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“I don\u2019t think any one thing will put WordPress in second place. Instead, a combination of factors would likely need to take place.\u201d It would take project leadership arrogance or a huge scandal at Automattic to topple WordPress<\/a>\u00a0says Jeff Chandler at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWordPress web host Kinsta have launched a brand new site design<\/a>. There\u2019s also more information on the site about their CDN service.<\/p>\nQards is a gorgeous new responsive page builder plugin for WordPress that makes creating websites really easy. Check out the demo video<\/a>.<\/p>\n“In recent years WordPress has become the go-to platform for people looking to start their own website. It is easily installed and set-up, relatively light on resources, and has a high level of functionality. This feature list is not only appealing to everyday users, it is also appealing to spammers for the exact same reasons.\u201d On the Sucuri blog, Keir Desailly dissects some fascinating examples of how hackers use WordPress to serve spam<\/a>.<\/p>\nContent recommendation service nRelate will shutdown its service<\/a> on December 31.<\/p>\n45AIR<\/a> is a new WordPress hosting service that was born from a once private infrastructure built for VIPs of the music industry and billboard top ten artists.<\/p>\nWooThemes\u2019 latest client case study focuses on Trendy Resumes<\/a>, a WooCommerce-powered service that offers, you guessed it, trendy resumes.<\/p>\nDo you follow social media blogs? Brenda Barron over at Elegant Themes lists her top nine<\/a>.<\/p>\nLastly, John James Jacoby has surpassed his $50,000 crowdfunding goal<\/a>. The BuddyPress project lead will now work six months full-time on the social networking plugin, bbPress and GlotPress. Woo!<\/p>\nGulp!<\/strong><\/h3>\nThe Roots starter theme<\/a> will become framework agnostic next year. Roots currently uses the HTML5 Boilerplate, Bootstrap, Grunt, and Bower in the starter theme but will will soon be moving to Gulp.<\/p>\nMinnow<\/a> is a beautiful, new and free ultra-minimalist blogging theme from Automattic.<\/p>\nHere\u2019s a great list of essential plugins to load up on any new WordPress blog install<\/a> at WPMU DEV.<\/p>\nWP Explorer has put together its monthly round-up of new plugins<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s 24 great marketing themes for agencies<\/a> at Webloggerz.<\/p>\nBack to Basics<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Organize and Declutter the WordPress Post Editor Using Tabs<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAvoiding Common WordPress Image Issues<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nBack to Basics With WordPress CSS: Understanding the Native Classes<\/a> (CSS-TRICKS).<\/p>\nHow To Hide The Fact That Your Website Runs On WordPress<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nHow To Create Your Own Job Board Using WordPress<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nGravity<\/strong><\/h3>\nCreating the Starting Files for Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nCustomizing the WordPress Dashboard by Creating a Simple Admin Theme Plugin<\/a> (WebDevStudios).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (1 to 10)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nExport Your Gravity Forms Submissions to a Google Spreadsheet with Zapier<\/a> (tuts).<\/p>\nWordPress as a Service in the Wild<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nOn the Eighth Day of Christmas…<\/strong><\/h3>\nChristmas Experiments<\/a> is an advent calendar featuring digital artists and their web experiments each day leading up until Christmas.<\/p>\nAll the best for a marvelous Monday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #141 – Tuesday, December 9<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nStatus Update<\/strong><\/h3>\nTorque have released a mobile app for their site<\/a> using AppPresser\u2019s Reactor service.<\/p>\nOn the latest episode of WP Watercooler, Jack Tucker talks to WordPress Meetup organizers around the world about their tips for running successful events<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress.com has been given a bit of a revamp<\/a>. The site now boasts upgraded stats, mobile-friendly navigation, My Sites updates and a new My Profile section.<\/p>\nWP Mayor is celebrating its fourth birthday<\/a>.<\/p>\nSpeaking of WP Mayor, the site has teamed up with KeyCDN to give away two accounts with 1 TB of traffic<\/a>, and PremiumPress to give away a 50% discount on all themes<\/a>.<\/p>\nPost Status<\/a> has been lying dormant since October. Back in September Brian Krogsgard said the future of the news site was in yearly memberships<\/a>. What\u2019s the status, Post Status?<\/p>\nChip Off the Old Block<\/strong><\/h3>\nIf you run an online store, you may want to check out WooThemes\u2019 checklist of 10 things you need to do for the holiday season<\/a>.<\/p>\n“The reason for the significance of client testimonials is the main characteristics of human nature: if others are satisfied with your product\/service, your visitors will be more likely to become clients themselves.\u201d Web host Kinsta writes about how to boost conversion rates with client testimonials<\/a>.<\/p>\nRainmaker is ditching its monthly billing option in favor of quarterly and annual billing options only<\/a>. If you haven’t yet checked out the WordPress hosting platform built for media marketers, it’s by the folks at Copyblogger.<\/p>\n“There\u2019s a lot of great information in the presentation, especially if you\u2019re running a bootstrapped business. I also admire Ta\u2019eed\u2019s delivery as he comes off as a straight shooter. He reminds me of myself when I tried to launch a business several years ago.\u201d WP Tavern\u2019s Jeff Chandler sees something of himself in Envato CEO Collis Ta\u2019eed<\/a>, who talked about his company\u2019s first six months at The Sunrise conference in Sydney earlier in the year. Envato paid out US$140 million to its community of authors, affiliates, freelancers and instructors last year.<\/p>\nDash Off<\/strong><\/h3>\nWPDASH<\/a> is a new service kinda like ManageWP or InfiniteWP that provides a centralized dashboard where you can manage multiple WordPress. WP Tavern have a great write up on what\u2019s it\u2019s all about<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you regularly use Chrome when managing your website, here are some handy browser apps and extensions for WordPress<\/a> at WP Lift.<\/div>\nIf you\u2019re a Multisite user, check out writer Joe Fylan\u2019s round-up of useful tools and services for managing a network<\/a> over at WP Squared.<\/p>\nAnd here are 30 WordPress themes for writers<\/a>.<\/p>\nAuto Reply<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Create a WordPress Review Site Using Themes & Plugins<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nWordPress On-Page SEO: How to Do It Perfectly<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nAdd an Auto Reply to Your Jetpack Contact Form<\/a> (WP Tavern).<\/p>\nLet’s Get It Started<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Use AJAX in WordPress to Load Search Results<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWorking with the Eventbrite API Plugin<\/a> (ThemeShaper).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. The vulnerability allows malicious users to take control of a website.<\/p>\nRough Around the Edges<\/strong><\/h3>\niThemes Security is one of the top-ranked WordPress security plugins with a huge customer base. In our latest review, we take the free version of the plugin for a test drive<\/a>.<\/p>\nNot only does LoopConf have an excellent speaker line up, but there are companies who focus exclusively on building enterprise-level WordPress projects for VIP clients, says developer Tom McFarlin, who sees the value in the upcoming Las Vegas conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n“My initial experience is rough around the edges and at times frustrating, as I couldn\u2019t easily find the help I needed. I can only imagine how many others have gone through the same experience.\u201d First-time bbPress user Jeff Chandler documented his experience setting up the forum plugin<\/a>\u00a0and didn’t find it easy.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re thinking of making the switch to Managed WordPress hosting, WP Lift have put together a guide to hosts and what they have to offer<\/a>.<\/p>\nYou can use WordPress for memberships site but you don\u2019t have to if you don\u2019t want to, is what I think Crowd Favorite\u2019s Chris Lema is saying in this post about whether WordPress is the right solution for association websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re looking for stock images, blogger Kevin Muldoon has a great collection of image websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nSwitch it Up<\/strong><\/h3>\nManageWP\u2019s Vladimir Prelovac says the secret to increasing the visibility of your products in the WordPress Plugin Repository is your readme.txt file<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe new Twenty Fifteen default WordPress theme has been released to WordPress.com users<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe Post Type Switcher<\/a> plugin, authored by John James Jacoby, provides a simple way to change a post’s type in WordPress. It\u2019s been around a while but has been recently featured on WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordFence and iThemes are among Webloggerz top 15 best WordPress security plugins heading into the new year<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP All Import<\/a> is a new premium plugin that offers a simple solution for WordPress Importing.<\/p>\nIf you like sliders, WP Lift has put together a big collection of free and premium options<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd if you\u2019re looking for a theme for an online store, WP Mayor have a round-up of this year\u2019s top themes<\/a>.<\/p>\nTime Saver<\/strong><\/h3>\nUsing the WordPress Customizer for Saving User-Specific Options<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow to Make An Image-Based Image WordPress Menu<\/a>\u00a0(WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWooCommerce vs Shopify: Which Is Better For E-Commerce?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\n2014 Is The Damn Future<\/strong><\/p>\nWhile we may not be getting around on hoverboards (yet!), here\u2019s a timely reminder that the times they are a-changing\u2019 and we are living in the future<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for an awesome Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This week\u2019s round-up of WordPress news, views and reviews summarized in our daily email newsletter, The WhiP. 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WordPress web host Kinsta have launched a brand new site design<\/a>. There\u2019s also more information on the site about their CDN service.<\/p>\nQards is a gorgeous new responsive page builder plugin for WordPress that makes creating websites really easy. Check out the demo video<\/a>.<\/p>\n“In recent years WordPress has become the go-to platform for people looking to start their own website. It is easily installed and set-up, relatively light on resources, and has a high level of functionality. This feature list is not only appealing to everyday users, it is also appealing to spammers for the exact same reasons.\u201d On the Sucuri blog, Keir Desailly dissects some fascinating examples of how hackers use WordPress to serve spam<\/a>.<\/p>\nContent recommendation service nRelate will shutdown its service<\/a> on December 31.<\/p>\n45AIR<\/a> is a new WordPress hosting service that was born from a once private infrastructure built for VIPs of the music industry and billboard top ten artists.<\/p>\nWooThemes\u2019 latest client case study focuses on Trendy Resumes<\/a>, a WooCommerce-powered service that offers, you guessed it, trendy resumes.<\/p>\nDo you follow social media blogs? Brenda Barron over at Elegant Themes lists her top nine<\/a>.<\/p>\nLastly, John James Jacoby has surpassed his $50,000 crowdfunding goal<\/a>. The BuddyPress project lead will now work six months full-time on the social networking plugin, bbPress and GlotPress. Woo!<\/p>\nGulp!<\/strong><\/h3>\nThe Roots starter theme<\/a> will become framework agnostic next year. Roots currently uses the HTML5 Boilerplate, Bootstrap, Grunt, and Bower in the starter theme but will will soon be moving to Gulp.<\/p>\nMinnow<\/a> is a beautiful, new and free ultra-minimalist blogging theme from Automattic.<\/p>\nHere\u2019s a great list of essential plugins to load up on any new WordPress blog install<\/a> at WPMU DEV.<\/p>\nWP Explorer has put together its monthly round-up of new plugins<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s 24 great marketing themes for agencies<\/a> at Webloggerz.<\/p>\nBack to Basics<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Organize and Declutter the WordPress Post Editor Using Tabs<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAvoiding Common WordPress Image Issues<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nBack to Basics With WordPress CSS: Understanding the Native Classes<\/a> (CSS-TRICKS).<\/p>\nHow To Hide The Fact That Your Website Runs On WordPress<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nHow To Create Your Own Job Board Using WordPress<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nGravity<\/strong><\/h3>\nCreating the Starting Files for Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nCustomizing the WordPress Dashboard by Creating a Simple Admin Theme Plugin<\/a> (WebDevStudios).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (1 to 10)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nExport Your Gravity Forms Submissions to a Google Spreadsheet with Zapier<\/a> (tuts).<\/p>\nWordPress as a Service in the Wild<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nOn the Eighth Day of Christmas…<\/strong><\/h3>\nChristmas Experiments<\/a> is an advent calendar featuring digital artists and their web experiments each day leading up until Christmas.<\/p>\nAll the best for a marvelous Monday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #141 – Tuesday, December 9<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nStatus Update<\/strong><\/h3>\nTorque have released a mobile app for their site<\/a> using AppPresser\u2019s Reactor service.<\/p>\nOn the latest episode of WP Watercooler, Jack Tucker talks to WordPress Meetup organizers around the world about their tips for running successful events<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress.com has been given a bit of a revamp<\/a>. The site now boasts upgraded stats, mobile-friendly navigation, My Sites updates and a new My Profile section.<\/p>\nWP Mayor is celebrating its fourth birthday<\/a>.<\/p>\nSpeaking of WP Mayor, the site has teamed up with KeyCDN to give away two accounts with 1 TB of traffic<\/a>, and PremiumPress to give away a 50% discount on all themes<\/a>.<\/p>\nPost Status<\/a> has been lying dormant since October. Back in September Brian Krogsgard said the future of the news site was in yearly memberships<\/a>. What\u2019s the status, Post Status?<\/p>\nChip Off the Old Block<\/strong><\/h3>\nIf you run an online store, you may want to check out WooThemes\u2019 checklist of 10 things you need to do for the holiday season<\/a>.<\/p>\n“The reason for the significance of client testimonials is the main characteristics of human nature: if others are satisfied with your product\/service, your visitors will be more likely to become clients themselves.\u201d Web host Kinsta writes about how to boost conversion rates with client testimonials<\/a>.<\/p>\nRainmaker is ditching its monthly billing option in favor of quarterly and annual billing options only<\/a>. If you haven’t yet checked out the WordPress hosting platform built for media marketers, it’s by the folks at Copyblogger.<\/p>\n“There\u2019s a lot of great information in the presentation, especially if you\u2019re running a bootstrapped business. I also admire Ta\u2019eed\u2019s delivery as he comes off as a straight shooter. He reminds me of myself when I tried to launch a business several years ago.\u201d WP Tavern\u2019s Jeff Chandler sees something of himself in Envato CEO Collis Ta\u2019eed<\/a>, who talked about his company\u2019s first six months at The Sunrise conference in Sydney earlier in the year. Envato paid out US$140 million to its community of authors, affiliates, freelancers and instructors last year.<\/p>\nDash Off<\/strong><\/h3>\nWPDASH<\/a> is a new service kinda like ManageWP or InfiniteWP that provides a centralized dashboard where you can manage multiple WordPress. WP Tavern have a great write up on what\u2019s it\u2019s all about<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you regularly use Chrome when managing your website, here are some handy browser apps and extensions for WordPress<\/a> at WP Lift.<\/div>\nIf you\u2019re a Multisite user, check out writer Joe Fylan\u2019s round-up of useful tools and services for managing a network<\/a> over at WP Squared.<\/p>\nAnd here are 30 WordPress themes for writers<\/a>.<\/p>\nAuto Reply<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Create a WordPress Review Site Using Themes & Plugins<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nWordPress On-Page SEO: How to Do It Perfectly<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nAdd an Auto Reply to Your Jetpack Contact Form<\/a> (WP Tavern).<\/p>\nLet’s Get It Started<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Use AJAX in WordPress to Load Search Results<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWorking with the Eventbrite API Plugin<\/a> (ThemeShaper).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. The vulnerability allows malicious users to take control of a website.<\/p>\nRough Around the Edges<\/strong><\/h3>\niThemes Security is one of the top-ranked WordPress security plugins with a huge customer base. In our latest review, we take the free version of the plugin for a test drive<\/a>.<\/p>\nNot only does LoopConf have an excellent speaker line up, but there are companies who focus exclusively on building enterprise-level WordPress projects for VIP clients, says developer Tom McFarlin, who sees the value in the upcoming Las Vegas conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n“My initial experience is rough around the edges and at times frustrating, as I couldn\u2019t easily find the help I needed. 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Qards is a gorgeous new responsive page builder plugin for WordPress that makes creating websites really easy. Check out the demo video<\/a>.<\/p>\n“In recent years WordPress has become the go-to platform for people looking to start their own website. It is easily installed and set-up, relatively light on resources, and has a high level of functionality. This feature list is not only appealing to everyday users, it is also appealing to spammers for the exact same reasons.\u201d On the Sucuri blog, Keir Desailly dissects some fascinating examples of how hackers use WordPress to serve spam<\/a>.<\/p>\nContent recommendation service nRelate will shutdown its service<\/a> on December 31.<\/p>\n45AIR<\/a> is a new WordPress hosting service that was born from a once private infrastructure built for VIPs of the music industry and billboard top ten artists.<\/p>\nWooThemes\u2019 latest client case study focuses on Trendy Resumes<\/a>, a WooCommerce-powered service that offers, you guessed it, trendy resumes.<\/p>\nDo you follow social media blogs? Brenda Barron over at Elegant Themes lists her top nine<\/a>.<\/p>\nLastly, John James Jacoby has surpassed his $50,000 crowdfunding goal<\/a>. The BuddyPress project lead will now work six months full-time on the social networking plugin, bbPress and GlotPress. Woo!<\/p>\nGulp!<\/strong><\/h3>\nThe Roots starter theme<\/a> will become framework agnostic next year. Roots currently uses the HTML5 Boilerplate, Bootstrap, Grunt, and Bower in the starter theme but will will soon be moving to Gulp.<\/p>\nMinnow<\/a> is a beautiful, new and free ultra-minimalist blogging theme from Automattic.<\/p>\nHere\u2019s a great list of essential plugins to load up on any new WordPress blog install<\/a> at WPMU DEV.<\/p>\nWP Explorer has put together its monthly round-up of new plugins<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s 24 great marketing themes for agencies<\/a> at Webloggerz.<\/p>\nBack to Basics<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Organize and Declutter the WordPress Post Editor Using Tabs<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAvoiding Common WordPress Image Issues<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nBack to Basics With WordPress CSS: Understanding the Native Classes<\/a> (CSS-TRICKS).<\/p>\nHow To Hide The Fact That Your Website Runs On WordPress<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nHow To Create Your Own Job Board Using WordPress<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nGravity<\/strong><\/h3>\nCreating the Starting Files for Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nCustomizing the WordPress Dashboard by Creating a Simple Admin Theme Plugin<\/a> (WebDevStudios).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (1 to 10)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nExport Your Gravity Forms Submissions to a Google Spreadsheet with Zapier<\/a> (tuts).<\/p>\nWordPress as a Service in the Wild<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nOn the Eighth Day of Christmas…<\/strong><\/h3>\nChristmas Experiments<\/a> is an advent calendar featuring digital artists and their web experiments each day leading up until Christmas.<\/p>\nAll the best for a marvelous Monday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #141 – Tuesday, December 9<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nStatus Update<\/strong><\/h3>\nTorque have released a mobile app for their site<\/a> using AppPresser\u2019s Reactor service.<\/p>\nOn the latest episode of WP Watercooler, Jack Tucker talks to WordPress Meetup organizers around the world about their tips for running successful events<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress.com has been given a bit of a revamp<\/a>. The site now boasts upgraded stats, mobile-friendly navigation, My Sites updates and a new My Profile section.<\/p>\nWP Mayor is celebrating its fourth birthday<\/a>.<\/p>\nSpeaking of WP Mayor, the site has teamed up with KeyCDN to give away two accounts with 1 TB of traffic<\/a>, and PremiumPress to give away a 50% discount on all themes<\/a>.<\/p>\nPost Status<\/a> has been lying dormant since October. Back in September Brian Krogsgard said the future of the news site was in yearly memberships<\/a>. What\u2019s the status, Post Status?<\/p>\nChip Off the Old Block<\/strong><\/h3>\nIf you run an online store, you may want to check out WooThemes\u2019 checklist of 10 things you need to do for the holiday season<\/a>.<\/p>\n“The reason for the significance of client testimonials is the main characteristics of human nature: if others are satisfied with your product\/service, your visitors will be more likely to become clients themselves.\u201d Web host Kinsta writes about how to boost conversion rates with client testimonials<\/a>.<\/p>\nRainmaker is ditching its monthly billing option in favor of quarterly and annual billing options only<\/a>. If you haven’t yet checked out the WordPress hosting platform built for media marketers, it’s by the folks at Copyblogger.<\/p>\n“There\u2019s a lot of great information in the presentation, especially if you\u2019re running a bootstrapped business. I also admire Ta\u2019eed\u2019s delivery as he comes off as a straight shooter. He reminds me of myself when I tried to launch a business several years ago.\u201d WP Tavern\u2019s Jeff Chandler sees something of himself in Envato CEO Collis Ta\u2019eed<\/a>, who talked about his company\u2019s first six months at The Sunrise conference in Sydney earlier in the year. Envato paid out US$140 million to its community of authors, affiliates, freelancers and instructors last year.<\/p>\nDash Off<\/strong><\/h3>\nWPDASH<\/a> is a new service kinda like ManageWP or InfiniteWP that provides a centralized dashboard where you can manage multiple WordPress. WP Tavern have a great write up on what\u2019s it\u2019s all about<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you regularly use Chrome when managing your website, here are some handy browser apps and extensions for WordPress<\/a> at WP Lift.<\/div>\nIf you\u2019re a Multisite user, check out writer Joe Fylan\u2019s round-up of useful tools and services for managing a network<\/a> over at WP Squared.<\/p>\nAnd here are 30 WordPress themes for writers<\/a>.<\/p>\nAuto Reply<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Create a WordPress Review Site Using Themes & Plugins<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nWordPress On-Page SEO: How to Do It Perfectly<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nAdd an Auto Reply to Your Jetpack Contact Form<\/a> (WP Tavern).<\/p>\nLet’s Get It Started<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Use AJAX in WordPress to Load Search Results<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWorking with the Eventbrite API Plugin<\/a> (ThemeShaper).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. The vulnerability allows malicious users to take control of a website.<\/p>\nRough Around the Edges<\/strong><\/h3>\niThemes Security is one of the top-ranked WordPress security plugins with a huge customer base. In our latest review, we take the free version of the plugin for a test drive<\/a>.<\/p>\nNot only does LoopConf have an excellent speaker line up, but there are companies who focus exclusively on building enterprise-level WordPress projects for VIP clients, says developer Tom McFarlin, who sees the value in the upcoming Las Vegas conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n“My initial experience is rough around the edges and at times frustrating, as I couldn\u2019t easily find the help I needed. 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“In recent years WordPress has become the go-to platform for people looking to start their own website. It is easily installed and set-up, relatively light on resources, and has a high level of functionality. This feature list is not only appealing to everyday users, it is also appealing to spammers for the exact same reasons.\u201d On the Sucuri blog, Keir Desailly dissects some fascinating examples of how hackers use WordPress to serve spam<\/a>.<\/p>\nContent recommendation service nRelate will shutdown its service<\/a> on December 31.<\/p>\n45AIR<\/a> is a new WordPress hosting service that was born from a once private infrastructure built for VIPs of the music industry and billboard top ten artists.<\/p>\nWooThemes\u2019 latest client case study focuses on Trendy Resumes<\/a>, a WooCommerce-powered service that offers, you guessed it, trendy resumes.<\/p>\nDo you follow social media blogs? Brenda Barron over at Elegant Themes lists her top nine<\/a>.<\/p>\nLastly, John James Jacoby has surpassed his $50,000 crowdfunding goal<\/a>. The BuddyPress project lead will now work six months full-time on the social networking plugin, bbPress and GlotPress. Woo!<\/p>\nGulp!<\/strong><\/h3>\nThe Roots starter theme<\/a> will become framework agnostic next year. Roots currently uses the HTML5 Boilerplate, Bootstrap, Grunt, and Bower in the starter theme but will will soon be moving to Gulp.<\/p>\nMinnow<\/a> is a beautiful, new and free ultra-minimalist blogging theme from Automattic.<\/p>\nHere\u2019s a great list of essential plugins to load up on any new WordPress blog install<\/a> at WPMU DEV.<\/p>\nWP Explorer has put together its monthly round-up of new plugins<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s 24 great marketing themes for agencies<\/a> at Webloggerz.<\/p>\nBack to Basics<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Organize and Declutter the WordPress Post Editor Using Tabs<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAvoiding Common WordPress Image Issues<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nBack to Basics With WordPress CSS: Understanding the Native Classes<\/a> (CSS-TRICKS).<\/p>\nHow To Hide The Fact That Your Website Runs On WordPress<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nHow To Create Your Own Job Board Using WordPress<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nGravity<\/strong><\/h3>\nCreating the Starting Files for Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nCustomizing the WordPress Dashboard by Creating a Simple Admin Theme Plugin<\/a> (WebDevStudios).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (1 to 10)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nExport Your Gravity Forms Submissions to a Google Spreadsheet with Zapier<\/a> (tuts).<\/p>\nWordPress as a Service in the Wild<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nOn the Eighth Day of Christmas…<\/strong><\/h3>\nChristmas Experiments<\/a> is an advent calendar featuring digital artists and their web experiments each day leading up until Christmas.<\/p>\nAll the best for a marvelous Monday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #141 – Tuesday, December 9<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nStatus Update<\/strong><\/h3>\nTorque have released a mobile app for their site<\/a> using AppPresser\u2019s Reactor service.<\/p>\nOn the latest episode of WP Watercooler, Jack Tucker talks to WordPress Meetup organizers around the world about their tips for running successful events<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress.com has been given a bit of a revamp<\/a>. The site now boasts upgraded stats, mobile-friendly navigation, My Sites updates and a new My Profile section.<\/p>\nWP Mayor is celebrating its fourth birthday<\/a>.<\/p>\nSpeaking of WP Mayor, the site has teamed up with KeyCDN to give away two accounts with 1 TB of traffic<\/a>, and PremiumPress to give away a 50% discount on all themes<\/a>.<\/p>\nPost Status<\/a> has been lying dormant since October. Back in September Brian Krogsgard said the future of the news site was in yearly memberships<\/a>. What\u2019s the status, Post Status?<\/p>\nChip Off the Old Block<\/strong><\/h3>\nIf you run an online store, you may want to check out WooThemes\u2019 checklist of 10 things you need to do for the holiday season<\/a>.<\/p>\n“The reason for the significance of client testimonials is the main characteristics of human nature: if others are satisfied with your product\/service, your visitors will be more likely to become clients themselves.\u201d Web host Kinsta writes about how to boost conversion rates with client testimonials<\/a>.<\/p>\nRainmaker is ditching its monthly billing option in favor of quarterly and annual billing options only<\/a>. If you haven’t yet checked out the WordPress hosting platform built for media marketers, it’s by the folks at Copyblogger.