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  To WordPress Plugin Authors – Add Changelogs

  146 readersThe lack of changelogs in a lot of WordPress plugins is something that’s bothered me for a while, and I wasn’t the only one. I’m very wary of upgrading plugins, and when I see that a plugin needs to be upgraded in my WordPress dashboard, I’d like to know exactly what’s being changed.

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  New Plugin – “I Make Plugins”

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  WordPress Plugin Changelogs

  173 readersHave you added a changelog to your plugin yet? If not, I’d really like to send out a general request that you all take the time to do so, as it will make my life easier. Over on the WordPress blog, they’ve made finding out how to add information to your plugin relating to the

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  177 readersFollowing up on the WordPress weekly, and the final topic of discussion; changelogs and implementing them into your plugins. Now a plugin, shows the changelog in your plugin page...

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  Backing up your WordPress database with WP-DB-Backup

  1774 readersI emphasized the importance of backing up in my basic security tutorial, but I discovered all of the backup tutorials I found were out of date. So here’s a tutorial on backing up your WordPress database with the terrific WP-DB-Backup plugin. The great thing about this plugin is that you can have it automatically send

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  Moving Your WordPress Site and Database

  1826 readersThere comes a time you may have to leave one web host for another. No matter the reason the idea of relocating an entire website – especially one that has been online for sometime – can seem very daunting. With a WordPress based site – I found it easier than expected – way easier. My

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  Testers, start your engines

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  WordPress Plugins for Collaboration Emails

  2019 readersIn talking with publishers who are using WordPress as a full CMS for their sites, many folks are eager to enhance the “Submit for Review” feature for Contributors to include email notifications. Peter Keung of Mugo Web, has created two Open Source GPL plugins that provide this enhanced functionality. The first is Peter’s Collaboration E-mails: