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Creating a content marketing funnel is a challenge. You have to figure out who your audience is, create great content for your audience, and then get it out there for them to see it. That’s not an easy task in the busy online world and that’s only the beginning. But if you do it right, …

Adding an author box to your WordPress posts is a simple yet effective way of increasing the legitimacy and appeal of your blog. Although WordPress lets you add an author’s name and bio to user profiles, some themes provide limited – if any – options for customizing and displaying the author box on posts. This …

When creating a website, chances are high you’re going to include a blog page and blog posts on it. Of course, the most important part of a blog strategy is creating high-quality blog post content, but the design part of it all plays a big part in your strategy’s success too. When creating a website …

We’ve all been there… A website you are designing looks great on your laptop, phone and tablet. But then someone shows you a screenshot of what the site looks like on their device and you just want to cry. What probably happened is that they are on a screen with a breaking point that you …

One of the minor but useful additions to WordPress 5.5 is the new wp_get_environment_type() function. It makes it possible for plugin … Continue reading New Plugin Displays WordPress Environment Type for Admins →

Joe Casabona, a freelance web developer and educator, launched WordPress: A Year in Review last week. The project was born … Continue reading WordPress: A Year in Review, New Project to Fill the WordCamp Void →

Divi Event Manager is a third-party plugin that creates a complete events management system for Divi. It doesn’t require a separate events plugin. Instead, it contains all of the event management features. This reduces the number of plugins you need and ensures there are no update or compatibility issues. In this article, we’ll take a …

Website redesigns tend to be a pain in the side for many web developers, especially if they’ve never heard of GDD. Here are some reasons why: The content takes too much time to update and finalize The budget is never enough The allotted time is never enough There’s always something else to finish before launch …

The Wordfence Threat Intelligence team discovered vulnerabilities in the Advanced Access Manager plugin installed on over 100,000 WordPress sites. A high severity authorization bypass could lead to privilege escalation and site takeover. Critical vulnerabilities found in the Quiz and Survey Master plugin could also lead to site takeover on the 30,000 WP sites using the …Read More

Last month the WordPress Documentation Team announced a ban on links to commercial websites within the official docs. These include … Continue reading WordPress Documentation Team Discusses Modifying External Linking Policy Following Opposition to the Ban on Commercial Links →

Starting an online store? Follow our guide to your first customer! Find your perfect audience and set yourself up for long-term success.

We should be leading the users, not following them.We should be guiding the users, not coddling them.We should carve out … Continue reading No Minimum PHP Version Bump This Year, WordPress to Support PHP 5.6 for a While Longer →

If you have updated to WordPress 5.5 and are seeing JavaScript errors coming from WPML, these quick releases should fix it for you. The recent WordPress 5.5 update deprecated support for jQuery Migrate, which resulted in issues for many WordPress users. We released WPML 4.3.19 and WCML 4.10.2 to fix any potential issues. These releases …

Hey Divi Nation! Thanks for joining us for the next installment of our weekly Divi Design Initiative where each week, we give away brand new freebies. Today, we’re sharing a global presets style guide for Divi’s Spice Shop Layout Pack. Divi’s global presets help you speed up your web design process in no time, and …

Search engines are any website’s lifeblood. No matter how well-planned and effective your social strategies are, if your site isn’t prominent in search results, your business and brand will have a hard time (if not an impossible one) growing. One of the most important things you can do is to make sure that your website …

Finding the right person for any job is easier said than done. Thankfully, there are multiple quality tools that you can use to make the task a lot simpler. Chiefly, you can check out what’s out there in the realm of applicant tracking software.
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On August 13, 2020, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team finished investigating two vulnerabilities in Advanced Access Manager, a WordPress plugin with over 100,000 installations, including a high-severity Authorization Bypass vulnerability that could lead to privilege escalation and site takeover. We reached out to the plugin’s author the next day, on August 14, 2020, and received …Read More

Yesterday, Automattic dropped version 4.4 of its popular WooCommerce plugin. The new release is a minor update with the biggest … Continue reading WooCommerce 4.4 Updates Blocks and Centralizes Coupon Management →

Hey Divi Nation! Thanks for joining us for the next installment of our weekly Divi Design Initiative where each week, we give away brand new freebies. In the past, we shared the beautiful Sushi Restaurant Layout Pack. To help you get your website up and running as soon as possible, we’re sharing a blog post …

Yesterday, August 18, 2020, the Wordfence Live team covered 10 WordPress Security Mistakes You Might be Making. This companion blog post reviews the recommendations we provided to avoid these mistakes and better secure your WordPress environment. You can watch the video of Wordfence Live below. Timestamps You can click on these timestamps to jump around …Read More

There are a lot of ways you can secure your data online. If you want to be pro-active, two of the best solutions you can use are a proxy server or a Virtual Private Network (VPN). However, to choose between a proxy vs a VPN, you need to understand how both options work. In this …

In just one week since WordPress 5.5 was released, the Enable jQuery Migrate Helper plugin has passed 10,000 active installs, … Continue reading Enable jQuery Migrate Helper Plugin Passes 10K Active Installs →

Starting a dropshipping business? Your most important task is picking great products. Choose carefully! See our top picks and learn how to get started fast!

A couple of years ago, Morten Rand-Hendriksen launched WP Rig for WordPress. The goal was to bring a modern starter … Continue reading WP Rig Starter Theme Project Looking for New Maintainers →

Creating content for your blog is hard enough without having to worry about design. That’s why it is important for your site to have the design elements readily available (or pre-designed) so that you can be more focused on creating amazing content. Sure, a traditional WordPress child theme can handle this but, in most cases, …

A Scalable Vector Graphic (SVG) is a unique type of image format. Unlike other varieties, SVGs don’t rely on unique pixels to make up the images you see. Instead, they use ‘vector’ data. By using SVGs, you get images that can scale up to any resolution, which comes in handy for web design among plenty …

Beginning September 1, 2020, Apple’s Safari browser will no longer trust SSL/TLS certificates issued for longer than 398 days, which … Continue reading Apple to Enforce 1-Year Limit on SSL/TLS Certificate Lifetimes on September 1, 2020, Mozilla and Google to Follow Suit →

For months, I have eagerly awaited the official release of WordPress 5.5, an update that promised to put the long-awaited … Continue reading Exploring the First Block Patterns to Land in the WordPress Theme Directory →

If you are looking to set up an online store, finding a platform that can deliver all the features you need is key. We’ve written this Shopify review to help you determine whether it’s the right choice for you.
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Hey Divi Nation! Thanks for joining us for the next installment of our weekly Divi Design Initiative; where each week, we give away a brand new, free Divi Layout Pack from our design team to you. For this week, our design team has created a brand new Perfumery Layout Pack. This layout pack is sure …