Author: Sufyan bin Uzayr

Accelerated Mobile Pages for WordPress: What You Need to Know

August 12th, 2016 • in WordPress Web Design Guides • by Sufyan bin Uzayr - 3 Comments

Ever since the latter half of 2015, the concept of Accelerated Mobile Pages for WordPress as well as other website technologies has been in discussion. Web developers, WordPress people, SEO experts, and everyone else associated with content creation or management has been talking about the AMP Project.

But what exactly is the AMP Project? We know that “Accelerated Mobile Pages” refers to something that can, well, accelerate your pages on the mobile. Ideally, a website using AMP should load faster and provide a better UX overall as compared to one that doesn’t use AMP, all other things being constant. (more…)

The Problem With “Get Pro” Plugin Notifications

April 20th, 2016 • in Essential Tips and Tutorials for WordPress Beginners • by Sufyan bin Uzayr - 6 Comments
 This is a contribution by Sufyan bin Uzayr. 
Quite possibly, the biggest and most obvious factor behind the popularity of WordPress is the fact that you can extend its features and functionality with the help of plugins and themes … all within minutes.

Need to add an eCommerce store to your website? Cool, have no fear! How about a job board or a help desk, right next to your WordPress site? A forum for your readers? Yes, all of that is possible! (more…)

Beginner’s Guide to Learning JavaScript as a WordPress Developer

January 25th, 2016 • in WordPress Web Design Guides • by Sufyan bin Uzayr - No Comments
 This is a contribution by Sufyan bin Uzayr. 
If you have been following the happenings in the WordPress community for the past couple of months, you might already be aware of the rising importance of JavaScript.

First up, the WordPress.com desktop app, Calypso, departed from the standard PHP route and has been coded using JavaScript (something CodeinWP talked about recently). And if that was not enough, in his annual “State of the Word” address in December 2015, Matt Mullenweg kept it straight and simple: (more…)