WordCamp for Publishers, the first niche WordCamp to be focused around a specific industry, opened up ticket sales today. The event will take place in Denver, Colorado, August 17-19, and organizers have planned for just 230 attendees, due to venue constraints. In less than 24 hours since tickets went on sale, the event is already 50% sold out. Speakers and …
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 […]
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 …
Top Cloud Hosting Companies for WordPress in 2017
The choice of who to host your website with can sometimes be a difficult one to make because there are so many to choose from. Then, you add in the fact that not only do you have to choose a company, but you have to figure out which type of web hosting your site needs, […]
Holler Box: A Smart Notification Plugin for WordPress Websites
Scott Bolinger, co-founder of AppPresser, has launched a new sales and conversion tool for WordPress websites called Holler Box. The plugin offers a lightweight, elegant popup message for capturing email addresses, displaying a (fake) live chat, or announcing a sale or event. Bolinger designed it to be non-intrusive – it’s not the kind of modal dialog that obscures content with …
6 Ways to Sync Git Repositories with WordPress
Have you ever heard the saying, “a developer’s work is never done”? No? Okay, maybe I took some liberties with the original quote, but you get what I’m saying. Basically, there is never a good time to rest on your laurels. Even if you’ve rounded up the best collection of tools and your CSS and […]
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: […]
WordCamp Europe 2017 Livestream Tickets Now Available
WordCamp Europe will be livestreaming all sessions again this year to make the event accessible to those who are unable to travel to Paris. Live stream tickets are free, but viewers must sign up on the tickets page. Organizers have also set up a page on the event’s website for people to advertise for buying or selling tickets. Many who …
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 […]





