On the podcast today, we have Laura Nelson. Laura is a Content Marketer at WooCommerce where she’s responsible for creating and planning engaging content for their users. Prior to WooCommerce she worked at MailPoet, an email marketing plugin for WordPress, and before that, she worked at Pragmatic, a UK based WordPress agency. She’s on the show to share her experience …
Your Company's Rebranding Won't Pay Off Without Training. Here's How to Incorporate It.
Rebranding may be one of the most important investments your company makes. Learn how to structure business training that supports the rebrand efforts and why it’s critical to your success. View original post at Entrepreneur…
How To Profit As A White Label WPMU DEV Hosting Reseller
If you provide WordPress web development services, adding hosting plans to the menu is a no-brainer way to grow your business and generate monthly recurring revenue (MRR). In this article we show you how to automate this as part of your services. Interested in learning how to sell web hosting under your own brand with WPMU DEV? This is the …
WP-Optimize Denies Allegations of Cheating Performance Tools
Yesterday, we published allegations from Gijo Varghese against UpdraftPlus, the makers of WP-Optimize. Varghese is founder of FlyingProxy, a competing company, and identifies himself as a “performance enthusiast.” He accused the plugin of “cheating Pagespeed and other tools” by hiding JavaScript files from loading when users test their sites through popular performance testing tools. The code uses an odd set …
Don't Just Open an Online Store. Build an Ecommerce Brand
Get your power back as an entrepreneur with a diversified channel strategy. View original post at Entrepreneur…
WP-Optimize Plugin Accused of Cheating PageSpeed and Other Performance Testing Tools
Gijo Varghese, a developer who calls himself a “web performance enthusiast,” shocked WordPress users around the world over the weekend when he tweeted a screenshot of how WP-Optimize is explicitly preventing select JavaScript files from loading when users test their sites through popular performance testing tools. “When a site is loaded, the JavaScript files are loaded only when the user-agent/browser …
Boost Your Web Development Revenue With These Profitable Add-On Services
Want to profit from selling additional services such as content writing, email marketing, app development, and more? Learn how it’s done in this article. Targeting new needs, niches and offering these additional services is a great add-on for your web development business and an opportunity to earn more revenue. In this article, we cover the type of additional services you …
Catch Themes Releases Pentatonic: A New Block Theme for Bands and Musicians
Block themes are expanding to include more niches beyond the simple one-column blogging themes, and Catch Themes is one of the companies at the forefront of this new frontier. Pentatonic, the company’s latest release on WordPress.org, is a free theme created for band and musicians. The theme uses core blocks to create sections that showcase the work of creative artists …
WebP by Default on Hold for 6.1 After New Objections From WordPress Lead Developers
Last week Performance team contributors were working on refining their follow-up patches for the multi-mime/WebP feature, after the main work for it was merged into core for 6.1 at the end of July. This includes smaller related items like the shim for non-supporting browsers and adding PDF support, which are being handled in separate tickets. The proposal to generate WebP …
New Smush Parallel Processing Compresses Images 3x Faster…For Free!
Enjoy the fastest ever image processing times with the latest version of Smush. Spend less time waiting for your images to be optimized with up to 3x more processing speed. Just when you thought the most popular WordPress image optimizer (currently boasting a 5-star rating and over a million+ active installs) couldn’t get any better… Smush takes it to the …