Phil Wylie

WordPress developer, Code Club volunteer & Staffs Web Meetup organiser

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Improving WordPress search with Algolia

Helping customers to find things quickly reduces frustration and can lead to higher sales. The search functionality provided out-of-the-box by WordPress is at best considered basic. With customer expectations set by the likes of Google and Amazon, how can we improve the often overlooked on-site search experience? Improving WordPress search with Algolia

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A Graduate’s Guide to Applying for Web Development Placements

I had a pleasant time yesterday visiting Staffordshire University. Ian and I went along to represent iWeb. We were there along with representatives from a number of local companies in the web industry. The University had put on a session for second year web students. The aim was to help prepare them for making placement […]

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How To Keep Your WordPress Website Secure

LinkedIn, Ashley Madison, Yahoo! and Mossack Fonseca… what do these companies all have in common? Large-scale data breaches have received much coverage in the media recently, prompting a renewed interest in online privacy and security. Today, we’re going to look at WordPress website security and how we can help prevent ourselves from falling victim to […]

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Code Club Volunteering

Over the last year I’ve been volunteering at Stafford Library, running a Code Club. A weekly after school coding club designed for children aged 9-11. In this post I’ll give an overview of what Code Club covers and some of my experiences since getting involved. Code Club Volunteering

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WordCamp London 2016

WordCamp London has come around fast! We’re travelling down Friday evening, so we can be ready, bright and early on Saturday morning for registration. WordCamp London 2016 is a two day conference focused on the blogging platform/content management system, WordPress. WordCamp London 2016

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