<\/p>\n“There\u2019s a lot of great information in the presentation, especially if you\u2019re running a bootstrapped business. I also admire Ta\u2019eed\u2019s delivery as he comes off as a straight shooter. He reminds me of myself when I tried to launch a business several years ago.\u201d WP Tavern\u2019s Jeff Chandler sees something of himself in Envato CEO Collis Ta\u2019eed<\/a>, who talked about his company\u2019s first six months at The Sunrise conference in Sydney earlier in the year. Envato paid out US$140 million to its community of authors, affiliates, freelancers and instructors last year.<\/p>\nDash Off<\/strong><\/h3>\nWPDASH<\/a> is a new service kinda like ManageWP or InfiniteWP that provides a centralized dashboard where you can manage multiple WordPress. WP Tavern have a great write up on what\u2019s it\u2019s all about<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you regularly use Chrome when managing your website, here are some handy browser apps and extensions for WordPress<\/a> at WP Lift.<\/div>\nIf you\u2019re a Multisite user, check out writer Joe Fylan\u2019s round-up of useful tools and services for managing a network<\/a> over at WP Squared.<\/p>\nAnd here are 30 WordPress themes for writers<\/a>.<\/p>\nAuto Reply<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Create a WordPress Review Site Using Themes & Plugins<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nWordPress On-Page SEO: How to Do It Perfectly<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nAdd an Auto Reply to Your Jetpack Contact Form<\/a> (WP Tavern).<\/p>\nLet’s Get It Started<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Use AJAX in WordPress to Load Search Results<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWorking with the Eventbrite API Plugin<\/a> (ThemeShaper).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. The vulnerability allows malicious users to take control of a website.<\/p>\nRough Around the Edges<\/strong><\/h3>\niThemes Security is one of the top-ranked WordPress security plugins with a huge customer base. In our latest review, we take the free version of the plugin for a test drive<\/a>.<\/p>\nNot only does LoopConf have an excellent speaker line up, but there are companies who focus exclusively on building enterprise-level WordPress projects for VIP clients, says developer Tom McFarlin, who sees the value in the upcoming Las Vegas conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n“My initial experience is rough around the edges and at times frustrating, as I couldn\u2019t easily find the help I needed. I can only imagine how many others have gone through the same experience.\u201d First-time bbPress user Jeff Chandler documented his experience setting up the forum plugin<\/a>\u00a0and didn’t find it easy.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re thinking of making the switch to Managed WordPress hosting, WP Lift have put together a guide to hosts and what they have to offer<\/a>.<\/p>\nYou can use WordPress for memberships site but you don\u2019t have to if you don\u2019t want to, is what I think Crowd Favorite\u2019s Chris Lema is saying in this post about whether WordPress is the right solution for association websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re looking for stock images, blogger Kevin Muldoon has a great collection of image websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nSwitch it Up<\/strong><\/h3>\nManageWP\u2019s Vladimir Prelovac says the secret to increasing the visibility of your products in the WordPress Plugin Repository is your readme.txt file<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe new Twenty Fifteen default WordPress theme has been released to WordPress.com users<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe Post Type Switcher<\/a> plugin, authored by John James Jacoby, provides a simple way to change a post’s type in WordPress. It\u2019s been around a while but has been recently featured on WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordFence and iThemes are among Webloggerz top 15 best WordPress security plugins heading into the new year<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP All Import<\/a> is a new premium plugin that offers a simple solution for WordPress Importing.<\/p>\nIf you like sliders, WP Lift has put together a big collection of free and premium options<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd if you\u2019re looking for a theme for an online store, WP Mayor have a round-up of this year\u2019s top themes<\/a>.<\/p>\nTime Saver<\/strong><\/h3>\nUsing the WordPress Customizer for Saving User-Specific Options<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow to Make An Image-Based Image WordPress Menu<\/a>\u00a0(WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWooCommerce vs Shopify: Which Is Better For E-Commerce?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\n2014 Is The Damn Future<\/strong><\/p>\nWhile we may not be getting around on hoverboards (yet!), here\u2019s a timely reminder that the times they are a-changing\u2019 and we are living in the future<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for an awesome Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This week\u2019s round-up of WordPress news, views and reviews summarized in our daily email newsletter, The WhiP. 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Content recommendation service nRelate will shutdown its service<\/a> on December 31.<\/p>\n45AIR<\/a> is a new WordPress hosting service that was born from a once private infrastructure built for VIPs of the music industry and billboard top ten artists.<\/p>\nWooThemes\u2019 latest client case study focuses on Trendy Resumes<\/a>, a WooCommerce-powered service that offers, you guessed it, trendy resumes.<\/p>\nDo you follow social media blogs? Brenda Barron over at Elegant Themes lists her top nine<\/a>.<\/p>\nLastly, John James Jacoby has surpassed his $50,000 crowdfunding goal<\/a>. The BuddyPress project lead will now work six months full-time on the social networking plugin, bbPress and GlotPress. Woo!<\/p>\nGulp!<\/strong><\/h3>\nThe Roots starter theme<\/a> will become framework agnostic next year. Roots currently uses the HTML5 Boilerplate, Bootstrap, Grunt, and Bower in the starter theme but will will soon be moving to Gulp.<\/p>\nMinnow<\/a> is a beautiful, new and free ultra-minimalist blogging theme from Automattic.<\/p>\nHere\u2019s a great list of essential plugins to load up on any new WordPress blog install<\/a> at WPMU DEV.<\/p>\nWP Explorer has put together its monthly round-up of new plugins<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s 24 great marketing themes for agencies<\/a> at Webloggerz.<\/p>\nBack to Basics<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Organize and Declutter the WordPress Post Editor Using Tabs<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAvoiding Common WordPress Image Issues<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nBack to Basics With WordPress CSS: Understanding the Native Classes<\/a> (CSS-TRICKS).<\/p>\nHow To Hide The Fact That Your Website Runs On WordPress<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nHow To Create Your Own Job Board Using WordPress<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nGravity<\/strong><\/h3>\nCreating the Starting Files for Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nCustomizing the WordPress Dashboard by Creating a Simple Admin Theme Plugin<\/a> (WebDevStudios).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (1 to 10)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nExport Your Gravity Forms Submissions to a Google Spreadsheet with Zapier<\/a> (tuts).<\/p>\nWordPress as a Service in the Wild<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nOn the Eighth Day of Christmas…<\/strong><\/h3>\nChristmas Experiments<\/a> is an advent calendar featuring digital artists and their web experiments each day leading up until Christmas.<\/p>\nAll the best for a marvelous Monday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #141 – Tuesday, December 9<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nStatus Update<\/strong><\/h3>\nTorque have released a mobile app for their site<\/a> using AppPresser\u2019s Reactor service.<\/p>\nOn the latest episode of WP Watercooler, Jack Tucker talks to WordPress Meetup organizers around the world about their tips for running successful events<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress.com has been given a bit of a revamp<\/a>. The site now boasts upgraded stats, mobile-friendly navigation, My Sites updates and a new My Profile section.<\/p>\nWP Mayor is celebrating its fourth birthday<\/a>.<\/p>\nSpeaking of WP Mayor, the site has teamed up with KeyCDN to give away two accounts with 1 TB of traffic<\/a>, and PremiumPress to give away a 50% discount on all themes<\/a>.<\/p>\nPost Status<\/a> has been lying dormant since October. Back in September Brian Krogsgard said the future of the news site was in yearly memberships<\/a>. What\u2019s the status, Post Status?<\/p>\nChip Off the Old Block<\/strong><\/h3>\nIf you run an online store, you may want to check out WooThemes\u2019 checklist of 10 things you need to do for the holiday season<\/a>.<\/p>\n“The reason for the significance of client testimonials is the main characteristics of human nature: if others are satisfied with your product\/service, your visitors will be more likely to become clients themselves.\u201d Web host Kinsta writes about how to boost conversion rates with client testimonials<\/a>.<\/p>\nRainmaker is ditching its monthly billing option in favor of quarterly and annual billing options only<\/a>. If you haven’t yet checked out the WordPress hosting platform built for media marketers, it’s by the folks at Copyblogger.<\/p>\n“There\u2019s a lot of great information in the presentation, especially if you\u2019re running a bootstrapped business. I also admire Ta\u2019eed\u2019s delivery as he comes off as a straight shooter. He reminds me of myself when I tried to launch a business several years ago.\u201d WP Tavern\u2019s Jeff Chandler sees something of himself in Envato CEO Collis Ta\u2019eed<\/a>, who talked about his company\u2019s first six months at The Sunrise conference in Sydney earlier in the year. Envato paid out US$140 million to its community of authors, affiliates, freelancers and instructors last year.<\/p>\nDash Off<\/strong><\/h3>\nWPDASH<\/a> is a new service kinda like ManageWP or InfiniteWP that provides a centralized dashboard where you can manage multiple WordPress. WP Tavern have a great write up on what\u2019s it\u2019s all about<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you regularly use Chrome when managing your website, here are some handy browser apps and extensions for WordPress<\/a> at WP Lift.<\/div>\nIf you\u2019re a Multisite user, check out writer Joe Fylan\u2019s round-up of useful tools and services for managing a network<\/a> over at WP Squared.<\/p>\nAnd here are 30 WordPress themes for writers<\/a>.<\/p>\nAuto Reply<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Create a WordPress Review Site Using Themes & Plugins<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nWordPress On-Page SEO: How to Do It Perfectly<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nAdd an Auto Reply to Your Jetpack Contact Form<\/a> (WP Tavern).<\/p>\nLet’s Get It Started<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Use AJAX in WordPress to Load Search Results<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWorking with the Eventbrite API Plugin<\/a> (ThemeShaper).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. The vulnerability allows malicious users to take control of a website.<\/p>\nRough Around the Edges<\/strong><\/h3>\niThemes Security is one of the top-ranked WordPress security plugins with a huge customer base. In our latest review, we take the free version of the plugin for a test drive<\/a>.<\/p>\nNot only does LoopConf have an excellent speaker line up, but there are companies who focus exclusively on building enterprise-level WordPress projects for VIP clients, says developer Tom McFarlin, who sees the value in the upcoming Las Vegas conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n“My initial experience is rough around the edges and at times frustrating, as I couldn\u2019t easily find the help I needed. 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45AIR<\/a> is a new WordPress hosting service that was born from a once private infrastructure built for VIPs of the music industry and billboard top ten artists.<\/p>\nWooThemes\u2019 latest client case study focuses on Trendy Resumes<\/a>, a WooCommerce-powered service that offers, you guessed it, trendy resumes.<\/p>\nDo you follow social media blogs? Brenda Barron over at Elegant Themes lists her top nine<\/a>.<\/p>\nLastly, John James Jacoby has surpassed his $50,000 crowdfunding goal<\/a>. The BuddyPress project lead will now work six months full-time on the social networking plugin, bbPress and GlotPress. Woo!<\/p>\nGulp!<\/strong><\/h3>\nThe Roots starter theme<\/a> will become framework agnostic next year. Roots currently uses the HTML5 Boilerplate, Bootstrap, Grunt, and Bower in the starter theme but will will soon be moving to Gulp.<\/p>\nMinnow<\/a> is a beautiful, new and free ultra-minimalist blogging theme from Automattic.<\/p>\nHere\u2019s a great list of essential plugins to load up on any new WordPress blog install<\/a> at WPMU DEV.<\/p>\nWP Explorer has put together its monthly round-up of new plugins<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s 24 great marketing themes for agencies<\/a> at Webloggerz.<\/p>\nBack to Basics<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Organize and Declutter the WordPress Post Editor Using Tabs<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAvoiding Common WordPress Image Issues<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nBack to Basics With WordPress CSS: Understanding the Native Classes<\/a> (CSS-TRICKS).<\/p>\nHow To Hide The Fact That Your Website Runs On WordPress<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nHow To Create Your Own Job Board Using WordPress<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nGravity<\/strong><\/h3>\nCreating the Starting Files for Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nCustomizing the WordPress Dashboard by Creating a Simple Admin Theme Plugin<\/a> (WebDevStudios).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (1 to 10)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nExport Your Gravity Forms Submissions to a Google Spreadsheet with Zapier<\/a> (tuts).<\/p>\nWordPress as a Service in the Wild<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nOn the Eighth Day of Christmas…<\/strong><\/h3>\nChristmas Experiments<\/a> is an advent calendar featuring digital artists and their web experiments each day leading up until Christmas.<\/p>\nAll the best for a marvelous Monday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #141 – Tuesday, December 9<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nStatus Update<\/strong><\/h3>\nTorque have released a mobile app for their site<\/a> using AppPresser\u2019s Reactor service.<\/p>\nOn the latest episode of WP Watercooler, Jack Tucker talks to WordPress Meetup organizers around the world about their tips for running successful events<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress.com has been given a bit of a revamp<\/a>. The site now boasts upgraded stats, mobile-friendly navigation, My Sites updates and a new My Profile section.<\/p>\nWP Mayor is celebrating its fourth birthday<\/a>.<\/p>\nSpeaking of WP Mayor, the site has teamed up with KeyCDN to give away two accounts with 1 TB of traffic<\/a>, and PremiumPress to give away a 50% discount on all themes<\/a>.<\/p>\nPost Status<\/a> has been lying dormant since October. Back in September Brian Krogsgard said the future of the news site was in yearly memberships<\/a>. What\u2019s the status, Post Status?<\/p>\nChip Off the Old Block<\/strong><\/h3>\nIf you run an online store, you may want to check out WooThemes\u2019 checklist of 10 things you need to do for the holiday season<\/a>.<\/p>\n“The reason for the significance of client testimonials is the main characteristics of human nature: if others are satisfied with your product\/service, your visitors will be more likely to become clients themselves.\u201d Web host Kinsta writes about how to boost conversion rates with client testimonials<\/a>.<\/p>\nRainmaker is ditching its monthly billing option in favor of quarterly and annual billing options only<\/a>. If you haven’t yet checked out the WordPress hosting platform built for media marketers, it’s by the folks at Copyblogger.<\/p>\n“There\u2019s a lot of great information in the presentation, especially if you\u2019re running a bootstrapped business. I also admire Ta\u2019eed\u2019s delivery as he comes off as a straight shooter. He reminds me of myself when I tried to launch a business several years ago.\u201d WP Tavern\u2019s Jeff Chandler sees something of himself in Envato CEO Collis Ta\u2019eed<\/a>, who talked about his company\u2019s first six months at The Sunrise conference in Sydney earlier in the year. Envato paid out US$140 million to its community of authors, affiliates, freelancers and instructors last year.<\/p>\nDash Off<\/strong><\/h3>\nWPDASH<\/a> is a new service kinda like ManageWP or InfiniteWP that provides a centralized dashboard where you can manage multiple WordPress. WP Tavern have a great write up on what\u2019s it\u2019s all about<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you regularly use Chrome when managing your website, here are some handy browser apps and extensions for WordPress<\/a> at WP Lift.<\/div>\nIf you\u2019re a Multisite user, check out writer Joe Fylan\u2019s round-up of useful tools and services for managing a network<\/a> over at WP Squared.<\/p>\nAnd here are 30 WordPress themes for writers<\/a>.<\/p>\nAuto Reply<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Create a WordPress Review Site Using Themes & Plugins<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nWordPress On-Page SEO: How to Do It Perfectly<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nAdd an Auto Reply to Your Jetpack Contact Form<\/a> (WP Tavern).<\/p>\nLet’s Get It Started<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Use AJAX in WordPress to Load Search Results<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWorking with the Eventbrite API Plugin<\/a> (ThemeShaper).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. The vulnerability allows malicious users to take control of a website.<\/p>\nRough Around the Edges<\/strong><\/h3>\niThemes Security is one of the top-ranked WordPress security plugins with a huge customer base. In our latest review, we take the free version of the plugin for a test drive<\/a>.<\/p>\nNot only does LoopConf have an excellent speaker line up, but there are companies who focus exclusively on building enterprise-level WordPress projects for VIP clients, says developer Tom McFarlin, who sees the value in the upcoming Las Vegas conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n“My initial experience is rough around the edges and at times frustrating, as I couldn\u2019t easily find the help I needed. I can only imagine how many others have gone through the same experience.\u201d First-time bbPress user Jeff Chandler documented his experience setting up the forum plugin<\/a>\u00a0and didn’t find it easy.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re thinking of making the switch to Managed WordPress hosting, WP Lift have put together a guide to hosts and what they have to offer<\/a>.<\/p>\nYou can use WordPress for memberships site but you don\u2019t have to if you don\u2019t want to, is what I think Crowd Favorite\u2019s Chris Lema is saying in this post about whether WordPress is the right solution for association websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re looking for stock images, blogger Kevin Muldoon has a great collection of image websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nSwitch it Up<\/strong><\/h3>\nManageWP\u2019s Vladimir Prelovac says the secret to increasing the visibility of your products in the WordPress Plugin Repository is your readme.txt file<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe new Twenty Fifteen default WordPress theme has been released to WordPress.com users<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe Post Type Switcher<\/a> plugin, authored by John James Jacoby, provides a simple way to change a post’s type in WordPress. 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WooThemes\u2019 latest client case study focuses on Trendy Resumes<\/a>, a WooCommerce-powered service that offers, you guessed it, trendy resumes.<\/p>\nDo you follow social media blogs? Brenda Barron over at Elegant Themes lists her top nine<\/a>.<\/p>\nLastly, John James Jacoby has surpassed his $50,000 crowdfunding goal<\/a>. The BuddyPress project lead will now work six months full-time on the social networking plugin, bbPress and GlotPress. Woo!<\/p>\nGulp!<\/strong><\/h3>\nThe Roots starter theme<\/a> will become framework agnostic next year. Roots currently uses the HTML5 Boilerplate, Bootstrap, Grunt, and Bower in the starter theme but will will soon be moving to Gulp.<\/p>\nMinnow<\/a> is a beautiful, new and free ultra-minimalist blogging theme from Automattic.<\/p>\nHere\u2019s a great list of essential plugins to load up on any new WordPress blog install<\/a> at WPMU DEV.<\/p>\nWP Explorer has put together its monthly round-up of new plugins<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s 24 great marketing themes for agencies<\/a> at Webloggerz.<\/p>\nBack to Basics<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Organize and Declutter the WordPress Post Editor Using Tabs<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAvoiding Common WordPress Image Issues<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nBack to Basics With WordPress CSS: Understanding the Native Classes<\/a> (CSS-TRICKS).<\/p>\nHow To Hide The Fact That Your Website Runs On WordPress<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nHow To Create Your Own Job Board Using WordPress<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nGravity<\/strong><\/h3>\nCreating the Starting Files for Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nCustomizing the WordPress Dashboard by Creating a Simple Admin Theme Plugin<\/a> (WebDevStudios).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (1 to 10)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nExport Your Gravity Forms Submissions to a Google Spreadsheet with Zapier<\/a> (tuts).<\/p>\nWordPress as a Service in the Wild<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nOn the Eighth Day of Christmas…<\/strong><\/h3>\nChristmas Experiments<\/a> is an advent calendar featuring digital artists and their web experiments each day leading up until Christmas.<\/p>\nAll the best for a marvelous Monday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #141 – Tuesday, December 9<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nStatus Update<\/strong><\/h3>\nTorque have released a mobile app for their site<\/a> using AppPresser\u2019s Reactor service.<\/p>\nOn the latest episode of WP Watercooler, Jack Tucker talks to WordPress Meetup organizers around the world about their tips for running successful events<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress.com has been given a bit of a revamp<\/a>. The site now boasts upgraded stats, mobile-friendly navigation, My Sites updates and a new My Profile section.<\/p>\nWP Mayor is celebrating its fourth birthday<\/a>.<\/p>\nSpeaking of WP Mayor, the site has teamed up with KeyCDN to give away two accounts with 1 TB of traffic<\/a>, and PremiumPress to give away a 50% discount on all themes<\/a>.<\/p>\nPost Status<\/a> has been lying dormant since October. Back in September Brian Krogsgard said the future of the news site was in yearly memberships<\/a>. What\u2019s the status, Post Status?<\/p>\nChip Off the Old Block<\/strong><\/h3>\nIf you run an online store, you may want to check out WooThemes\u2019 checklist of 10 things you need to do for the holiday season<\/a>.<\/p>\n“The reason for the significance of client testimonials is the main characteristics of human nature: if others are satisfied with your product\/service, your visitors will be more likely to become clients themselves.\u201d Web host Kinsta writes about how to boost conversion rates with client testimonials<\/a>.<\/p>\nRainmaker is ditching its monthly billing option in favor of quarterly and annual billing options only<\/a>. If you haven’t yet checked out the WordPress hosting platform built for media marketers, it’s by the folks at Copyblogger.<\/p>\n“There\u2019s a lot of great information in the presentation, especially if you\u2019re running a bootstrapped business. I also admire Ta\u2019eed\u2019s delivery as he comes off as a straight shooter. He reminds me of myself when I tried to launch a business several years ago.\u201d WP Tavern\u2019s Jeff Chandler sees something of himself in Envato CEO Collis Ta\u2019eed<\/a>, who talked about his company\u2019s first six months at The Sunrise conference in Sydney earlier in the year. Envato paid out US$140 million to its community of authors, affiliates, freelancers and instructors last year.<\/p>\nDash Off<\/strong><\/h3>\nWPDASH<\/a> is a new service kinda like ManageWP or InfiniteWP that provides a centralized dashboard where you can manage multiple WordPress. WP Tavern have a great write up on what\u2019s it\u2019s all about<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you regularly use Chrome when managing your website, here are some handy browser apps and extensions for WordPress<\/a> at WP Lift.<\/div>\nIf you\u2019re a Multisite user, check out writer Joe Fylan\u2019s round-up of useful tools and services for managing a network<\/a> over at WP Squared.<\/p>\nAnd here are 30 WordPress themes for writers<\/a>.<\/p>\nAuto Reply<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Create a WordPress Review Site Using Themes & Plugins<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nWordPress On-Page SEO: How to Do It Perfectly<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nAdd an Auto Reply to Your Jetpack Contact Form<\/a> (WP Tavern).<\/p>\nLet’s Get It Started<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Use AJAX in WordPress to Load Search Results<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWorking with the Eventbrite API Plugin<\/a> (ThemeShaper).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. The vulnerability allows malicious users to take control of a website.<\/p>\nRough Around the Edges<\/strong><\/h3>\niThemes Security is one of the top-ranked WordPress security plugins with a huge customer base. In our latest review, we take the free version of the plugin for a test drive<\/a>.<\/p>\nNot only does LoopConf have an excellent speaker line up, but there are companies who focus exclusively on building enterprise-level WordPress projects for VIP clients, says developer Tom McFarlin, who sees the value in the upcoming Las Vegas conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n“My initial experience is rough around the edges and at times frustrating, as I couldn\u2019t easily find the help I needed. 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Do you follow social media blogs? Brenda Barron over at Elegant Themes lists her top nine<\/a>.<\/p>\nLastly, John James Jacoby has surpassed his $50,000 crowdfunding goal<\/a>. The BuddyPress project lead will now work six months full-time on the social networking plugin, bbPress and GlotPress. Woo!<\/p>\nGulp!<\/strong><\/h3>\nThe Roots starter theme<\/a> will become framework agnostic next year. Roots currently uses the HTML5 Boilerplate, Bootstrap, Grunt, and Bower in the starter theme but will will soon be moving to Gulp.<\/p>\nMinnow<\/a> is a beautiful, new and free ultra-minimalist blogging theme from Automattic.<\/p>\nHere\u2019s a great list of essential plugins to load up on any new WordPress blog install<\/a> at WPMU DEV.<\/p>\nWP Explorer has put together its monthly round-up of new plugins<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s 24 great marketing themes for agencies<\/a> at Webloggerz.<\/p>\nBack to Basics<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Organize and Declutter the WordPress Post Editor Using Tabs<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAvoiding Common WordPress Image Issues<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nBack to Basics With WordPress CSS: Understanding the Native Classes<\/a> (CSS-TRICKS).<\/p>\nHow To Hide The Fact That Your Website Runs On WordPress<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nHow To Create Your Own Job Board Using WordPress<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nGravity<\/strong><\/h3>\nCreating the Starting Files for Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nCustomizing the WordPress Dashboard by Creating a Simple Admin Theme Plugin<\/a> (WebDevStudios).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (1 to 10)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nExport Your Gravity Forms Submissions to a Google Spreadsheet with Zapier<\/a> (tuts).<\/p>\nWordPress as a Service in the Wild<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nOn the Eighth Day of Christmas…<\/strong><\/h3>\nChristmas Experiments<\/a> is an advent calendar featuring digital artists and their web experiments each day leading up until Christmas.<\/p>\nAll the best for a marvelous Monday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #141 – Tuesday, December 9<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nStatus Update<\/strong><\/h3>\nTorque have released a mobile app for their site<\/a> using AppPresser\u2019s Reactor service.<\/p>\nOn the latest episode of WP Watercooler, Jack Tucker talks to WordPress Meetup organizers around the world about their tips for running successful events<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress.com has been given a bit of a revamp<\/a>. The site now boasts upgraded stats, mobile-friendly navigation, My Sites updates and a new My Profile section.<\/p>\nWP Mayor is celebrating its fourth birthday<\/a>.<\/p>\nSpeaking of WP Mayor, the site has teamed up with KeyCDN to give away two accounts with 1 TB of traffic<\/a>, and PremiumPress to give away a 50% discount on all themes<\/a>.<\/p>\nPost Status<\/a> has been lying dormant since October. Back in September Brian Krogsgard said the future of the news site was in yearly memberships<\/a>. What\u2019s the status, Post Status?<\/p>\nChip Off the Old Block<\/strong><\/h3>\nIf you run an online store, you may want to check out WooThemes\u2019 checklist of 10 things you need to do for the holiday season<\/a>.<\/p>\n“The reason for the significance of client testimonials is the main characteristics of human nature: if others are satisfied with your product\/service, your visitors will be more likely to become clients themselves.\u201d Web host Kinsta writes about how to boost conversion rates with client testimonials<\/a>.<\/p>\nRainmaker is ditching its monthly billing option in favor of quarterly and annual billing options only<\/a>. If you haven’t yet checked out the WordPress hosting platform built for media marketers, it’s by the folks at Copyblogger.