10+ Top YouTube Gallery Plugins for WordPress

By now, I don’t think anyone needs to be told how awesome video content is. It’s easy enough to create with your own personal mobile device. There is a multitude of video editing tools to trim, filter, and personalize those videos. And there are free-to-use video streaming platforms like YouTube that empower users to publish […] View original post at …

WangGuard Plugin Author Shuts Down Splog Hunting Service Due to Trauma and Death Threats

After seven years of developing and supporting the WangGuard/SplogHunter service, José Conti has shut down the server permanently due to the stress and trauma associated with maintaining it. Conti is a WordPress plugin developer and consultant, and a member of the WordPress España translation team. His WangGuard plugin identifies and blocks sploggers, unwanted users, and untrusted users on WordPress, Multisite, …

Disqus 3.0 Beta Improves Comment Syncing

When we interviewed Daniel Ha, CEO and co-founder of Disqus, earlier this year, he explained why some users were reporting problems syncing comments between Disqus and WordPress and that improvements would be coming soon. “We may have taken some services offline to work on them which may have affected those who were trying to sync,” Ha said. Disqus has released 3.0 Beta …

10 Lessons Learned From Five Years of Selling WordPress Products

This post was contributed by Rebecca Gill. Rebecca is the founder of Web Savvy Marketing, a web development, design, maintenance, and SEO consulting company based in Michigan and host of the SEO Bits podcast. Rebecca recently sold her Genesis Theme store to 9seeds, a store she managed and maintained for five years. In this post, she shares ten lessons learned …

9 Plugins to Encourage User-Generated Content Submissions on Your WordPress Site

There are a number of reasons why companies use content marketing to power their lead generation efforts. While a business’s services or products are what a customer ultimately needs from them, a high-quality content offering increases the value of that company’s solution. Content marketing helps businesses establish themselves as thought leaders and stay top-of-mind with […] View original post at …