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Vitaly Friedman loves beautiful content and doesn’t like to give in easily. When he is not writing, he’s most probably running front-end & UX … More about Vitaly ↬

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There are plenty of beginner tutorials, round-up posts, and code snippets, but few good places to go for more advanced, in-depth content about WordPress. In this section, we’re aiming for quality articles on intermediate-level topics, with an emphasis on developing smarter and faster sites, with the world’s most popular publishing platform. If you’re new to WordPress, we’ve got a series of tutorials lined up that will get you up to speed on techniques we’ll be exploring in future articles.

With WordPress’ phenomenal growth, we’ve seen an explosion in the amount of WordPress-related content available on the web. There are plenty of beginner tutorials, round-up posts, and code snippets, but few good places to go for more advanced, in-depth content. With the Smashing Magazine WordPress section, we’re aiming for quality articles on intermediate-level topics, with an emphasis on developing smarter, faster sites with the world’s most popular publishing platform.

Also, we’ll be covering many aspects of WordPress, at a deeper level, and geared toward a more intermediate audience. If you’re new to WordPress, that’s fine too – we’ve got a series of tutorials lined up that will get you up to speed on techniques we’ll be exploring in future articles.

Introducing Marcus Couch

Marcus Couch

"Marcus Couch has been a staple in the WordPress community for over a decade. He has been using WordPress for personal and business clients, designing and developing over 400 sites through his Southern California based WordPress agency, X² Marketing.

Marcus is one of the longest running podcasters in WordPress, co-hosting the WordPress Plugins A-Z podcast and has contributed to online publications like WP Tavern, Godaddy Garage and the WordPress Weekly podcast. He is a frequent guest on nearly every other WordPress podcast and has been dubbed the "Plugin Guru" by some of the top experts in the field.

Learn more about Marcus on his personal website or follow him on Twitter."

Ideas? Thoughts? Suggestions?

It’s all about you! Let us know what you think — your comments and ideas inspire us to excel and improve Smashing Magazine as much as we can. If you want to be a part of our growing team of authors and contribute to the Smashing WordPress section, feel free to reach us via our contact form, or contact Marcus directly.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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