The WordPress Customizer is an incredibly powerful and useful tool. By incorporating it into your themes and plugins, you give your users more flexibility and simplify design, layout and content customization. However, it does have its drawbacks. One of these is the fact that any styling you add directly via the customizer will be output […]
Getting Started with Google AMP in WordPress [Test Your AMP Pages Here!]
As a WordPress developer, your number one priority is to build engaging and powerful websites for your clients. Oftentimes, however, that’s easier said than done. You understand the different variables that make for a stellar on-site experience, but what do you do when external forces dictate they be done differently? Take the mobile experience, for […]
6 Unbreakable Rules for Building the Perfect Contact Form
You do everything you can to build a website that will lead visitors to conversion. As you study the analytics, you’re excited to see that the user journey you’ve created is being taken by those visitors, time and time again. However, there’s something keeping them from converting. The contact form is a critical part of […]
Zac Gordon Launches Gutenberg Development Course, Includes More Than 30 Videos
Zac Gordon, a technology educator, has released his Gutenberg Development course. The course is $79 but is available for $49 using the coupon code earlyadopter. Gordon says the course is aimed at developers who want to update their themes, plugins, shortcodes, etc. to work with Gutenberg and take advantage of blocks. “There is also some content I am adding geared …
How to Setup Live Chat on WordPress
Technology continues to shape the customer service industry in new and compelling ways. Customers with queries or complaints used to have to directly visit a store but when the telephone was invented, customers were able to call the businesses. Although at one point this was an innovation, people quickly grew tired of the problems it […]
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 […]
WPWeekly Episode 300 – Interview with Matt ‘Gutenbeard’ Mullenweg
In this the 300th episode, John James Jacoby and I interview Matt ‘Gutenbeard’ Mullenweg, co-creator of the WordPress project. We discuss a range of topics including, the somewhat controversial poetry reading that included a curse word prior to the State of the Word, the WordPress Foundation increasing its range of funding, and of course, Gutenberg. One of the big takeaways …
What Should Happen When You Inherit a WordPress Site (and Why)?
It’s always exciting to find prospective clients and secure new business. But it’s extra special when a client trusts you to take over development and design of their WordPress site from someone who abandoned the project or was incapable of fulfilling their needs. Inheriting a WordPress site can also be nerve-wracking. Sure, it’s great to […]
Internal Link Building: Why You Need To Do It and How to Get Started
External links and backlinks are an important part of every website’s SEO strategy. They send signals to both search engines and visitors about the quality of content on your site. They also serve as proof of your breadth of knowledge on the subject matter and they help your site “borrow” authority from trusted external sources. […]
How to Onboard Contractors to Your WordPress Business
After you start to become profitable, you’ll stop worrying about “making this freelance thing work” and start thinking about how you can be more productive—and make more money. You’ll also begin thinking about the tasks you really hate and how outsourcing them might make you feel more fulfilled in your business. Regardless of your motivation, […]

