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This Week In WordPress: 04/06/2015

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April 6, 2015

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Have a news tip or upcoming WordPress event you’d like to share, write us at [email protected]. News Highlights: StoryCorps: Great little story about how StoryCorps.me uses WordPress to power their mobile apps and more. Cache Buddy: A new plug increases the cacheability of your site by minimizing how many logged in users appear logged in to WordPress. WordPress blocked in Turkey: Last week we talked about WordPress sites being blocked in Pakistan, this week the site is now being blocked in Turkey. Surprisingly, this ban is the result of an argument between two professors. When blocking one post didn’t work, the Turkish courts […]

This Week In WordPress: 03/30/2015

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March 30, 2015

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Just in case you missed it, here’s a roundup of the latest happenings from this past week. If you have a news tip you’d like to share, write us at [email protected]. News Highlights: Writing 101: WordPress’s Writing 101 returns this April. Sign up and join the daily writing challenge. WP Engine raises funding: Why North Bridge invested $25m in a WordPress business. Sites block in Pakistan: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has started temporarily (hopefully) blocking all WordPress sites. RevSlider exploit leaves thousands of sites hacked: “Cybercriminals have been leveraging a vulnerability in a popular WordPress plugin to redirect the visitors of thousands […]

This Week In WordPress: 03/23/2015

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March 23, 2015

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Just in case you missed it, here’s a roundup of the latest happenings from this past week. If you have a news tip you’d like to share, write us at [email protected]. News Highlights: Jetpack 3.4 update: The new Jetpack update provides protection from brute force attacks. Frito Lay’s custom project management app: Frito Lay’s custom built project management tool was built with WordPress Julie’s WordPress training: Julie Kuehl is on a mission to become a full-time WordPress developer. Cart abandonment and WooCommerce: Tips for reducing eCommerce “cart abandonment.” Remove Hello Dolly: A pull request was made to remove “Hello Dolly” from the […]

Q&A with Wired.com’s Jake Spurlock

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March 19, 2015

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Originally launched in 1994 as “Hotwired,” Wired.com has grown into a family of successful blogs that reports on current and future trends in technology. Early this month, Wired announced their first major site overhaul in 8 years. We were fortunate enough to talk with Jake Spurlock, one of the software engineers on the project, about what it was like to migrate 17 active blogs to one single WordPress install. Here’s what he had to say: Torque: First off, can you tell us a little bit about what you do at Wired?? Jake Spurlock: I’m a software engineer at Condé Nast, a “premier […]

This week in WordPress: March 16, 2015

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March 16, 2015

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Just in case you missed it, here’s a roundup of the latest happenings from this past week. If you have a news tip you’d like to share, write us at [email protected]. WordPress 4.2 Beta 1: WordPress 4.2 Beta 1 was released. The software is still being tested, but you can set up a testing site and try out some of its fun new features. Blind SQL Injection vulnerability was discovered in WordPress SEO by Yoast: A vulnerability was discovered in the popular WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin. An update was released, and users of the plugin were advised to update immediately. WordPress 80/20 Problem: Josh […]

Torque Spotlight: GifDrop

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February 18, 2015

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Static images too boring? Wish all videos looped endlessly? Tired of your compressed images having more than 256 colors? If so, then you probably love GIFs! GifDrop is a WordPress plugin that allows you to drag and drop your favorite GIFs onto your own custom page. It’s still in beta, but the current version is pretty slick. In fact, I’ve been running a GifDrop page on my own site to display my 3D animated gifs, and we just added our new page here on TorqueMag.io/gifs. “The inspiration for GifDrop was Norcross’ prolific animated GIF collection,” said Mark Jaquith, one of the creators […]

Torque Spotlight: Professional WordPress

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January 30, 2015

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See details at the bottom of this post for a chance to win a copy of Professional WordPress! At the 2014 State of the Word, Matt Mullenweg, founder of the WordPress project, pointed out that 7,539, or 25%, of 33k survey respondents indicated that they make their living off of WordPress. There’s an obvious need for educational resources within the WordPress ecosystem — there are currently blogs, books, videos, and entire business models focused solely on WordPress education.  This week we decided to spotlight the book Professional WordPress, along with an interview with one of the authors, Brad Williams. In 2010, Hal Stern, […]

Torque Talks with John James Jacoby on crowdfunding

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December 10, 2014

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Last month, John James Jacoby (or JJJ) launched a 24-day Indiegogo campaign to help focus his time solely on the development and improvement of BuddyPress, GlotPress, and bbPress for the next 6 months. With less than 34 hours to go, JJJ has surpassed his 50K goal, exemplifying the supportive nature of the WordPress community, and confirming the importance of the further development of these beloved plugins. Check out our chat with him below, then consider chipping in a few bucks to help his project out. Crowdfunding and open source: the perfect pair Torque: It’s exciting to see developers coming to the community to get support […]

Get the Torque app for your iOS or Android device

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December 8, 2014

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Hey smart readers, we just wanted to let you know that the official Torque Magazine app is now available for your smartphones. You can download it free for your Android or iOS device! Last week you probably saw our walk-through of AppPresser’s new Reactor service, which turns WordPress sites into native, cross-platform apps. Our mobile app was created with that same technology. So now you can read an article about porting your WordPress site to an app on an app that was ported from a WordPress site. Meta, right? Here’s a quick demo of the app in action: We’ve already seen […]

Flickr and Creative Commons: Fair use or mass theft?

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December 3, 2014

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Is it OK for a company to sell your Creative Commons work without your permission or compensation? That’s the question Flickr users are debating right now after a the launch of the company’s new print making service. For those unfamiliar, Creative Commons is an open-source framework for photographers, makers, artists, and more to define how their work may be used. The 4 basic variations of CC are: -attribution -noncommercial -no derivative works -share alike Flickr embraced CC licensing many years ago and now hosts over 300,000,000 CC-licensed images. Last month the company began a new printing service that allows customers […]

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