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? These are...
AJAX has become all the rage in the past couple of years and for good reason. AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) is a way to have a “conversation” with the server and display the results without reloading the page. This technique allows us to refresh “Like” counters, add items to a shopping cart, create dynamic forms and...
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...
Upgrading your website’s theme to the latest version is highly recommended, not only because it ensures you have all the latest features, but you’ll also be up-to-date with any security patches. There are many ways to upgrade a WordPress theme. In this post, we’ll look at a few different methods, from automatically upgrading to ensuring...
We’ve been covering quite a few WordPress web development topics recently, so you’ve probably already heard about hooks, actions, and filters. These are an essential part of the using the event-driven architecture used by WordPress. And they are your path to creating your own custom “version” of WordPress to suit your needs. In a Nutshell Hooks,...
For some of the websites you create, comments are completely unnecessary. Sometimes it’s a matter of not wanting people to comment on your pages. Posts are fine, but why does WordPress even think that pages would need comments? Then there’s the fact that some comments present a security risk if they contain suspicious links that...
Let’s Encrypt is a trusted, open source certificate authority that offers free SSL certificates for as many domains as you want – and now there are easy ways to integrate it with cPanel for one-click, automated certificate installation that takes mere seconds to complete. Installing an SSL certificate with Let’s Encrypt is already fast, but...