<\/p>\n“There\u2019s a lot of great information in the presentation, especially if you\u2019re running a bootstrapped business. I also admire Ta\u2019eed\u2019s delivery as he comes off as a straight shooter. He reminds me of myself when I tried to launch a business several years ago.\u201d WP Tavern\u2019s Jeff Chandler sees something of himself in Envato CEO Collis Ta\u2019eed<\/a>, who talked about his company\u2019s first six months at The Sunrise conference in Sydney earlier in the year. Envato paid out US$140 million to its community of authors, affiliates, freelancers and instructors last year.<\/p>\nDash Off<\/strong><\/h3>\nWPDASH<\/a> is a new service kinda like ManageWP or InfiniteWP that provides a centralized dashboard where you can manage multiple WordPress. WP Tavern have a great write up on what\u2019s it\u2019s all about<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you regularly use Chrome when managing your website, here are some handy browser apps and extensions for WordPress<\/a> at WP Lift.<\/div>\nIf you\u2019re a Multisite user, check out writer Joe Fylan\u2019s round-up of useful tools and services for managing a network<\/a> over at WP Squared.<\/p>\nAnd here are 30 WordPress themes for writers<\/a>.<\/p>\nAuto Reply<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Create a WordPress Review Site Using Themes & Plugins<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nWordPress On-Page SEO: How to Do It Perfectly<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nAdd an Auto Reply to Your Jetpack Contact Form<\/a> (WP Tavern).<\/p>\nLet’s Get It Started<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Use AJAX in WordPress to Load Search Results<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWorking with the Eventbrite API Plugin<\/a> (ThemeShaper).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. The vulnerability allows malicious users to take control of a website.<\/p>\nRough Around the Edges<\/strong><\/h3>\niThemes Security is one of the top-ranked WordPress security plugins with a huge customer base. In our latest review, we take the free version of the plugin for a test drive<\/a>.<\/p>\nNot only does LoopConf have an excellent speaker line up, but there are companies who focus exclusively on building enterprise-level WordPress projects for VIP clients, says developer Tom McFarlin, who sees the value in the upcoming Las Vegas conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n“My initial experience is rough around the edges and at times frustrating, as I couldn\u2019t easily find the help I needed. I can only imagine how many others have gone through the same experience.\u201d First-time bbPress user Jeff Chandler documented his experience setting up the forum plugin<\/a>\u00a0and didn’t find it easy.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re thinking of making the switch to Managed WordPress hosting, WP Lift have put together a guide to hosts and what they have to offer<\/a>.<\/p>\nYou can use WordPress for memberships site but you don\u2019t have to if you don\u2019t want to, is what I think Crowd Favorite\u2019s Chris Lema is saying in this post about whether WordPress is the right solution for association websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re looking for stock images, blogger Kevin Muldoon has a great collection of image websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nSwitch it Up<\/strong><\/h3>\nManageWP\u2019s Vladimir Prelovac says the secret to increasing the visibility of your products in the WordPress Plugin Repository is your readme.txt file<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe new Twenty Fifteen default WordPress theme has been released to WordPress.com users<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe Post Type Switcher<\/a> plugin, authored by John James Jacoby, provides a simple way to change a post’s type in WordPress. It\u2019s been around a while but has been recently featured on WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordFence and iThemes are among Webloggerz top 15 best WordPress security plugins heading into the new year<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP All Import<\/a> is a new premium plugin that offers a simple solution for WordPress Importing.<\/p>\nIf you like sliders, WP Lift has put together a big collection of free and premium options<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd if you\u2019re looking for a theme for an online store, WP Mayor have a round-up of this year\u2019s top themes<\/a>.<\/p>\nTime Saver<\/strong><\/h3>\nUsing the WordPress Customizer for Saving User-Specific Options<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow to Make An Image-Based Image WordPress Menu<\/a>\u00a0(WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWooCommerce vs Shopify: Which Is Better For E-Commerce?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\n2014 Is The Damn Future<\/strong><\/p>\nWhile we may not be getting around on hoverboards (yet!), here\u2019s a timely reminder that the times they are a-changing\u2019 and we are living in the future<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for an awesome Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This week\u2019s round-up of WordPress news, views and reviews summarized in our daily email newsletter, The WhiP. 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Lastly, John James Jacoby has surpassed his $50,000 crowdfunding goal<\/a>. The BuddyPress project lead will now work six months full-time on the social networking plugin, bbPress and GlotPress. Woo!<\/p>\nGulp!<\/strong><\/h3>\nThe Roots starter theme<\/a> will become framework agnostic next year. Roots currently uses the HTML5 Boilerplate, Bootstrap, Grunt, and Bower in the starter theme but will will soon be moving to Gulp.<\/p>\nMinnow<\/a> is a beautiful, new and free ultra-minimalist blogging theme from Automattic.<\/p>\nHere\u2019s a great list of essential plugins to load up on any new WordPress blog install<\/a> at WPMU DEV.<\/p>\nWP Explorer has put together its monthly round-up of new plugins<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s 24 great marketing themes for agencies<\/a> at Webloggerz.<\/p>\nBack to Basics<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Organize and Declutter the WordPress Post Editor Using Tabs<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAvoiding Common WordPress Image Issues<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nBack to Basics With WordPress CSS: Understanding the Native Classes<\/a> (CSS-TRICKS).<\/p>\nHow To Hide The Fact That Your Website Runs On WordPress<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nHow To Create Your Own Job Board Using WordPress<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nGravity<\/strong><\/h3>\nCreating the Starting Files for Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nCustomizing the WordPress Dashboard by Creating a Simple Admin Theme Plugin<\/a> (WebDevStudios).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (1 to 10)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nExport Your Gravity Forms Submissions to a Google Spreadsheet with Zapier<\/a> (tuts).<\/p>\nWordPress as a Service in the Wild<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nOn the Eighth Day of Christmas…<\/strong><\/h3>\nChristmas Experiments<\/a> is an advent calendar featuring digital artists and their web experiments each day leading up until Christmas.<\/p>\nAll the best for a marvelous Monday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #141 – Tuesday, December 9<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nStatus Update<\/strong><\/h3>\nTorque have released a mobile app for their site<\/a> using AppPresser\u2019s Reactor service.<\/p>\nOn the latest episode of WP Watercooler, Jack Tucker talks to WordPress Meetup organizers around the world about their tips for running successful events<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress.com has been given a bit of a revamp<\/a>. The site now boasts upgraded stats, mobile-friendly navigation, My Sites updates and a new My Profile section.<\/p>\nWP Mayor is celebrating its fourth birthday<\/a>.<\/p>\nSpeaking of WP Mayor, the site has teamed up with KeyCDN to give away two accounts with 1 TB of traffic<\/a>, and PremiumPress to give away a 50% discount on all themes<\/a>.<\/p>\nPost Status<\/a> has been lying dormant since October. Back in September Brian Krogsgard said the future of the news site was in yearly memberships<\/a>. What\u2019s the status, Post Status?<\/p>\nChip Off the Old Block<\/strong><\/h3>\nIf you run an online store, you may want to check out WooThemes\u2019 checklist of 10 things you need to do for the holiday season<\/a>.<\/p>\n“The reason for the significance of client testimonials is the main characteristics of human nature: if others are satisfied with your product\/service, your visitors will be more likely to become clients themselves.\u201d Web host Kinsta writes about how to boost conversion rates with client testimonials<\/a>.<\/p>\nRainmaker is ditching its monthly billing option in favor of quarterly and annual billing options only<\/a>. If you haven’t yet checked out the WordPress hosting platform built for media marketers, it’s by the folks at Copyblogger.<\/p>\n“There\u2019s a lot of great information in the presentation, especially if you\u2019re running a bootstrapped business. I also admire Ta\u2019eed\u2019s delivery as he comes off as a straight shooter. He reminds me of myself when I tried to launch a business several years ago.\u201d WP Tavern\u2019s Jeff Chandler sees something of himself in Envato CEO Collis Ta\u2019eed<\/a>, who talked about his company\u2019s first six months at The Sunrise conference in Sydney earlier in the year. Envato paid out US$140 million to its community of authors, affiliates, freelancers and instructors last year.<\/p>\nDash Off<\/strong><\/h3>\nWPDASH<\/a> is a new service kinda like ManageWP or InfiniteWP that provides a centralized dashboard where you can manage multiple WordPress. WP Tavern have a great write up on what\u2019s it\u2019s all about<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you regularly use Chrome when managing your website, here are some handy browser apps and extensions for WordPress<\/a> at WP Lift.<\/div>\nIf you\u2019re a Multisite user, check out writer Joe Fylan\u2019s round-up of useful tools and services for managing a network<\/a> over at WP Squared.<\/p>\nAnd here are 30 WordPress themes for writers<\/a>.<\/p>\nAuto Reply<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Create a WordPress Review Site Using Themes & Plugins<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nWordPress On-Page SEO: How to Do It Perfectly<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nAdd an Auto Reply to Your Jetpack Contact Form<\/a> (WP Tavern).<\/p>\nLet’s Get It Started<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Use AJAX in WordPress to Load Search Results<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWorking with the Eventbrite API Plugin<\/a> (ThemeShaper).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. The vulnerability allows malicious users to take control of a website.<\/p>\nRough Around the Edges<\/strong><\/h3>\niThemes Security is one of the top-ranked WordPress security plugins with a huge customer base. In our latest review, we take the free version of the plugin for a test drive<\/a>.<\/p>\nNot only does LoopConf have an excellent speaker line up, but there are companies who focus exclusively on building enterprise-level WordPress projects for VIP clients, says developer Tom McFarlin, who sees the value in the upcoming Las Vegas conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n“My initial experience is rough around the edges and at times frustrating, as I couldn\u2019t easily find the help I needed. I can only imagine how many others have gone through the same experience.\u201d First-time bbPress user Jeff Chandler documented his experience setting up the forum plugin<\/a>\u00a0and didn’t find it easy.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re thinking of making the switch to Managed WordPress hosting, WP Lift have put together a guide to hosts and what they have to offer<\/a>.<\/p>\nYou can use WordPress for memberships site but you don\u2019t have to if you don\u2019t want to, is what I think Crowd Favorite\u2019s Chris Lema is saying in this post about whether WordPress is the right solution for association websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re looking for stock images, blogger Kevin Muldoon has a great collection of image websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nSwitch it Up<\/strong><\/h3>\nManageWP\u2019s Vladimir Prelovac says the secret to increasing the visibility of your products in the WordPress Plugin Repository is your readme.txt file<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe new Twenty Fifteen default WordPress theme has been released to WordPress.com users<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe Post Type Switcher<\/a> plugin, authored by John James Jacoby, provides a simple way to change a post’s type in WordPress. 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The Roots starter theme<\/a> will become framework agnostic next year. Roots currently uses the HTML5 Boilerplate, Bootstrap, Grunt, and Bower in the starter theme but will will soon be moving to Gulp.<\/p>\nMinnow<\/a> is a beautiful, new and free ultra-minimalist blogging theme from Automattic.<\/p>\nHere\u2019s a great list of essential plugins to load up on any new WordPress blog install<\/a> at WPMU DEV.<\/p>\nWP Explorer has put together its monthly round-up of new plugins<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s 24 great marketing themes for agencies<\/a> at Webloggerz.<\/p>\nBack to Basics<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Organize and Declutter the WordPress Post Editor Using Tabs<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAvoiding Common WordPress Image Issues<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nBack to Basics With WordPress CSS: Understanding the Native Classes<\/a> (CSS-TRICKS).<\/p>\nHow To Hide The Fact That Your Website Runs On WordPress<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nHow To Create Your Own Job Board Using WordPress<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nGravity<\/strong><\/h3>\nCreating the Starting Files for Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nCustomizing the WordPress Dashboard by Creating a Simple Admin Theme Plugin<\/a> (WebDevStudios).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (1 to 10)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nExport Your Gravity Forms Submissions to a Google Spreadsheet with Zapier<\/a> (tuts).<\/p>\nWordPress as a Service in the Wild<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nOn the Eighth Day of Christmas…<\/strong><\/h3>\nChristmas Experiments<\/a> is an advent calendar featuring digital artists and their web experiments each day leading up until Christmas.<\/p>\nAll the best for a marvelous Monday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #141 – Tuesday, December 9<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nStatus Update<\/strong><\/h3>\nTorque have released a mobile app for their site<\/a> using AppPresser\u2019s Reactor service.<\/p>\nOn the latest episode of WP Watercooler, Jack Tucker talks to WordPress Meetup organizers around the world about their tips for running successful events<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress.com has been given a bit of a revamp<\/a>. The site now boasts upgraded stats, mobile-friendly navigation, My Sites updates and a new My Profile section.<\/p>\nWP Mayor is celebrating its fourth birthday<\/a>.<\/p>\nSpeaking of WP Mayor, the site has teamed up with KeyCDN to give away two accounts with 1 TB of traffic<\/a>, and PremiumPress to give away a 50% discount on all themes<\/a>.<\/p>\nPost Status<\/a> has been lying dormant since October. Back in September Brian Krogsgard said the future of the news site was in yearly memberships<\/a>. What\u2019s the status, Post Status?<\/p>\nChip Off the Old Block<\/strong><\/h3>\nIf you run an online store, you may want to check out WooThemes\u2019 checklist of 10 things you need to do for the holiday season<\/a>.<\/p>\n“The reason for the significance of client testimonials is the main characteristics of human nature: if others are satisfied with your product\/service, your visitors will be more likely to become clients themselves.\u201d Web host Kinsta writes about how to boost conversion rates with client testimonials<\/a>.<\/p>\nRainmaker is ditching its monthly billing option in favor of quarterly and annual billing options only<\/a>. If you haven’t yet checked out the WordPress hosting platform built for media marketers, it’s by the folks at Copyblogger.<\/p>\n“There\u2019s a lot of great information in the presentation, especially if you\u2019re running a bootstrapped business. I also admire Ta\u2019eed\u2019s delivery as he comes off as a straight shooter. He reminds me of myself when I tried to launch a business several years ago.\u201d WP Tavern\u2019s Jeff Chandler sees something of himself in Envato CEO Collis Ta\u2019eed<\/a>, who talked about his company\u2019s first six months at The Sunrise conference in Sydney earlier in the year. Envato paid out US$140 million to its community of authors, affiliates, freelancers and instructors last year.<\/p>\nDash Off<\/strong><\/h3>\nWPDASH<\/a> is a new service kinda like ManageWP or InfiniteWP that provides a centralized dashboard where you can manage multiple WordPress. WP Tavern have a great write up on what\u2019s it\u2019s all about<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you regularly use Chrome when managing your website, here are some handy browser apps and extensions for WordPress<\/a> at WP Lift.<\/div>\nIf you\u2019re a Multisite user, check out writer Joe Fylan\u2019s round-up of useful tools and services for managing a network<\/a> over at WP Squared.<\/p>\nAnd here are 30 WordPress themes for writers<\/a>.<\/p>\nAuto Reply<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Create a WordPress Review Site Using Themes & Plugins<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nWordPress On-Page SEO: How to Do It Perfectly<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nAdd an Auto Reply to Your Jetpack Contact Form<\/a> (WP Tavern).<\/p>\nLet’s Get It Started<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Use AJAX in WordPress to Load Search Results<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWorking with the Eventbrite API Plugin<\/a> (ThemeShaper).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. 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Minnow<\/a> is a beautiful, new and free ultra-minimalist blogging theme from Automattic.<\/p>\nHere\u2019s a great list of essential plugins to load up on any new WordPress blog install<\/a> at WPMU DEV.<\/p>\nWP Explorer has put together its monthly round-up of new plugins<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s 24 great marketing themes for agencies<\/a> at Webloggerz.<\/p>\nBack to Basics<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Organize and Declutter the WordPress Post Editor Using Tabs<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAvoiding Common WordPress Image Issues<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nBack to Basics With WordPress CSS: Understanding the Native Classes<\/a> (CSS-TRICKS).<\/p>\nHow To Hide The Fact That Your Website Runs On WordPress<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nHow To Create Your Own Job Board Using WordPress<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nGravity<\/strong><\/h3>\nCreating the Starting Files for Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nCustomizing the WordPress Dashboard by Creating a Simple Admin Theme Plugin<\/a> (WebDevStudios).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (1 to 10)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nExport Your Gravity Forms Submissions to a Google Spreadsheet with Zapier<\/a> (tuts).<\/p>\nWordPress as a Service in the Wild<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nOn the Eighth Day of Christmas…<\/strong><\/h3>\nChristmas Experiments<\/a> is an advent calendar featuring digital artists and their web experiments each day leading up until Christmas.<\/p>\nAll the best for a marvelous Monday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #141 – Tuesday, December 9<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nStatus Update<\/strong><\/h3>\nTorque have released a mobile app for their site<\/a> using AppPresser\u2019s Reactor service.<\/p>\nOn the latest episode of WP Watercooler, Jack Tucker talks to WordPress Meetup organizers around the world about their tips for running successful events<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress.com has been given a bit of a revamp<\/a>. The site now boasts upgraded stats, mobile-friendly navigation, My Sites updates and a new My Profile section.<\/p>\nWP Mayor is celebrating its fourth birthday<\/a>.<\/p>\nSpeaking of WP Mayor, the site has teamed up with KeyCDN to give away two accounts with 1 TB of traffic<\/a>, and PremiumPress to give away a 50% discount on all themes<\/a>.<\/p>\nPost Status<\/a> has been lying dormant since October. Back in September Brian Krogsgard said the future of the news site was in yearly memberships<\/a>. What\u2019s the status, Post Status?<\/p>\nChip Off the Old Block<\/strong><\/h3>\nIf you run an online store, you may want to check out WooThemes\u2019 checklist of 10 things you need to do for the holiday season<\/a>.<\/p>\n“The reason for the significance of client testimonials is the main characteristics of human nature: if others are satisfied with your product\/service, your visitors will be more likely to become clients themselves.\u201d Web host Kinsta writes about how to boost conversion rates with client testimonials<\/a>.<\/p>\nRainmaker is ditching its monthly billing option in favor of quarterly and annual billing options only<\/a>. If you haven’t yet checked out the WordPress hosting platform built for media marketers, it’s by the folks at Copyblogger.<\/p>\n“There\u2019s a lot of great information in the presentation, especially if you\u2019re running a bootstrapped business. I also admire Ta\u2019eed\u2019s delivery as he comes off as a straight shooter. He reminds me of myself when I tried to launch a business several years ago.\u201d WP Tavern\u2019s Jeff Chandler sees something of himself in Envato CEO Collis Ta\u2019eed<\/a>, who talked about his company\u2019s first six months at The Sunrise conference in Sydney earlier in the year. Envato paid out US$140 million to its community of authors, affiliates, freelancers and instructors last year.<\/p>\nDash Off<\/strong><\/h3>\nWPDASH<\/a> is a new service kinda like ManageWP or InfiniteWP that provides a centralized dashboard where you can manage multiple WordPress. WP Tavern have a great write up on what\u2019s it\u2019s all about<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you regularly use Chrome when managing your website, here are some handy browser apps and extensions for WordPress<\/a> at WP Lift.<\/div>\nIf you\u2019re a Multisite user, check out writer Joe Fylan\u2019s round-up of useful tools and services for managing a network<\/a> over at WP Squared.<\/p>\nAnd here are 30 WordPress themes for writers<\/a>.<\/p>\nAuto Reply<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Create a WordPress Review Site Using Themes & Plugins<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nWordPress On-Page SEO: How to Do It Perfectly<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nAdd an Auto Reply to Your Jetpack Contact Form<\/a> (WP Tavern).<\/p>\nLet’s Get It Started<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Use AJAX in WordPress to Load Search Results<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWorking with the Eventbrite API Plugin<\/a> (ThemeShaper).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. The vulnerability allows malicious users to take control of a website.<\/p>\nRough Around the Edges<\/strong><\/h3>\niThemes Security is one of the top-ranked WordPress security plugins with a huge customer base. In our latest review, we take the free version of the plugin for a test drive<\/a>.<\/p>\nNot only does LoopConf have an excellent speaker line up, but there are companies who focus exclusively on building enterprise-level WordPress projects for VIP clients, says developer Tom McFarlin, who sees the value in the upcoming Las Vegas conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n“My initial experience is rough around the edges and at times frustrating, as I couldn\u2019t easily find the help I needed. I can only imagine how many others have gone through the same experience.\u201d First-time bbPress user Jeff Chandler documented his experience setting up the forum plugin<\/a>\u00a0and didn’t find it easy.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re thinking of making the switch to Managed WordPress hosting, WP Lift have put together a guide to hosts and what they have to offer<\/a>.<\/p>\nYou can use WordPress for memberships site but you don\u2019t have to if you don\u2019t want to, is what I think Crowd Favorite\u2019s Chris Lema is saying in this post about whether WordPress is the right solution for association websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re looking for stock images, blogger Kevin Muldoon has a great collection of image websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nSwitch it Up<\/strong><\/h3>\nManageWP\u2019s Vladimir Prelovac says the secret to increasing the visibility of your products in the WordPress Plugin Repository is your readme.txt file<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe new Twenty Fifteen default WordPress theme has been released to WordPress.com users<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe Post Type Switcher<\/a> plugin, authored by John James Jacoby, provides a simple way to change a post’s type in WordPress. It\u2019s been around a while but has been recently featured on WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordFence and iThemes are among Webloggerz top 15 best WordPress security plugins heading into the new year<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP All Import<\/a> is a new premium plugin that offers a simple solution for WordPress Importing.<\/p>\nIf you like sliders, WP Lift has put together a big collection of free and premium options<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd if you\u2019re looking for a theme for an online store, WP Mayor have a round-up of this year\u2019s top themes<\/a>.<\/p>\nTime Saver<\/strong><\/h3>\nUsing the WordPress Customizer for Saving User-Specific Options<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow to Make An Image-Based Image WordPress Menu<\/a>\u00a0(WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWooCommerce vs Shopify: Which Is Better For E-Commerce?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\n2014 Is The Damn Future<\/strong><\/p>\nWhile we may not be getting around on hoverboards (yet!), here\u2019s a timely reminder that the times they are a-changing\u2019 and we are living in the future<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for an awesome Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This week\u2019s round-up of WordPress news, views and reviews summarized in our daily email newsletter, The WhiP. 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Here\u2019s a great list of essential plugins to load up on any new WordPress blog install<\/a> at WPMU DEV.<\/p>\nWP Explorer has put together its monthly round-up of new plugins<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s 24 great marketing themes for agencies<\/a> at Webloggerz.<\/p>\nBack to Basics<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Organize and Declutter the WordPress Post Editor Using Tabs<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAvoiding Common WordPress Image Issues<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nBack to Basics With WordPress CSS: Understanding the Native Classes<\/a> (CSS-TRICKS).<\/p>\nHow To Hide The Fact That Your Website Runs On WordPress<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nHow To Create Your Own Job Board Using WordPress<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nGravity<\/strong><\/h3>\nCreating the Starting Files for Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nCustomizing the WordPress Dashboard by Creating a Simple Admin Theme Plugin<\/a> (WebDevStudios).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (1 to 10)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nExport Your Gravity Forms Submissions to a Google Spreadsheet with Zapier<\/a> (tuts).<\/p>\nWordPress as a Service in the Wild<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nOn the Eighth Day of Christmas…<\/strong><\/h3>\nChristmas Experiments<\/a> is an advent calendar featuring digital artists and their web experiments each day leading up until Christmas.<\/p>\nAll the best for a marvelous Monday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #141 – Tuesday, December 9<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nStatus Update<\/strong><\/h3>\nTorque have released a mobile app for their site<\/a> using AppPresser\u2019s Reactor service.<\/p>\nOn the latest episode of WP Watercooler, Jack Tucker talks to WordPress Meetup organizers around the world about their tips for running successful events<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress.com has been given a bit of a revamp<\/a>. The site now boasts upgraded stats, mobile-friendly navigation, My Sites updates and a new My Profile section.<\/p>\nWP Mayor is celebrating its fourth birthday<\/a>.<\/p>\nSpeaking of WP Mayor, the site has teamed up with KeyCDN to give away two accounts with 1 TB of traffic<\/a>, and PremiumPress to give away a 50% discount on all themes<\/a>.<\/p>\nPost Status<\/a> has been lying dormant since October. Back in September Brian Krogsgard said the future of the news site was in yearly memberships<\/a>. What\u2019s the status, Post Status?<\/p>\nChip Off the Old Block<\/strong><\/h3>\nIf you run an online store, you may want to check out WooThemes\u2019 checklist of 10 things you need to do for the holiday season<\/a>.<\/p>\n“The reason for the significance of client testimonials is the main characteristics of human nature: if others are satisfied with your product\/service, your visitors will be more likely to become clients themselves.\u201d Web host Kinsta writes about how to boost conversion rates with client testimonials<\/a>.<\/p>\nRainmaker is ditching its monthly billing option in favor of quarterly and annual billing options only<\/a>. If you haven’t yet checked out the WordPress hosting platform built for media marketers, it’s by the folks at Copyblogger.<\/p>\n“There\u2019s a lot of great information in the presentation, especially if you\u2019re running a bootstrapped business. I also admire Ta\u2019eed\u2019s delivery as he comes off as a straight shooter. He reminds me of myself when I tried to launch a business several years ago.