put your head in a tailspin. So in an effort to help you sift through the good and the – let’s face it – crap

Here's our list of some of the best free WordPress themes you'll find in the WordPress Theme Directory that have been developed by premium theme shops, plus a few released by independent theme developers. When I first started working with WordPress many years ago, themes in the WordPress Theme Directory were “okay.” That is to say, they weren’t great but they did the job well until it was time to

Want to encourage more visitor engagement with your site? Accepting user-generated content submissions from the site's front-end is a great way to accomplish that. And today, we'll show you what plugins can make it a snap to setup. There are a number of reasons why companies use content marketing to power their lead generation efforts. While a business’s services or products are what a customer ul

Big news for WordPress blogs and BuddyPress came last weekend with a new plugin that enables logging in with a Facebook account on any BuddyPress installation. You knew it was coming and there are many reasons to welcome it. Creating new accounts for every site you visit can really be a pain sometimes, especially when there are activation emails involved. Nobody wants the trouble of selecting a ne

Join us we explain default WordPress image sizes, how they work, and how to add your own custom image sizes. When you upload an image, WordPress does a lot of work behind-the-scenes so you can serve the image to your visitors. You can piggyback on this process and add custom image sizes to save having to resize images manually. In this post, I’ll explain how and why WordPress creates different ima

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These CMS plugins make WordPress easier to use, minimize unwanted functionality, and speed up content publishing. If you’re developing a complex WordPress site for clients, need to deal with content policies and flows, want to make the user interface easier to work with, or add custom content without writing code, you may well need a CMS plugin. CMS plugins give WordPress additional Content Manage

BuddyPress works great out of the box, but if you want to create a complete online community you’ll need a few plugins to bolster the basic package. Here are our picks of the best options for live chat, membership, eCommerce and social sharing. BuddyPress is a great choice if you want to add social networking to your WordPress site, as it comes with essential features, such as user profiles, activ

BuddyPress used to be a headache to set up, but not anymore thanks to huge improvements in recent versions. While there are plenty of guides to help you get started, the easiest way to learn how to set up the social networking plugin is to jump right in and have a go. So here's how. Turning your WordPress site into a community with BuddyPress has never been easier thanks to improvements in recent

We're saying goodbye to Upfront to focus on what our members want. WPMU DEV is embracing Gutenberg, Divi, Beaver, WPBakery and the list goes on and on...because partnering with other leading tools in the community will makes us all better. In what feels like a different life ago (but was in-fact just 2010) I started to think really really hard about the future of WordPress, user experience and web

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