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Jetpack 101
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Is Jetpack Bloated? More Data that Debunks the Myth
The numbers don’t lie! Get the truth about what happens to site speed when Jetpack is installed and find out how it compares to WordPress core with no plugins at all.
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“Hear it from us first”: Why every site should run Jetpack
Jetpack is a WordPress plugin that helps you optimise your site on various fronts: traffic, development and user experience amongst others. There is one feature however which I feel is critical: Jetpack Monitor. Simply put, Jetpack Monitor keeps tabs on your site and alerts you the moment that downtime is detected. Like a lot of…
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Indispensable Jetpack features for theme developers
Jetpack offers a number of great features for theme developers that help you cut down both development time as well as load times. Most of these features work right out of the box, but you can also get under the hood to apply tweaks and customisations that really take your theme to the next level.…
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How to install Stats and Analytics on your WordPress site with Jetpack
If you run a website, you probably want to know how many visitors you’re getting. So, unsurprisingly, Jetpack Stats is one of the most popular features we offer! This feature gives you the ability to quickly see how many visits your site gets, what posts and pages are most popular and where your visitors are coming from. There…
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Let Users Showcase their Posts with Featured Content
The power of showcasing content Featured Content is a great way to let users highlight their most important posts. Our Theme Wranglers use it often on WordPress.com, but this awesomeness is available to all theme developers. The concept is simple: each theme can determine where and how Featured Content is displayed. Then, right from their…
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Jetpack 2.7: Share your content on Google+
We recently released a slew of Google+ integrations for WordPress, and mentioned that Google+ Publicize support would be coming soon to Jetpack users. Publicize makes it easy to share your new posts on other social networks (like Facebook and Twitter). Using it is a great way to build your readership and expose your content to new…
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Jetpack 2.3.5: Share Your Path Moments with Publicize
Jetpack 2.3.5 is out and contains an update to our Publicize feature! Our Publicize feature is a quick, simple way to build your readership and share your latest content automatically on other social networks, including Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and LinkedIn. Working with our good friends at Path, we’re excited to announce that you can now connect…
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Photon and Themes
Theme crafters often ask whether Photon — the free Image Content Delivery Network module in Jetpack — can be used to speed up page loads and save on bandwidth when delivering images from their themes. The short answer: Yes! Read on for the how-to.
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Jetpack 2.3: Omnisearch, Social Links, and DIY Debugging
Version 2.3 of Jetpack has launched! New features like Omnisearch, Social Links, the Debugger, and more give you powerful, simple ways to customize and administer your Jetpack-powered site. Ominsearch Omnisearch: one search box, global results. Don’t waste time digging for that one comment with the useful link — or was it a post you saw…
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Tiles and Circles and Squares, Oh My!
Jetpack has lots of different modules that do all sorts of fun and interesting things to supercharge your self-hosted WordPress site. Not everyone uses all of these modules, though — with so much good stuff, it’s easy to miss something. To help you discover all the great things you could be doing with Jetpack, we’ll…