\u201d WP Tavern\u2019s Jeff Chandler sees something of himself in Envato CEO Collis Ta\u2019eed<\/a>, who talked about his company\u2019s first six months at The Sunrise conference in Sydney earlier in the year. Envato paid out US$140 million to its community of authors, affiliates, freelancers and instructors last year.<\/p>\nDash Off<\/strong><\/h3>\nWPDASH<\/a> is a new service kinda like ManageWP or InfiniteWP that provides a centralized dashboard where you can manage multiple WordPress. WP Tavern have a great write up on what\u2019s it\u2019s all about<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you regularly use Chrome when managing your website, here are some handy browser apps and extensions for WordPress<\/a> at WP Lift.<\/div>\nIf you\u2019re a Multisite user, check out writer Joe Fylan\u2019s round-up of useful tools and services for managing a network<\/a> over at WP Squared.<\/p>\nAnd here are 30 WordPress themes for writers<\/a>.<\/p>\nAuto Reply<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Create a WordPress Review Site Using Themes & Plugins<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nWordPress On-Page SEO: How to Do It Perfectly<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nAdd an Auto Reply to Your Jetpack Contact Form<\/a> (WP Tavern).<\/p>\nLet’s Get It Started<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Use AJAX in WordPress to Load Search Results<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWorking with the Eventbrite API Plugin<\/a> (ThemeShaper).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. 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WP Explorer has put together its monthly round-up of new plugins<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s 24 great marketing themes for agencies<\/a> at Webloggerz.<\/p>\nBack to Basics<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Organize and Declutter the WordPress Post Editor Using Tabs<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAvoiding Common WordPress Image Issues<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nBack to Basics With WordPress CSS: Understanding the Native Classes<\/a> (CSS-TRICKS).<\/p>\nHow To Hide The Fact That Your Website Runs On WordPress<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nHow To Create Your Own Job Board Using WordPress<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nGravity<\/strong><\/h3>\nCreating the Starting Files for Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nCustomizing the WordPress Dashboard by Creating a Simple Admin Theme Plugin<\/a> (WebDevStudios).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (1 to 10)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nExport Your Gravity Forms Submissions to a Google Spreadsheet with Zapier<\/a> (tuts).<\/p>\nWordPress as a Service in the Wild<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nOn the Eighth Day of Christmas…<\/strong><\/h3>\nChristmas Experiments<\/a> is an advent calendar featuring digital artists and their web experiments each day leading up until Christmas.<\/p>\nAll the best for a marvelous Monday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #141 – Tuesday, December 9<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nStatus Update<\/strong><\/h3>\nTorque have released a mobile app for their site<\/a> using AppPresser\u2019s Reactor service.<\/p>\nOn the latest episode of WP Watercooler, Jack Tucker talks to WordPress Meetup organizers around the world about their tips for running successful events<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress.com has been given a bit of a revamp<\/a>. The site now boasts upgraded stats, mobile-friendly navigation, My Sites updates and a new My Profile section.<\/p>\nWP Mayor is celebrating its fourth birthday<\/a>.<\/p>\nSpeaking of WP Mayor, the site has teamed up with KeyCDN to give away two accounts with 1 TB of traffic<\/a>, and PremiumPress to give away a 50% discount on all themes<\/a>.<\/p>\nPost Status<\/a> has been lying dormant since October. Back in September Brian Krogsgard said the future of the news site was in yearly memberships<\/a>. What\u2019s the status, Post Status?<\/p>\nChip Off the Old Block<\/strong><\/h3>\nIf you run an online store, you may want to check out WooThemes\u2019 checklist of 10 things you need to do for the holiday season<\/a>.<\/p>\n“The reason for the significance of client testimonials is the main characteristics of human nature: if others are satisfied with your product\/service, your visitors will be more likely to become clients themselves.\u201d Web host Kinsta writes about how to boost conversion rates with client testimonials<\/a>.<\/p>\nRainmaker is ditching its monthly billing option in favor of quarterly and annual billing options only<\/a>. If you haven’t yet checked out the WordPress hosting platform built for media marketers, it’s by the folks at Copyblogger.<\/p>\n“There\u2019s a lot of great information in the presentation, especially if you\u2019re running a bootstrapped business. I also admire Ta\u2019eed\u2019s delivery as he comes off as a straight shooter. He reminds me of myself when I tried to launch a business several years ago.\u201d WP Tavern\u2019s Jeff Chandler sees something of himself in Envato CEO Collis Ta\u2019eed<\/a>, who talked about his company\u2019s first six months at The Sunrise conference in Sydney earlier in the year. Envato paid out US$140 million to its community of authors, affiliates, freelancers and instructors last year.<\/p>\nDash Off<\/strong><\/h3>\nWPDASH<\/a> is a new service kinda like ManageWP or InfiniteWP that provides a centralized dashboard where you can manage multiple WordPress. WP Tavern have a great write up on what\u2019s it\u2019s all about<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you regularly use Chrome when managing your website, here are some handy browser apps and extensions for WordPress<\/a> at WP Lift.<\/div>\nIf you\u2019re a Multisite user, check out writer Joe Fylan\u2019s round-up of useful tools and services for managing a network<\/a> over at WP Squared.<\/p>\nAnd here are 30 WordPress themes for writers<\/a>.<\/p>\nAuto Reply<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Create a WordPress Review Site Using Themes & Plugins<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nWordPress On-Page SEO: How to Do It Perfectly<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nAdd an Auto Reply to Your Jetpack Contact Form<\/a> (WP Tavern).<\/p>\nLet’s Get It Started<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Use AJAX in WordPress to Load Search Results<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWorking with the Eventbrite API Plugin<\/a> (ThemeShaper).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. The vulnerability allows malicious users to take control of a website.<\/p>\nRough Around the Edges<\/strong><\/h3>\niThemes Security is one of the top-ranked WordPress security plugins with a huge customer base. In our latest review, we take the free version of the plugin for a test drive<\/a>.<\/p>\nNot only does LoopConf have an excellent speaker line up, but there are companies who focus exclusively on building enterprise-level WordPress projects for VIP clients, says developer Tom McFarlin, who sees the value in the upcoming Las Vegas conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n“My initial experience is rough around the edges and at times frustrating, as I couldn\u2019t easily find the help I needed. I can only imagine how many others have gone through the same experience.\u201d First-time bbPress user Jeff Chandler documented his experience setting up the forum plugin<\/a>\u00a0and didn’t find it easy.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re thinking of making the switch to Managed WordPress hosting, WP Lift have put together a guide to hosts and what they have to offer<\/a>.<\/p>\nYou can use WordPress for memberships site but you don\u2019t have to if you don\u2019t want to, is what I think Crowd Favorite\u2019s Chris Lema is saying in this post about whether WordPress is the right solution for association websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re looking for stock images, blogger Kevin Muldoon has a great collection of image websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nSwitch it Up<\/strong><\/h3>\nManageWP\u2019s Vladimir Prelovac says the secret to increasing the visibility of your products in the WordPress Plugin Repository is your readme.txt file<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe new Twenty Fifteen default WordPress theme has been released to WordPress.com users<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe Post Type Switcher<\/a> plugin, authored by John James Jacoby, provides a simple way to change a post’s type in WordPress. It\u2019s been around a while but has been recently featured on WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordFence and iThemes are among Webloggerz top 15 best WordPress security plugins heading into the new year<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP All Import<\/a> is a new premium plugin that offers a simple solution for WordPress Importing.<\/p>\nIf you like sliders, WP Lift has put together a big collection of free and premium options<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd if you\u2019re looking for a theme for an online store, WP Mayor have a round-up of this year\u2019s top themes<\/a>.<\/p>\nTime Saver<\/strong><\/h3>\nUsing the WordPress Customizer for Saving User-Specific Options<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow to Make An Image-Based Image WordPress Menu<\/a>\u00a0(WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWooCommerce vs Shopify: Which Is Better For E-Commerce?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\n2014 Is The Damn Future<\/strong><\/p>\nWhile we may not be getting around on hoverboards (yet!), here\u2019s a timely reminder that the times they are a-changing\u2019 and we are living in the future<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for an awesome Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This week\u2019s round-up of WordPress news, views and reviews summarized in our daily email newsletter, The WhiP. 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And here\u2019s 24 great marketing themes for agencies<\/a> at Webloggerz.<\/p>\nBack to Basics<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Organize and Declutter the WordPress Post Editor Using Tabs<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAvoiding Common WordPress Image Issues<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nBack to Basics With WordPress CSS: Understanding the Native Classes<\/a> (CSS-TRICKS).<\/p>\nHow To Hide The Fact That Your Website Runs On WordPress<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nHow To Create Your Own Job Board Using WordPress<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nGravity<\/strong><\/h3>\nCreating the Starting Files for Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nCustomizing the WordPress Dashboard by Creating a Simple Admin Theme Plugin<\/a> (WebDevStudios).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (1 to 10)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nExport Your Gravity Forms Submissions to a Google Spreadsheet with Zapier<\/a> (tuts).<\/p>\nWordPress as a Service in the Wild<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nOn the Eighth Day of Christmas…<\/strong><\/h3>\nChristmas Experiments<\/a> is an advent calendar featuring digital artists and their web experiments each day leading up until Christmas.<\/p>\nAll the best for a marvelous Monday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #141 – Tuesday, December 9<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nStatus Update<\/strong><\/h3>\nTorque have released a mobile app for their site<\/a> using AppPresser\u2019s Reactor service.<\/p>\nOn the latest episode of WP Watercooler, Jack Tucker talks to WordPress Meetup organizers around the world about their tips for running successful events<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress.com has been given a bit of a revamp<\/a>. The site now boasts upgraded stats, mobile-friendly navigation, My Sites updates and a new My Profile section.<\/p>\nWP Mayor is celebrating its fourth birthday<\/a>.<\/p>\nSpeaking of WP Mayor, the site has teamed up with KeyCDN to give away two accounts with 1 TB of traffic<\/a>, and PremiumPress to give away a 50% discount on all themes<\/a>.<\/p>\nPost Status<\/a> has been lying dormant since October. Back in September Brian Krogsgard said the future of the news site was in yearly memberships<\/a>. What\u2019s the status, Post Status?<\/p>\nChip Off the Old Block<\/strong><\/h3>\nIf you run an online store, you may want to check out WooThemes\u2019 checklist of 10 things you need to do for the holiday season<\/a>.<\/p>\n“The reason for the significance of client testimonials is the main characteristics of human nature: if others are satisfied with your product\/service, your visitors will be more likely to become clients themselves.\u201d Web host Kinsta writes about how to boost conversion rates with client testimonials<\/a>.<\/p>\nRainmaker is ditching its monthly billing option in favor of quarterly and annual billing options only<\/a>. If you haven’t yet checked out the WordPress hosting platform built for media marketers, it’s by the folks at Copyblogger.<\/p>\n“There\u2019s a lot of great information in the presentation, especially if you\u2019re running a bootstrapped business. I also admire Ta\u2019eed\u2019s delivery as he comes off as a straight shooter. He reminds me of myself when I tried to launch a business several years ago.\u201d WP Tavern\u2019s Jeff Chandler sees something of himself in Envato CEO Collis Ta\u2019eed<\/a>, who talked about his company\u2019s first six months at The Sunrise conference in Sydney earlier in the year. Envato paid out US$140 million to its community of authors, affiliates, freelancers and instructors last year.<\/p>\nDash Off<\/strong><\/h3>\nWPDASH<\/a> is a new service kinda like ManageWP or InfiniteWP that provides a centralized dashboard where you can manage multiple WordPress. WP Tavern have a great write up on what\u2019s it\u2019s all about<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you regularly use Chrome when managing your website, here are some handy browser apps and extensions for WordPress<\/a> at WP Lift.<\/div>\nIf you\u2019re a Multisite user, check out writer Joe Fylan\u2019s round-up of useful tools and services for managing a network<\/a> over at WP Squared.<\/p>\nAnd here are 30 WordPress themes for writers<\/a>.<\/p>\nAuto Reply<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Create a WordPress Review Site Using Themes & Plugins<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nWordPress On-Page SEO: How to Do It Perfectly<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nAdd an Auto Reply to Your Jetpack Contact Form<\/a> (WP Tavern).<\/p>\nLet’s Get It Started<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Use AJAX in WordPress to Load Search Results<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWorking with the Eventbrite API Plugin<\/a> (ThemeShaper).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. The vulnerability allows malicious users to take control of a website.<\/p>\nRough Around the Edges<\/strong><\/h3>\niThemes Security is one of the top-ranked WordPress security plugins with a huge customer base. In our latest review, we take the free version of the plugin for a test drive<\/a>.<\/p>\nNot only does LoopConf have an excellent speaker line up, but there are companies who focus exclusively on building enterprise-level WordPress projects for VIP clients, says developer Tom McFarlin, who sees the value in the upcoming Las Vegas conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n“My initial experience is rough around the edges and at times frustrating, as I couldn\u2019t easily find the help I needed. I can only imagine how many others have gone through the same experience.\u201d First-time bbPress user Jeff Chandler documented his experience setting up the forum plugin<\/a>\u00a0and didn’t find it easy.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re thinking of making the switch to Managed WordPress hosting, WP Lift have put together a guide to hosts and what they have to offer<\/a>.<\/p>\nYou can use WordPress for memberships site but you don\u2019t have to if you don\u2019t want to, is what I think Crowd Favorite\u2019s Chris Lema is saying in this post about whether WordPress is the right solution for association websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re looking for stock images, blogger Kevin Muldoon has a great collection of image websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nSwitch it Up<\/strong><\/h3>\nManageWP\u2019s Vladimir Prelovac says the secret to increasing the visibility of your products in the WordPress Plugin Repository is your readme.txt file<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe new Twenty Fifteen default WordPress theme has been released to WordPress.com users<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe Post Type Switcher<\/a> plugin, authored by John James Jacoby, provides a simple way to change a post’s type in WordPress. It\u2019s been around a while but has been recently featured on WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordFence and iThemes are among Webloggerz top 15 best WordPress security plugins heading into the new year<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP All Import<\/a> is a new premium plugin that offers a simple solution for WordPress Importing.<\/p>\nIf you like sliders, WP Lift has put together a big collection of free and premium options<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd if you\u2019re looking for a theme for an online store, WP Mayor have a round-up of this year\u2019s top themes<\/a>.<\/p>\nTime Saver<\/strong><\/h3>\nUsing the WordPress Customizer for Saving User-Specific Options<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow to Make An Image-Based Image WordPress Menu<\/a>\u00a0(WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWooCommerce vs Shopify: Which Is Better For E-Commerce?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\n2014 Is The Damn Future<\/strong><\/p>\nWhile we may not be getting around on hoverboards (yet!), here\u2019s a timely reminder that the times they are a-changing\u2019 and we are living in the future<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for an awesome Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This week\u2019s round-up of WordPress news, views and reviews summarized in our daily email newsletter, The WhiP. 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How to Organize and Declutter the WordPress Post Editor Using Tabs<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAvoiding Common WordPress Image Issues<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nBack to Basics With WordPress CSS: Understanding the Native Classes<\/a> (CSS-TRICKS).<\/p>\nHow To Hide The Fact That Your Website Runs On WordPress<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nHow To Create Your Own Job Board Using WordPress<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nGravity<\/strong><\/h3>\nCreating the Starting Files for Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nCustomizing the WordPress Dashboard by Creating a Simple Admin Theme Plugin<\/a> (WebDevStudios).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (1 to 10)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nExport Your Gravity Forms Submissions to a Google Spreadsheet with Zapier<\/a> (tuts).<\/p>\nWordPress as a Service in the Wild<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nOn the Eighth Day of Christmas…<\/strong><\/h3>\nChristmas Experiments<\/a> is an advent calendar featuring digital artists and their web experiments each day leading up until Christmas.<\/p>\nAll the best for a marvelous Monday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #141 – Tuesday, December 9<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nStatus Update<\/strong><\/h3>\nTorque have released a mobile app for their site<\/a> using AppPresser\u2019s Reactor service.<\/p>\nOn the latest episode of WP Watercooler, Jack Tucker talks to WordPress Meetup organizers around the world about their tips for running successful events<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress.com has been given a bit of a revamp<\/a>. The site now boasts upgraded stats, mobile-friendly navigation, My Sites updates and a new My Profile section.<\/p>\nWP Mayor is celebrating its fourth birthday<\/a>.<\/p>\nSpeaking of WP Mayor, the site has teamed up with KeyCDN to give away two accounts with 1 TB of traffic<\/a>, and PremiumPress to give away a 50% discount on all themes<\/a>.<\/p>\nPost Status<\/a> has been lying dormant since October. Back in September Brian Krogsgard said the future of the news site was in yearly memberships<\/a>. What\u2019s the status, Post Status?<\/p>\nChip Off the Old Block<\/strong><\/h3>\nIf you run an online store, you may want to check out WooThemes\u2019 checklist of 10 things you need to do for the holiday season<\/a>.<\/p>\n“The reason for the significance of client testimonials is the main characteristics of human nature: if others are satisfied with your product\/service, your visitors will be more likely to become clients themselves.\u201d Web host Kinsta writes about how to boost conversion rates with client testimonials<\/a>.<\/p>\nRainmaker is ditching its monthly billing option in favor of quarterly and annual billing options only<\/a>. If you haven’t yet checked out the WordPress hosting platform built for media marketers, it’s by the folks at Copyblogger.<\/p>\n“There\u2019s a lot of great information in the presentation, especially if you\u2019re running a bootstrapped business. I also admire Ta\u2019eed\u2019s delivery as he comes off as a straight shooter. He reminds me of myself when I tried to launch a business several years ago.\u201d WP Tavern\u2019s Jeff Chandler sees something of himself in Envato CEO Collis Ta\u2019eed<\/a>, who talked about his company\u2019s first six months at The Sunrise conference in Sydney earlier in the year. Envato paid out US$140 million to its community of authors, affiliates, freelancers and instructors last year.<\/p>\nDash Off<\/strong><\/h3>\nWPDASH<\/a> is a new service kinda like ManageWP or InfiniteWP that provides a centralized dashboard where you can manage multiple WordPress. WP Tavern have a great write up on what\u2019s it\u2019s all about<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you regularly use Chrome when managing your website, here are some handy browser apps and extensions for WordPress<\/a> at WP Lift.<\/div>\nIf you\u2019re a Multisite user, check out writer Joe Fylan\u2019s round-up of useful tools and services for managing a network<\/a> over at WP Squared.<\/p>\nAnd here are 30 WordPress themes for writers<\/a>.<\/p>\nAuto Reply<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Create a WordPress Review Site Using Themes & Plugins<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nWordPress On-Page SEO: How to Do It Perfectly<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nAdd an Auto Reply to Your Jetpack Contact Form<\/a> (WP Tavern).<\/p>\nLet’s Get It Started<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Use AJAX in WordPress to Load Search Results<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWorking with the Eventbrite API Plugin<\/a> (ThemeShaper).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. The vulnerability allows malicious users to take control of a website.<\/p>\nRough Around the Edges<\/strong><\/h3>\niThemes Security is one of the top-ranked WordPress security plugins with a huge customer base. In our latest review, we take the free version of the plugin for a test drive<\/a>.<\/p>\nNot only does LoopConf have an excellent speaker line up, but there are companies who focus exclusively on building enterprise-level WordPress projects for VIP clients, says developer Tom McFarlin, who sees the value in the upcoming Las Vegas conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n“My initial experience is rough around the edges and at times frustrating, as I couldn\u2019t easily find the help I needed. 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Avoiding Common WordPress Image Issues<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nBack to Basics With WordPress CSS: Understanding the Native Classes<\/a> (CSS-TRICKS).<\/p>\nHow To Hide The Fact That Your Website Runs On WordPress<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nHow To Create Your Own Job Board Using WordPress<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nGravity<\/strong><\/h3>\nCreating the Starting Files for Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nCustomizing the WordPress Dashboard by Creating a Simple Admin Theme Plugin<\/a> (WebDevStudios).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (1 to 10)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nExport Your Gravity Forms Submissions to a Google Spreadsheet with Zapier<\/a> (tuts).<\/p>\nWordPress as a Service in the Wild<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nOn the Eighth Day of Christmas…<\/strong><\/h3>\nChristmas Experiments<\/a> is an advent calendar featuring digital artists and their web experiments each day leading up until Christmas.<\/p>\nAll the best for a marvelous Monday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #141 – Tuesday, December 9<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nStatus Update<\/strong><\/h3>\nTorque have released a mobile app for their site<\/a> using AppPresser\u2019s Reactor service.<\/p>\nOn the latest episode of WP Watercooler, Jack Tucker talks to WordPress Meetup organizers around the world about their tips for running successful events<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress.com has been given a bit of a revamp<\/a>. The site now boasts upgraded stats, mobile-friendly navigation, My Sites updates and a new My Profile section.<\/p>\nWP Mayor is celebrating its fourth birthday<\/a>.<\/p>\nSpeaking of WP Mayor, the site has teamed up with KeyCDN to give away two accounts with 1 TB of traffic<\/a>, and PremiumPress to give away a 50% discount on all themes<\/a>.<\/p>\nPost Status<\/a> has been lying dormant since October. Back in September Brian Krogsgard said the future of the news site was in yearly memberships<\/a>. What\u2019s the status, Post Status?<\/p>\nChip Off the Old Block<\/strong><\/h3>\nIf you run an online store, you may want to check out WooThemes\u2019 checklist of 10 things you need to do for the holiday season<\/a>.<\/p>\n“The reason for the significance of client testimonials is the main characteristics of human nature: if others are satisfied with your product\/service, your visitors will be more likely to become clients themselves.\u201d Web host Kinsta writes about how to boost conversion rates with client testimonials<\/a>.<\/p>\nRainmaker is ditching its monthly billing option in favor of quarterly and annual billing options only<\/a>. If you haven’t yet checked out the WordPress hosting platform built for media marketers, it’s by the folks at Copyblogger.<\/p>\n“There\u2019s a lot of great information in the presentation, especially if you\u2019re running a bootstrapped business. I also admire Ta\u2019eed\u2019s delivery as he comes off as a straight shooter. He reminds me of myself when I tried to launch a business several years ago.\u201d WP Tavern\u2019s Jeff Chandler sees something of himself in Envato CEO Collis Ta\u2019eed<\/a>, who talked about his company\u2019s first six months at The Sunrise conference in Sydney earlier in the year. Envato paid out US$140 million to its community of authors, affiliates, freelancers and instructors last year.<\/p>\nDash Off<\/strong><\/h3>\nWPDASH<\/a> is a new service kinda like ManageWP or InfiniteWP that provides a centralized dashboard where you can manage multiple WordPress. WP Tavern have a great write up on what\u2019s it\u2019s all about<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you regularly use Chrome when managing your website, here are some handy browser apps and extensions for WordPress<\/a> at WP Lift.<\/div>\nIf you\u2019re a Multisite user, check out writer Joe Fylan\u2019s round-up of useful tools and services for managing a network<\/a> over at WP Squared.<\/p>\nAnd here are 30 WordPress themes for writers<\/a>.<\/p>\nAuto Reply<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Create a WordPress Review Site Using Themes & Plugins<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nWordPress On-Page SEO: How to Do It Perfectly<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nAdd an Auto Reply to Your Jetpack Contact Form<\/a> (WP Tavern).<\/p>\nLet’s Get It Started<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Use AJAX in WordPress to Load Search Results<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWorking with the Eventbrite API Plugin<\/a> (ThemeShaper).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. The vulnerability allows malicious users to take control of a website.<\/p>\nRough Around the Edges<\/strong><\/h3>\niThemes Security is one of the top-ranked WordPress security plugins with a huge customer base. In our latest review, we take the free version of the plugin for a test drive<\/a>.<\/p>\nNot only does LoopConf have an excellent speaker line up, but there are companies who focus exclusively on building enterprise-level WordPress projects for VIP clients, says developer Tom McFarlin, who sees the value in the upcoming Las Vegas conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n“My initial experience is rough around the edges and at times frustrating, as I couldn\u2019t easily find the help I needed. I can only imagine how many others have gone through the same experience.\u201d First-time bbPress user Jeff Chandler documented his experience setting up the forum plugin<\/a>\u00a0and didn’t find it easy.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re thinking of making the switch to Managed WordPress hosting, WP Lift have put together a guide to hosts and what they have to offer<\/a>.<\/p>\nYou can use WordPress for memberships site but you don\u2019t have to if you don\u2019t want to, is what I think Crowd Favorite\u2019s Chris Lema is saying in this post about whether WordPress is the right solution for association websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re looking for stock images, blogger Kevin Muldoon has a great collection of image websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nSwitch it Up<\/strong><\/h3>\nManageWP\u2019s Vladimir Prelovac says the secret to increasing the visibility of your products in the WordPress Plugin Repository is your readme.txt file<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe new Twenty Fifteen default WordPress theme has been released to WordPress.com users<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe Post Type Switcher<\/a> plugin, authored by John James Jacoby, provides a simple way to change a post’s type in WordPress. 