[ad_1] Setting up XAMPP on your Windows machine is by far no easy feat, let me tell you! But once it’s installed, it’s a breeze to run and will save you a bunch of time if you need to run WordPress locally. In fact, you’ll forget it’s even there. Having a localhost environment is an … Continue reading How to Install XAMPP and WordPress Locally on PC/Windows →

[ad_1] The images on my site looked decent and loaded quickly. I thought that was enough. Then I invested some time in making them Retina-ready and WOWZA, the upgraded photos looked phe-nom-e-nal! Now there’s no way I can go back. Retina devices have more pixels per inch, so they require high-resolution images to fill in … Continue reading The Best Ways to Make Images Retina-Ready for Your WordPress Site →

[ad_1] Google+ is closing April 2, 2019. No surprise to those of us still being spammed by memories from the ghost of Google+ Pages past. So why even bring it up? 4 Words – G+ WordPress Plugin Integrations (Or is that 5 words?). Where have all the G+ Icons gone? WPMU DEV had many plugins … Continue reading WordPress Plugins Say Goodbye to Google+ →

[ad_1] Just when everyone thought WebP images were done, they came back in a big way. WebP images are smack in the middle of their comeback story, now that Firefox and Microsoft Edge have recently started supporting WebP images. What is WebP? It’s is the best image format that no one has heard of, but … Continue reading How to Serve Images in Next-Gen Formats with WordPress →