While writing the 10-Step Guide to Using Free PDF Downloads To Grow Your Mailing List, I was thinking about all the different ways in which you can use downloads on your website. There’s, of course, the free giveaway to generate more leads. You can use downloads for the purposes of sharing content internally and privately […] View original post at …
Get the Most Out of the Hummingbird Plugin and Maximize WordPress Speed
One of the things I really love about WP Checkup is how it streamlines the process of scanning a WordPress site for performance issues. Because, while you might be able to surmise why your content isn’t loading quickly enough or why Google says your mobile page speeds are abysmal, WP Checkup tells you exactly what’s […] View original post at …
Get the Most Out of Defender and Maximize WordPress Security
Anyone who owns, builds, manages, or hosts WordPress sites should be obsessed with security. It’s not that WordPress isn’t a safe platform to build websites with. It’s just that, being the most popular and widely used CMS in the world, WordPress is an easy target for hackers. This is why WordPress blogs can’t and shouldn’t […] View original post at …
8 WordPress Plugins and Tools for Designing Beautiful Tables
One of the nice things about creating content in WordPress is that nearly everything you can do in word processing software (e.g. stylize text, add special characters, embed images) can be done right from within the WordPress editor. The one type of functionality that hasn’t yet translated over to WordPress, however, is table design. Although […] View original post at …
Why You Need to Look at Competitors’ WordPress Themes and Plugins
When it comes to WordPress development, there are a number of ways you can spy on other websites in order to gain a competitive edge. Today, I’d like to focus on how you can find out which WordPress themes and plugins others are using and how you’ll be able to benefit from having this information. […] View original post at …
11 of the Best WordPress Plugins for Taking Control of Visual Content
You’ve heard this argument before: WordPress websites that contain more visual content (that’s well-executed, of course) perform better. Specifically, research shows that articles that use images end up with 94% more views than articles that don’t. There was also a case study from EyeView that showed that landing pages with video receive over 30% more […] View original post at …
WordPress Web Design Trends You Need to Know for 2018
Looking back on 2017, I think it’s safe to say that it was a good year for WordPress and web design, in general. Sure, there were stories about security breaches and examples of branding gone bad, but that kind of stuff is inevitable when you consider how many websites are in existence. If you look […] View original post at …
What to do when a plugin is removed from WordPress.org
On a few occasions recently, high-profile plugins with thousands of installs have been removed from the WordPress.org repository. Sometimes this is due to a security vulnerability. Often though, the plugin just disappears with no warning and the user is left none the wiser. Most of us know about the two year warning for plugins that […] View original post at …
WordPress Plugin Conflicts: How to Check for Them and What to Do
When you think about the potential problems plugins can cause for your WordPress site, you probably think about poorly coded plugins that lead to performance issues and security vulnerabilities, right? Or maybe you’ve read something recently about fake plugins and now are worried about the authenticity of your plugins and the security issues those could […] View original post at …
Fake WordPress Plugins: What You Need to Know
There are a lot of time-saving apps, CSS frameworks, and JavaScript libraries you can use as a WordPress developer to simplify your workflows. But plugins? Especially ones found in the WordPress repository or from your WPMU DEV membership? Talk about convenience and instant satisfaction. Plugins are definitely one of the pluses of building websites using […] View original post at …