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Back to Basics With WordPress CSS: Understanding the Native Classes<\/a> (CSS-TRICKS).<\/p>\nHow To Hide The Fact That Your Website Runs On WordPress<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nHow To Create Your Own Job Board Using WordPress<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nGravity<\/strong><\/h3>\nCreating the Starting Files for Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nCustomizing the WordPress Dashboard by Creating a Simple Admin Theme Plugin<\/a> (WebDevStudios).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (1 to 10)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nExport Your Gravity Forms Submissions to a Google Spreadsheet with Zapier<\/a> (tuts).<\/p>\nWordPress as a Service in the Wild<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nOn the Eighth Day of Christmas…<\/strong><\/h3>\nChristmas Experiments<\/a> is an advent calendar featuring digital artists and their web experiments each day leading up until Christmas.<\/p>\nAll the best for a marvelous Monday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #141 – Tuesday, December 9<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nStatus Update<\/strong><\/h3>\nTorque have released a mobile app for their site<\/a> using AppPresser\u2019s Reactor service.<\/p>\nOn the latest episode of WP Watercooler, Jack Tucker talks to WordPress Meetup organizers around the world about their tips for running successful events<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress.com has been given a bit of a revamp<\/a>. The site now boasts upgraded stats, mobile-friendly navigation, My Sites updates and a new My Profile section.<\/p>\nWP Mayor is celebrating its fourth birthday<\/a>.<\/p>\nSpeaking of WP Mayor, the site has teamed up with KeyCDN to give away two accounts with 1 TB of traffic<\/a>, and PremiumPress to give away a 50% discount on all themes<\/a>.<\/p>\nPost Status<\/a> has been lying dormant since October. Back in September Brian Krogsgard said the future of the news site was in yearly memberships<\/a>. What\u2019s the status, Post Status?<\/p>\nChip Off the Old Block<\/strong><\/h3>\nIf you run an online store, you may want to check out WooThemes\u2019 checklist of 10 things you need to do for the holiday season<\/a>.<\/p>\n“The reason for the significance of client testimonials is the main characteristics of human nature: if others are satisfied with your product\/service, your visitors will be more likely to become clients themselves.\u201d Web host Kinsta writes about how to boost conversion rates with client testimonials<\/a>.<\/p>\nRainmaker is ditching its monthly billing option in favor of quarterly and annual billing options only<\/a>. If you haven’t yet checked out the WordPress hosting platform built for media marketers, it’s by the folks at Copyblogger.<\/p>\n“There\u2019s a lot of great information in the presentation, especially if you\u2019re running a bootstrapped business. I also admire Ta\u2019eed\u2019s delivery as he comes off as a straight shooter. He reminds me of myself when I tried to launch a business several years ago.\u201d WP Tavern\u2019s Jeff Chandler sees something of himself in Envato CEO Collis Ta\u2019eed<\/a>, who talked about his company\u2019s first six months at The Sunrise conference in Sydney earlier in the year. Envato paid out US$140 million to its community of authors, affiliates, freelancers and instructors last year.<\/p>\nDash Off<\/strong><\/h3>\nWPDASH<\/a> is a new service kinda like ManageWP or InfiniteWP that provides a centralized dashboard where you can manage multiple WordPress. WP Tavern have a great write up on what\u2019s it\u2019s all about<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you regularly use Chrome when managing your website, here are some handy browser apps and extensions for WordPress<\/a> at WP Lift.<\/div>\nIf you\u2019re a Multisite user, check out writer Joe Fylan\u2019s round-up of useful tools and services for managing a network<\/a> over at WP Squared.<\/p>\nAnd here are 30 WordPress themes for writers<\/a>.<\/p>\nAuto Reply<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Create a WordPress Review Site Using Themes & Plugins<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nWordPress On-Page SEO: How to Do It Perfectly<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nAdd an Auto Reply to Your Jetpack Contact Form<\/a> (WP Tavern).<\/p>\nLet’s Get It Started<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Use AJAX in WordPress to Load Search Results<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWorking with the Eventbrite API Plugin<\/a> (ThemeShaper).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. The vulnerability allows malicious users to take control of a website.<\/p>\nRough Around the Edges<\/strong><\/h3>\niThemes Security is one of the top-ranked WordPress security plugins with a huge customer base. In our latest review, we take the free version of the plugin for a test drive<\/a>.<\/p>\nNot only does LoopConf have an excellent speaker line up, but there are companies who focus exclusively on building enterprise-level WordPress projects for VIP clients, says developer Tom McFarlin, who sees the value in the upcoming Las Vegas conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n“My initial experience is rough around the edges and at times frustrating, as I couldn\u2019t easily find the help I needed. I can only imagine how many others have gone through the same experience.\u201d First-time bbPress user Jeff Chandler documented his experience setting up the forum plugin<\/a>\u00a0and didn’t find it easy.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re thinking of making the switch to Managed WordPress hosting, WP Lift have put together a guide to hosts and what they have to offer<\/a>.<\/p>\nYou can use WordPress for memberships site but you don\u2019t have to if you don\u2019t want to, is what I think Crowd Favorite\u2019s Chris Lema is saying in this post about whether WordPress is the right solution for association websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re looking for stock images, blogger Kevin Muldoon has a great collection of image websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nSwitch it Up<\/strong><\/h3>\nManageWP\u2019s Vladimir Prelovac says the secret to increasing the visibility of your products in the WordPress Plugin Repository is your readme.txt file<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe new Twenty Fifteen default WordPress theme has been released to WordPress.com users<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe Post Type Switcher<\/a> plugin, authored by John James Jacoby, provides a simple way to change a post’s type in WordPress. 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How To Hide The Fact That Your Website Runs On WordPress<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nHow To Create Your Own Job Board Using WordPress<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nGravity<\/strong><\/h3>\nCreating the Starting Files for Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nCustomizing the WordPress Dashboard by Creating a Simple Admin Theme Plugin<\/a> (WebDevStudios).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (1 to 10)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nExport Your Gravity Forms Submissions to a Google Spreadsheet with Zapier<\/a> (tuts).<\/p>\nWordPress as a Service in the Wild<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nOn the Eighth Day of Christmas…<\/strong><\/h3>\nChristmas Experiments<\/a> is an advent calendar featuring digital artists and their web experiments each day leading up until Christmas.<\/p>\nAll the best for a marvelous Monday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #141 – Tuesday, December 9<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nStatus Update<\/strong><\/h3>\nTorque have released a mobile app for their site<\/a> using AppPresser\u2019s Reactor service.<\/p>\nOn the latest episode of WP Watercooler, Jack Tucker talks to WordPress Meetup organizers around the world about their tips for running successful events<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress.com has been given a bit of a revamp<\/a>. The site now boasts upgraded stats, mobile-friendly navigation, My Sites updates and a new My Profile section.<\/p>\nWP Mayor is celebrating its fourth birthday<\/a>.<\/p>\nSpeaking of WP Mayor, the site has teamed up with KeyCDN to give away two accounts with 1 TB of traffic<\/a>, and PremiumPress to give away a 50% discount on all themes<\/a>.<\/p>\nPost Status<\/a> has been lying dormant since October. Back in September Brian Krogsgard said the future of the news site was in yearly memberships<\/a>. What\u2019s the status, Post Status?<\/p>\nChip Off the Old Block<\/strong><\/h3>\nIf you run an online store, you may want to check out WooThemes\u2019 checklist of 10 things you need to do for the holiday season<\/a>.<\/p>\n“The reason for the significance of client testimonials is the main characteristics of human nature: if others are satisfied with your product\/service, your visitors will be more likely to become clients themselves.\u201d Web host Kinsta writes about how to boost conversion rates with client testimonials<\/a>.<\/p>\nRainmaker is ditching its monthly billing option in favor of quarterly and annual billing options only<\/a>. If you haven’t yet checked out the WordPress hosting platform built for media marketers, it’s by the folks at Copyblogger.<\/p>\n“There\u2019s a lot of great information in the presentation, especially if you\u2019re running a bootstrapped business. I also admire Ta\u2019eed\u2019s delivery as he comes off as a straight shooter. He reminds me of myself when I tried to launch a business several years ago.\u201d WP Tavern\u2019s Jeff Chandler sees something of himself in Envato CEO Collis Ta\u2019eed<\/a>, who talked about his company\u2019s first six months at The Sunrise conference in Sydney earlier in the year. Envato paid out US$140 million to its community of authors, affiliates, freelancers and instructors last year.<\/p>\nDash Off<\/strong><\/h3>\nWPDASH<\/a> is a new service kinda like ManageWP or InfiniteWP that provides a centralized dashboard where you can manage multiple WordPress. WP Tavern have a great write up on what\u2019s it\u2019s all about<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you regularly use Chrome when managing your website, here are some handy browser apps and extensions for WordPress<\/a> at WP Lift.<\/div>\nIf you\u2019re a Multisite user, check out writer Joe Fylan\u2019s round-up of useful tools and services for managing a network<\/a> over at WP Squared.<\/p>\nAnd here are 30 WordPress themes for writers<\/a>.<\/p>\nAuto Reply<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Create a WordPress Review Site Using Themes & Plugins<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nWordPress On-Page SEO: How to Do It Perfectly<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nAdd an Auto Reply to Your Jetpack Contact Form<\/a> (WP Tavern).<\/p>\nLet’s Get It Started<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Use AJAX in WordPress to Load Search Results<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWorking with the Eventbrite API Plugin<\/a> (ThemeShaper).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. The vulnerability allows malicious users to take control of a website.<\/p>\nRough Around the Edges<\/strong><\/h3>\niThemes Security is one of the top-ranked WordPress security plugins with a huge customer base. In our latest review, we take the free version of the plugin for a test drive<\/a>.<\/p>\nNot only does LoopConf have an excellent speaker line up, but there are companies who focus exclusively on building enterprise-level WordPress projects for VIP clients, says developer Tom McFarlin, who sees the value in the upcoming Las Vegas conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n“My initial experience is rough around the edges and at times frustrating, as I couldn\u2019t easily find the help I needed. I can only imagine how many others have gone through the same experience.\u201d First-time bbPress user Jeff Chandler documented his experience setting up the forum plugin<\/a>\u00a0and didn’t find it easy.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re thinking of making the switch to Managed WordPress hosting, WP Lift have put together a guide to hosts and what they have to offer<\/a>.<\/p>\nYou can use WordPress for memberships site but you don\u2019t have to if you don\u2019t want to, is what I think Crowd Favorite\u2019s Chris Lema is saying in this post about whether WordPress is the right solution for association websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re looking for stock images, blogger Kevin Muldoon has a great collection of image websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nSwitch it Up<\/strong><\/h3>\nManageWP\u2019s Vladimir Prelovac says the secret to increasing the visibility of your products in the WordPress Plugin Repository is your readme.txt file<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe new Twenty Fifteen default WordPress theme has been released to WordPress.com users<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe Post Type Switcher<\/a> plugin, authored by John James Jacoby, provides a simple way to change a post’s type in WordPress. It\u2019s been around a while but has been recently featured on WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordFence and iThemes are among Webloggerz top 15 best WordPress security plugins heading into the new year<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP All Import<\/a> is a new premium plugin that offers a simple solution for WordPress Importing.<\/p>\nIf you like sliders, WP Lift has put together a big collection of free and premium options<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd if you\u2019re looking for a theme for an online store, WP Mayor have a round-up of this year\u2019s top themes<\/a>.<\/p>\nTime Saver<\/strong><\/h3>\nUsing the WordPress Customizer for Saving User-Specific Options<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow to Make An Image-Based Image WordPress Menu<\/a>\u00a0(WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWooCommerce vs Shopify: Which Is Better For E-Commerce?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\n2014 Is The Damn Future<\/strong><\/p>\nWhile we may not be getting around on hoverboards (yet!), here\u2019s a timely reminder that the times they are a-changing\u2019 and we are living in the future<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for an awesome Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This week\u2019s round-up of WordPress news, views and reviews summarized in our daily email newsletter, The WhiP. 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How To Create Your Own Job Board Using WordPress<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nGravity<\/strong><\/h3>\nCreating the Starting Files for Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nCustomizing the WordPress Dashboard by Creating a Simple Admin Theme Plugin<\/a> (WebDevStudios).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (1 to 10)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nExport Your Gravity Forms Submissions to a Google Spreadsheet with Zapier<\/a> (tuts).<\/p>\nWordPress as a Service in the Wild<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nOn the Eighth Day of Christmas…<\/strong><\/h3>\nChristmas Experiments<\/a> is an advent calendar featuring digital artists and their web experiments each day leading up until Christmas.<\/p>\nAll the best for a marvelous Monday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #141 – Tuesday, December 9<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nStatus Update<\/strong><\/h3>\nTorque have released a mobile app for their site<\/a> using AppPresser\u2019s Reactor service.<\/p>\nOn the latest episode of WP Watercooler, Jack Tucker talks to WordPress Meetup organizers around the world about their tips for running successful events<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress.com has been given a bit of a revamp<\/a>. The site now boasts upgraded stats, mobile-friendly navigation, My Sites updates and a new My Profile section.<\/p>\nWP Mayor is celebrating its fourth birthday<\/a>.<\/p>\nSpeaking of WP Mayor, the site has teamed up with KeyCDN to give away two accounts with 1 TB of traffic<\/a>, and PremiumPress to give away a 50% discount on all themes<\/a>.<\/p>\nPost Status<\/a> has been lying dormant since October. Back in September Brian Krogsgard said the future of the news site was in yearly memberships<\/a>. What\u2019s the status, Post Status?<\/p>\nChip Off the Old Block<\/strong><\/h3>\nIf you run an online store, you may want to check out WooThemes\u2019 checklist of 10 things you need to do for the holiday season<\/a>.<\/p>\n“The reason for the significance of client testimonials is the main characteristics of human nature: if others are satisfied with your product\/service, your visitors will be more likely to become clients themselves.\u201d Web host Kinsta writes about how to boost conversion rates with client testimonials<\/a>.<\/p>\nRainmaker is ditching its monthly billing option in favor of quarterly and annual billing options only<\/a>. If you haven’t yet checked out the WordPress hosting platform built for media marketers, it’s by the folks at Copyblogger.<\/p>\n“There\u2019s a lot of great information in the presentation, especially if you\u2019re running a bootstrapped business. I also admire Ta\u2019eed\u2019s delivery as he comes off as a straight shooter. He reminds me of myself when I tried to launch a business several years ago.\u201d WP Tavern\u2019s Jeff Chandler sees something of himself in Envato CEO Collis Ta\u2019eed<\/a>, who talked about his company\u2019s first six months at The Sunrise conference in Sydney earlier in the year. Envato paid out US$140 million to its community of authors, affiliates, freelancers and instructors last year.<\/p>\nDash Off<\/strong><\/h3>\nWPDASH<\/a> is a new service kinda like ManageWP or InfiniteWP that provides a centralized dashboard where you can manage multiple WordPress. WP Tavern have a great write up on what\u2019s it\u2019s all about<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you regularly use Chrome when managing your website, here are some handy browser apps and extensions for WordPress<\/a> at WP Lift.<\/div>\nIf you\u2019re a Multisite user, check out writer Joe Fylan\u2019s round-up of useful tools and services for managing a network<\/a> over at WP Squared.<\/p>\nAnd here are 30 WordPress themes for writers<\/a>.<\/p>\nAuto Reply<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Create a WordPress Review Site Using Themes & Plugins<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nWordPress On-Page SEO: How to Do It Perfectly<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nAdd an Auto Reply to Your Jetpack Contact Form<\/a> (WP Tavern).<\/p>\nLet’s Get It Started<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Use AJAX in WordPress to Load Search Results<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWorking with the Eventbrite API Plugin<\/a> (ThemeShaper).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. 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Creating the Starting Files for Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nCustomizing the WordPress Dashboard by Creating a Simple Admin Theme Plugin<\/a> (WebDevStudios).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (1 to 10)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nExport Your Gravity Forms Submissions to a Google Spreadsheet with Zapier<\/a> (tuts).<\/p>\nWordPress as a Service in the Wild<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nOn the Eighth Day of Christmas…<\/strong><\/h3>\nChristmas Experiments<\/a> is an advent calendar featuring digital artists and their web experiments each day leading up until Christmas.<\/p>\nAll the best for a marvelous Monday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #141 – Tuesday, December 9<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nStatus Update<\/strong><\/h3>\nTorque have released a mobile app for their site<\/a> using AppPresser\u2019s Reactor service.<\/p>\nOn the latest episode of WP Watercooler, Jack Tucker talks to WordPress Meetup organizers around the world about their tips for running successful events<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress.com has been given a bit of a revamp<\/a>. The site now boasts upgraded stats, mobile-friendly navigation, My Sites updates and a new My Profile section.<\/p>\nWP Mayor is celebrating its fourth birthday<\/a>.<\/p>\nSpeaking of WP Mayor, the site has teamed up with KeyCDN to give away two accounts with 1 TB of traffic<\/a>, and PremiumPress to give away a 50% discount on all themes<\/a>.<\/p>\nPost Status<\/a> has been lying dormant since October. Back in September Brian Krogsgard said the future of the news site was in yearly memberships<\/a>. What\u2019s the status, Post Status?<\/p>\nChip Off the Old Block<\/strong><\/h3>\nIf you run an online store, you may want to check out WooThemes\u2019 checklist of 10 things you need to do for the holiday season<\/a>.<\/p>\n“The reason for the significance of client testimonials is the main characteristics of human nature: if others are satisfied with your product\/service, your visitors will be more likely to become clients themselves.\u201d Web host Kinsta writes about how to boost conversion rates with client testimonials<\/a>.<\/p>\nRainmaker is ditching its monthly billing option in favor of quarterly and annual billing options only<\/a>. If you haven’t yet checked out the WordPress hosting platform built for media marketers, it’s by the folks at Copyblogger.<\/p>\n“There\u2019s a lot of great information in the presentation, especially if you\u2019re running a bootstrapped business. I also admire Ta\u2019eed\u2019s delivery as he comes off as a straight shooter. He reminds me of myself when I tried to launch a business several years ago.\u201d WP Tavern\u2019s Jeff Chandler sees something of himself in Envato CEO Collis Ta\u2019eed<\/a>, who talked about his company\u2019s first six months at The Sunrise conference in Sydney earlier in the year. Envato paid out US$140 million to its community of authors, affiliates, freelancers and instructors last year.<\/p>\nDash Off<\/strong><\/h3>\nWPDASH<\/a> is a new service kinda like ManageWP or InfiniteWP that provides a centralized dashboard where you can manage multiple WordPress. WP Tavern have a great write up on what\u2019s it\u2019s all about<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you regularly use Chrome when managing your website, here are some handy browser apps and extensions for WordPress<\/a> at WP Lift.<\/div>\nIf you\u2019re a Multisite user, check out writer Joe Fylan\u2019s round-up of useful tools and services for managing a network<\/a> over at WP Squared.<\/p>\nAnd here are 30 WordPress themes for writers<\/a>.<\/p>\nAuto Reply<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Create a WordPress Review Site Using Themes & Plugins<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nWordPress On-Page SEO: How to Do It Perfectly<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nAdd an Auto Reply to Your Jetpack Contact Form<\/a> (WP Tavern).<\/p>\nLet’s Get It Started<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Use AJAX in WordPress to Load Search Results<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWorking with the Eventbrite API Plugin<\/a> (ThemeShaper).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. The vulnerability allows malicious users to take control of a website.<\/p>\nRough Around the Edges<\/strong><\/h3>\niThemes Security is one of the top-ranked WordPress security plugins with a huge customer base. In our latest review, we take the free version of the plugin for a test drive<\/a>.<\/p>\nNot only does LoopConf have an excellent speaker line up, but there are companies who focus exclusively on building enterprise-level WordPress projects for VIP clients, says developer Tom McFarlin, who sees the value in the upcoming Las Vegas conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n“My initial experience is rough around the edges and at times frustrating, as I couldn\u2019t easily find the help I needed. I can only imagine how many others have gone through the same experience.\u201d First-time bbPress user Jeff Chandler documented his experience setting up the forum plugin<\/a>\u00a0and didn’t find it easy.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re thinking of making the switch to Managed WordPress hosting, WP Lift have put together a guide to hosts and what they have to offer<\/a>.<\/p>\nYou can use WordPress for memberships site but you don\u2019t have to if you don\u2019t want to, is what I think Crowd Favorite\u2019s Chris Lema is saying in this post about whether WordPress is the right solution for association websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re looking for stock images, blogger Kevin Muldoon has a great collection of image websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nSwitch it Up<\/strong><\/h3>\nManageWP\u2019s Vladimir Prelovac says the secret to increasing the visibility of your products in the WordPress Plugin Repository is your readme.txt file<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe new Twenty Fifteen default WordPress theme has been released to WordPress.com users<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe Post Type Switcher<\/a> plugin, authored by John James Jacoby, provides a simple way to change a post’s type in WordPress. 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Customizing the WordPress Dashboard by Creating a Simple Admin Theme Plugin<\/a> (WebDevStudios).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (1 to 10)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nExport Your Gravity Forms Submissions to a Google Spreadsheet with Zapier<\/a> (tuts).<\/p>\nWordPress as a Service in the Wild<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nOn the Eighth Day of Christmas…<\/strong><\/h3>\nChristmas Experiments<\/a> is an advent calendar featuring digital artists and their web experiments each day leading up until Christmas.<\/p>\nAll the best for a marvelous Monday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #141 – Tuesday, December 9<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nStatus Update<\/strong><\/h3>\nTorque have released a mobile app for their site<\/a> using AppPresser\u2019s Reactor service.<\/p>\nOn the latest episode of WP Watercooler, Jack Tucker talks to WordPress Meetup organizers around the world about their tips for running successful events<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress.com has been given a bit of a revamp<\/a>. The site now boasts upgraded stats, mobile-friendly navigation, My Sites updates and a new My Profile section.<\/p>\nWP Mayor is celebrating its fourth birthday<\/a>.<\/p>\nSpeaking of WP Mayor, the site has teamed up with KeyCDN to give away two accounts with 1 TB of traffic<\/a>, and PremiumPress to give away a 50% discount on all themes<\/a>.<\/p>\nPost Status<\/a> has been lying dormant since October. Back in September Brian Krogsgard said the future of the news site was in yearly memberships<\/a>. What\u2019s the status, Post Status?<\/p>\nChip Off the Old Block<\/strong><\/h3>\nIf you run an online store, you may want to check out WooThemes\u2019 checklist of 10 things you need to do for the holiday season<\/a>.<\/p>\n“The reason for the significance of client testimonials is the main characteristics of human nature: if others are satisfied with your product\/service, your visitors will be more likely to become clients themselves.\u201d Web host Kinsta writes about how to boost conversion rates with client testimonials<\/a>.<\/p>\nRainmaker is ditching its monthly billing option in favor of quarterly and annual billing options only<\/a>. If you haven’t yet checked out the WordPress hosting platform built for media marketers, it’s by the folks at Copyblogger.<\/p>\n“There\u2019s a lot of great information in the presentation, especially if you\u2019re running a bootstrapped business. I also admire Ta\u2019eed\u2019s delivery as he comes off as a straight shooter. He reminds me of myself when I tried to launch a business several years ago.\u201d WP Tavern\u2019s Jeff Chandler sees something of himself in Envato CEO Collis Ta\u2019eed<\/a>, who talked about his company\u2019s first six months at The Sunrise conference in Sydney earlier in the year. Envato paid out US$140 million to its community of authors, affiliates, freelancers and instructors last year.<\/p>\nDash Off<\/strong><\/h3>\nWPDASH<\/a> is a new service kinda like ManageWP or InfiniteWP that provides a centralized dashboard where you can manage multiple WordPress. WP Tavern have a great write up on what\u2019s it\u2019s all about<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you regularly use Chrome when managing your website, here are some handy browser apps and extensions for WordPress<\/a> at WP Lift.<\/div>\nIf you\u2019re a Multisite user, check out writer Joe Fylan\u2019s round-up of useful tools and services for managing a network<\/a> over at WP Squared.<\/p>\nAnd here are 30 WordPress themes for writers<\/a>.<\/p>\nAuto Reply<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Create a WordPress Review Site Using Themes & Plugins<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nWordPress On-Page SEO: How to Do It Perfectly<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nAdd an Auto Reply to Your Jetpack Contact Form<\/a> (WP Tavern).<\/p>\nLet’s Get It Started<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Use AJAX in WordPress to Load Search Results<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWorking with the Eventbrite API Plugin<\/a> (ThemeShaper).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. The vulnerability allows malicious users to take control of a website.<\/p>\nRough Around the Edges<\/strong><\/h3>\niThemes Security is one of the top-ranked WordPress security plugins with a huge customer base. In our latest review, we take the free version of the plugin for a test drive<\/a>.<\/p>\nNot only does LoopConf have an excellent speaker line up, but there are companies who focus exclusively on building enterprise-level WordPress projects for VIP clients, says developer Tom McFarlin, who sees the value in the upcoming Las Vegas conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n“My initial experience is rough around the edges and at times frustrating, as I couldn\u2019t easily find the help I needed. I can only imagine how many others have gone through the same experience.\u201d First-time bbPress user Jeff Chandler documented his experience setting up the forum plugin<\/a>\u00a0and didn’t find it easy.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re thinking of making the switch to Managed WordPress hosting, WP Lift have put together a guide to hosts and what they have to offer<\/a>.