Tag: WordPress

Basic WordPress Terminology: What the Layperson Should Know

WordPress proudly touts its user first design for ease of use, but on other end of the spectrum are the website owners. Even the owner of a simple website is instantly barraged with the seeming jumble of terms, acronyms, and phrases that...

How to Search Everything Within Custom Post Types

Editor’s note: The following blog post was written in 2015. We can’t guarantee the accuracy of the code and presented solutions, but we’ve chosen to keep this blog post live for those who still find the information useful. If you’re using Custom...

WDS Github Releases for April 2015

Every month, WDS releases a bunch of goodies over on Github (and occasionally WordPress.org and elsewhere). While we typically share the links on social media, we know that it’s easy for things to get lost in the noise, so we will be...

Tech Non-Profit Spotlight: Happy Joe

One of the major organs in WebDevStudios’ anatomy is its gigantic heart, and from it comes our contribution to the community in both charitable and educational capacities. As giving back is part of the core of WDS, it only made sense for...

Releasing Plugin Updates and Handling Security Vulnerabilities

In my last article, I walked you through getting your plugin up and running on the WordPress.org plugin repository. In this follow up article I want to talk about releasing updates and new versions of your plugin. I will also touch on the...

Maintainn Gets a Refresh!

If you’ve been keeping your eyes on WebDevStudios news, you already know that Maintainn and WebDevStudios are family. They have a brand new site that looks absolutely gorgeous (thanks to the killer Maintainn team and to one of our teams headed by Jaimie,...

How to Submit a Plugin to the WordPress Repository

The WordPress.org Plugin Repository is the canonical location to find plugins for WordPress. There are many good reasons to add your plugin to this repository–the primary being that the built-in “Add New Plugin” search capabilities are linked directly to the WordPress.org repository....

The Question That Never Gets Old: WordPress.com or WordPress.org?

To start, this post is meant for new website owners and WordPress users. Those of us who have spent years learning WordPress know how hard it can be at the beginning, and it all starts with the basics; if you have any...

Dealing with Brute Force Attacks by Yourself

In this post, I’m going to give you the tips and tricks I use on an everyday basis for handling those pesky brute force attempts by yourself on your own server. This post assumes that you know a few things about Linux...