Can you remember the last time you filled out an online form? I’m guessing it wasn’t that long ago, especially if you regularly buy things online. It is easy to underestimate the importance of forms when it comes to the business of collecting customer data through your WordPress website. However, you cannot overlook how important it is to have a …
How to Use Googles Speed Index to Improve WordPress Performance
Does your site load content steadily like the tortoise, or wait until the race is almost over before it kicks into high gear, like the hare? In the race to provide the best user experience, steady is best. That’s why Google PageSpeed Insights measures your WordPress Speed Index to determine how your site content loads over time. The Speed Index …
This Is Gonna Be Emotional, We’re Setting over 90% of Our Premium Plugins Free!
WordPress is evolving, and so are we, even though it’s hard to see the kids leave home. It’s almost 12 years since Andrew and I launched WPMU DEV Premium as ‘a subscription-based service that offers advanced plugins for WordPress Multi-User’ and I reckon it’s fair to say that, well, it’s been quite the ride. And as of today, we’re taking …
Hummingbird 2.0: Mobile Scans and Advanced Speed Tests… Vroom!
Hummingbird performance tests, reports, and recommendations just got a major upgrade but to get access to the all new lean-mean-humming-machine…you need to update! In November, Google made much needed changes to PageSpeed Insights. Speed is now being calculated based on actual user experience and a site performance analysis. Thanks to this new Lighthouse integration, Hummingbird is able to see where …
How to Improve First Contentful and Meaningful Paint
You’re not optimizing your site to please a stopwatch. You’re optimizing your site for real people. So how can you determine if you’re achieving your goal? You need to include metrics such as First Contentful Paint and First Meaningful Paint in your performance assessment in order to measure how your site is performing from your user’s perspective. Both will tell …
Ultimate Guide to Integrating Zapier with WordPress Form Plugins
You’ve just designed the perfect form that’s going to hook your leads like fish at the end of a line, and you’re ready to reel them in. But what happens when the responses come flooding in? Who’s going to end up with the task of copying and pasting all those leads from your forms to your Salesforce, e-mail list, or even …
Bulk Photo Editing for WordPress
Is there anything that sucks up creative energy more than tedious repetitive tasks? Editing a memory card full of images for a new site or redesign can take up precious time you can devote to something less boring. In this post I’m going to show you different tools you can use to streamline your image editing process so you can …
Branda 3.1 Smarter SMTP, Signup Codes, and +25 Upgrades
Branda is all about giving you fast easy control over white labeling WordPress…and quite frankly she rocks it. She just got some special new configurations for managing users, lightning fast setup, compatibility checks, and even more brand magic. “How is that possible”, you ask? Branda 3.0 was unveiled just a month ago with an incredible new design and setup wizard. …
Best of the Best WordPress Caching Plugins Compared 2019
When you play a game of thrones with your site you win or you only slightly improve performance. And who wants that when optimizing your site with a caching plugin, you want to be the very best. That’s why in this post, we’re going to find who the best cache plugin for WordPress really is. Join us as we compare …
Breath Freely! Your Security with WPMU DEV is Stronger Than Ever
Is WordPress security a big deal to you and your clients? Why would I ask such a silly question? Because our security suite has new superpowers including Defender location-based IP blocking and Automate Safe Upgrade scans…now on up to 5 pages. What’s the WPMU DEV Security Suite, you Ask? We’ve built a fierce set of WordPress protectors to help ward …









