Here at WPMU DEV, we use the word “WordPress” a lot (for obvious reasons!). And when we do mention “WordPress” (there I go again!), I think it’s safe to say that most readers understand that we’re talking about WordPress.org, the self-hosted content management system. If you’re brand spanking new to WordPress, however, you may not...
Site usability should be one of your top considerations when building or maintaining a website. If your website is difficult to use, people will be discouraged from using it—or ever coming back. Furthermore, in many cases, good usability directly translates to better results when it comes to SEO. Some of the hallmarks of good website...
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...
One of the best things about WordPress is how easy it is to make sweeping changes to a website in just a few minutes. But with no easy way to revert a website to a previous state, you can lose a lot of work very quickly if you aren’t careful. VersionPress brings the power of...
Build tools are an essential part of every developer’s toolkit that lets you focus on efficient development without getting caught up in the small details that can distract you from the code at hand. One such popular build tool is Grunt. We recently looked at how to use Gulp for WordPress development. Gulp is a...
At at lot of the WordCamps and WordPress meetups I attend, I’m asked the same question: How do you go about becoming a WordPress professional? The question is normally asked by one of two types of people: those who’ve been using WordPress in their spare time for a while and want to make a living from...
Sometimes, WordPress backups fail and restoring your many blog posts and pages can become a brutal challenge. Fortunately, archiving them using the Wayback (time) Machine can make them easily recoverable. Sure, you can’t actually go back in time, but using the Wayback Machine isn’t far off. It archives public web documents to preserve human culture for future...