<\/p>\nYou can use WordPress for memberships site but you don\u2019t have to if you don\u2019t want to, is what I think Crowd Favorite\u2019s Chris Lema is saying in this post about whether WordPress is the right solution for association websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re looking for stock images, blogger Kevin Muldoon has a great collection of image websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nSwitch it Up<\/strong><\/h3>\nManageWP\u2019s Vladimir Prelovac says the secret to increasing the visibility of your products in the WordPress Plugin Repository is your readme.txt file<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe new Twenty Fifteen default WordPress theme has been released to WordPress.com users<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe Post Type Switcher<\/a> plugin, authored by John James Jacoby, provides a simple way to change a post’s type in WordPress. 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Fifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (1 to 10)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nExport Your Gravity Forms Submissions to a Google Spreadsheet with Zapier<\/a> (tuts).<\/p>\nWordPress as a Service in the Wild<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nOn the Eighth Day of Christmas…<\/strong><\/h3>\nChristmas Experiments<\/a> is an advent calendar featuring digital artists and their web experiments each day leading up until Christmas.<\/p>\nAll the best for a marvelous Monday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #141 – Tuesday, December 9<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nStatus Update<\/strong><\/h3>\nTorque have released a mobile app for their site<\/a> using AppPresser\u2019s Reactor service.<\/p>\nOn the latest episode of WP Watercooler, Jack Tucker talks to WordPress Meetup organizers around the world about their tips for running successful events<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress.com has been given a bit of a revamp<\/a>. The site now boasts upgraded stats, mobile-friendly navigation, My Sites updates and a new My Profile section.<\/p>\nWP Mayor is celebrating its fourth birthday<\/a>.<\/p>\nSpeaking of WP Mayor, the site has teamed up with KeyCDN to give away two accounts with 1 TB of traffic<\/a>, and PremiumPress to give away a 50% discount on all themes<\/a>.<\/p>\nPost Status<\/a> has been lying dormant since October. Back in September Brian Krogsgard said the future of the news site was in yearly memberships<\/a>. What\u2019s the status, Post Status?<\/p>\nChip Off the Old Block<\/strong><\/h3>\nIf you run an online store, you may want to check out WooThemes\u2019 checklist of 10 things you need to do for the holiday season<\/a>.<\/p>\n“The reason for the significance of client testimonials is the main characteristics of human nature: if others are satisfied with your product\/service, your visitors will be more likely to become clients themselves.\u201d Web host Kinsta writes about how to boost conversion rates with client testimonials<\/a>.<\/p>\nRainmaker is ditching its monthly billing option in favor of quarterly and annual billing options only<\/a>. If you haven’t yet checked out the WordPress hosting platform built for media marketers, it’s by the folks at Copyblogger.<\/p>\n“There\u2019s a lot of great information in the presentation, especially if you\u2019re running a bootstrapped business. I also admire Ta\u2019eed\u2019s delivery as he comes off as a straight shooter. He reminds me of myself when I tried to launch a business several years ago.\u201d WP Tavern\u2019s Jeff Chandler sees something of himself in Envato CEO Collis Ta\u2019eed<\/a>, who talked about his company\u2019s first six months at The Sunrise conference in Sydney earlier in the year. Envato paid out US$140 million to its community of authors, affiliates, freelancers and instructors last year.<\/p>\nDash Off<\/strong><\/h3>\nWPDASH<\/a> is a new service kinda like ManageWP or InfiniteWP that provides a centralized dashboard where you can manage multiple WordPress. WP Tavern have a great write up on what\u2019s it\u2019s all about<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you regularly use Chrome when managing your website, here are some handy browser apps and extensions for WordPress<\/a> at WP Lift.<\/div>\nIf you\u2019re a Multisite user, check out writer Joe Fylan\u2019s round-up of useful tools and services for managing a network<\/a> over at WP Squared.<\/p>\nAnd here are 30 WordPress themes for writers<\/a>.<\/p>\nAuto Reply<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Create a WordPress Review Site Using Themes & Plugins<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nWordPress On-Page SEO: How to Do It Perfectly<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nAdd an Auto Reply to Your Jetpack Contact Form<\/a> (WP Tavern).<\/p>\nLet’s Get It Started<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Use AJAX in WordPress to Load Search Results<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWorking with the Eventbrite API Plugin<\/a> (ThemeShaper).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. The vulnerability allows malicious users to take control of a website.<\/p>\nRough Around the Edges<\/strong><\/h3>\niThemes Security is one of the top-ranked WordPress security plugins with a huge customer base. In our latest review, we take the free version of the plugin for a test drive<\/a>.<\/p>\nNot only does LoopConf have an excellent speaker line up, but there are companies who focus exclusively on building enterprise-level WordPress projects for VIP clients, says developer Tom McFarlin, who sees the value in the upcoming Las Vegas conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n“My initial experience is rough around the edges and at times frustrating, as I couldn\u2019t easily find the help I needed. I can only imagine how many others have gone through the same experience.\u201d First-time bbPress user Jeff Chandler documented his experience setting up the forum plugin<\/a>\u00a0and didn’t find it easy.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re thinking of making the switch to Managed WordPress hosting, WP Lift have put together a guide to hosts and what they have to offer<\/a>.<\/p>\nYou can use WordPress for memberships site but you don\u2019t have to if you don\u2019t want to, is what I think Crowd Favorite\u2019s Chris Lema is saying in this post about whether WordPress is the right solution for association websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re looking for stock images, blogger Kevin Muldoon has a great collection of image websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nSwitch it Up<\/strong><\/h3>\nManageWP\u2019s Vladimir Prelovac says the secret to increasing the visibility of your products in the WordPress Plugin Repository is your readme.txt file<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe new Twenty Fifteen default WordPress theme has been released to WordPress.com users<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe Post Type Switcher<\/a> plugin, authored by John James Jacoby, provides a simple way to change a post’s type in WordPress. It\u2019s been around a while but has been recently featured on WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordFence and iThemes are among Webloggerz top 15 best WordPress security plugins heading into the new year<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP All Import<\/a> is a new premium plugin that offers a simple solution for WordPress Importing.<\/p>\nIf you like sliders, WP Lift has put together a big collection of free and premium options<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd if you\u2019re looking for a theme for an online store, WP Mayor have a round-up of this year\u2019s top themes<\/a>.<\/p>\nTime Saver<\/strong><\/h3>\nUsing the WordPress Customizer for Saving User-Specific Options<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow to Make An Image-Based Image WordPress Menu<\/a>\u00a0(WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWooCommerce vs Shopify: Which Is Better For E-Commerce?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\n2014 Is The Damn Future<\/strong><\/p>\nWhile we may not be getting around on hoverboards (yet!), here\u2019s a timely reminder that the times they are a-changing\u2019 and we are living in the future<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for an awesome Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This week\u2019s round-up of WordPress news, views and reviews summarized in our daily email newsletter, The WhiP. 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Export Your Gravity Forms Submissions to a Google Spreadsheet with Zapier<\/a> (tuts).<\/p>\nWordPress as a Service in the Wild<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nOn the Eighth Day of Christmas…<\/strong><\/h3>\nChristmas Experiments<\/a> is an advent calendar featuring digital artists and their web experiments each day leading up until Christmas.<\/p>\nAll the best for a marvelous Monday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #141 – Tuesday, December 9<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nStatus Update<\/strong><\/h3>\nTorque have released a mobile app for their site<\/a> using AppPresser\u2019s Reactor service.<\/p>\nOn the latest episode of WP Watercooler, Jack Tucker talks to WordPress Meetup organizers around the world about their tips for running successful events<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress.com has been given a bit of a revamp<\/a>. The site now boasts upgraded stats, mobile-friendly navigation, My Sites updates and a new My Profile section.<\/p>\nWP Mayor is celebrating its fourth birthday<\/a>.<\/p>\nSpeaking of WP Mayor, the site has teamed up with KeyCDN to give away two accounts with 1 TB of traffic<\/a>, and PremiumPress to give away a 50% discount on all themes<\/a>.<\/p>\nPost Status<\/a> has been lying dormant since October. Back in September Brian Krogsgard said the future of the news site was in yearly memberships<\/a>. What\u2019s the status, Post Status?<\/p>\nChip Off the Old Block<\/strong><\/h3>\nIf you run an online store, you may want to check out WooThemes\u2019 checklist of 10 things you need to do for the holiday season<\/a>.<\/p>\n“The reason for the significance of client testimonials is the main characteristics of human nature: if others are satisfied with your product\/service, your visitors will be more likely to become clients themselves.\u201d Web host Kinsta writes about how to boost conversion rates with client testimonials<\/a>.<\/p>\nRainmaker is ditching its monthly billing option in favor of quarterly and annual billing options only<\/a>. If you haven’t yet checked out the WordPress hosting platform built for media marketers, it’s by the folks at Copyblogger.<\/p>\n“There\u2019s a lot of great information in the presentation, especially if you\u2019re running a bootstrapped business. I also admire Ta\u2019eed\u2019s delivery as he comes off as a straight shooter. He reminds me of myself when I tried to launch a business several years ago.\u201d WP Tavern\u2019s Jeff Chandler sees something of himself in Envato CEO Collis Ta\u2019eed<\/a>, who talked about his company\u2019s first six months at The Sunrise conference in Sydney earlier in the year. Envato paid out US$140 million to its community of authors, affiliates, freelancers and instructors last year.<\/p>\nDash Off<\/strong><\/h3>\nWPDASH<\/a> is a new service kinda like ManageWP or InfiniteWP that provides a centralized dashboard where you can manage multiple WordPress. WP Tavern have a great write up on what\u2019s it\u2019s all about<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you regularly use Chrome when managing your website, here are some handy browser apps and extensions for WordPress<\/a> at WP Lift.<\/div>\nIf you\u2019re a Multisite user, check out writer Joe Fylan\u2019s round-up of useful tools and services for managing a network<\/a> over at WP Squared.<\/p>\nAnd here are 30 WordPress themes for writers<\/a>.<\/p>\nAuto Reply<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Create a WordPress Review Site Using Themes & Plugins<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nWordPress On-Page SEO: How to Do It Perfectly<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nAdd an Auto Reply to Your Jetpack Contact Form<\/a> (WP Tavern).<\/p>\nLet’s Get It Started<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Use AJAX in WordPress to Load Search Results<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWorking with the Eventbrite API Plugin<\/a> (ThemeShaper).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. The vulnerability allows malicious users to take control of a website.<\/p>\nRough Around the Edges<\/strong><\/h3>\niThemes Security is one of the top-ranked WordPress security plugins with a huge customer base. In our latest review, we take the free version of the plugin for a test drive<\/a>.<\/p>\nNot only does LoopConf have an excellent speaker line up, but there are companies who focus exclusively on building enterprise-level WordPress projects for VIP clients, says developer Tom McFarlin, who sees the value in the upcoming Las Vegas conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n“My initial experience is rough around the edges and at times frustrating, as I couldn\u2019t easily find the help I needed. I can only imagine how many others have gone through the same experience.\u201d First-time bbPress user Jeff Chandler documented his experience setting up the forum plugin<\/a>\u00a0and didn’t find it easy.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re thinking of making the switch to Managed WordPress hosting, WP Lift have put together a guide to hosts and what they have to offer<\/a>.<\/p>\nYou can use WordPress for memberships site but you don\u2019t have to if you don\u2019t want to, is what I think Crowd Favorite\u2019s Chris Lema is saying in this post about whether WordPress is the right solution for association websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re looking for stock images, blogger Kevin Muldoon has a great collection of image websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nSwitch it Up<\/strong><\/h3>\nManageWP\u2019s Vladimir Prelovac says the secret to increasing the visibility of your products in the WordPress Plugin Repository is your readme.txt file<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe new Twenty Fifteen default WordPress theme has been released to WordPress.com users<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe Post Type Switcher<\/a> plugin, authored by John James Jacoby, provides a simple way to change a post’s type in WordPress. 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WordPress as a Service in the Wild<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nOn the Eighth Day of Christmas…<\/strong><\/h3>\nChristmas Experiments<\/a> is an advent calendar featuring digital artists and their web experiments each day leading up until Christmas.<\/p>\nAll the best for a marvelous Monday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #141 – Tuesday, December 9<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nStatus Update<\/strong><\/h3>\nTorque have released a mobile app for their site<\/a> using AppPresser\u2019s Reactor service.<\/p>\nOn the latest episode of WP Watercooler, Jack Tucker talks to WordPress Meetup organizers around the world about their tips for running successful events<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress.com has been given a bit of a revamp<\/a>. The site now boasts upgraded stats, mobile-friendly navigation, My Sites updates and a new My Profile section.<\/p>\nWP Mayor is celebrating its fourth birthday<\/a>.<\/p>\nSpeaking of WP Mayor, the site has teamed up with KeyCDN to give away two accounts with 1 TB of traffic<\/a>, and PremiumPress to give away a 50% discount on all themes<\/a>.<\/p>\nPost Status<\/a> has been lying dormant since October. Back in September Brian Krogsgard said the future of the news site was in yearly memberships<\/a>. What\u2019s the status, Post Status?<\/p>\nChip Off the Old Block<\/strong><\/h3>\nIf you run an online store, you may want to check out WooThemes\u2019 checklist of 10 things you need to do for the holiday season<\/a>.<\/p>\n“The reason for the significance of client testimonials is the main characteristics of human nature: if others are satisfied with your product\/service, your visitors will be more likely to become clients themselves.\u201d Web host Kinsta writes about how to boost conversion rates with client testimonials<\/a>.<\/p>\nRainmaker is ditching its monthly billing option in favor of quarterly and annual billing options only<\/a>. If you haven’t yet checked out the WordPress hosting platform built for media marketers, it’s by the folks at Copyblogger.<\/p>\n“There\u2019s a lot of great information in the presentation, especially if you\u2019re running a bootstrapped business. I also admire Ta\u2019eed\u2019s delivery as he comes off as a straight shooter. He reminds me of myself when I tried to launch a business several years ago.\u201d WP Tavern\u2019s Jeff Chandler sees something of himself in Envato CEO Collis Ta\u2019eed<\/a>, who talked about his company\u2019s first six months at The Sunrise conference in Sydney earlier in the year. Envato paid out US$140 million to its community of authors, affiliates, freelancers and instructors last year.<\/p>\nDash Off<\/strong><\/h3>\nWPDASH<\/a> is a new service kinda like ManageWP or InfiniteWP that provides a centralized dashboard where you can manage multiple WordPress. WP Tavern have a great write up on what\u2019s it\u2019s all about<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you regularly use Chrome when managing your website, here are some handy browser apps and extensions for WordPress<\/a> at WP Lift.<\/div>\nIf you\u2019re a Multisite user, check out writer Joe Fylan\u2019s round-up of useful tools and services for managing a network<\/a> over at WP Squared.<\/p>\nAnd here are 30 WordPress themes for writers<\/a>.<\/p>\nAuto Reply<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Create a WordPress Review Site Using Themes & Plugins<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nWordPress On-Page SEO: How to Do It Perfectly<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nAdd an Auto Reply to Your Jetpack Contact Form<\/a> (WP Tavern).<\/p>\nLet’s Get It Started<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Use AJAX in WordPress to Load Search Results<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWorking with the Eventbrite API Plugin<\/a> (ThemeShaper).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. The vulnerability allows malicious users to take control of a website.<\/p>\nRough Around the Edges<\/strong><\/h3>\niThemes Security is one of the top-ranked WordPress security plugins with a huge customer base. In our latest review, we take the free version of the plugin for a test drive<\/a>.<\/p>\nNot only does LoopConf have an excellent speaker line up, but there are companies who focus exclusively on building enterprise-level WordPress projects for VIP clients, says developer Tom McFarlin, who sees the value in the upcoming Las Vegas conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n“My initial experience is rough around the edges and at times frustrating, as I couldn\u2019t easily find the help I needed. 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Christmas Experiments<\/a> is an advent calendar featuring digital artists and their web experiments each day leading up until Christmas.<\/p>\nAll the best for a marvelous Monday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #141 – Tuesday, December 9<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nStatus Update<\/strong><\/h3>\nTorque have released a mobile app for their site<\/a> using AppPresser\u2019s Reactor service.<\/p>\nOn the latest episode of WP Watercooler, Jack Tucker talks to WordPress Meetup organizers around the world about their tips for running successful events<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress.com has been given a bit of a revamp<\/a>. The site now boasts upgraded stats, mobile-friendly navigation, My Sites updates and a new My Profile section.<\/p>\nWP Mayor is celebrating its fourth birthday<\/a>.<\/p>\nSpeaking of WP Mayor, the site has teamed up with KeyCDN to give away two accounts with 1 TB of traffic<\/a>, and PremiumPress to give away a 50% discount on all themes<\/a>.<\/p>\nPost Status<\/a> has been lying dormant since October. Back in September Brian Krogsgard said the future of the news site was in yearly memberships<\/a>. What\u2019s the status, Post Status?<\/p>\nChip Off the Old Block<\/strong><\/h3>\nIf you run an online store, you may want to check out WooThemes\u2019 checklist of 10 things you need to do for the holiday season<\/a>.<\/p>\n“The reason for the significance of client testimonials is the main characteristics of human nature: if others are satisfied with your product\/service, your visitors will be more likely to become clients themselves.\u201d Web host Kinsta writes about how to boost conversion rates with client testimonials<\/a>.<\/p>\nRainmaker is ditching its monthly billing option in favor of quarterly and annual billing options only<\/a>. If you haven’t yet checked out the WordPress hosting platform built for media marketers, it’s by the folks at Copyblogger.<\/p>\n“There\u2019s a lot of great information in the presentation, especially if you\u2019re running a bootstrapped business. I also admire Ta\u2019eed\u2019s delivery as he comes off as a straight shooter. He reminds me of myself when I tried to launch a business several years ago.\u201d WP Tavern\u2019s Jeff Chandler sees something of himself in Envato CEO Collis Ta\u2019eed<\/a>, who talked about his company\u2019s first six months at The Sunrise conference in Sydney earlier in the year. Envato paid out US$140 million to its community of authors, affiliates, freelancers and instructors last year.<\/p>\nDash Off<\/strong><\/h3>\nWPDASH<\/a> is a new service kinda like ManageWP or InfiniteWP that provides a centralized dashboard where you can manage multiple WordPress. WP Tavern have a great write up on what\u2019s it\u2019s all about<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you regularly use Chrome when managing your website, here are some handy browser apps and extensions for WordPress<\/a> at WP Lift.<\/div>\nIf you\u2019re a Multisite user, check out writer Joe Fylan\u2019s round-up of useful tools and services for managing a network<\/a> over at WP Squared.<\/p>\nAnd here are 30 WordPress themes for writers<\/a>.<\/p>\nAuto Reply<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Create a WordPress Review Site Using Themes & Plugins<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nWordPress On-Page SEO: How to Do It Perfectly<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nAdd an Auto Reply to Your Jetpack Contact Form<\/a> (WP Tavern).<\/p>\nLet’s Get It Started<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Use AJAX in WordPress to Load Search Results<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWorking with the Eventbrite API Plugin<\/a> (ThemeShaper).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. The vulnerability allows malicious users to take control of a website.<\/p>\nRough Around the Edges<\/strong><\/h3>\niThemes Security is one of the top-ranked WordPress security plugins with a huge customer base. In our latest review, we take the free version of the plugin for a test drive<\/a>.<\/p>\nNot only does LoopConf have an excellent speaker line up, but there are companies who focus exclusively on building enterprise-level WordPress projects for VIP clients, says developer Tom McFarlin, who sees the value in the upcoming Las Vegas conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n“My initial experience is rough around the edges and at times frustrating, as I couldn\u2019t easily find the help I needed. I can only imagine how many others have gone through the same experience.\u201d First-time bbPress user Jeff Chandler documented his experience setting up the forum plugin<\/a>\u00a0and didn’t find it easy.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re thinking of making the switch to Managed WordPress hosting, WP Lift have put together a guide to hosts and what they have to offer<\/a>.<\/p>\nYou can use WordPress for memberships site but you don\u2019t have to if you don\u2019t want to, is what I think Crowd Favorite\u2019s Chris Lema is saying in this post about whether WordPress is the right solution for association websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re looking for stock images, blogger Kevin Muldoon has a great collection of image websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nSwitch it Up<\/strong><\/h3>\nManageWP\u2019s Vladimir Prelovac says the secret to increasing the visibility of your products in the WordPress Plugin Repository is your readme.txt file<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe new Twenty Fifteen default WordPress theme has been released to WordPress.com users<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe Post Type Switcher<\/a> plugin, authored by John James Jacoby, provides a simple way to change a post’s type in WordPress. 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All the best for a marvelous Monday.<\/p>\n
Torque have released a mobile app for their site<\/a> using AppPresser\u2019s Reactor service.<\/p>\nOn the latest episode of WP Watercooler, Jack Tucker talks to WordPress Meetup organizers around the world about their tips for running successful events<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress.com has been given a bit of a revamp<\/a>. The site now boasts upgraded stats, mobile-friendly navigation, My Sites updates and a new My Profile section.<\/p>\nWP Mayor is celebrating its fourth birthday<\/a>.<\/p>\nSpeaking of WP Mayor, the site has teamed up with KeyCDN to give away two accounts with 1 TB of traffic<\/a>, and PremiumPress to give away a 50% discount on all themes<\/a>.<\/p>\nPost Status<\/a> has been lying dormant since October. Back in September Brian Krogsgard said the future of the news site was in yearly memberships<\/a>. What\u2019s the status, Post Status?<\/p>\nChip Off the Old Block<\/strong><\/h3>\nIf you run an online store, you may want to check out WooThemes\u2019 checklist of 10 things you need to do for the holiday season<\/a>.<\/p>\n“The reason for the significance of client testimonials is the main characteristics of human nature: if others are satisfied with your product\/service, your visitors will be more likely to become clients themselves.\u201d Web host Kinsta writes about how to boost conversion rates with client testimonials<\/a>.<\/p>\nRainmaker is ditching its monthly billing option in favor of quarterly and annual billing options only<\/a>. If you haven’t yet checked out the WordPress hosting platform built for media marketers, it’s by the folks at Copyblogger.<\/p>\n“There\u2019s a lot of great information in the presentation, especially if you\u2019re running a bootstrapped business. I also admire Ta\u2019eed\u2019s delivery as he comes off as a straight shooter. He reminds me of myself when I tried to launch a business several years ago.\u201d WP Tavern\u2019s Jeff Chandler sees something of himself in Envato CEO Collis Ta\u2019eed<\/a>, who talked about his company\u2019s first six months at The Sunrise conference in Sydney earlier in the year. Envato paid out US$140 million to its community of authors, affiliates, freelancers and instructors last year.<\/p>\nDash Off<\/strong><\/h3>\nWPDASH<\/a> is a new service kinda like ManageWP or InfiniteWP that provides a centralized dashboard where you can manage multiple WordPress. WP Tavern have a great write up on what\u2019s it\u2019s all about<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you regularly use Chrome when managing your website, here are some handy browser apps and extensions for WordPress<\/a> at WP Lift.<\/div>\nIf you\u2019re a Multisite user, check out writer Joe Fylan\u2019s round-up of useful tools and services for managing a network<\/a> over at WP Squared.<\/p>\nAnd here are 30 WordPress themes for writers<\/a>.<\/p>\nAuto Reply<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Create a WordPress Review Site Using Themes & Plugins<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nWordPress On-Page SEO: How to Do It Perfectly<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nAdd an Auto Reply to Your Jetpack Contact Form<\/a> (WP Tavern).<\/p>\nLet’s Get It Started<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Use AJAX in WordPress to Load Search Results<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWorking with the Eventbrite API Plugin<\/a> (ThemeShaper).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. The vulnerability allows malicious users to take control of a website.<\/p>\nRough Around the Edges<\/strong><\/h3>\niThemes Security is one of the top-ranked WordPress security plugins with a huge customer base. In our latest review, we take the free version of the plugin for a test drive<\/a>.<\/p>\nNot only does LoopConf have an excellent speaker line up, but there are companies who focus exclusively on building enterprise-level WordPress projects for VIP clients, says developer Tom McFarlin, who sees the value in the upcoming Las Vegas conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n“My initial experience is rough around the edges and at times frustrating, as I couldn\u2019t easily find the help I needed. 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On the latest episode of WP Watercooler, Jack Tucker talks to WordPress Meetup organizers around the world about their tips for running successful events<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress.com has been given a bit of a revamp<\/a>. The site now boasts upgraded stats, mobile-friendly navigation, My Sites updates and a new My Profile section.<\/p>\nWP Mayor is celebrating its fourth birthday<\/a>.<\/p>\nSpeaking of WP Mayor, the site has teamed up with KeyCDN to give away two accounts with 1 TB of traffic<\/a>, and PremiumPress to give away a 50% discount on all themes<\/a>.<\/p>\nPost Status<\/a> has been lying dormant since October. Back in September Brian Krogsgard said the future of the news site was in yearly memberships<\/a>. What\u2019s the status, Post Status?<\/p>\nChip Off the Old Block<\/strong><\/h3>\nIf you run an online store, you may want to check out WooThemes\u2019 checklist of 10 things you need to do for the holiday season<\/a>.<\/p>\n“The reason for the significance of client testimonials is the main characteristics of human nature: if others are satisfied with your product\/service, your visitors will be more likely to become clients themselves.\u201d Web host Kinsta writes about how to boost conversion rates with client testimonials<\/a>.<\/p>\nRainmaker is ditching its monthly billing option in favor of quarterly and annual billing options only<\/a>. If you haven’t yet checked out the WordPress hosting platform built for media marketers, it’s by the folks at Copyblogger.