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,...
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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,...
Read More Ongoing Website Maintenance: Why the Transition from WDS to Maintainn Makes SenseFive 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...
Read More Five for the Future: April-May Wrap-UpFun 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...
Read More Fun with Page BuildersDatabase 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...
Read More Database ManagementTapping into the New WordPress Core Privacy Hooks to Ensure GDPR Compliance
With all the hullabaloo around the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we are seeing several custom GDPR frameworks being built for WordPress, each of which has its own strengths. However, with the release of version 4.9.6, there are now powerful new tools...
Read More Tapping into the New WordPress Core Privacy Hooks to Ensure GDPR ComplianceWhy Company Retreats Are Important for Remote Companies
It’s no surprise that remote companies are growing in popularity. There are several perks to both the company and employee in working this way: low company overhead, hand-picking your team from anywhere in the world, no commuting, no one microwaving fish in...
Read More Why Company Retreats Are Important for Remote CompaniesWhat I Learned About WordPress in the Past 10 Years
On May 27, 2018, WordPress will turn 15 years old. It has been amazing to see a software platform like WordPress, which is relatively young, grow to power over 30% of the entire internet. WebDevStudios is also celebrating a milestone. We just...
Read More What I Learned About WordPress in the Past 10 YearsThe Journey to 1.0 — WDS Blocks and WordPress Gutenberg
WordPress made a big leap into the world of modern web development with its announcement of Gutenberg last year—reimagining what WordPress is and can be by providing a new interface for creating content built partially on the React.js platform. Since it will...
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