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A VIP Infrastructure for WordPress Cron

We’re happy to announce a new Cron infrastructure for our VIP Cloud Hosting Service platform. In this post we’ll take you through why we did this, how we did it, and what problems it solves for our VIP clients. The VIP platform provides performance, speed,…

Democratic National Convention Committee launches on WordPress VIP

Today, we are proud to partner with the Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) in launching their newly revamped website, powered by WordPress VIP. The new website will connect delegates, members of the media, and those interested in getting involved with the convention with the…

Digital River named a WordPress VIP Gold Technology Partner

Digital River joins our growing group of partners with proven excellence implementing WordPress at scale. Digital River is now WordPress VIP’s first single-solution, global payments partner, bringing a unique and unparalleled value for our clients.

Key Differences Between Validation and Sanitization

VIP Services developer Daniel Bachhuber shares some tips on writing better code for your WordPress site: Your code works, but is it safe? When writing code for a high-profile environment, you’ll need to be extra cautious of how you handle data coming into WordPress and…

Resources for the newly remote

Wow, what strange times we find ourselves in. Much of the world’s workforce has been thrust into working remotely, parents are learning to educate their kids at home, and we’re being told to keep our distance from all the people we want to hug even…

Interested in joining the team?

VIP is hiring, and we’ve recently expanded the roles we’re looking for! There are a few questions that often come up when we talk to folks about working with VIP. I’ll try to go over some of them now. Is Automattic / WordPress.com VIP a…

Webinar: Demystifying Decoupled WordPress

WATCH NOW You may have heard a decoupled (or “headless”) CMS can make it simpler to deliver content across multiple channels and devices. However, this approach—where your CMS is completely separate from your front-end user experience—can also add unnecessary complexity, cost, and time to your…

Weidenhammer named a Silver agency partner

We are proud to welcome Weidenhammer as a new Silver agency partner! Weidenhammer was formed in 1978 to help clients with Information Technology. Over 12 years ago, Weidenhammer’s agency arm started building websites on WordPress to better serve their clients’ needs. Today, Weidenhammer builds incredible enterprise-grade…

Debunking 5 myths about decoupled WordPress

Thanks to our roles in the WordPress and enterprise software communities, we participate in a lot of conversations with both agencies and brands about the best systems and architectures to power stellar customer experiences. While our official stance is along the lines of, “the best…

Custom Tools for the Largest UK Newspaper: The Sun and Human Made

Powerful and intuitive, the WordPress editorial and content management interface is also extremely flexible. It has been customized to match varied and sophisticated workflows for enterprise media and marketing teams all over the world. Last month at the Big WP Meetup in London, John Blackbourn…