<\/p>\n“There\u2019s a lot of great information in the presentation, especially if you\u2019re running a bootstrapped business. I also admire Ta\u2019eed\u2019s delivery as he comes off as a straight shooter. He reminds me of myself when I tried to launch a business several years ago.\u201d WP Tavern\u2019s Jeff Chandler sees something of himself in Envato CEO Collis Ta\u2019eed<\/a>, who talked about his company\u2019s first six months at The Sunrise conference in Sydney earlier in the year. Envato paid out US$140 million to its community of authors, affiliates, freelancers and instructors last year.<\/p>\nDash Off<\/strong><\/h3>\nWPDASH<\/a> is a new service kinda like ManageWP or InfiniteWP that provides a centralized dashboard where you can manage multiple WordPress. WP Tavern have a great write up on what\u2019s it\u2019s all about<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you regularly use Chrome when managing your website, here are some handy browser apps and extensions for WordPress<\/a> at WP Lift.<\/div>\nIf you\u2019re a Multisite user, check out writer Joe Fylan\u2019s round-up of useful tools and services for managing a network<\/a> over at WP Squared.<\/p>\nAnd here are 30 WordPress themes for writers<\/a>.<\/p>\nAuto Reply<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Create a WordPress Review Site Using Themes & Plugins<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nWordPress On-Page SEO: How to Do It Perfectly<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nAdd an Auto Reply to Your Jetpack Contact Form<\/a> (WP Tavern).<\/p>\nLet’s Get It Started<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Use AJAX in WordPress to Load Search Results<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWorking with the Eventbrite API Plugin<\/a> (ThemeShaper).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. The vulnerability allows malicious users to take control of a website.<\/p>\nRough Around the Edges<\/strong><\/h3>\niThemes Security is one of the top-ranked WordPress security plugins with a huge customer base. In our latest review, we take the free version of the plugin for a test drive<\/a>.<\/p>\nNot only does LoopConf have an excellent speaker line up, but there are companies who focus exclusively on building enterprise-level WordPress projects for VIP clients, says developer Tom McFarlin, who sees the value in the upcoming Las Vegas conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n“My initial experience is rough around the edges and at times frustrating, as I couldn\u2019t easily find the help I needed. I can only imagine how many others have gone through the same experience.\u201d First-time bbPress user Jeff Chandler documented his experience setting up the forum plugin<\/a>\u00a0and didn’t find it easy.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re thinking of making the switch to Managed WordPress hosting, WP Lift have put together a guide to hosts and what they have to offer<\/a>.<\/p>\nYou can use WordPress for memberships site but you don\u2019t have to if you don\u2019t want to, is what I think Crowd Favorite\u2019s Chris Lema is saying in this post about whether WordPress is the right solution for association websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re looking for stock images, blogger Kevin Muldoon has a great collection of image websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nSwitch it Up<\/strong><\/h3>\nManageWP\u2019s Vladimir Prelovac says the secret to increasing the visibility of your products in the WordPress Plugin Repository is your readme.txt file<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe new Twenty Fifteen default WordPress theme has been released to WordPress.com users<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe Post Type Switcher<\/a> plugin, authored by John James Jacoby, provides a simple way to change a post’s type in WordPress. 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WordPress.com has been given a bit of a revamp<\/a>. The site now boasts upgraded stats, mobile-friendly navigation, My Sites updates and a new My Profile section.<\/p>\nWP Mayor is celebrating its fourth birthday<\/a>.<\/p>\nSpeaking of WP Mayor, the site has teamed up with KeyCDN to give away two accounts with 1 TB of traffic<\/a>, and PremiumPress to give away a 50% discount on all themes<\/a>.<\/p>\nPost Status<\/a> has been lying dormant since October. Back in September Brian Krogsgard said the future of the news site was in yearly memberships<\/a>. What\u2019s the status, Post Status?<\/p>\nChip Off the Old Block<\/strong><\/h3>\nIf you run an online store, you may want to check out WooThemes\u2019 checklist of 10 things you need to do for the holiday season<\/a>.<\/p>\n“The reason for the significance of client testimonials is the main characteristics of human nature: if others are satisfied with your product\/service, your visitors will be more likely to become clients themselves.\u201d Web host Kinsta writes about how to boost conversion rates with client testimonials<\/a>.<\/p>\nRainmaker is ditching its monthly billing option in favor of quarterly and annual billing options only<\/a>. If you haven’t yet checked out the WordPress hosting platform built for media marketers, it’s by the folks at Copyblogger.<\/p>\n“There\u2019s a lot of great information in the presentation, especially if you\u2019re running a bootstrapped business. I also admire Ta\u2019eed\u2019s delivery as he comes off as a straight shooter. He reminds me of myself when I tried to launch a business several years ago.\u201d WP Tavern\u2019s Jeff Chandler sees something of himself in Envato CEO Collis Ta\u2019eed<\/a>, who talked about his company\u2019s first six months at The Sunrise conference in Sydney earlier in the year. Envato paid out US$140 million to its community of authors, affiliates, freelancers and instructors last year.<\/p>\nDash Off<\/strong><\/h3>\nWPDASH<\/a> is a new service kinda like ManageWP or InfiniteWP that provides a centralized dashboard where you can manage multiple WordPress. WP Tavern have a great write up on what\u2019s it\u2019s all about<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you regularly use Chrome when managing your website, here are some handy browser apps and extensions for WordPress<\/a> at WP Lift.<\/div>\nIf you\u2019re a Multisite user, check out writer Joe Fylan\u2019s round-up of useful tools and services for managing a network<\/a> over at WP Squared.<\/p>\nAnd here are 30 WordPress themes for writers<\/a>.<\/p>\nAuto Reply<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Create a WordPress Review Site Using Themes & Plugins<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nWordPress On-Page SEO: How to Do It Perfectly<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nAdd an Auto Reply to Your Jetpack Contact Form<\/a> (WP Tavern).<\/p>\nLet’s Get It Started<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Use AJAX in WordPress to Load Search Results<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWorking with the Eventbrite API Plugin<\/a> (ThemeShaper).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. The vulnerability allows malicious users to take control of a website.<\/p>\nRough Around the Edges<\/strong><\/h3>\niThemes Security is one of the top-ranked WordPress security plugins with a huge customer base. In our latest review, we take the free version of the plugin for a test drive<\/a>.<\/p>\nNot only does LoopConf have an excellent speaker line up, but there are companies who focus exclusively on building enterprise-level WordPress projects for VIP clients, says developer Tom McFarlin, who sees the value in the upcoming Las Vegas conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n“My initial experience is rough around the edges and at times frustrating, as I couldn\u2019t easily find the help I needed. 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WP Mayor is celebrating its fourth birthday<\/a>.<\/p>\nSpeaking of WP Mayor, the site has teamed up with KeyCDN to give away two accounts with 1 TB of traffic<\/a>, and PremiumPress to give away a 50% discount on all themes<\/a>.<\/p>\nPost Status<\/a> has been lying dormant since October. Back in September Brian Krogsgard said the future of the news site was in yearly memberships<\/a>. What\u2019s the status, Post Status?<\/p>\nChip Off the Old Block<\/strong><\/h3>\nIf you run an online store, you may want to check out WooThemes\u2019 checklist of 10 things you need to do for the holiday season<\/a>.<\/p>\n“The reason for the significance of client testimonials is the main characteristics of human nature: if others are satisfied with your product\/service, your visitors will be more likely to become clients themselves.\u201d Web host Kinsta writes about how to boost conversion rates with client testimonials<\/a>.<\/p>\nRainmaker is ditching its monthly billing option in favor of quarterly and annual billing options only<\/a>. If you haven’t yet checked out the WordPress hosting platform built for media marketers, it’s by the folks at Copyblogger.<\/p>\n“There\u2019s a lot of great information in the presentation, especially if you\u2019re running a bootstrapped business. I also admire Ta\u2019eed\u2019s delivery as he comes off as a straight shooter. He reminds me of myself when I tried to launch a business several years ago.\u201d WP Tavern\u2019s Jeff Chandler sees something of himself in Envato CEO Collis Ta\u2019eed<\/a>, who talked about his company\u2019s first six months at The Sunrise conference in Sydney earlier in the year. Envato paid out US$140 million to its community of authors, affiliates, freelancers and instructors last year.<\/p>\nDash Off<\/strong><\/h3>\nWPDASH<\/a> is a new service kinda like ManageWP or InfiniteWP that provides a centralized dashboard where you can manage multiple WordPress. WP Tavern have a great write up on what\u2019s it\u2019s all about<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you regularly use Chrome when managing your website, here are some handy browser apps and extensions for WordPress<\/a> at WP Lift.<\/div>\nIf you\u2019re a Multisite user, check out writer Joe Fylan\u2019s round-up of useful tools and services for managing a network<\/a> over at WP Squared.<\/p>\nAnd here are 30 WordPress themes for writers<\/a>.<\/p>\nAuto Reply<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Create a WordPress Review Site Using Themes & Plugins<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nWordPress On-Page SEO: How to Do It Perfectly<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nAdd an Auto Reply to Your Jetpack Contact Form<\/a> (WP Tavern).<\/p>\nLet’s Get It Started<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Use AJAX in WordPress to Load Search Results<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWorking with the Eventbrite API Plugin<\/a> (ThemeShaper).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. The vulnerability allows malicious users to take control of a website.<\/p>\nRough Around the Edges<\/strong><\/h3>\niThemes Security is one of the top-ranked WordPress security plugins with a huge customer base. In our latest review, we take the free version of the plugin for a test drive<\/a>.<\/p>\nNot only does LoopConf have an excellent speaker line up, but there are companies who focus exclusively on building enterprise-level WordPress projects for VIP clients, says developer Tom McFarlin, who sees the value in the upcoming Las Vegas conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n“My initial experience is rough around the edges and at times frustrating, as I couldn\u2019t easily find the help I needed. I can only imagine how many others have gone through the same experience.\u201d First-time bbPress user Jeff Chandler documented his experience setting up the forum plugin<\/a>\u00a0and didn’t find it easy.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re thinking of making the switch to Managed WordPress hosting, WP Lift have put together a guide to hosts and what they have to offer<\/a>.<\/p>\nYou can use WordPress for memberships site but you don\u2019t have to if you don\u2019t want to, is what I think Crowd Favorite\u2019s Chris Lema is saying in this post about whether WordPress is the right solution for association websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re looking for stock images, blogger Kevin Muldoon has a great collection of image websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nSwitch it Up<\/strong><\/h3>\nManageWP\u2019s Vladimir Prelovac says the secret to increasing the visibility of your products in the WordPress Plugin Repository is your readme.txt file<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe new Twenty Fifteen default WordPress theme has been released to WordPress.com users<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe Post Type Switcher<\/a> plugin, authored by John James Jacoby, provides a simple way to change a post’s type in WordPress. 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Speaking of WP Mayor, the site has teamed up with KeyCDN to give away two accounts with 1 TB of traffic<\/a>, and PremiumPress to give away a 50% discount on all themes<\/a>.<\/p>\nPost Status<\/a> has been lying dormant since October. Back in September Brian Krogsgard said the future of the news site was in yearly memberships<\/a>. What\u2019s the status, Post Status?<\/p>\nChip Off the Old Block<\/strong><\/h3>\nIf you run an online store, you may want to check out WooThemes\u2019 checklist of 10 things you need to do for the holiday season<\/a>.<\/p>\n“The reason for the significance of client testimonials is the main characteristics of human nature: if others are satisfied with your product\/service, your visitors will be more likely to become clients themselves.\u201d Web host Kinsta writes about how to boost conversion rates with client testimonials<\/a>.<\/p>\nRainmaker is ditching its monthly billing option in favor of quarterly and annual billing options only<\/a>. If you haven’t yet checked out the WordPress hosting platform built for media marketers, it’s by the folks at Copyblogger.<\/p>\n“There\u2019s a lot of great information in the presentation, especially if you\u2019re running a bootstrapped business. I also admire Ta\u2019eed\u2019s delivery as he comes off as a straight shooter. He reminds me of myself when I tried to launch a business several years ago.\u201d WP Tavern\u2019s Jeff Chandler sees something of himself in Envato CEO Collis Ta\u2019eed<\/a>, who talked about his company\u2019s first six months at The Sunrise conference in Sydney earlier in the year. Envato paid out US$140 million to its community of authors, affiliates, freelancers and instructors last year.<\/p>\nDash Off<\/strong><\/h3>\nWPDASH<\/a> is a new service kinda like ManageWP or InfiniteWP that provides a centralized dashboard where you can manage multiple WordPress. WP Tavern have a great write up on what\u2019s it\u2019s all about<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you regularly use Chrome when managing your website, here are some handy browser apps and extensions for WordPress<\/a> at WP Lift.<\/div>\nIf you\u2019re a Multisite user, check out writer Joe Fylan\u2019s round-up of useful tools and services for managing a network<\/a> over at WP Squared.<\/p>\nAnd here are 30 WordPress themes for writers<\/a>.<\/p>\nAuto Reply<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Create a WordPress Review Site Using Themes & Plugins<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nWordPress On-Page SEO: How to Do It Perfectly<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nAdd an Auto Reply to Your Jetpack Contact Form<\/a> (WP Tavern).<\/p>\nLet’s Get It Started<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Use AJAX in WordPress to Load Search Results<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWorking with the Eventbrite API Plugin<\/a> (ThemeShaper).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. 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I can only imagine how many others have gone through the same experience.\u201d First-time bbPress user Jeff Chandler documented his experience setting up the forum plugin<\/a>\u00a0and didn’t find it easy.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re thinking of making the switch to Managed WordPress hosting, WP Lift have put together a guide to hosts and what they have to offer<\/a>.<\/p>\nYou can use WordPress for memberships site but you don\u2019t have to if you don\u2019t want to, is what I think Crowd Favorite\u2019s Chris Lema is saying in this post about whether WordPress is the right solution for association websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re looking for stock images, blogger Kevin Muldoon has a great collection of image websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nSwitch it Up<\/strong><\/h3>\nManageWP\u2019s Vladimir Prelovac says the secret to increasing the visibility of your products in the WordPress Plugin Repository is your readme.txt file<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe new Twenty Fifteen default WordPress theme has been released to WordPress.com users<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe Post Type Switcher<\/a> plugin, authored by John James Jacoby, provides a simple way to change a post’s type in WordPress. 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Post Status<\/a> has been lying dormant since October. Back in September Brian Krogsgard said the future of the news site was in yearly memberships<\/a>. What\u2019s the status, Post Status?<\/p>\nChip Off the Old Block<\/strong><\/h3>\nIf you run an online store, you may want to check out WooThemes\u2019 checklist of 10 things you need to do for the holiday season<\/a>.<\/p>\n“The reason for the significance of client testimonials is the main characteristics of human nature: if others are satisfied with your product\/service, your visitors will be more likely to become clients themselves.\u201d Web host Kinsta writes about how to boost conversion rates with client testimonials<\/a>.<\/p>\nRainmaker is ditching its monthly billing option in favor of quarterly and annual billing options only<\/a>. If you haven’t yet checked out the WordPress hosting platform built for media marketers, it’s by the folks at Copyblogger.<\/p>\n“There\u2019s a lot of great information in the presentation, especially if you\u2019re running a bootstrapped business. I also admire Ta\u2019eed\u2019s delivery as he comes off as a straight shooter. He reminds me of myself when I tried to launch a business several years ago.\u201d WP Tavern\u2019s Jeff Chandler sees something of himself in Envato CEO Collis Ta\u2019eed<\/a>, who talked about his company\u2019s first six months at The Sunrise conference in Sydney earlier in the year. Envato paid out US$140 million to its community of authors, affiliates, freelancers and instructors last year.<\/p>\nDash Off<\/strong><\/h3>\nWPDASH<\/a> is a new service kinda like ManageWP or InfiniteWP that provides a centralized dashboard where you can manage multiple WordPress. WP Tavern have a great write up on what\u2019s it\u2019s all about<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you regularly use Chrome when managing your website, here are some handy browser apps and extensions for WordPress<\/a> at WP Lift.<\/div>\nIf you\u2019re a Multisite user, check out writer Joe Fylan\u2019s round-up of useful tools and services for managing a network<\/a> over at WP Squared.<\/p>\nAnd here are 30 WordPress themes for writers<\/a>.<\/p>\nAuto Reply<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Create a WordPress Review Site Using Themes & Plugins<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nWordPress On-Page SEO: How to Do It Perfectly<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nAdd an Auto Reply to Your Jetpack Contact Form<\/a> (WP Tavern).<\/p>\nLet’s Get It Started<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Use AJAX in WordPress to Load Search Results<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWorking with the Eventbrite API Plugin<\/a> (ThemeShaper).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. The vulnerability allows malicious users to take control of a website.<\/p>\nRough Around the Edges<\/strong><\/h3>\niThemes Security is one of the top-ranked WordPress security plugins with a huge customer base. In our latest review, we take the free version of the plugin for a test drive<\/a>.<\/p>\nNot only does LoopConf have an excellent speaker line up, but there are companies who focus exclusively on building enterprise-level WordPress projects for VIP clients, says developer Tom McFarlin, who sees the value in the upcoming Las Vegas conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n“My initial experience is rough around the edges and at times frustrating, as I couldn\u2019t easily find the help I needed. I can only imagine how many others have gone through the same experience.\u201d First-time bbPress user Jeff Chandler documented his experience setting up the forum plugin<\/a>\u00a0and didn’t find it easy.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re thinking of making the switch to Managed WordPress hosting, WP Lift have put together a guide to hosts and what they have to offer<\/a>.<\/p>\nYou can use WordPress for memberships site but you don\u2019t have to if you don\u2019t want to, is what I think Crowd Favorite\u2019s Chris Lema is saying in this post about whether WordPress is the right solution for association websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re looking for stock images, blogger Kevin Muldoon has a great collection of image websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nSwitch it Up<\/strong><\/h3>\nManageWP\u2019s Vladimir Prelovac says the secret to increasing the visibility of your products in the WordPress Plugin Repository is your readme.txt file<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe new Twenty Fifteen default WordPress theme has been released to WordPress.com users<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe Post Type Switcher<\/a> plugin, authored by John James Jacoby, provides a simple way to change a post’s type in WordPress. 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If you run an online store, you may want to check out WooThemes\u2019 checklist of 10 things you need to do for the holiday season<\/a>.<\/p>\n“The reason for the significance of client testimonials is the main characteristics of human nature: if others are satisfied with your product\/service, your visitors will be more likely to become clients themselves.\u201d Web host Kinsta writes about how to boost conversion rates with client testimonials<\/a>.<\/p>\nRainmaker is ditching its monthly billing option in favor of quarterly and annual billing options only<\/a>. If you haven’t yet checked out the WordPress hosting platform built for media marketers, it’s by the folks at Copyblogger.<\/p>\n“There\u2019s a lot of great information in the presentation, especially if you\u2019re running a bootstrapped business. I also admire Ta\u2019eed\u2019s delivery as he comes off as a straight shooter. He reminds me of myself when I tried to launch a business several years ago.\u201d WP Tavern\u2019s Jeff Chandler sees something of himself in Envato CEO Collis Ta\u2019eed<\/a>, who talked about his company\u2019s first six months at The Sunrise conference in Sydney earlier in the year. Envato paid out US$140 million to its community of authors, affiliates, freelancers and instructors last year.<\/p>\nDash Off<\/strong><\/h3>\nWPDASH<\/a> is a new service kinda like ManageWP or InfiniteWP that provides a centralized dashboard where you can manage multiple WordPress. WP Tavern have a great write up on what\u2019s it\u2019s all about<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you regularly use Chrome when managing your website, here are some handy browser apps and extensions for WordPress<\/a> at WP Lift.<\/div>\nIf you\u2019re a Multisite user, check out writer Joe Fylan\u2019s round-up of useful tools and services for managing a network<\/a> over at WP Squared.<\/p>\nAnd here are 30 WordPress themes for writers<\/a>.<\/p>\nAuto Reply<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Create a WordPress Review Site Using Themes & Plugins<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nWordPress On-Page SEO: How to Do It Perfectly<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nAdd an Auto Reply to Your Jetpack Contact Form<\/a> (WP Tavern).<\/p>\nLet’s Get It Started<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Use AJAX in WordPress to Load Search Results<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWorking with the Eventbrite API Plugin<\/a> (ThemeShaper).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. 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To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. 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“The reason for the significance of client testimonials is the main characteristics of human nature: if others are satisfied with your product\/service, your visitors will be more likely to become clients themselves.\u201d Web host Kinsta writes about how to boost conversion rates with client testimonials<\/a>.<\/p>\nRainmaker is ditching its monthly billing option in favor of quarterly and annual billing options only<\/a>. If you haven’t yet checked out the WordPress hosting platform built for media marketers, it’s by the folks at Copyblogger.<\/p>\n“There\u2019s a lot of great information in the presentation, especially if you\u2019re running a bootstrapped business. I also admire Ta\u2019eed\u2019s delivery as he comes off as a straight shooter. He reminds me of myself when I tried to launch a business several years ago.\u201d WP Tavern\u2019s Jeff Chandler sees something of himself in Envato CEO Collis Ta\u2019eed<\/a>, who talked about his company\u2019s first six months at The Sunrise conference in Sydney earlier in the year. Envato paid out US$140 million to its community of authors, affiliates, freelancers and instructors last year.<\/p>\nDash Off<\/strong><\/h3>\nWPDASH<\/a> is a new service kinda like ManageWP or InfiniteWP that provides a centralized dashboard where you can manage multiple WordPress. WP Tavern have a great write up on what\u2019s it\u2019s all about<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you regularly use Chrome when managing your website, here are some handy browser apps and extensions for WordPress<\/a> at WP Lift.<\/div>\nIf you\u2019re a Multisite user, check out writer Joe Fylan\u2019s round-up of useful tools and services for managing a network<\/a> over at WP Squared.<\/p>\nAnd here are 30 WordPress themes for writers<\/a>.<\/p>\nAuto Reply<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Create a WordPress Review Site Using Themes & Plugins<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nWordPress On-Page SEO: How to Do It Perfectly<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nAdd an Auto Reply to Your Jetpack Contact Form<\/a> (WP Tavern).<\/p>\nLet’s Get It Started<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Use AJAX in WordPress to Load Search Results<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWorking with the Eventbrite API Plugin<\/a> (ThemeShaper).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. 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I can only imagine how many others have gone through the same experience.\u201d First-time bbPress user Jeff Chandler documented his experience setting up the forum plugin<\/a>\u00a0and didn’t find it easy.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re thinking of making the switch to Managed WordPress hosting, WP Lift have put together a guide to hosts and what they have to offer<\/a>.<\/p>\nYou can use WordPress for memberships site but you don\u2019t have to if you don\u2019t want to, is what I think Crowd Favorite\u2019s Chris Lema is saying in this post about whether WordPress is the right solution for association websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re looking for stock images, blogger Kevin Muldoon has a great collection of image websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nSwitch it Up<\/strong><\/h3>\nManageWP\u2019s Vladimir Prelovac says the secret to increasing the visibility of your products in the WordPress Plugin Repository is your readme.txt file<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe new Twenty Fifteen default WordPress theme has been released to WordPress.com users<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe Post Type Switcher<\/a> plugin, authored by John James Jacoby, provides a simple way to change a post’s type in WordPress. 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Rainmaker is ditching its monthly billing option in favor of quarterly and annual billing options only<\/a>. If you haven’t yet checked out the WordPress hosting platform built for media marketers, it’s by the folks at Copyblogger.<\/p>\n“There\u2019s a lot of great information in the presentation, especially if you\u2019re running a bootstrapped business. I also admire Ta\u2019eed\u2019s delivery as he comes off as a straight shooter. He reminds me of myself when I tried to launch a business several years ago.\u201d WP Tavern\u2019s Jeff Chandler sees something of himself in Envato CEO Collis Ta\u2019eed<\/a>, who talked about his company\u2019s first six months at The Sunrise conference in Sydney earlier in the year. Envato paid out US$140 million to its community of authors, affiliates, freelancers and instructors last year.<\/p>\nDash Off<\/strong><\/h3>\nWPDASH<\/a> is a new service kinda like ManageWP or InfiniteWP that provides a centralized dashboard where you can manage multiple WordPress. WP Tavern have a great write up on what\u2019s it\u2019s all about<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you regularly use Chrome when managing your website, here are some handy browser apps and extensions for WordPress<\/a> at WP Lift.<\/div>\nIf you\u2019re a Multisite user, check out writer Joe Fylan\u2019s round-up of useful tools and services for managing a network<\/a> over at WP Squared.<\/p>\nAnd here are 30 WordPress themes for writers<\/a>.<\/p>\nAuto Reply<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Create a WordPress Review Site Using Themes & Plugins<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nWordPress On-Page SEO: How to Do It Perfectly<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nAdd an Auto Reply to Your Jetpack Contact Form<\/a> (WP Tavern).<\/p>\nLet’s Get It Started<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Use AJAX in WordPress to Load Search Results<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWorking with the Eventbrite API Plugin<\/a> (ThemeShaper).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. 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“There\u2019s a lot of great information in the presentation, especially if you\u2019re running a bootstrapped business. I also admire Ta\u2019eed\u2019s delivery as he comes off as a straight shooter. He reminds me of myself when I tried to launch a business several years ago.\u201d WP Tavern\u2019s Jeff Chandler sees something of himself in Envato CEO Collis Ta\u2019eed<\/a>, who talked about his company\u2019s first six months at The Sunrise conference in Sydney earlier in the year. Envato paid out US$140 million to its community of authors, affiliates, freelancers and instructors last year.