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    How to add custom JavaScript to your WordPress site

    Anna Monus
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    1. Persisted WordPress Admin Notices: Part 4

      Persisted WordPress Admin Notices: Part 4

      Tutorial Intermediate

      In this tutorial, we'll cover more ways to dismiss persistent admin notices and create our own custom admin notice types!

    2. Persisted WordPress Admin Notices: Part 3

      Persisted WordPress Admin Notices: Part 3

      Tutorial Intermediate

      In this tutorial we explore several different ways of dismissing persistent admin notices so they don't reappear when an WordPress admin pages reload.

    3. Persisted WordPress Admin Notices: Part 2

      Persisted WordPress Admin Notices: Part 2

      Tutorial Intermediate

      In this tutorial we build on the basic implementation of admin notices and demonstrate how to display them on specific admin pages and more!

    4. Persisted WordPress Admin Notices: Part 1

      Persisted WordPress Admin Notices: Part 1

      Tutorial Intermediate

      In this four-part tutorial series, we'll explore WordPress admin notices in detail and find out how to dismiss persistent notices in various ways.

    5. How to Auto Update WordPress Salts

      How to Auto Update WordPress Salts

      Tutorial Intermediate

      In this tutorial we cover what WordPress salts are, and why you should care about them. And, more importantly, how to keep them regularly updated!

    6. Top WordPress Security Tips for Admins

      Top WordPress Security Tips for Admins

      Tutorial Beginner

      In this video from my course, WordPress Security Top Tips, you'll discover some key steps administrators should take to make their WordPress sites more secure.

    7. 10 Must-See Easy Digital Downloads Extensions for Your WordPress Site

      10 Must-See Easy Digital Downloads Extensions for Your WordPress Site

      Tutorial Beginner

      Add new features and increase online sales with these 10 must-see Easy Digital Downloads Extensions for your WordPress site.

    8. Quick Tip: Theme Android With the Runtime Resource Overlay Framework

      Quick Tip: Theme Android With the Runtime Resource Overlay Framework

      Tutorial Advanced

      The RRO framework lets you create themes that change the look of almost every app on an Android device. Learn how to use it to edit the quick settings tray.

    9. New Course: WordPress Security Top Tips

      New Course: WordPress Security Top Tips

      Tutorial Beginner

      Do you have half an hour free to beef up your WordPress security knowhow? If so, you'll want to take our new short course, WordPress Security Top Tips.

    10. Get Started With the WPCOM.js WordPress API

      Get Started With the WPCOM.js WordPress API

      Tutorial Beginner

      The new WPCOM.js library lets you use the power of WordPress to build an easy-to-update back-end for web and mobile apps. Learn about our new WPCOM course.

    11. How to Deploy a WordPress Plugin From TravisCI to WordPress.org

      How to Deploy a WordPress Plugin From TravisCI to WordPress.org

      Tutorial Beginner

      Not everyone likes subversion. If you use Git to manage WordPress plugin development, keeping your Git repo and the WordPress.org SVN repo in sync is...

    12. Dynamic Page Templates in WordPress, Part 3

      Dynamic Page Templates in WordPress, Part 3

      Tutorial Advanced

      In part three we'll create specific dynamic page templates that you can use in your own projects. We also cover using dynamic page templates for Custom Post...