In the last roundup, Peter told us that he has been involved with WordPress for almost 8 years. WordPress was not that easy back then. It was long processes from creating a database, database user, and then handling the config files. No platforms available to offer one-click installations. Over the last few years, WordPress has evolved … Read more
I started with WordPress eight years ago and installed WordPress for the first time. My first thought was: Can I really make this work? It looked very hard and an enhanced query using cPanel, create a database and a MySQL user. Continue with edit the wp-config.php file, upload the WordPress files via FTP and more. My … Read more
Did you ever dream for something and achieved it? I never dreamt of writing WordPress posts at my childhood. In those times, dreams were more into realistic and practical. Some people wanted to become doctors, some were patroned for engineering. These two are common respectable jobs. At the commerce, industry, banking has a good reputation. … Read more
What is a successful community? I was scrolling my Facebook while thinking to write the introduction of this Weekly WordPress Roundup #25. Ansel Taft, a WordPress developer and moderator to many WordPress communities posted some query in the famous WordPress group on Facebook, Advanced WordPress. Advanced WordPress was created by Michael Bastos years back during … Read more
Rest in peace, Alex King. This week, WordPress community loses a maven, entrepreneur. The founder of Crowd Favorite, Alex King is no more with us. He was an inspiration to many WordPress users and especially to his employees. One of his colleague Kari Leigh, who worked closely with Alex, expresses her sorrow on this sudden … Read more
WordPress is a house with many doors that opens to completely different industries, but, interconnected. Ecommerce websites are the most business generating online platforms. Online stores earn more than offline businesses. It is secure. It is on the fingertips. It is a new trend of the era and benefiting numerous entrepreneurs. There are many content … Read more
Who else was waiting to hear from WordPress.org about a security release? Well, we are used to it by now. A day before the security release, Matt Cromwell posted about WordPress 4.3.1 in the Advanced WordPress Facebook Group. All previous versions are now considered vulnerable due to the three critical issues reported. When WordPress 4.3 released, … Read more
Another calm week! With another week passed and no updates from WordPress core team, we decided to talk about the strategy of Chris Lema on working remotely and his 4 tips for working from home without living in your office. Lema is helping the WordPress community since more than a decade. He is and has … Read more
WordPress 4.3 “Billie” has already hit a huge number of downloads since this version was released two weeks ago. I’m impressed with the WP users this time. Maybe Billie Holiday is a favorite Jazz singer of numerous WordPressers. Usually, we noticed that new updates sometimes not are taken seriously. WordPress core team informs and urges … Read more
Within these past few Wednesdays, I missed the roundups and you people. It took some time to recover myself and come out from the flow of incredible scenic valleys, mountains, streams, sunrises, sunsets, and camping. I’m grateful to Peter for covering the insights during my absence. Peter ended the Weekly WordPress Roundup #18 quite well. WordPress … Read more