Automattic Local dev environments are used to build and test sites, plugins and themes. In this article, you'll learn about several local environments and discover how to set up your own with Docker. ... Read More.
Automattic By: Keanan Koppenhaver In the WordPress ecosystem, transients are a part of the codebase that’s rarely talked about. But depending on what type of code you’re writing in your plugins and themes, transients can be a powerful aid in making your code more performant. If your code is running a complex database query or calling ... Read More.
Automattic By: Ivan Kahl WordPress, launched in 2003, is an open source, PHP-based CMS that uses a MySQL database to store data. Developers can use it to create blogs, websites, landing pages, and web apps. This versatility has made WordPress overwhelmingly popular, and it currently powers over 43 percent of all websites. It also boasts a ... Read More.
Automattic By Cameron Pavey WordPress sites typically use PHP to serve HTML content that’s preloaded with necessary data. However, thanks to the WordPress REST API, this approach is not the only way to build WordPress sites. The REST API allows you to communicate with your site’s backend by sending and receiving JSON objects. You can use it ... Read More.
Automattic Understanding the importance of scalable hosting and how WordPress.com can provide that need. ... Read More.
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Automattic Although your site visitors never see it, form spam is a headache for site owners – especially if you get email or text notifications every time a visitor completes a form on your site. Preventing form spam helps alleviate this headache. But what is form spam exactly? Most form spam occurs when bots discover your ... Read More.
L. Jeffrey Zeldman “At Automattic, you build your own career path and find opportunities to follow it with the support of your lead.” ... Read More.
L. Jeffrey Zeldman Welcome to Automattic Women—conversations with some of the remarkable women working all over the world to design and develop Automattic software and make the web a better place. Today’s interviewee, Developer Apprenticeship Rossana Menezes, chats with us from her traveling workstation somewhere around the globe. Who are you, and what do you do? At Automattic, ... Read More.
L. Jeffrey Zeldman Open source practice lead and community steward Josepha Haden Chomphosy chats about what brought her to Automattic, and what keeps her here. ... Read More.
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