When we released our first version of our email opt-in plugin for WordPress Hustle last month we asked you what you wanted… and today, here’s a delivery of goodness to your ultimate email opt-in and soon-to-be all-in-one-marketing-machine. Specifically, we’ve added a whole BUNCH more integrations (based off of your requests, and we’re not done yet!) along with some triggers for your marketing that’ll, …
LoopConf Postponed Due to Hurricane Matthew While WordCamp Orlando is Questionable
LoopConf, an event geared towards WordPress developers that was supposed to begin October 5th is postponed due to hurricane Matthew. In today’s 11 AM update, the National Hurricane Center issued a Hurricane Watch for Deerfield Beach to the Volusia/Brevard county line which is near the venue. LoopConf organizers are removing property and personnel from the area and cite safety as …
Top Tools for Managing Your WordPress Site With Your Mobile Phone
Ask any web developer what the secret ingredient is to building a high-performance website and they’ll all probably tell you the same thing: third-party tools. WordPress is a fantastic platform to build websites on, but let’s face it: we wouldn’t be able to give visitors a truly intuitive or engaging experience without a little outside help. Third-party applications come in …
digitale Pracht: A Minimalist Blogging Theme for WordPress
digitale Pracht is a new theme on WordPress.org created by the folks at PALASTHOTEL, a digital products company based in Germany. The name translates to “digital splendor,” which aptly describes the theme’s bright new twist on the traditional blog design. The designers made a few bold choices with the layout, which does not support a top menu or include a …
Setting Up Simple A/B Testing With Google Analytics Experiments and WordPress
If you’re anything like me, you obsess over driving more traffic to our websites, which makes complete sense. I mean, what’s the point of spending time and money on your site if nobody sees it? But what about once people have actually reached your site? Are you giving enough thought to what visitors actually do on-site other than having a …
In Case You Missed It – Issue 16
photo credit: Night Moves – (license) There’s a lot of great WordPress content published in the community but not all of it is featured on the Tavern. This post is an assortment of items related to WordPress that caught my eye but didn’t make it into a full post. Four Great How-to Videos From Bob Dunn Bob Dunn, founder of …
How to Add a Donation Page to Your Non-Profit or Charity WordPress Site
WordPress is the ideal platform for charities and non-profit organisations. It’s free and open source and you have access to a huge community of users and developers who can help you build and manage your site. But one of the most important functions of a website for many nonprofits is to encourage people to donate money. So in this post, …
Twitter Moments Now Open to All Users, WordPress 4.5+ Supports Embedding
Twitter rolled out its Moments feature to the common folk yesterday. Moments, a collection of tweets that tell a story, were originally made available to a select group of high profile accounts. In August, Twitter expanded access to Moments and announced that Moments would soon be open to all users. As of today, anyone can visit the Moments tab on …
How to Take a Vacation Without Giving Your WordPress Website a Break
Running a WordPress business can be a really rewarding experience, but it’s not without its drawbacks. According to a Constant Contact survey, 785 small business owners shared their insights into the personal sacrifices they make for the sake of their business. These were the top three: Feeling as though they couldn’t take time away from the business. Spending more time …
WPWeekly Episode 249 – Zerif Lite, Kinsta Scholarship, W3 Total Cache, and My Take on Headway Themes
In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I discuss some of the major headlines of the past two weeks. We talk about the unprecedented move by the Theme Review Team to suspend Zerif Lite from the theme directory leaving 300K users without a way to get updates. We share what’s new in Edit Flow 0.8.2 and the troubles …







