Category: WordPress

Post Event Report: WP-CLI Hack Day

The Event On Friday, July 20, 2018, developers from around the world participated in the first-ever WP-CLI Hack Day. The primary goal for this event, which began at 8:00 a.m. Central European Summer Time (that’s 2:00 a.m. in the US east coast!),...

Ready for Gutenberg and WordPress 5.0? Tips from WebDevStudios

Change is inevitable, especially when it comes to technology. What’s also inevitable are the complaints, groans, and fears that seem to always accompany any change. Since Gutenberg was first announced, WebDevStudios (WDS) has been preparing for this change, one that we see...

How to Make Your Website Load Fast on Mobile

The main reason a website “hangs” or loads slowly usually results from trying to load a large resource. Resources like CSS, JavaScript, and images should be reduced in size whenever possible. Not loading a resource can also help improve your mobile page...

A Guide to Building a Learning Management System with WordPress

In very simple terms, a Learning Management System (LMS) is a website that hosts eLearning programs and provides students and/or employees a way to participate in online training. Implementing an LMS with WordPress is something we have done for several clients here...

The Many Ways to Updating Your WordPress Sites

As a Support Technician for our WordPress maintenance and support company, Maintainn, Russell Aaron (we call him Russ) is dedicated to keeping over 200 client websites updated and problem-free. He’s among the first to know about new releases and versions of WordPress, themes,...

Ongoing Website Maintenance: Why the Transition from WDS to Maintainn Makes Sense

Growing up, I can vividly remember my father threatening to take away my car if I didn’t get the oil changed every three months. The younger me liked to “ride the line” and stretch that three months out as long as possible,...

Five for the Future: April-May Wrap-Up

It’s time for another rundown of the accomplishments that our team at WebDevStudios (WDS) has achieved through our Five for the Future (#5ftf) efforts, whereby we donate 5% of company time to WordPress and the community. We each do this in our...

Fun with Page Builders

WordPress page builders are a hot topic right now; so much so that weekly, we’re coming across page builder reviews and articles that compare the various page builders out there side-by-side. But what exactly are page builders, how do they help you with...

Database Management

What Is Database Management? Very simply put, database management is knowing how to access, configure, debug, and manage your database. For some website owners, this isn’t really a concern. Even developers rarely need to poke around with the database, and for many of...