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Amp Up Your Site’s UX With These Free WordPress Audio Player Plugins
All is quiet as you browse the internet for some food. Then, after Googling ‘Italian takeout’, you see it: Bob’s Spaghetti Palace. Perfect. You click on Bob’s website. Suddenly, you’re jolted back into your chair when ‘That’s Amore’ blares through your laptop’s speakers. At first, you’re unaware of where the song is coming from, but as you scroll a bit …
Planning An eCommerce Store With WordPress
Are you looking to build a global business selling products or services online? Don’t spend another dollar until you learn how to get your store up and running with this WordPress eCommerce Store Planning Guide! According to Statista, a leading provider of market and consumer data, 58.3 percent of global internet users purchased products online in 2016. In 2019, shopping online …
Publishing Break
The Tavern is taking a break for the week as both of its authors are out. We’re happy about expanding families, and saying “boo” to the flu. In the meantime, here are some of my favorite WordPress-powered sites that I follow and learn from: Tim Ferriss is back to blogging and it’s great. Seth Godin never stopped blogging and stays …
Free WordPress Video Plugins For Advanced Embedding
Want to keep your website’s viewers tuned in? Whether it be a tutorial, welcome message, or the latest viral cat video – Videos are your ticket. WordPress video plugins can give your content the type of value and enhancements that simple video embedding doesn’t provide. Grab some popcorn, because in this post we’ll be binge-showcasing some of the best free …
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WooCommerce Partners With Square to Expand Services for CBD Merchants
WooCommerce, the open-source eCommerce platform developed and supported by Automattic, announced a partnership with Square payment solutions yesterday. The partnership expands services for merchants who are selling CBD products online. While it is a small step toward making it easier to sell CBD products, there are still many restrictions and pitfalls that merchants must overcome. Cannabidiol, known as CBD, was …
WordPress Post Formats… Is There Life After Gutenberg?
Post formats premiered in WordPress back in 2011, allowing you to inject some life into your blog section. Sadly, a lot of themes no longer support them. But with a pinch of Gutenberg and a sprinkle of code, you can still mold your blog section into the masterpiece it should be. Post formats were last featured in WordPress’ Twenty Seventeen …
WordPress 5.4 Beta 1 Ready for Testing and Feedback
Release coordinator Francesca Marano announced the release of WordPress 5.4 Beta 1 on February 11. Most of the work has centered on the block editor. However, at the moment, contributors have closed another 258 tickets for the 5.4 milestone. A second beta release is scheduled for February 18, according to the 5.4 release schedule, along with follow-up betas and release …
WordCamp Asia 2020 Canceled Over COVID-19 Concerns
Matt Mullenweg announced this morning that he made the call to cancel the first WordCamp Asia amid concerns surrounding COVID-19, the recent coronavirus strain with over 42,000 reported cases. The virus has caused over 1,000 deaths to date. WordCamp Asia was scheduled to run from February 21-23 in Bangkok, Thailand. “I’ve arrived at the difficult decision to cancel the inaugural …