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The Ultimate Guide to UpdraftPlus: How to Backup, Restore, or Migrate Your WordPress Website

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UpdraftPlus is one of the most popular plugins for WordPress and is an excellent tool to help you backup, restore, or even migrate your website. There are plenty of features including backup scheduling and multiple storage options to choose from, and the plugin can be expanded through add-ons.

Of course a tool is only useful if you know how to use it. This article will guide you through creating backups, restoring, and migrating your WordPress website using UpdraftPlus.

Source: The Ultimate Guide to UpdraftPlus: How to Backup, Restore, or Migrate Your WordPress Website

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How to Convert Any HTML5 Template Into an Awesome WordPress Theme

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What do you do when you can’t find the perfect WordPress theme? In all likelihood, you probably turn to a theme framework. However, every once in a while, you probably have this thought flit across your mind: “I should just code an HTML5 template and convert it into a WordPress theme.” But that’s just a pipe dream right? Let’s be realistic. The truth is, as long as you have some basic WordPress programming skills, converting an HTML5 template into a WordPress theme is within reach — provided you’re willing to put in the effort.

Source: How to Convert Any HTML5 Template Into an Awesome WordPress Theme

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A to Z of WordPress Terminology for Beginners to Advanced

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A lot of posts on this blog attempt to explain WordPress concepts and terminology, or at least those that are relevant to the post. And the WordPress Codex does a great job of explaining the concepts used by WordPress. Here is a jargon buster for WordPress users and developers.

Source: A to Z of WordPress Terminology for Beginners to Advanced

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12 Frustrating Things About WordPress & How to Make Them Go Away

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Make no mistake: WordPress is an awesome CMS. But nothing is 100% perfect. There are always going to be frustrating things about WordPress, even for hardcore fans like us. That’s why WordPress has been designed to be incredibly extendable with themes, plugins, code snippets, and more. Because of this, there is almost always a great fix for any little annoyance.

 

Source: 12 Frustrating Things About WordPress & How to Make Them Go Away

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25+ Essential WordPress Plugins for Bloggers

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Starting a WordPress blog is super-easy; anyone can do it. However, managing said blog, building an audience, and growing it to a point where you can make a living from it? Now, that’s a different story altogether.

Source: 25+ Essential WordPress Plugins for Bloggers

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WordPress Security: The Ultimate 32-Step Checklist

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Back when I was starting out as a web designer and developer, my biggest problem was getting stuff to work the way I wanted it to. I was concerned more about getting things (mostly) working as I expected them to be. Getting things to look snazzy was usually one of my primary goals when finishing a website. WordPress security was the least of my concerns. Hacking was something I read about, not something I expected to happen to me. SQL injection, cross-site scripting, elevation of privileges and critical security vulnerabilities were just buzzwords in tech news.

Source: WordPress Security: The Ultimate 32-Step Checklist

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24 Must-Do Checks Before Launching Your WordPress Website

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Website development can often be a lengthy and arduous process, especially if you’re creating it for someone who doesn’t have a clear vision of what they want. That’s why the urge to rush a site launch can be so tempting. While some developers might think, “If I push it live, we can just work out the last remaining kinks afterwards,” that sort of logic can get you into trouble.

Source: 24 Must-Do Checks Before Launching Your WordPress Website

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Getting Started With Contact Form Plugins for WordPress

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Have you ever heard of the Seahawks’ 12th Man? Those who follow football know that only 11 players from each team are allowed on the field at any given time. However, Seattle’s fans have been branded as the “12th Man” because of the profound effect their vocal presence and support has had on the Seahawks’ games. That’s how we feel about websites. They might not be a living, breathing team member who can call leads and attend company meetings, but they are still a very important part of a business’s sales, marketing, and customer relationship efforts.

Source: Getting Started With Contact Form Plugins for WordPress

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How Fast Is Your WordPress Site? Find out with These Free Speed Testing Tools

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How long does it take for your WordPress website to load? Two seconds? Three seconds? Heaven forbid, more than four seconds? If you don’t know, there’s a good chance that a slow-loading website is costing you pageviews and conversions. The first step to fixing any problem is admitting that you have a problem. But how do find out if you even have a website speed problem? By using free website speed testing tools.

Source: How Fast Is Your WordPress Site? Find out with These Free Speed Testing Tools

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JavaScript for WordPress Developers: Getting Started With Objects

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Objects are one of the most important and most powerful features of JavaScript and many built-in features use objects natively. Essentially, an object is a collection of properties, and a property consists of a key and a value. In this sense, objects in JavaScript are akin to associative arrays in PHP but the similarities end there.

Source: JavaScript for WordPress Developers: Getting Started With Objects