This month brought some bad news for eCommerce retailers whose sites run on WordPress: a hugely popular plugin has a hugely dangerous flaw. Welcart, which has a huge market share in Japan, allows hackers to steal credit card information and crash websites. The news, though certainly damaging for Welcart, will do little to dent the popularity of WP. There are still plenty of reasons to choose WordPress for eCommerce, and plenty of excellent (and secure) examples of sites. Similarly, no-one is accusing WP of being insecure per se. The vulnerability does, however, highlight that plugins and themes, and even very […]

WordPress has a pretty robust ecosystem and is one of the most popular options for building websites. One aspect where it especially stands out is in the variety of themes available for use. Whether you’re a beginner or an expert when it comes to this platform, you may find yourself occasionally wanting to identify what theme another site is using. Regardless of your reason for wanting to check what theme a WordPress site is using, there are many tools that can assist you. These include several online software detectors and browser extensions. Fortunately, they’re all relatively straightforward to use. In […]

The Torque Social Hour is a weekly livestream about WordPress news, events, and life in quarantine. This week’s co-hosts is Chris Garret and our special guest is Lisa Sabin-Wilson. Lisa is the co-founder and COO of WebDev Studios, as well as the author of WordPress from Dummies. Join us next Wednesday from 3-4pm PST when our special guest will be Pippin Williamson.

Welcome to Press This, the WordPress community podcast from WMR. Here host David Vogelpohl sits down with guests from around the community to talk about the biggest issues facing WordPress developers. The following is a transcription of the original recording. David Vogelpohl: Hello everyone and welcome to Press This the WordPress community podcasts on WMR. This is your host, David Vogel Paul, I support the WordPress community through my role at WP Engine, and I love to bring the best of the community to you hear every week on press this as a reminder, you can find me on Twitter […]

There are many tasks you have to carry out when running a WordPress website, and not all of them are soul-nourishing. Having to locate and block IP addresses is one such job you’ll likely have to do, even if you wish you didn’t. However, if you can push through the icky feeling of restricting a user from accessing all or part of your site, you’ll find the process fairly straightforward. This means you can get back to work on tasks with real importance, rather than policing your visitors. In this post, we’ll look at a few different ways to locate […]

2020 was incredibly difficult, but one thing that remained consistent is the power of the WordPress community. In the face of so many challenges, WordPress users around the world came together to create virtual events, move small businesses online, and put out three major Core releases. Like everything else this year, Matt Mullenweg’s State of the Word looked a little different. As always, he looked at the year’s successes and outlined what’s to come, but the whole event was held virtually. It was streamed live across three channels and people were encouraged to submit questions ahead of time. If you […]

Nowadays, having a website is not an option but a necessity. Whether you want one for your business or for your resume, a website helps you establish your authority, get hired, sell products, and so much more. But for any website to be successful, you need a domain name. However, what are domains really and how do they exactly work? This topic is a bit complex and there are a lot of terms flying about that can be confusing. For that reason, in this guide, we’ll explain what a domain name is and how domains work in detail. By the […]

Welcome to Press This, the WordPress community podcast from WMR. Here host David Vogelpohl sits down with guests from around the community to talk about the biggest issues facing WordPress developers. The following is a transcription of the original recording. David Vogelpohl: Hello everyone and welcome to Press This the WordPress community podcasts on WMR. This is your host, David Vogel Paul, I support the WordPress community through my role at WP Engine, and I love to bring the best of the community to you hear every week on press this as a reminder, you can find me on Twitter […]

To some, eCommerce equates with easy money. The shop never closes, everything you offer is at the customer’s fingertips; what could be easier? But the truth is that most businesses struggle to achieve that success. In fact, research shows that a large portion of e-commerce businesses fail each year. While WooCommerce offers everything you need to sell your products and engage visitors, you need something more to help your visitors convert. That ‘something more’ is your web design and content, which need to hold the visitor’s attention and support the sale. Correcting the mistakes below and making some design tweaks […]

Nobody likes to run into issues with their website. However, sooner or later, you might encounter a problem that requires some troubleshooting skills. One handy trick is to enable WordPress debug mode, which might sound confusing to users who don’t have any development experience. Fortunately, enabling debug mode in WordPress is relatively straightforward. It helps you identify errors and resolve them quickly, thanks to a detailed log that shows you what went wrong. If you prefer not to touch a line of code, there’s a plugin that can help. This article will explain what debug mode is and how to […]