In this tutorial, we are going to look at some important native functions that can secure, clean and check data that is coming in or going out of WordPress.
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We look at WordPress anti-spam plugins, side-by-side: Akismet, Antispam Bee, Growmap Anti Spambot Plugin, WP-SpamShield Anti-Spam and WordPress Zero Spam.
Elio Qoshi explains how utilising the WordPress Mobile Pack plugin can make turning your online presence into a simple and effective mobile application is a simple and worthwhile process.
In this article, Charles Costa shows you the various ways WordPress can integrate with external SMTP services to increase reliability when sending email.
In this tutorial, Narayan Prusty covers some of the popular methods and plugins used to prevent brute force attacks against WordPress sites.
We explore the benefits of the WordPress Links Manager, which allows you to easily modify, remove or add links rather than hardcoding them in your HTML.
WordPress hosts are a dime a dozen, and unfortunately even for a technically savvy person, it can be difficult to differentiate between a reputable host.
WordPress users have a wide range of options for visual content creation. With a few plugins and design tools, we can take our imagery to the next level.
In this tutorial we cover the various feed formats WordPress provides and how to access them. We'll also look at customizing these feeds programmatically.
Sensing which common marketing problems can be remedied by smart development practices can be the difference between a successful campaign and a failed one.
In this article, Nataliya Bogdanets tackles the common concerns with WordPress migrations, including the various options and tools at your disposal.
In this article we compare the top WordPress SEO plugins side-by-side, examining the key features and options we’d expect to see in a good SEO plugin.
WordPress maintenance can often be seen as a chore, but as you'll discover, with the right tools and processes you can save time and avoid costly outages.
In this article Narayan Prusty demonstrates how you can easily cache data use the WordPress Transients API.
WordPress sticky headers run into a problem when the admin bar is visible. In this article, James Steinbach shows us how to use CSS (and Sass) to fix this.
If you're looking at moving from All in One SEO to WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin, this guide will bring you up to speed with exactly what you need to know.
This article serves as an introduction to using ZURB Foundation for WordPress theme development, covering the more popular starter themes and frameworks.
In this article we show you how to easily build your own Most Commented On Posts plugin. This is a great way of showcasing your most popular content.
Revisr is a WordPress plugin that provides you with version control features within WordPress. In this article, we cover the basics of how to use Revisr.
In this article, Jacob McMillen reviews 6 useful and completely free WordPress plugins that will help boost your WordPress website’s revenue.
In this article, Firdaus Zahari covers the basic anatomy of the WP_Error class, how it works and how to integrate the WP_Error class within our application.
In this article, Narayan Prusty demonstrates and shows you how you can easily build your own social sharing plugin for WordPress from scratch.
In this article we show you how to work with the WooCommerce cart. We'll use several examples working with the cart, using WooCommerce actions and filters.
In this article we discuss the WordPress Dashboard Widgets API. This API lets themes and plugins add, remove or re-position WordPress dashboard widgets.
Sally Wood explores a variety of WordPress typography options, covering many of the popular plugins available, tools and a selection of further reading.
Review Signal has published an extensive report discussing WordPress hosting benchmarks. In this article we've highlighted the key points and highlights.
In this article we show you how to add new custom meta boxes - as well as save, validate and retrieve custom meta data on the front end of WordPress.
In this article, we give you a brief overview of WooCommerce actions and filters, demonstrating what you can with even just a little bit of custom code.
With an ever-growing list of quality plugins, WordPress can be tailor made for lead capture, turning your WordPress site into an email marketing machine.
In this tutorial, I will show you how to create post series plugin. You can also integrate the same code into a theme and provide it as theme functionality.