A short month won’ t deter WebDevStudios (WDS) from dedicating the last Friday of February to Five for the Future. All a short month does is make the opportunity to contribute to WordPress happen sooner, and because WDS loves to participate, we’ re that much more grateful for it. Get…
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Company News – February
The year is looking great at WebDevStudios! We’ re keeping busy and taking things to the next level. So, let’ s kick it off by beginning with an exciting announcement. Here’ s the latest company news from WebDevStudios. Introducing WebDevStudios’ s Next.js WordPress Starter WebDevStudios (WDS) is excited about the potential that…
Never Worked with a Project Manager? Here’s What You Need to Know!
At WebDevStudios (WDS) we work with a variety of clients, who all come to trust our amazingly talented team of engineers almost immediately. Clients equate the expertise of our engineers to the success of their project. Having been a project manager at WDS for three years now, I…
Ditch FTP and Switch to rsync
rsync isn’ t new. It’ s been around since the late 1990s. So why are we talking about this in 2021?!? If we’ re still using SFTP for transfers to some hosts, it’ s likely you’ ve talked about rsync. So, let’ s all sync up and go on this journey together. FTP: …
The Benefits of Project Management
Does your team have a formal project management process? Many people wonder why they need a project manager for their projects and team. They may even think it’s a waste of time and resources. However, the benefits of project management far outweigh the costs. In fact, project…
WP Search with Algolia Tips and Tricks
Let’s face it; the native WordPress search is mediocre at best. The search algorithm takes only post title, content, and excerpt into consideration when generating search results. It also places extreme relevance on exact matches, which can lead to irrelevant results being returned for search queries. The WP…
WebDevStudios Day in the Life of a Lead Engineer
Jeffrey de Wit JOB TITLE: Lead Engineer YEARS AT WEBDEVSTUDIOS: 4 Jeffrey de Wit, Lead Engineer Way back in the year of 2016, four years and a decade of 2020 ago, I joined WebDevStudios (WDS) as a Frontend Developer. The reasons for doing so are very simple: I…
Accessible Websites Benefit Everyone
Accessibility, sometimes written in short form as a11y, is often the lowest item on a website priority list, if it even makes it on the list at all. As I’ ve been learning about developing and maintaining accessible websites, I’ ve noticed that many people still have a lot…
First Five for the Future in 2021
The times may be unprecedented but WebDevStudios’ (WDS) dedication to giving back to WordPress is not! After donating over 1400 hours to Five for the Future in 2020, we are still at it with no end in sight. This Friday, January 29th, our team is dedicating the entire…
WebDevStudios 2020 Year in Review
We could go on and on about how unprecedented last year was for everyone, but by now, you’ ve read that line a thousand times. Instead, we would rather list our noteworthy moments and milestones. Like everyone else, we adapted to change as best we could, still managing to…
How to Use Dynamic Imports in Next.js
During some late night performance testing, I kept asking myself, “ How can I reduce page load times in Next.js load times?” While obsessing over the Network Panel tool, I did what most engineers do in times of desperation and hit the Google. That’ s when I discovered the amazing…
Remote Work Resolutions for 2021
Well, we’ve been in the new pandemic world for about a year now. Companies have had to completely shift their way of thinking to adjust; some stuff worked and some not so much. There is always room for improvement. As we continue with the start of a new…
Volunteer for the WordPress Contributor Working Group
What do you think of when I say “WordPress Contributor”? I’m willing to bet you picture a developer, whether it’s you or someone else. Or, perhaps you aren’t familiar with the concept of contributing to WordPress at all. If either of these ring true, you are not alone, …
Top Blog Posts from 2020
The pandemic confined us to our homes for work, school, and entertainment, causing a 40% increase of internet usage. It’ s no wonder that we at WebDevStudios (WDS) found more and more readers browsing our blog. After analyzing our internal data, we discovered our most popular blog…
WebDevStudios Day in the Life of a Director of Project Management
Cristina Holt JOB TITLE: Director of Project Management Office YEARS AT WEBDEVSTUDIOS: 7 Cristina Holt, Director of Project Management Way back in 2013, I was looking for a new opportunity. I had been in project management and account management for about six years in various industries, like pharmaceuticals, …
WordPress Blocks Backwards Compatibility
When I narrowed my development career focus from the PHP world at large to WordPress land, one of the things I enjoyed was WordPress’ commitment to backwards compatibility. As my fellow Minnesota coworker and pragmatist, Richard Aber, would say, new features are often syntactic sugar. In…
‘Tis the Season for Five for the Future
We can’ t let the holidays get in the way of participating in Five for the Future this month. In fact, what better time of year to contribute to WordPress than during the holiday season? Open-source technology is the gift that keeps on giving, and WebDevStudios (WDS) is proud…
Giving Back with Another Charity Challenge
Yearly, the WebDevStudios (WDS) team pulls together for a holiday fundraising activity that benefits charitable groups. While our efforts to give back are on the same page, we make it fun by dividing up into two teams and competing to raise the most money four our selected nonprofits….
Company News – December 2020
This is the last WebDevStudios (WDS) company news blog post of 2020! Between all of our Five for the Future days, media mentions, CPTUI milestones (our most popular plugin), and surpassing the 8, 300 mark of Twitter followers, so much has happened at WDS this year. We’ ll follow that…
Campbell’s Soup Save the Snow Day: A Client Success Story
After just sharing the client success story of mySongbird, the ultimate destination for viewing live streaming musical performances, WebDevStudios (WDS) is delighted to share another. The pandemic and remote learning are threatening to bring an end to the classic snow day. You know, that exciting, fun-filled day when…
