Make WordPress Sites Load Faster Than Ever With New Hummingbird Critical CSS

With Hummingbird’s much anticipated Critical CSS feature, you can expect faster-loading pages and better performing WordPress sites. Here’s why render-blocking resources are now a thing of the past… Ace Google’s PageSpeed performance scores with Hummingbird’s Critical CSS feature. If you care about page loading speed (and you should if you want visitors to stay on your website for longer than …

Ollie Theme Now Available on WordPress.org

The free Ollie block theme, created by Mike McAlister and Patrick Posner, is now available for download on WordPress.org. A contentious review process led the team to remove the onboarding features, despite having gotten the green light from WordPress’ leadership who advocated for moving forward with the experiment. The version of Ollie available on WordPress.org is simply the theme without …

Why NASA Chose WordPress for Revamping Its Flagship Website

NASA has removed the beta label from the new nasa.gov website, which was launched on WordPress, replacing Drupal as the CMS. After a lengthy process, which required 18 months of active web development, data migration, and content building, NASA has emerged with modernized flagship and science websites, showcasing the innovation and discoveries that have defined the agency for more than …

G2 Summer Awards 2023 – How WPMU DEV Performed

How did WPMU DEV compare against other WordPress leaders in the areas of Managed Hosting, Web Hosting, and WordPress Site Management for the Summer 2023 quarter? Winners of 139 G2 Awards for Summer ’23! WordPress Management ToolsManaged HostingWeb HostingManaged HostingManagement ToolsWordPress HostingManaged HostingManaged DNS ProvidersDomain RegistrationWordPress Management ToolsWordPress HostingManaged HostingWeb HostingWordPress Management ToolsWeb HostingWordPress Management ToolsWeb HostingManaged HostingManaged HostingDomain RegistrationWordPress …

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How a Strong Personal Brand Can Justify Charging a Premium

A strong personal brand enhances the ability to charge premium prices by elevating perceived value and exclusivity and plays a crucial role in amplifying PR efforts, standing out in a saturated market, and establishing credibility and opportunities across various industries. View original post at Entrepreneur…

WordPress Global Sponsorship Program Raises Costs for 2024 to Support Expanding In-Person Events

WordPress’ Community team has proposed a draft for the 2024 Global Community Sponsorship Program, with fees increased to cover the costs of the rapidly expanding number of in-person events. The program supports the volunteer-organized local events so that they can provide free or low-cost access for attendees. It helps companies streamline their sponsorship contributions across multiple events with less administrative …

Gutenberg 16.7 Introduces Font Management

Gutenberg 16.7 was released this week, packed with several features that are headlining the upcoming WordPress 6.4 release. This will be the last plugin release that will be rolled into the next version of WordPress. Font management with the new font library is now available for testing in the plugin. These features standardize a way to add font collections to …