WordPress hasn’t ever been just a blog platform. Sure, it’s roots came from it’s b2 cafelog days, but once it was forked, the plans to improve and make it a robust content management system started. And today, it’s considered the best CMS in the market. Millions of websites are powered by WordPress. However, when it
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WordPress Rockstar: Shayda Torabi
I speak at a lot of WordCamps, and that’s how I met Shayda Torabi. She’s this intelligent, bubbly, and wonderfully kind lady, who has a big heart. I met Shayda when she did her first WordCamp talk, You Have 2 Hands, at WordCamp Las Vegas 2015. Like a lot of people, she was nervous, but
[Continue Reading...]How to Fix WordPress Posts Returning a 404 Error
WordPress does some weird things, like when you try to publish a post, and it returns a 404, not found page. This is of course, unexpected behavior. In this case, you click to publish the post, and while it loads to the 404 error, you will see in your browser address area, or where the
[Continue Reading...]WordPress Rockstar: Russell Aaron
Russell Aaron is a WordPress Rockstar for many reasons, but his enthusiasm and gusto for WordPress was what impressed me when I finally met him in person. He’s my kind of people who appreciate rock, has a love for WordPress and life, and just exudes a lot of energy and positivity. Russell contributes to the
[Continue Reading...]Community and WordPress – How Can We Help It Grow Healthfully
I’ve been moderating communities for years, since high school, and observed a lot of things throughout those years. I ran some of the largest and earliest Yahoo! Clubs, some with over 50,000 members. I love people, so of course, as the Internet grew, I joined a lot more communities that interested me. I’ve been a
[Continue Reading...]I’m Still Not Going to Join the Herd By Allowing Automatic Updates in WordPress
I was a bit perturbed during a WordCamp speech that a security plugin developer told his crowd that if you don’t allow automatic updates, you’re a fool and stupid. I find that a foolish statement, considering the fact that backups and security should go hand in hand. Before updating any software, you make a backup.
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