Ahmad Awaistl;dr: When I’m logged into a SaaS app, it’s super hard to access the company’s homepage unless I log out. I want...
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WordPress 4.7 & The Spirit of Regular Core Contribution
I cannot tell you how much proud I feel being a contributing developer for the latest WordPress release i.e. WP 4.7 “Vaughan”. This release has been a huge accomplishment for the WordPress community. Today, I plan to share a small story about how it feels to contribute to the WordPress core software regularly.
Ahmad Awais
WordPress in Urdu — History in the Making!
? We did it! WordPress 4.7 will be the first WordPress version with 100% Urdu translation! Thanks to 110 translators. ? #WPTranslationday.
Ahmad Awais
Introducing CEM CLI | Move From cPanel to EasyEngine With Ease
CEM CLI is a cPanel to EasyEngine Migration CLI. It's quite new at the moment and is meant to automate bits of the repetitive tasks that one has to go through while migrating their sites from a cPanel based shared hosting (with no SSH access) to an EasyEngine based rented VPS.
Ahmad Awais
Are You Selling to HUMANS or Robots?
Today, I am going to talk about marketing, but before I do that, I need to make a case for who I am and why you should listen to what I have to say. That is, it's not a post from a developer who's sharing a bunch of tips on how to do it. I used to be a marketer. Wore many hats throughout my career and marketing was one of them.
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Dealing With GoDaddy ManageWP Acquisition & #WPDrama?
GoDaddy has acquired ManageWP. There's been a lot of #WPDrama! I am dealing with it, my way! GoDaddy! You & I, We Need to Talk! Read why I think this acquisition would turn out to be an excellent thing.
Ahmad Awais
[SERIES] WordPress Product Launch User Experience Best Practices
100 hours of research and 6 part FREE series about how to improve WordPress products launch and the overall user experience. Throughout this series, I have shared my strategies of how I got about 15,000 downloads, 5,000 active site installs, 4,300 Newsletter subscribers, and got featured in the trending products at ProductHunt with roughly [...]
Ahmad Awais
Should I Create a New Menu or a SubMenu inside WP Admin Panel
Should you create a new menu or a sub-menu for your WordPress product inside the admin panel? I have a lot to say about it. Mostly, about responsible WordPress development.
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Why You Should Never Use Colored Icons Inside the WP Admin Panel
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Getting Featured on WordPress.tv’s Homepage
John reached out to me, we had a fun little chat about global aspect of the WordPress community, giving back to WordPress as a Core Contributor, and about AWP Group with the $100K WP giveaway that I ran last month.
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WordPress 4.6 “Pepper” — Customize Component FTW
? WordPress 4.6 has been released. It is the 4th major version release where I was able to contribute code to the WordPress core. Giving back to the WordPress community; especially in the form of core contributions — has been an incredibly empowering and inherently humble experience for me...
Ahmad Awais