WordPress 4.9.5 Beta 1 is available for testing and brings with it 23 bug fixes and improvements. A release candidate is scheduled for release on March 20th and a final release on April 3rd. Here are some notable changes you can expect in the release. “Cheatin’ uh?” Error Message is Replaced The “Cheatin’ uh?” error message has existed in WordPress …
Pricing Pages: Should You Add to Your Freelance Website?
There’s an ongoing debate amongst freelancers that revolves around whether or not to publicly display pricing on their portfolio website’s pricing page. For many, the worry stems from the possibility that publicly sharing their rates on a pricing page will deter potential clients—especially those just outside of their typical range. The major question then becomes: […]
The Slowest WordPress Plugins (and Alternatives to Try Instead)
We all know that performance and speed are a critical part of how visitors perceive their experience on a website. That’s why we use optimized web hosting plans, install CDNs, and utilize caching plugins to keep WordPress sites running quickly and smoothly. For some of your clients, however, paying for VPS or managed WordPress hosting […]
A Plea For Plugin Developers to Stop Supporting Legacy PHP Versions
Iain Poulson has published a thoughtful request on the Delicious Brains blog asking WordPress plugin developers to stop supporting legacy PHP versions. He covers some of the benefits of developing with newer versions of PHP, what Delicious Brains is doing with its plugins, and using the Requires Minimum PHP Version header in readme.txt. While we wait for the Trac discussion …
How to Take Full Advantage of WordPress Automation
Automation can be a scary word for some, especially when a business relies on being able to make a personal connection with clients or customers. When it comes to working in WordPress, however, we understand that automation is a good thing (up to a certain point anyway). While we obviously don’t want a bot writing […]
GDPR: How it Affects WordPress Site Owners and Developers
If you haven’t been living under a rock for the last few months, there’s a very good chance you’ve heard of GDPR, or the General Data Protection Regulation. This is new legislation relating to personal data and how it’s stored. It’s European legislation but it will affect website owners and developers outside Europe, as if […]
Without Context, Some Lyrics Inside the Hello Dolly Plugin Are Degrading to Women
There have been many discussions over the years on whether or not Hello Dolly should be unbundled with WordPress. Seven years ago, it was argued that the lyrics are copyrighted and could potentially violate the GPL license. The latest issue with Hello Dolly is that some lyrics that appear in users dashboards with the plugin activated can be degrading to …
5 Best Download Management Plugins for WordPress
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 […]
Let’s Encrypt Wildcard Certificates Are Now Available
In July of last year, Let’s Encrypt announced that it would begin issuing Wildcard certificates for free in January of 2018. Although a little late, the organization has announced that Wildcard certificate support is now live. In addition to these certificates, the organization has updated its ACME protocol to version 2.0. ACMEv2 is required for clients that want to use …
Hustle is Bringin’ the Sexy from Front to Back with an All-New Interface
Hustle 3.0 is here with a brand spankin’ new backend interface and we reckon it’s the most user friendly experience we’ve ever created. Giving you all the pro marketing tools you need to grow your social following, mailing list and generate leads – with fewer clicks. Whether you’re pushing your first campaign, tracking results or […]


