Developers
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Meet Our New Tools to Optimize the Developer Experience
We’re excited to announce a slate of new features that enhance the developer experience on WordPress VIP.
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Looking Back, Looking Forward: WordPress 6.3 as a Turning Point
Set to release on Aug. 8, 2023, WordPress 6.3—despite its unassuming name—is a major milestone in the history of WordPress.
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BigWP: The Creators of WordPress Talk Open Source With the Founder of Drupal
The CEO of Automattic sat down with co-founder Mike Little, and Dries Buytaert, founder of Drupal and CTO at Acquia, for a discussion on open source technology.
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FAQs About WordPress Security: An Expert’s Advice
We interviewed Greg Boone, a long-time Technical Account Manager at WordPress VIP, about working with public sector and federal government agencies to create secure, reliable web experiences for their audiences. Here’s what he had to say about some of VIP’s security FAQs.
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Introducing the New Block Data API
The new Block Data API radically simplifies the work of developers when building applications that consume CMS data for all their content management use cases.
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Choosing the Best Plugins for WordPress VIP
There are more than 60,000 available plugins to choose from. Let’s explore the best for WordPress VIP sites to elevate their capabilities and performance.
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Advanced WordPress Caching Techniques: How to Avoid a Cache Stampede
Caching is an essential technique for optimizing the performance of a WordPress site. Learn how to reduce page and server load times and more.
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How to Improve WordPress `WP_Query` Performance
One of the most important tools in the WordPress toolkit is `WP_Query`. This class enables developers to retrieve posts or pages from the WordPress database based on specific criteria. Learn how to use it in this post.
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SEO Checklist for Website Migration
Among all the key steps to prepare your site for launch, SEO ranks as one of the most important. We’ve curated a detailed preparation checklist for SEO.
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What’s New With WordPress VIP?
VIP Product Managers Simon Wheatley and Lucas Radke met up with Engineering Lead Joane Lee to walk you through the latest features and help you to take more control over your work with WordPress VIP.
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Preventing Fatal Errors on WordPress
Fatal errors can bring down an entire site. It’s important to be thorough while developing for a WordPress site on any platform. Learn how.
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What’s New in WordPress 6.2: Building Better Site and Block Editing Experiences for the Enterprise
WordPress 6.2 is here! From enhanced block and site editing experiences to better ease of use, efficiency, and speed, we unpack our favorite features and improvements for enterprise content creators and developers.
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Boosting Front End Site Performance on WordPress
To achieve optimal performance, web developers must focus on several key factors. Learn how images, fonts, and CDNs contribute to site speed and stability.
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How to Protect Against CSRF Attacks on WordPress
CSRF is a security vulnerability. To protect against CSRF attacks, use nonces in your WordPress code. Learn how.
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A Developer’s Guide to Dynamic Content Personalization
Content personalization comes in many flavors, but it always comes down to providing your audience with a more customized and engaging experience.
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How to Enhance WordPress Blocks With Block.json and Server-side Registration
Blocks can be added and rendered in both the WordPress editor and the front end. Learn how to code yours here.
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Inside WordPress VIP’s New Multisite Management Capabilities
WordPress VIP remains the best option for WordPress multisite setups and complex environments. Learn more in this blog post.
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A Foray into Headless Gutenberg
Hear from Lede VP of Engineering Owen Stowe as he dives into his Foray Into Headless Gutenberg presentation at BigWP NYC.
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Pointing DNS Directly vs. Reverse Proxy
Both DNS and a reverse proxy can route traffic to your website, but each option has ideal use cases. Learn which to use in this guide.
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Using a Design System with the WordPress Block Editor Pt 2: Block Types and Styles
How to streamline content creation and manage brand consistency by removing unneeded options in the WordPress block editor.
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Using a Design System with the WordPress Block Editor Pt. 1: theme.json
Our new two-part series shows how to use design systems with the WordPress block editor, starting with design tokens and theme.json. Read part one here
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Exporting Design System Tokens From Figma to WordPress
We’ve created a tool to keep design systems in Figma synced with WordPress themes. We’ve been using it on our own site, wpvip.com, and have found it greatly simplifies this process.
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Avoiding CMS Disaster: Raising Your WordPress Security to the Next Level
In the fourth of our Avoiding CMS Disaster series, we explore five ways organizations and their IT guardians can battle-harden their sites and applications against malicious attacks, protect sensitive customer data, and keep their business always open for business.
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How to Hire a WordPress Developer for Your Business
Learn what you need to know about hiring a WordPress developer for your business in this blog post – including goals, budget and more.
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What You Should Know Before Developing for the WordPress VIP Platform
Learn how and why WordPress VIP looks different from other hosts you may be familiar with – including traffic, speed and development.
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Avoiding CMS Disaster: How to Prevent Website Downtime
In the third of our Avoiding CMS Disaster series, we explore classic root causes of website downtime and the role monitoring and other factors play.
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How to Prepare Your WordPress Site for PHP 8
The WordPress VIP platform will be moving all of our customer applications to run on PHP 8.0. Here is a list of changes and what you can do to prepare.
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How Open Source Software Benefits Businesses
This guide will help you understand the benefits of open source software and make the best choice for your business.
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Avoiding CMS Disaster: Scaling WordPress for High Traffic
In the second of our Avoiding CMS Disaster series, we explore four approaches to scaling a WordPress website to handle those high traffic tidal waves.
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Avoiding CMS Disaster: How to Improve Website Performance
In this blog post, we diagnose five common slowdown culprits and how to improve website performance using an agile CMS like WordPress VIP.