While the world over couldn’t wait to see the back of 2016, it was a huge year for us – our biggest year ever, in fact! We released a stack of new plugins and API services. Seriously, we released loads of products. So to kick off the new year, today we’re launching Update, our new […] View original post at …
6 Little-Known Image Compression Tips for Making the Most of Smush Pro for WordPress
Your WordPress site needs to load in a flash just like the Flash since 40% of people leave slow sites. Fortunately, WP Smush Pro is the image-smushing super power you need to speed up your website without breaking a sweat. WP Smush Pro compresses your images to reduce their file size and speed up your site. All without having to […] View original post at …
Stuck in a Career Rut? Get out of It with WordPress Careers Masterclass
Are you starting out working with WordPress and need some guidance? Have you been using WordPress as a hobby but now want to turn it into a full-time job? Or maybe you’re stuck in a career rut and need some help? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then our newest course in […] View original post at …
27 Solutions to 14 Forgotten WordPress Page Speed Problems
About 50% of your visitors will abandon your website after 10 seconds or less. Yes, that’s the reality we’re faced with. The good news, however, is that there are many performance-boosting tips you can draw on to help you avoid becoming just another unfortunate statistic. At this point, I should let you know that since everyone’s website is different, it’s near …
How I Built a Kick-Ass WordPress Theme With Upfront Builder (And Why I’m Freaking Out)
I am a photographer, a videographer, a designer, a writer, a marketer. I am not a developer… and I’m freaking out because I just finished building a WordPress theme from scratch – without writing a single line of code – with Upfront Builder. Most people I know have no clue what it is that I actually do. They know it has …
New Academy Courses: Introduction to Upfront and Multisite Masterclass
It sure has been busy around here. Over the past couple weeks, we’ve made some huge announcements: WPMU DEV Hosting, WP Checkup, new Hustle integrations and Upfront compatibility with WooCommerce. And while all that was going on, we quietly launched a new Introduction to Upfront course in The Academy. Yes, now you can learn how to use our Upfront theme …
SEO Checklist: 4 Simple Steps to Get Your WordPress Site Ranking Higher
Have you ever Googled your own website and been disappointed with the results? Maybe a random snippet of text rather than a proper site description was displayed. Or maybe you found that it takes Google far too long to locate and index your content. In either scenario, you’ve got a problem on your hands — unless, of course, you’re ok …
Introducing WPMU DEV Multisite Hosting – Join the Beta Program!
Did you know that over the past 10 years we’ve become the largest hosting provider for WordPress in education? It’s been an extraordinary ride and today I’m thrilled to announce we’re expanding this to the rest of the web. Introducing WPMU DEV Hosting, the ultimate enterprise-level WordPress Multisite solution. CampusPress… But For Everyone! The very genesis of our parent company, …
Time For Your WP Checkup
Wouldn’t it be great if there was a WordPress tool that you could use to quickly scan a site for performance, SEO and security? Well, now there is – and you can try her out for free. Say hello to WP Checkup. What we’ve done is bring all of our experience in speeding up your site (WP Smush, Hummingbird), keeping it secure (Defender) …
Upfront Gets Full WooCommerce Compatibility (and You Can Download and Keep It for Free!)
We heard that you were looking for a set of WooCommerce themes that you could easily customize with drag and drop functionality, and you could also download and keep for free. Well, guess what? You just found them! With all new full WooCommerce compatibility, our Upfront theme framework now gives you all that and a whole bunch more. And did I …