There are multiple places on the internet, where you can give me feedback on my plugin. I built some of these forms. I build an infinite edge case generator, and there will always be something wrong with it and it will never be feature complete. This could drive me insane, or I could continue to enjoy it. I’m actively choosing the latter option. It’s a work in progress, just like the plugin is. Sometimes when I see a bug in Caldera Forms, I still have to go through the whole self-doubt cycle that when not checked gets to “all of […]

The year 2017 is drawing to a close, and this year WordPress saw 11 public releases, and 11 beta or release candidate versions. Those of us close to the WordPress community may be noticing that the world of WordPress seems bigger and wider, in a way. What happened to WordPress in 2017? Many tiny changes built large milestones in the thought leadership behind WordPress. Read on to learn how WordPress silently transformed in 2017. Supporting innovation for the developer This year WordPress forged two distinct paths of improvements: those for the WordPress developer, and those for the editor. For the […]

The holiday season is upon us. Time to wrap presents, bake cookies and watch reruns of your favorite TV shows snuggled up on the sofa. For most of us, the holidays are also a way to get away from work, relax and not think about your business for a while. However, while you might use the time for some well deserved rest, your website will keep on working. It’s out there 24/7, doing its job, serving your visitors. So, how can you make sure it does so properly while you are lying in an eggnog stupor? By preparing. In this […]

Images can be a critical component of many websites, and in some cases, they’re not just contextual elements. Many websites use all kinds of media to get their message across, though it’s tough to display everything you need to, without impacting the User Experience (UX). Fortunately, you can easily solve this problem with a WordPress image slider. Slider plugins represent a popular solution for displaying prominent information and media. By using one (or more) on your site, you can include all the images you need without disrupting UX. In this post, we’ll walk you through what a slider is including […]

WordPress sites are easy to manage and maintain. However, the vast quantities of spam comments and spam registrations can plague your site and slow it down with the bulk. While some websites receive 10-15 spam comments per day, some of the most popular websites deal with thousands of spam comments and robot comments every week. It is not only annoying for the webmasters, but it is very detrimental to the reputation of popular websites. Some website owners may think that spam is part of online life, but they could not be more wrong. You need to actively tackle the spam […]

Ah, December. For many around the world it’s a time for family, friends, celebration, and a multitude of festive traditions, be it large banquets or intimate meals, extravagant gifts or just spending time with a loved one. But it’s also potentially the busiest time of the year for many web designers, with clients pushing through last-minute ‘urgent’ requests, projects long-left on the backburner needing to be completed and a new year with new ideas and inspiration beckoning. There’s no doubt about it, December is absolutely chaotic; your time, and your budget, is stretched beyond all belief. So as a designer, […]

The social standing of a website – in other words, how it’s viewed by others – is important if the owner wants to grow traffic and increase revenue. After all, potential customers will need to know that claims can be backed up before they move forward with a conversion. As a developer, it’s not only your job to develop your clients’ websites, but also make sure each site has a positive effect on its owner’s reputation. Fortunately, there are plenty of ways to increase a website’s standing. One such method is to make use of social proof, or content showing […]

Google participated at WordCamp US 2017 with a booth centered around performance. One side of the booth showed a data-driven glimpse into the state of the WordPress ecosystem in terms of key performance metrics and coding best practices, as well as the use of tooling (e.g. WebPageTest/Lighthouse) for assessing the performance characteristics of specific WordPress sites. The other side was shared with the excellent XWP engineering team, where they showcased a new auditing tool we’ve been collaborating with them called Tide, which enables quality assessment of plugins and themes. Our goal was to engage with the WordPress community and start […]

In today’s business-centric world, it is an arduous task to pick the right PHP web development framework for your business from the many available options. Choice of the correct platform is like an asset for your brand where a mere negligence or a wrong step can cause negative results. When it comes to discussing the leading name that tops the chart, Laravel certainly comes first in the list by surpassing the other popular frameworks including CakePHP, CodeIgniter, Symfony, Zend, and Yii. Its incredible features led to huge popularity, which is why businesses are opting for its unhindered growth. With Laravel, […]

While WordPress still supports PHP5, the PHP project continues to evolve. PHP 7.2 was recently released and while it is not a huge update like PHP 7.0 was, but there are some interesting new features and there are some important deprecations you should be aware of. In this article, I will share some important highlights of what is new, and what to look out for when you update your sites and code to PHP 7.2. If you’re still on PHP 5.6 or PHP 7.0, you will want to do so before the end of the year, when security support for […]