11 Twitter Lead Generation Tips for Scoring WordPress Business

To many, Twitter is the scariest and most overwhelming of the social networks. Yet, it is a powerful B2B marketing tool that just about any business should take advantage of – as long as you use it correctly. We’ve talked about how to use Instagram to generate leads on this blog, but this article will focus instead […] View original post at …

Harare, Zimbabwe to Host Its 2nd WordCamp November 4, 2017

photo credit: Lonely Planet Harare, Zimbabwe will be hosting its second WordCamp on November 4, 2017, at Hellenic Academy. The city was one of three selected to be part of the WordCamp Incubator Program in 2016. Harare’s first WordCamp was successful in connecting the local WordPress community and inspiring local leaders to carry on with organizing future events. Last year …

VersionPress Launches VersionPress.com to Fund Open Source Project

The founders of VersionPress have launched VersionPress.com, a WordPress managed hosting service. VersionPress.com is the best of what VersionPress offers paired with features such as, staging sites and backups, on an Amazon Web Services infrastructure. VersionPress is essentially an undo button for WordPress or full version-control. At the click of a button, users can undo an action and restore a site’s database …

How to Properly Compress and Resize Images for WordPress

Getting your images right can be tricky when it comes to improving the performance of your WordPress website. So much so that we’ve had a few members ask our support team about how to properly compress and resize images. In particular, we’ve had a few questions about an image-related recommendation from our Hummingbird performance plugin: […] View original post at …

Adding Custom Images Sizes to the WordPress Media Library

Automatically uploading images into WordPress creates different sizes from the original but, unfortunately, it’s not a one-size-fits-all solution. The default sizes that are created are thumbnail, medium, large and full-size. But, if you need a different size, such as for products in an eCommerce store, then you can create your own custom size to suit […] View original post at …