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WordPress Weekly Digest: 4/24/17

Darcy Wheeler 4.24.2017

Every week brings fresh news and updates in the world of WordPress. Here we recap some of the biggest stories in the WordPress community provided by Torque. Dedicated to informing new and advanced WordPress users about the industry, Torque is a hub for WordPress news, business, and community.

This week’s WordPress Digest features stories on Automattic closing its San Francisco office, your guide to hiring a WordPress developer, how to auto-sync your Git repositories into WordPress, and more. 

DOC POP’S NEWS DROP: IS AUTOMATTIC CLOSING ITS SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE?

If you’re on a hunt for a new office in San Francisco, rumor on the street is that Automattic might be shutting down their San Francisco corridors. Watch Doc Pop’s news drop above for the latest on the topic.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HIRING A WORDPRESS DEVELOPER

While WordPress is fairly easy to use out of the box, to build a fully-functional, responsive site, you might consider hiring a developer to do it for you. This guide will equip you with what you need to know prior to hiring, including what questions you should ask prospects, whether or not to hire a single freelancer or a team of developers, and more.

HOW TO AUTO-SYNC YOUR GIT REPOSITORIES TO WORDPRESS

Whether you’re using GitHub, BitBucket, GitLab or similar to deploy changes, syncing these changes with WordPress can be somewhat tedious. However, this article will show you how to automatically sync your GitHub repositories with WordPress using a third-party installation. In no time your development workflow will be taken to the next level.

USING THE WORDPRESS REST API WITHOUT AN EXTRA HTTP REQUEST

In this tutorial, learn how to get properly formatted REST API responses without any additional HTTP requests. You’ll also learn how to make a no page refresh pagination post archive. Learning how to do these things is beneficial because reducing page requests will result in faster page load times.

TORQUE TOONS: WP SMUSH WINS PLUGIN MADNESS

Plugin Madness recently wrapped up and WP Smush took home the trophy. Check out Torque’s latest comical take on the event here.

Stay tuned for more feature stories and WordPress news from torquemag.io!

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