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WordPress has been a rock among the shifting sands of website building platforms, with a fifteen-year history in the space. While other platforms have come and gone, split into multiple platforms, or struggled to even get noticed, WordPress has been a steady force that nearly one-third of the internet relies on. On December 6th, we saw the release of what is largely considered to be the biggest change to WordPress ever seen. WordPress 5.0 has moved away from the Classic Editor, and implemented the new editor, Gutenberg.

Are you a freelance WordPress web development provider? Have you struggled with the feast or famine cycle that comes along with your business model? Have you considered offering website maintenance plans to your clients but aren’t sure what to include and how to go about it?

Ahh, remote working, the holy grail of employment. Plenty of time for family and friends, meetings in your underwear, and working from the beach with a cocktail in your hand. There are a lot of GOOD reasons to go remote, but it can quickly turn into its own special set of challenges. In fact, it’s easier than you think to get behind on deadlines and become overwhelmed. Remote working is still a very new way of life that many companies are only beginning to explore, so there aren’t always great procedures in place to support the productivity and efficiency of remote workers.

Mental health awareness initiatives have increased in the WordPress community, and in the tech community as a whole, in recent years. This has been welcomed by many, especially since 2007 when the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) surveyed adults in 37 States about their attitudes toward mental illness and found that:

If you’ve ever visited Phoenix during the summer, you know it’s hot. The kind of hot that can run your electricity bill through the roof if you like to keep the inside of your home habitable. My role at SiteLock takes me out of town on a regular basis, which means I don’t spend a lot of time at home and don’t necessarily need to cool it while I’m away. Why not give the air conditioner a rest, go a little greener, and save some money in the meantime? For many, that’s easier said than done. We have a tendency to forget to change the thermostat before leaving and end up with a stomach-turning electricity bill at the end of the month. Now, you could consider using a programmable thermostat, but if your schedule isn’t exactly static, it might not be the perfect fit. Most of the time I don’t even think about the thermostat until after I’ve landed in another city. It sure would be nice if I could set my thermostat remotely. I’ve decided it might be time to consider a letting the Internet of Things (IoT) into my home.

WordPress is one of the largest website platforms available and currently powers over 26 percent of the internet. It is also the largest open-source software in the market, with over 60 million websites currently running the software. WordPress has used open-source to set itself apart and provide a long lasting impact on the online community. Continue reading as we dive in deeper and explore why open-source makes WordPress so successful.

Have you ever had trouble keeping up with your blog post schedule? If the answer is yes, then keep reading because we’re going to help you nail down that schedule and get your site filled with great content.

Back in February, a colleague and I delivered a talk on website security at WordCamp Miami. Among the many great questions we received both during the talk’s Q&A and at our sponsor booth, one common theme kept reoccurring from attendees: How does malware detection really work?

In today’s post, we’re kicking off our WordPress Community Interview series with Michael Hull, an experienced developer with Big Boom Design in Asheville, North Carolina.

SiteLock SECCON Team recently detected suspicious code in a WordPress Social Media Tab. plugin file. In this article we will discuss the malicious plugin and its payload, and detail what steps should be taken to remove and avoid using malicious plugins.