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If by some chance you have missed it out – the officially scheduled release date for WordPress 5.0 was matched today, December 6th, on the eve of WordCamp US. The release is named after the pioneering Cuban jazz musician Bebo Valdés.…

One of the great things about WordPress is that even if you do not know how to develop and add certain new functionality for your website, someone somewhere has already probably made a plugin that covers the exact thing you want to achieve.…

The most used scripting language is PHP. It’s rapidly evolving and after more than ten years without a significant upgrade to it, the scripting language introduced it’s 7.0 version. PHP 7 made a debut at the end of 2015.…

If you’ve been to WordCamp once or twice, or maybe you are actively following the WordPress community, chances are you already are aware of the existence of something called “WP CLI.”…

After the recent release of WordPress 4.9.8 (even after the slight delay from the initial date of release) brought the attention of a wider audience of the WordPress community to the Project Gutenberg.…

Accessibility was a hot topic at WordCamp Europe 2018. It was a reminder to all of us that our websites – including our content – shouldn’t just be about looking and sounding beautiful.…

Last week, seven of our FastComet members, including thousands of WordPress community members and I have gathered for the WordCamp Europe, and it has been an absolute blast! Just like it is every year.…

Surely 2017 was a great year for WordPress. According to a recent study, it now powers 29% of all websites on the internet (w3 Techs, 2018), which makes it without a doubt the world’s most popular CMS.…

WordPress 4.9 “Tipton” was released today, named in honor of jazz musician and bandleader Billy Tipton, a gifted pianist, and saxophonist. The new release marks a significant step toward a more user-centric way to customize and manage websites, with great improvements to the Customizer, new exciting functionalities to widgets, a powerful text editor for editing code, and much more.…

That dilemma has been out there, present at the beginning of each WordPress based website and a lot of us have been through it at some point. Actually, it is not surprising at all, given the fact that more than 25% of the websites worldwide are based on WordPress.…

Performance and security are two of the most important aspects of the website development process. Of course, there are other vital things to consider, such as the niche you are in, the content you present to your visitors, the design of your project and many more.…

The 2nd beta of WordPress 4.9 is out now. The future update is expected to be officially released on November 14th, 2017. On the other hand, the Gutenberg Project is going on a somewhat different path – Matt Mullenweg has already confirmed that Gutenberg will be coming along with WordPress 5.0, but this version would come out only after Gutenberg is ready.…