
To disable WordPress Heartbeat safely, throttle its interval to 60 seconds and deregister it on the front end with one heartbeat_settings filter — this cuts admin-ajax.php load about 75% while keeping autosave and post locking.
According to a report from CodeGuard, WordPress now powers 79% of content-driven websites. By comparison, Joomla powers 7.2%, and Drupal 5.3%. The report further notes that designers and developers are flocking to the platform in droves; it’s gained more…

Recently, Finnish security researcher Joukou Pynnonen revealed a security flaw in Yoast’s WordPress SEO plugin which allowed hackers to take over the administrator account of any CMS on which the plugin was installed. One of the most popular SEO…

I’m sure you’ve heard on at least one occasion that content delivery networks are awesome. They significantly improve the speed at which your website can deliver content. Not only does that make for a better user experience, there’s also…

What do WordPress, Drupal, Joomla!, and pretty much every other market-leading content management system have in common? Simply put, they’re having just a little bit of trouble adapting to the small screen. As smartphones and tablets become more and…
