Talk – Olivia Bisset lemonadecode.com/WCUS If WordPress doesn’t become attractive to the next generation it will become a relic. WordCamps Don’t use the word kids, use words like teens and students Make regular tracks attractive to to young people Market to young people, don’t make it all about old people Meetups Don’t use foul language,…
scaledynamix.com/WCUS 0-Day Vulnerabilities Recently discovered No current fix Already being attacked Reference – wpvulndb.com Why My Site? They want to send your traffic somewhere else to boost SEO rank They want to use your site as a “bot” to attack a targeted site. How Do You Protect Your Site? Protection Against Redirects Hardcode your site/home…
TL;DR – This year #WCGR was all about people and conversations for me. Oh, and trying my hand at speaking, which I didn’t totally bomb. Today marked the 4th WordCamp Grand Rapids that I’ve attended. Last year I was just an attendee but this year I stepped things up in a pretty bug way. I…
Well I finally feel like I can legitimately call myself a #WordPress Developer. It’s been a great couple of weeks so far. I work with a great group of people that have genuinely welcomed me into the company. #ForumOne
Why Talk To Other Sites? Ask them questions – Getting Data Tell them things – Process Requests. How is This Done? GET – wp_remote_get() POST – wp_remote_post() HEAD – wp_remote_head() Cache API Content WordPress Sites (/wp-json) – pull public WordPress site data