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What’s YOUR Essential Plugin list?

One of the questions we hear over and over on twitter from attendees regard plugins.  And, we heard your complaints about not getting enough info in the all-too-brief plugin session. Not wanting to screw you over, we asked WordCamp Boston speakers to help us build an essential plugin list.  Help us by adding YOUR thoughts [...]

Session: Screaming Fast WPMU: Performance Optimization is Your New BFF

Is your WordPress or WPMU install beginning to feel a bit lethargic? In this session Dan Collis-Puro will share real, honest-to-goodness, rubber-hits-the-road tips on performance optimization, nginx front-end proxy caching, and optimizing the LAMP stack. Feed your need for speed and your love of WP at the same time, and leave other WP admins in [...]

Get Your API On

API is a popular buzz-word on the web, as many of the most successful products have built their success on providing 3rd party developers the ability to interact with their service.  API stands for “Application Program Interface” and, in a nutshell, is what makes it possible for desktop, mobile and web applications to interface seamlessly [...]

Get Seen: Web Video

Get Seen: Web Video is a condensed version of my dynamic three hour class on choosing a camera, getting great audio and lighting, shooting, editing, and hosting.
Here’s an 8:15 highlight video of the most recent time I presented this class:

For Wordcamp, I’m going to blast through the highlights of this three hour session on 30 [...]

WordPress Security by Brad Williams

WordPress Security by Brad Williams

Security is a major concern for all website administrators and WordPress powered websites are no different.
Imagine losing all of your content, including posts, media, and comments. Even worse imagine spam links hiding in your content destroying your search engine ranking. Keeping your website safe from hackers and bots should be a top priority for anyone [...]