Stratus5, a company that specializes in cloud container management and business service automation, launched Dollie today. Dollie is a cloud-based eCommerce solution for WordPress developers looking to provide white-label hosting services to their customers. The platform allows developers and agencies to sell custom, pre-configured WordPress solutions to their clients. Dollie is built on top of the Stratus5 Cloudware system. It …
10 Most Popular Free WordPress Slider Plugins Reviewed
Finding the perfect slider for your site is by no means an easy task. At last count, there were over 900+ sliders in the WordPress Plugin Repository. Who’s got time to test every plugin? To help you separate the wheat from the chaff, I’ve ranked and reviewed the top 10 most popular free slider plugins available in the repository. These …
Can the Block Directory and Business Interests Coexist?
WordPress.org is not an official marketplace for plugins and themes. Except for some plugins that are strictly SaaS products, all extensions to the platform are publicly available for the low cost of $0. Despite not directly selling through WordPress.org, the plugin directory is a huge source of income for many individual developers and companies via product and service upsells. Plugins …
Upcoming Tailwind CSS 1.2.0 Includes Grid Support and New Utilities
Adam Wathan, creator of the Tailwind CSS, published the early release notes for the upcoming version 1.2.0 update to the framework. The new version will include the much-anticipated support for CSS grids and several other useful features for app and website designers. There are no planned breaking changes with the update. Tailwind CSS is a utility-first CSS framework that is …
Why You Should Create a Visual Sitemap For Your WordPress Site
Embarking on a new website build? Creating a visual sitemap is an often-overlooked step that can help you improve client relationships and overall productivity. They’re also super simple to create with the right tools. In this post we’ll explain why you would should create a visual sitemap and show you some easy tools (from whiteboards to WordPress plugins, we’ve got …
Gutenberg 7.2 Adds Long-Awaited Multi-Button Block and Gallery Image Size Option
The Gutenberg team released version 7.2 of the plugin yesterday after a four-week release hiatus for the holidays. This update includes at least 180 pull requests to the project’s repository by 56 contributors. The largest user-facing features include a new “buttons” block that allows users to add multiple buttons in a row and the ability to define the size of …
The Best Free BuddyPress Themes (2020)
Finding a free BuddyPress theme for your online community is a lot easier than you think. Because, as we state in our Complete Guide To BuddyPress For WordPress, the vast majority of regular free WordPress themes work just fine as a BuddyPress themes: A few years ago, you could only use a BuddyPress-compatible theme if you wanted to run BuddyPress, …
BobWP.com Shifts Focus to WooCommerce, Rebrands as ‘Do the Woo’
BobWP.com announced yesterday that the site and its podcast would be rebranded to “Do the Woo.” After a decade of more generalized WordPress topics and news, it will now focus specifically on the WooCommerce plugin and its community. The podcast will also be aired weekly, notching up their previous twice-monthly episodes. For Bob Dunn, founder and co-host, this was move …
Lessons Learned by Stepping Outside WordPress Comfort Zone
It was late summer in 2018. I was an aging developer who wasn’t quite sure where I fit into the WordPress world anymore. I had spent over a decade learning the ins and outs of the platform that launched my career and also served as a hobby for other pet projects I wanted to tackle. In part, I was bored. …
Pods Framework Loses Primary Sponsorship, Seeks Donors To Fund Project
Scott Kingsley Clark, lead developer of the Pods Framework, announced the project was seeking new donors on Thursday. Automattic, the primary sponsor, dropped out after funding the project since 2012. This has put the team in a position to seek help for maintaining and supporting the project. Automattic was previously covering around 90% of the costs. The Pods Framework is …