<\/p>\nDash Off<\/strong><\/h3>\nWPDASH<\/a> is a new service kinda like ManageWP or InfiniteWP that provides a centralized dashboard where you can manage multiple WordPress. WP Tavern have a great write up on what\u2019s it\u2019s all about<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you regularly use Chrome when managing your website, here are some handy browser apps and extensions for WordPress<\/a> at WP Lift.<\/div>\nIf you\u2019re a Multisite user, check out writer Joe Fylan\u2019s round-up of useful tools and services for managing a network<\/a> over at WP Squared.<\/p>\nAnd here are 30 WordPress themes for writers<\/a>.<\/p>\nAuto Reply<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Create a WordPress Review Site Using Themes & Plugins<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nWordPress On-Page SEO: How to Do It Perfectly<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nAdd an Auto Reply to Your Jetpack Contact Form<\/a> (WP Tavern).<\/p>\nLet’s Get It Started<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Use AJAX in WordPress to Load Search Results<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWorking with the Eventbrite API Plugin<\/a> (ThemeShaper).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. 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WPDASH<\/a> is a new service kinda like ManageWP or InfiniteWP that provides a centralized dashboard where you can manage multiple WordPress. WP Tavern have a great write up on what\u2019s it\u2019s all about<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you regularly use Chrome when managing your website, here are some handy browser apps and extensions for WordPress<\/a> at WP Lift.<\/div>\nIf you\u2019re a Multisite user, check out writer Joe Fylan\u2019s round-up of useful tools and services for managing a network<\/a> over at WP Squared.<\/p>\nAnd here are 30 WordPress themes for writers<\/a>.<\/p>\nAuto Reply<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Create a WordPress Review Site Using Themes & Plugins<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nWordPress On-Page SEO: How to Do It Perfectly<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nAdd an Auto Reply to Your Jetpack Contact Form<\/a> (WP Tavern).<\/p>\nLet’s Get It Started<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Use AJAX in WordPress to Load Search Results<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWorking with the Eventbrite API Plugin<\/a> (ThemeShaper).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. The vulnerability allows malicious users to take control of a website.<\/p>\nRough Around the Edges<\/strong><\/h3>\niThemes Security is one of the top-ranked WordPress security plugins with a huge customer base. In our latest review, we take the free version of the plugin for a test drive<\/a>.<\/p>\nNot only does LoopConf have an excellent speaker line up, but there are companies who focus exclusively on building enterprise-level WordPress projects for VIP clients, says developer Tom McFarlin, who sees the value in the upcoming Las Vegas conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n“My initial experience is rough around the edges and at times frustrating, as I couldn\u2019t easily find the help I needed. I can only imagine how many others have gone through the same experience.\u201d First-time bbPress user Jeff Chandler documented his experience setting up the forum plugin<\/a>\u00a0and didn’t find it easy.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re thinking of making the switch to Managed WordPress hosting, WP Lift have put together a guide to hosts and what they have to offer<\/a>.<\/p>\nYou can use WordPress for memberships site but you don\u2019t have to if you don\u2019t want to, is what I think Crowd Favorite\u2019s Chris Lema is saying in this post about whether WordPress is the right solution for association websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re looking for stock images, blogger Kevin Muldoon has a great collection of image websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nSwitch it Up<\/strong><\/h3>\nManageWP\u2019s Vladimir Prelovac says the secret to increasing the visibility of your products in the WordPress Plugin Repository is your readme.txt file<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe new Twenty Fifteen default WordPress theme has been released to WordPress.com users<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe Post Type Switcher<\/a> plugin, authored by John James Jacoby, provides a simple way to change a post’s type in WordPress. 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If you\u2019re a Multisite user, check out writer Joe Fylan\u2019s round-up of useful tools and services for managing a network<\/a> over at WP Squared.<\/p>\nAnd here are 30 WordPress themes for writers<\/a>.<\/p>\nAuto Reply<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Create a WordPress Review Site Using Themes & Plugins<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nWordPress On-Page SEO: How to Do It Perfectly<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nAdd an Auto Reply to Your Jetpack Contact Form<\/a> (WP Tavern).<\/p>\nLet’s Get It Started<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Use AJAX in WordPress to Load Search Results<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWorking with the Eventbrite API Plugin<\/a> (ThemeShaper).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. The vulnerability allows malicious users to take control of a website.<\/p>\nRough Around the Edges<\/strong><\/h3>\niThemes Security is one of the top-ranked WordPress security plugins with a huge customer base. In our latest review, we take the free version of the plugin for a test drive<\/a>.<\/p>\nNot only does LoopConf have an excellent speaker line up, but there are companies who focus exclusively on building enterprise-level WordPress projects for VIP clients, says developer Tom McFarlin, who sees the value in the upcoming Las Vegas conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n“My initial experience is rough around the edges and at times frustrating, as I couldn\u2019t easily find the help I needed. 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And here are 30 WordPress themes for writers<\/a>.<\/p>\nAuto Reply<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Create a WordPress Review Site Using Themes & Plugins<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nWordPress On-Page SEO: How to Do It Perfectly<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nAdd an Auto Reply to Your Jetpack Contact Form<\/a> (WP Tavern).<\/p>\nLet’s Get It Started<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Use AJAX in WordPress to Load Search Results<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWorking with the Eventbrite API Plugin<\/a> (ThemeShaper).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. 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How to Create a WordPress Review Site Using Themes & Plugins<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nWordPress On-Page SEO: How to Do It Perfectly<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nAdd an Auto Reply to Your Jetpack Contact Form<\/a> (WP Tavern).<\/p>\nLet’s Get It Started<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Use AJAX in WordPress to Load Search Results<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWorking with the Eventbrite API Plugin<\/a> (ThemeShaper).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. The vulnerability allows malicious users to take control of a website.<\/p>\nRough Around the Edges<\/strong><\/h3>\niThemes Security is one of the top-ranked WordPress security plugins with a huge customer base. In our latest review, we take the free version of the plugin for a test drive<\/a>.<\/p>\nNot only does LoopConf have an excellent speaker line up, but there are companies who focus exclusively on building enterprise-level WordPress projects for VIP clients, says developer Tom McFarlin, who sees the value in the upcoming Las Vegas conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n“My initial experience is rough around the edges and at times frustrating, as I couldn\u2019t easily find the help I needed. I can only imagine how many others have gone through the same experience.\u201d First-time bbPress user Jeff Chandler documented his experience setting up the forum plugin<\/a>\u00a0and didn’t find it easy.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re thinking of making the switch to Managed WordPress hosting, WP Lift have put together a guide to hosts and what they have to offer<\/a>.<\/p>\nYou can use WordPress for memberships site but you don\u2019t have to if you don\u2019t want to, is what I think Crowd Favorite\u2019s Chris Lema is saying in this post about whether WordPress is the right solution for association websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re looking for stock images, blogger Kevin Muldoon has a great collection of image websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nSwitch it Up<\/strong><\/h3>\nManageWP\u2019s Vladimir Prelovac says the secret to increasing the visibility of your products in the WordPress Plugin Repository is your readme.txt file<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe new Twenty Fifteen default WordPress theme has been released to WordPress.com users<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe Post Type Switcher<\/a> plugin, authored by John James Jacoby, provides a simple way to change a post’s type in WordPress. It\u2019s been around a while but has been recently featured on WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordFence and iThemes are among Webloggerz top 15 best WordPress security plugins heading into the new year<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP All Import<\/a> is a new premium plugin that offers a simple solution for WordPress Importing.<\/p>\nIf you like sliders, WP Lift has put together a big collection of free and premium options<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd if you\u2019re looking for a theme for an online store, WP Mayor have a round-up of this year\u2019s top themes<\/a>.<\/p>\nTime Saver<\/strong><\/h3>\nUsing the WordPress Customizer for Saving User-Specific Options<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow to Make An Image-Based Image WordPress Menu<\/a>\u00a0(WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWooCommerce vs Shopify: Which Is Better For E-Commerce?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\n2014 Is The Damn Future<\/strong><\/p>\nWhile we may not be getting around on hoverboards (yet!), here\u2019s a timely reminder that the times they are a-changing\u2019 and we are living in the future<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for an awesome Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This week\u2019s round-up of WordPress news, views and reviews summarized in our daily email newsletter, The WhiP. 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WordPress On-Page SEO: How to Do It Perfectly<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nAdd an Auto Reply to Your Jetpack Contact Form<\/a> (WP Tavern).<\/p>\nLet’s Get It Started<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Use AJAX in WordPress to Load Search Results<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWorking with the Eventbrite API Plugin<\/a> (ThemeShaper).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. The vulnerability allows malicious users to take control of a website.<\/p>\nRough Around the Edges<\/strong><\/h3>\niThemes Security is one of the top-ranked WordPress security plugins with a huge customer base. In our latest review, we take the free version of the plugin for a test drive<\/a>.<\/p>\nNot only does LoopConf have an excellent speaker line up, but there are companies who focus exclusively on building enterprise-level WordPress projects for VIP clients, says developer Tom McFarlin, who sees the value in the upcoming Las Vegas conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n“My initial experience is rough around the edges and at times frustrating, as I couldn\u2019t easily find the help I needed. I can only imagine how many others have gone through the same experience.\u201d First-time bbPress user Jeff Chandler documented his experience setting up the forum plugin<\/a>\u00a0and didn’t find it easy.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re thinking of making the switch to Managed WordPress hosting, WP Lift have put together a guide to hosts and what they have to offer<\/a>.<\/p>\nYou can use WordPress for memberships site but you don\u2019t have to if you don\u2019t want to, is what I think Crowd Favorite\u2019s Chris Lema is saying in this post about whether WordPress is the right solution for association websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re looking for stock images, blogger Kevin Muldoon has a great collection of image websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nSwitch it Up<\/strong><\/h3>\nManageWP\u2019s Vladimir Prelovac says the secret to increasing the visibility of your products in the WordPress Plugin Repository is your readme.txt file<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe new Twenty Fifteen default WordPress theme has been released to WordPress.com users<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe Post Type Switcher<\/a> plugin, authored by John James Jacoby, provides a simple way to change a post’s type in WordPress. It\u2019s been around a while but has been recently featured on WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordFence and iThemes are among Webloggerz top 15 best WordPress security plugins heading into the new year<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP All Import<\/a> is a new premium plugin that offers a simple solution for WordPress Importing.<\/p>\nIf you like sliders, WP Lift has put together a big collection of free and premium options<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd if you\u2019re looking for a theme for an online store, WP Mayor have a round-up of this year\u2019s top themes<\/a>.<\/p>\nTime Saver<\/strong><\/h3>\nUsing the WordPress Customizer for Saving User-Specific Options<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow to Make An Image-Based Image WordPress Menu<\/a>\u00a0(WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWooCommerce vs Shopify: Which Is Better For E-Commerce?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\n2014 Is The Damn Future<\/strong><\/p>\nWhile we may not be getting around on hoverboards (yet!), here\u2019s a timely reminder that the times they are a-changing\u2019 and we are living in the future<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for an awesome Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This week\u2019s round-up of WordPress news, views and reviews summarized in our daily email newsletter, The WhiP. 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Add an Auto Reply to Your Jetpack Contact Form<\/a> (WP Tavern).<\/p>\nLet’s Get It Started<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Use AJAX in WordPress to Load Search Results<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWorking with the Eventbrite API Plugin<\/a> (ThemeShaper).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. 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How to Use AJAX in WordPress to Load Search Results<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nWorking with the Eventbrite API Plugin<\/a> (ThemeShaper).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. 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WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. 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I can only imagine how many others have gone through the same experience.\u201d First-time bbPress user Jeff Chandler documented his experience setting up the forum plugin<\/a>\u00a0and didn’t find it easy.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re thinking of making the switch to Managed WordPress hosting, WP Lift have put together a guide to hosts and what they have to offer<\/a>.<\/p>\nYou can use WordPress for memberships site but you don\u2019t have to if you don\u2019t want to, is what I think Crowd Favorite\u2019s Chris Lema is saying in this post about whether WordPress is the right solution for association websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re looking for stock images, blogger Kevin Muldoon has a great collection of image websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nSwitch it Up<\/strong><\/h3>\nManageWP\u2019s Vladimir Prelovac says the secret to increasing the visibility of your products in the WordPress Plugin Repository is your readme.txt file<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe new Twenty Fifteen default WordPress theme has been released to WordPress.com users<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe Post Type Switcher<\/a> plugin, authored by John James Jacoby, provides a simple way to change a post’s type in WordPress. 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Working with the Eventbrite API Plugin<\/a> (ThemeShaper).<\/p>\nFifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. The vulnerability allows malicious users to take control of a website.<\/p>\nRough Around the Edges<\/strong><\/h3>\niThemes Security is one of the top-ranked WordPress security plugins with a huge customer base. In our latest review, we take the free version of the plugin for a test drive<\/a>.<\/p>\nNot only does LoopConf have an excellent speaker line up, but there are companies who focus exclusively on building enterprise-level WordPress projects for VIP clients, says developer Tom McFarlin, who sees the value in the upcoming Las Vegas conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n“My initial experience is rough around the edges and at times frustrating, as I couldn\u2019t easily find the help I needed. I can only imagine how many others have gone through the same experience.\u201d First-time bbPress user Jeff Chandler documented his experience setting up the forum plugin<\/a>\u00a0and didn’t find it easy.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re thinking of making the switch to Managed WordPress hosting, WP Lift have put together a guide to hosts and what they have to offer<\/a>.<\/p>\nYou can use WordPress for memberships site but you don\u2019t have to if you don\u2019t want to, is what I think Crowd Favorite\u2019s Chris Lema is saying in this post about whether WordPress is the right solution for association websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re looking for stock images, blogger Kevin Muldoon has a great collection of image websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nSwitch it Up<\/strong><\/h3>\nManageWP\u2019s Vladimir Prelovac says the secret to increasing the visibility of your products in the WordPress Plugin Repository is your readme.txt file<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe new Twenty Fifteen default WordPress theme has been released to WordPress.com users<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe Post Type Switcher<\/a> plugin, authored by John James Jacoby, provides a simple way to change a post’s type in WordPress. 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Fifty Actions of WordPress \u2013 50 Examples (11 to 20)<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\nWhen You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. 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WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. 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I can only imagine how many others have gone through the same experience.\u201d First-time bbPress user Jeff Chandler documented his experience setting up the forum plugin<\/a>\u00a0and didn’t find it easy.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re thinking of making the switch to Managed WordPress hosting, WP Lift have put together a guide to hosts and what they have to offer<\/a>.<\/p>\nYou can use WordPress for memberships site but you don\u2019t have to if you don\u2019t want to, is what I think Crowd Favorite\u2019s Chris Lema is saying in this post about whether WordPress is the right solution for association websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re looking for stock images, blogger Kevin Muldoon has a great collection of image websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nSwitch it Up<\/strong><\/h3>\nManageWP\u2019s Vladimir Prelovac says the secret to increasing the visibility of your products in the WordPress Plugin Repository is your readme.txt file<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe new Twenty Fifteen default WordPress theme has been released to WordPress.com users<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe Post Type Switcher<\/a> plugin, authored by John James Jacoby, provides a simple way to change a post’s type in WordPress. 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When You Export All WordPress Data\u2026<\/a> (Tom McFarlin).<\/p>\nWebinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. 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Webinar Replay: Getting Started with iThemes Security<\/a> (iThemes).<\/p>\nA Tasteful Hue<\/strong><\/h3>\n“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. 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“This tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.\u201d Marsala is this year\u2019s Pantone Color of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nBarack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. 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WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. 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To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. 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Barack Obama is down with JavaScript after becoming the first president to write a line of code<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #142 – Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nEcho Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\nWordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. The vulnerability allows malicious users to take control of a website.<\/p>\nRough Around the Edges<\/strong><\/h3>\niThemes Security is one of the top-ranked WordPress security plugins with a huge customer base. In our latest review, we take the free version of the plugin for a test drive<\/a>.<\/p>\nNot only does LoopConf have an excellent speaker line up, but there are companies who focus exclusively on building enterprise-level WordPress projects for VIP clients, says developer Tom McFarlin, who sees the value in the upcoming Las Vegas conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n“My initial experience is rough around the edges and at times frustrating, as I couldn\u2019t easily find the help I needed. I can only imagine how many others have gone through the same experience.\u201d First-time bbPress user Jeff Chandler documented his experience setting up the forum plugin<\/a>\u00a0and didn’t find it easy.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re thinking of making the switch to Managed WordPress hosting, WP Lift have put together a guide to hosts and what they have to offer<\/a>.<\/p>\nYou can use WordPress for memberships site but you don\u2019t have to if you don\u2019t want to, is what I think Crowd Favorite\u2019s Chris Lema is saying in this post about whether WordPress is the right solution for association websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re looking for stock images, blogger Kevin Muldoon has a great collection of image websites<\/a>.<\/p>\nSwitch it Up<\/strong><\/h3>\nManageWP\u2019s Vladimir Prelovac says the secret to increasing the visibility of your products in the WordPress Plugin Repository is your readme.txt file<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe new Twenty Fifteen default WordPress theme has been released to WordPress.com users<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe Post Type Switcher<\/a> plugin, authored by John James Jacoby, provides a simple way to change a post’s type in WordPress. 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All the best for a thoughtful and productive Tuesday.<\/p>\n
WordPress.com have teamed up with illustrator Mads Berg to release a WordPress theme for the holiday season called \u201cTogether.”<\/a><\/p>\n“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. 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“I definitely recommend every WordPress developer step out and learn other technologies. Get familiar with other programming languages, cloud services such as AWS, etc. It will make you a better WordPress developer and it\u2019s good to get outside of the \u201cecho chamber\u201d that is the WordPress community.\u201d Rocketgenius\u2019 Carl Hancock has his say on former WooCommerce developer Coen Jacobs\u2019 decision to step back from WordPress. Read more at WP Tavern<\/a>.<\/p>\niThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. 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iThemes has announced a partnership with web host ClickHOST and to kick things off\u00a0are offering three months of free WordPress hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\nCatch Me If You Can<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. 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No CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA<\/a> is a new addition to the WordPress Plugin Repository that allows you to add Google\u2019s new \u201cI\u2019m not a robot\u201d API<\/a> to WordPress login, registration and comment system to protect against spam. WP Tavern have a write up on how it works<\/a>.<\/p>\nWP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. 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WP Stagecoach<\/a> is a new service that aims to create the most convenient way to stage a WordPress site, with one-click copying from production to stage and one-click to merge and changes back into the live site.<\/p>\nDownload Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. 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Download Monitor<\/a>, an eight-year-old plugin in the repository with over 600,000 downloads has been adopted by developer Barry Kooji. If you\u2019re interested in adopting a free plugin to maintain, check out WP Tavern.<\/p>\nEnvato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. 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Envato names their top 50 new WordPress themes from ThemeForest of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. 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If you don\u2019t back up your site, you\u2019re just plain silly. WP Mayor reviews the top backup plugins of 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. 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And here\u2019s WP Lift\u2019s round-up of the best, free WordPress theme of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\nLand Ahoy<\/strong><\/h3>\nHow to Build a Landing Page with WordPress from Scratch<\/a> (WP Explorer).<\/p>\nOpencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. Sarah Gooding previews the upcoming release<\/a>, now in alpha, at WP Tavern.<\/p>\nWP Mayor are looking for a plugin developer for their WP RSS Aggregator plugin and other projects.<\/p>\nSucuri have warned of a critical vulnerability affecting the HD FLV Player plugin<\/a>(known as FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN in the WordPress Plugin Repository) for WordPress, Joomla! and custom website. 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Opencast, Magento or WooCommerce: Take Your Pick!<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nHow To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. 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How To Stop Comment Spam in WordPress<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nA Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. 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A Guide to 404 Errors and the Plugins to Fix Them<\/a> (Torque).<\/p>\nWhat Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. 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What Is Bounce Rate, Is It Important, and How Do You Lower It?<\/a> (Elegant Themes).<\/p>\nCaptain Hook<\/strong><\/h3>\n15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. 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15+ Must-Have Tools For Every WordPress Admin<\/a> (WPMU DEV).<\/p>\nAdding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. 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Adding Action Hooks to Your WordPress Theme Framework<\/a> (tuts+).<\/p>\n10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. 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10 Useful WordPress Functions You Might Not Know About<\/a> (Hongkiat).<\/p>\nTeenage Mutant Ninja Dogs<\/strong><\/h3>\nFrom mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. 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From mutant dogs to bendy iPhones and devil babies, YouTube has unveiled its top 10 videos of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\nAll the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n\nThe WhiP Newsletter #143 – Thursday, December 11<\/strong><\/h2>\nHello dear reader,<\/p>\nBig Bucks<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. 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All the best for a peaceful Wednesday.<\/p>\n
It looks like John James Jacoby will be knee-deep in all things BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress after his crowdfunding campaign to work full-time for six months on the projects reached its goal of $50,000<\/a> \u2013 and with less than a day before it wraps up. To find out more about JJJ, his campaign and his early career, Torque talks to the man himself<\/a>.<\/p>\nWordPress 4.1 was supposed to ship today, but due to a few unresolved tickets, the release has been pushed back to December 16<\/a>.<\/p>\nBuddyPress 2.2 will include support for Composer and a basic member type API that will allow developers to create different user types. It will also introduce the ability for new activity items to be generated when content is created by registered post types. 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iThemes Security is one of the top-ranked WordPress security plugins with a huge customer base. In our latest review, we take the free version of the plugin for a test drive<\/a>.<\/p>\nNot only does LoopConf have an excellent speaker line up, but there are companies who focus exclusively on building enterprise-level WordPress projects for VIP clients, says developer Tom McFarlin, who sees the value in the upcoming Las Vegas conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n“My initial experience is rough around the edges and at times frustrating, as I couldn\u2019t easily find the help I needed. 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