Nominations were submitted, brackets were created, and votes were cast. Torque Magazine has wrapped up its fourth-annual Plugin Madness competition. Plugin Madness is a bracket-style competition that starts off with 64 plugins split into 4 groups: eCommerce, Maintenance, Optimization, and Marketing. For the past two years, WPMU Dev’s Smush Image Compression has beat out competitors… […]
WP-CLI: A Q&A with Alain Schlesser
For the last couple of years, WP-CLI has been changing the way that developers work in WordPress. WP-CLI helps developers take regular, repeat tasks and automate them using a set of command-line tools for managing WordPress-installations. Using the interface, you can update plugins, set up multisite installs and much more, without using a web browser.… […]
Torque’s Plugin Madness 2019: Vote For Your Favorite Plugin Today!
For the fourth year in a row, Torque Magazine is pitting plugin against plugin in a bracket-style competition to determine who is the king of the WordPress plugins. In order to determine what plugins will make up the brackets, Torque needs your votes! For the past two years, WPMU Dev’s Smush Image Compression has won Plugin Madness beating out Autoptimize,… […]
Torque’s Plugin Madness 2019: Nominate Your Favorite Plugin Today!
Plugin Madness is back! For the fourth year in a row, Torque Magazine is pitting plugin against plugin in a bracket-style competition to determine who is the king of the WordPress plugins. In order to determine what plugins will make up the brackets, Torque needs your nominations! For the past two years, WPMU Dev’s Smush… […]
Steps and Tips for Building Your First Gutenberg Block Plugin
The new editing experience, Gutenberg, provides users with a fresh and exciting writing experience via rich content and intuitive capabilities. While the old editor required shortcodes, HTML, and custom post types to make a vision take form, the new editor works more like puzzle-strategic, block-like elements are built individually and come together to create the… […]
Customer Updates to WordPress 5.0
WordPress 5.0 has arrived, and with it comes a new and improved way to create content in the post editor. At WP Engine, we’re excited for this change and are now ready to begin auto-upgrades for our customers. Historically, we have halted updates mid-November through January 1 in respect of holiday schedules, and this release… […]
First-Ever Global Survey of the WordPress Genesis Community
Earlier this year, we invited Genesis users to take part in the first-ever Genesis Community Survey to help us better understand the premium theme marketplace and to help shape the future of the Genesis framework. It builds on our stated mission to make Genesis the most open and transparent community in WordPress. The response was… […]
Join WP Engine at WordCamp US
For the second consecutive year, WordCamp US will be held in Music City, Nashville, Tennessee. WP Engine is proud to be a platinum sponsor for this year’s WordCamp. As usual, WP Engine will have a booth with fun swag and helpful personnel. After the acquisition of StudioPress, however, we are excited to include more additions… […]
WordPress for Good: The Price of Water
Earlier this year, we honored Webby for Good nominees using WordPress to bring positive changes to the world. On November 15th, 2018 industry experts and technology innovators from across the EU will meet for the Webby’s European sister show, The Lovie Awards. Winners are selected for creating a stunning overall digital experience as well as for… […]
A First Look at WordCamp US
In less than two weeks, members from the WordPress community around the world will head to Nashville, Tennessee for WordCamp US. This is the second consecutive year that the event has been held in Music City and WordPress community has evolved significantly since 2017. The most anticipated topic of discussion this year will be around… […]