How to Use wp_schedule_event() for WordPress Cron Jobs
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Use wp_schedule_event() safely with a complete WordPress cron example covering callbacks, duplicate checks, custom intervals, errors, testing, and cleanup.
(read more)15 React Best Practices You Need to Follow
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If you’re a frontend developer engaged in building highly interactive user interfaces, you’ve most likely got React in your toolkit. While working on your React-powered creations, you should be careful to do things in tune with the React best practices. This will help to keep your code better organized.
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Automattic Acquires Tumblr, Trusted Authors Program Cancelled, Auto-Updates Debate 🗞️ September 2019 WordPress News w/ CodeinWP
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Hey everyone, welcome back to our September 2019 WordPress news roundup! Part of our team was out of office in August, myself included. Now I’m back with the freshest stories that took place in the WordPress realm last month.
(read more)Best Email Hosting Providers: 7 Top Options Compared
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Most website hosting plans come with built-in email hosting, but the best email hosting providers offer a variety of benefits you might not get from your everyday web host and their standard shared servers.
(read more)Micro-Interactions Tutorial for Beginner Developers: How to Create an Interactive “Like” Button With CSS and JavaScript
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I think it’s safe to say that micro-interactions are cool. We – web people – universally all enjoy them. And no matter if you’re noticing them or not, they provide a significant user experience improvement. By making your website or web tool come to life subtly and in a friendly way, they simply make the user enjoy the whole interaction a tiny bit more.
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5 Data-Backed Reasons Why Freelancers Should Build a Strong Personal Brand
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As a freelancer, it’s on you to determine how you want people to perceive you, and the best way to do that is with personal branding. Yes, the quality of your work matters, but you also need to gain name recognition. Just like any business, freelancers must rely on personal branding to secure a steady flow of gigs and to command higher rates.
(read more)6 of the Best Cross Browser Testing Tools – In-Depth Comparison
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Why care for best cross browser testing tools? Cross browser testing is a process of assessing the functionality of your web application on various browsers before pushing changes to production. In this post, we cover the best cross browser testing tools. We take into account various aspects such as cost considerations and ability to automate the whole process.
(read more)How to Optimize Images for Web and Make Them Work on All Devices (Responsive Images for Mobile, Desktop, Tablet)
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When was the last time you saw a website without any images on it? “Never” would be the right answer. Images are just too essential. And this isn’t even about that cringe-worthy stock photo to go along your “10 online marketing tips” post. Images are useful for multiple purposes.
(read more)5 High-Quality Sketch Alternatives for Windows
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When it comes to User Interface (UI) design, Sketch is a popular platform for collaborative prototyping and vector editing. Unfortunately, it’s only available for macOS, and as such, some UI designers will need to find Sketch alternatives for Windows.
(read more)WordPress User Meta: Add, Get, Update, and Secure Custom User Fields
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Learn how WordPress user meta stores custom user fields, how CRUD functions behave, and how to add a secure profile field with REST support.
(read more)WordPress Theme Review Team, WordCamp Asia, Netlify Plugins 🗞️ August 2019 WordPress News w/ CodeinWP
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Hey guys! We find ourselves already past the mid-point of the year – all things seem to fast-forward in 2019. Weeks pass like days, and days pass like hours. Or maybe it’s just us. Last month, we took a break from our classic news roundup to fully cover our favorite event, WordCamp Europe. Now, we’re back in business with the latest WordPress news.
(read more)EDD vs Freemius vs Gumroad vs WooCommerce – Which Is the Best for Selling WordPress Plugins and Themes?
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Choosing the right eCommerce platform for selling WordPress plugins and themes can be a difficult decision. There are quite a few platforms available for WordPress businesses to sell their products, and each one has different features that can have a big impact on conversion rates and your bottom line. Making the right decision requires a fair amount of research and comparison of the different platforms available.
(read more)What’s the Top WordPress LMS? LearnDash vs LearnPress vs LifterLMS vs Masteriyo
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If you are looking to create and sell online courses then you need an effective WordPress LMS (learning management system) to assist you. A powerful LMS plugin will help you to design varied and stimulating courses, that inform your learners and provide value for money.
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Figma vs Sketch vs Adobe XD: Which Is the Better Design Tool?
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Why you should care for Figma vs Sketch vs Adobe XD? There is no denying that in recent years we have seen monumental growth in the availability of UI design tools. When Sketch first came out, it completely changed the course of action for all designers. Just two years after its initial release, Sketch was awarded Apple’s Design Award.
(read more)Themeisle Redesign: Here’s How It Went and How Much It Cost
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I hate to be a buzzkill, but I'm not a fan of redesigns. I get the excitement behind changing things up and refreshing your site every couple of years, and I understand why so many people love to get themselves through that, but that's just not me.
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40+ Shopping Cart Abandonment Rate Statistics (Plus How to Recover Carts)
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It’s 2024, and cart abandonment is still a big problem for ecommerce sites. Following on from our blog post about abandoned cart emails, we crunched some numbers, and this post collects a number of cart abandonment statistics, both from our own database as well as third-party studies.
(read more)Vue.js Tutorial for Beginner Developers: A Starter Vue Structure
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Whenever you start using new technologies in your development flow, you might feel at least a bit intimidated. Especially when there’s a myriad of npm packages out there in the wild. Mixing and matching things can sometimes take a lot of time and effort, and is usually frustrating. This is where the following Vue.js tutorial for beginner developers comes into play.
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