Category: WordPress

Using Constants and Input Fields to Store User Information

One of the advantages of using wp-config.php is how it allows us to add configuration options for our theme or plugin in a central place accessible throughout the entire site or web application; but using wp-config.php assumes a level of technical prowess some don’t...

Why You Should Use Cloudflare for All Your Websites

What even is Cloudflare? According to Wikipedia… “Cloudflare, Inc. is an American web infrastructure and website security company that provides content delivery network services, DDoS mitigation, Internet security, and distributed domain name server services.[2] Cloudflare’s services sit between a website’s visitor and...

WordPress Market Share Surpasses 40%

"WordPress is used by 64.5% of all the websites whose content management system we know. This is 40.6% of all websites" reports W3Techs who tracks these numbers from several sources, including Alexa's top ten million and Tranco's top million websites. Every year,...

February’s Five for the Future Is Here!

A short month won’t deter WebDevStudios (WDS) from dedicating the last Friday of February to Five for the Future. All a short month does is make the opportunity to contribute to WordPress happen sooner, and because WDS loves to participate, we’re that...

Ditch FTP and Switch to rsync

rsync isn’t new. It’s been around since the late 1990s. So why are we talking about this in 2021?!? If we’re still using SFTP for transfers to some hosts, it’s likely you may be too. But you may have also heard of...

WP Search with Algolia Tips and Tricks

Let’s face it; the native WordPress search is mediocre at best. The search algorithm takes only post title, content, and excerpt into consideration when generating search results. It also places extreme relevance on exact matches, which can lead to irrelevant results being...

First Five for the Future in 2021

The times may be unprecedented but WebDevStudios’ (WDS) dedication to giving back to WordPress is not! After donating over 1400 hours to Five for the Future in 2020, we are still at it with no end in sight. This Friday, January 29th,...

Headless WordPress and Headless CMS

What is a Headless CMS? The terms Headless WordPress and Headless Content Management Systems (Headless CMS) have continued to rise on Google trends the last few years, spiking last summer during the height of pandemic, as small businesses all over the world...

Volunteer for the WordPress Contributor Working Group

What do you think of when I say “WordPress Contributor”? I’m willing to bet you picture a developer, whether it’s you or someone else. Or, perhaps you aren’t familiar with the concept of contributing to WordPress at all. If either of these...