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Adding Feature Images to WordPress with the Easy Featured Images Plugin
From the Posts interface in the backend of WordPress it takes fives clicks to add a feature image to a post. I’ve created a new, free plugin, which reduces the number of clicks to just three – and I’m...
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The REST API (and How It Could Change WordPress Forever)
Anyone paying attention to Matt Mullenweg’s public appearances over the past twelve months will have noticed the steady beating of one particular drum: The importance of the WordPress JSON REST API to...
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Why Pay? How to Get By with a Free WordPress Theme
After reading through a variety of WordPress blogs like I do, you come to a few realizations about things. People think plugin round-ups are the business, for instance. But I’ve noticed something else....
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How to Keep Your PHP Skills Sharp for the Next Generation of WordPress
The enormous strides that WordPress has taken as a platform in the past 12 years have been mirrored by developments around the language it’s written in: PHP. Though new languages and frameworks grab...
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8 WordPress Development Tools You Probably Aren’t Using
The web is a vast place with some fantastically good resources available. Unfortunately, it’s very easy to miss some of the best out there. Bearing in mind the busy lives of many WordPress developers...
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14 Tips for Making the WordPress Admin Client-Proof (So They Don’t Break...
Being a developer means creating sites for many different clients, including ones who don’t know WordPress from Word and, in all likelihood, will break their website the moment you hand it over. Now,...
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There’s been a lot of debate this year about developers. What makes a WordPress developer, really? Is it someone who is able to understand and use code? Is it someone who can create a child theme and...
View ArticleHow to Brag About Your Freelance Work Without Being a Jerk
There’s a lot to love about making your living as a WordPress developer. You can set your own hours and work from just about anywhere. You can take on a variety of clients to keep your workload...
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What Highly Successful WordPress Business Owners Were Doing at Age 25
Everybody has to start somewhere. And in business, this adage applies doubly so because the paths entrepreneurs and business owners take can be varied and unpredictable. Some have that entrepreneurial...
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12 Awkward and Embarrassing Confessions About Working From Home with WordPress
Being a freelancer can be great. I know it has given me the freedom to live life largely on my terms, which is awesome. But there are some drawbacks to this whole working from home thing that a lot of...
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39 Must-Have WordPress Development Tools
WordPress isn’t just for blogging. It’s a full-fledged CMS and undoubtedly a strong platform for developers. But the world of related trends and tools can be exhaustive when you just need a solid...
View ArticleHow to Cope with WordPress Coding Overwhelm
Web development is not easy work. New themes. New plugins. New responsive design techniques. New platforms. New JavaScript frameworks and libraries. And so on. No matter how experienced you are, web...
View ArticleLosing Business to Bad Developers? Here’s How to Stop That – and Sell Yourself
As cloud-based software, mobile apps, and online chat platforms make it easier to work outside the traditional office, we’re seeing the amount of freelance talent grow. According to a study done by...
View Article17 Best Text Editors for WordPress Development in 2017
When it comes to WordPress development, it’s essential to use tools that make your life easier, but not all tools are created equal, especially when it comes to text editors. There are many popular...
View ArticleUser Testing Your WordPress Site or Product on a Budget
There are a lot of different tests you can perform on your WordPress website – A/B testing, mobile/responsive design testing, browser testing. And then there’s usability testing. Usability testing is a...
View ArticleReview: Is Google’s New Mobile Sites Certification Worth it?
Google provides a huge suite of products designed to support the digital activities of web developers, Google Analytics, Google Search Console, Google Tag Manager and Google Optimize just to name a...
View Article99 Incredible WordPress Stats and Facts
WordPress has come a long way since it first launched back in 2003. It’s now the most popular content management system and has become a become a dominant force online, now powering 28.6% of all...
View ArticleThe Secrets to Getting a Lot of Freelance Work
So you’re just getting started in freelance web design/development? One of the biggest fears freelancers face before they jump into doing this full-time is: will I be able to consistently get enough...
View Article8 Critical Tests to Run Before Launching Your New Website
Drag and drop website builders like Wix and Weebly have many people thinking that publishing a website is as simple as pressing a button and basking in the gloriousness of your perfect live site. Of...
View ArticleHow to Onboard Contractors to Your WordPress Business
After you start to become profitable, you’ll stop worrying about “making this freelance thing work” and start thinking about how you can be more productive—and make more money. You’ll also begin...
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