Author: Toni Laakso
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Webinar: Dismantle WordPress Performance Bottlenecks
Read more: Webinar: Dismantle WordPress Performance BottlenecksWe recently hosted a webinar focusing on cache, more specifically what a WordPress developer should know about caching. One of the things in that webinar that people responded to was a PHP performance profiling tool called Tideways, which makes it easy to spot performance bottlenecks in WordPress theme and plugin code. That’s why we decided…
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Webinars for WordPress Developers
Read more: Webinars for WordPress DevelopersThis spring has changed the world in many ways. One small change of plans is that we have had to put the WordPress training that we do in Finland on hold. Instead, we have decided to do a series of free webinars where we go through similar topics that we cover in our developer training.…
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WordPress 5.4 Is Out
Read more: WordPress 5.4 Is OutA new WordPress version 5.4 was released on March 31. As usual, WordPress releases are named after legendary jazz musicians. This time the honor goes to the trumpet player Nat Adderley. His composition “Work Song” is considered a jazz standard. In the following video, you’ll get to see him play it live with his brother…
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WooCommerce 4.0 Is Out
Read more: WooCommerce 4.0 Is OutThere are many good reasons why one should choose WooCommerce as an eCommerce platform. It’s not a coincidence that it’s the number one choice in its field, powering at least a fourth of the web stores in the world. WooCommerce is the natural choice if your site is running on WordPress: they work seamlessly together,…
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5+1 WordPress Tips for Bloggers
Read more: 5+1 WordPress Tips for BloggersWhy should you start your blog on WordPress? Where do you begin when building the site? What do things like domain, hosting, SSL and CSS mean? What to do to make your site secure? We’ve put together a list of five tips just for bloggers. 1. Choose WordPress With a third of all websites built…
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WordPress 5.3 “Kirk” Released
Read more: WordPress 5.3 “Kirk” ReleasedNovember 12 gave us a new WordPress version 5.3, also known as “Kirk” in honor of the late great jazz multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk. The new version comes with many new features, a new default theme Twenty Twenty, improvements to media handling and accessibility, and a whopping 366 bug fixes. Bigger is Better Improved large…
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Our Tips for WordCamp Europe 2019
Read more: Our Tips for WordCamp Europe 2019Up here in the north of Europe we tend to celebrate the midsummer with friends and families, good food and a toast here and there. Some of us light bonfires and some dance around poles and sing songs about little frogs. This year the festivities will be slightly different for some of us, as we…
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Fun Times at WordCamp Nordic
Read more: Fun Times at WordCamp NordicIf you have any connection with the WordPress community in Finland it was hard to miss the first ever pan-Nordic WordCamp held in Helsinki last week. As we make it our business to contribute to WordPress related events, we acted as the gold sponsor, had two of us volunteer as organisers, and our CEO Otto…
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WordPress 5.0 is coming out on December 6
Read more: WordPress 5.0 is coming out on December 6When WordPress 5.0 missed its original release target date in the end of November, the consensus in the community seemed to be that the release should be delayed to early next year. Matt Mullenweg did point out already then that there have been December releases for WordPress before and that 5.0 might come out already…
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Gutenberg revolutionises WordPress
Read more: Gutenberg revolutionises WordPressWordPress version 5.0 that is going to be released this year will introduce the world to Gutenberg, a brand new editor that has already ruffled a lot of feathers and created much debate. The principles behind the development of Gutenberg are simple: to make it effortless to create rich content, to unify the user experience…