WordPress is fast becoming the F35 of CMS. Over-budget, overfeatured and unreliable.
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Pianogroove founder Hayden Hill visits Bratislava to work on new site
Hayden played an amazing short set after lunch.
WordPress 2017 Security Roundup: Shield, Sucuri, iThemes, WordFence
All WordPress security plugins are too complicated. Making certain sensible hosting setup obligatory would make sites more secure.
How to restore missing WordPress Featured Image Screen Option
The issue is not in any of Settings –> Media, in Appearance, in the Customizer or in wp-config. Here’s the code to drop into functions.php.
What GitHub brings to open source development
Without GitHub it would just be too much work to share code. Despite Eric’s generosity, inertia would take over and hours would run out.
Building a better WordPress Post Editor
Workflow, fluency of editing and ease of use are the three values required in an editor.
Improvements in WordPress 4.4, 4.5, 4.6 and 4.7 for Business Publishers
If your site works, keep it stable. Focus on your business, not your technology.
WordPress Comment Ratings Plugins Roundup: Zaki vs Ulike vs Comment Vote vs Voter vs Thumbs Rating vs GD Rating System
A new Thoughtful Comments version with comment rating and comment sorting by date and rating will be coming soon.
How WordPress developers treat publishers like suckers and marks or why I’m now ashamed to be a WordPress developer
Without ever changing WordPress, no reason to keep expensive WordPress consultants on retainer or spend thousands monthly on VIP.wordpress.com.
WordPress Copycat Coders: WPMUdev and iThemes review
Who are the worst copycat offenders in the WordPress software sphere? There are two clear winners WPMUdev and iThemes.
Akismet Error Code 10003: How to avoid forced upgrade
Automated machine spam comments are posted by bots in the tens of thousands. Here’s how to avoid an Akismet forced upgrade.
How to run WP Multisite 4.1 in a subdirectory
Has your WPMU installation broken in 3.8 – 4.1 WordPress? Here’s how to get WordPress working again, step by step.
WordPress Caching Drag Race: Hyper Cache vs. WP Rocket
The bad news in Hyper Cache went crazy and WP Rocket is not a good replacement. We also compared the performance of these two plugins.
Why WPEngine caching doesn’t work with eCommerce sites
Taking down business sites during media events is not acceptable for premium hosting. Here’s what happened to Wyldsson.com.
How to securely manage Guest Editors on WordPress
A simple workflow which will work just as well for guest posts as for guest expert editors. No plugins required!
How to Build a Multilingual Site via WordPress Plugins
Both our republishing solution with separate sites and qTranslate have their own place depending on your site’s needs.
Case Study: DC Rainmaker Blogger to WordPress Migration
Triathlon enthusiast and blogger Ray Maker needed a website upgrade. Here’s how Heather Sander and Foliovision made it happen in just one week.
WSJ Speakeasy Technical Review: Fail
Mimicing such tracking tomfoolery on small successful sites will not make you more like the “big boys”. It will just drive people to your competition.
WordPress Speed Test 2012: WP Super Cache vs HyperCache
If your server ever does overload, you want HyperCache on your side. As soon as the load goes down, HyperCache will start serving quickly again.
WordPress 3.4: More eye candy instead of much needed performance fixes
Let’s hope WordPress stops with the eye candy and deals with its more substantial core issues soon.
