WPHugs: A Community Devoted to Educating, Discussing, and Raising Awareness of Mental Health

In the past two years, there has been an increased effort in the WordPress community to raise awareness of mental health. Cory Miller, Rich Robinkoff, Michele Butcher, and others have presented on the subject at numerous WordCamps. A common theme that surrounds mental health is the fear of discussing it openly. WPHugs.org, a passion project by Leo Gopal, aims to provide a safe space …

How to Tell a Potential Client Their Site Sucks – and Offer to Fix It for Them

As I was reading about the weird ways to find new gigs as a WordPress developer the other day, I noticed a comment from kalico that I thought was worth exploring: Adding insult to injury is something every WordPress freelancer should be wary of whenever approaching a new client (or an old one whose website […] View original post at …

15 Instagram Marketing Tips to Help People Fall in Love with Your WordPress Business

Why is Instagram so awesome? Let me count the ways: There are over 400 million users on Instagram every day. No character limits! It’s all about the visual content. Your posts don’t get buried like on Facebook or Twitter. Companies on Instagram receive the highest follower engagement rates (2.3%) out of all social media platforms. […] View original post at …

Seattle to Host WooConf 2017 in October, Conference to Focus on Developers

WooConf, the official WooCommerce developer’s conference, is returning for its third edition October 19-20, 2017. In line with previous years’ events that were hosted in major U.S. tech hubs (San Francisco and Austin), WooConf 2017 will be held in Seattle. The organizing team, which is made up of almost a dozen people from around the world of WooCommerce, is planning …