Do you remember when black hat SEO was a major problem? Google eventually caught on to these unethical SEO tactics employed by shady (and, let’s be honest, lazy) people, so it may not have had a chance to get too close to you. Nevertheless, if you’ve ever had a client ask if you knew where […] View original post at …
What the New Webmention and Annotation W3C Standards Mean for WordPress
Commenting on blog posts and other website articles is a divisive topic in web circles. WPMU DEV has as many articles about dispensing with comments altogether as it does with fostering conversation through WordPress! I am firmly in the blogs-as-conversation camp, so I was excited to learn about two new standards seeking to enhance conversation […] View original post at …
Building a Successful Self-Service Support Website with WordPress
Have you been inside a restaurant like Applebee’s or Red Robin lately? Well, if you haven’t, I’d urge you to do so because a lot has changed in the past few years what with rising costs. One of the ways these restaurants have been successful maintaining profits? By removing the human element and installing self-service […] View original post at …
The Ultimate Guide to WordPress Security
Hackers attack WordPress sites both big and small with over 90,978 attacks happening per minute. Fortunately, there are numerous ways you can protect your WordPress site. Today, I want to share with you how you can make your WordPress site’s security air tight with basic through to advanced techniques. I’ll also explore how WordPress can […] View original post at …
6 Best WooCommerce Alternatives for WordPress
One of my favorite things about WordPress is when you find a reliable theme or plugin developer, and then you realize that the search for high-quality website-building tools is over. The only thing I worry about with these sorts of WordPress relationships, however, is that you never really know who you’re dealing with. Or how […] View original post at …
Say Hello to Our New Product Roadmap!
We’re pulling back the curtain and exposing our biggest plans for our most popular projects on our shiny new public facing Product Roadmap. You read that right! We have big ideas, a ton of new features in the pipeline, and a bunch of teams working around the clock to constantly improve our products and services. We […] View original post at …
Creating a Fun Random “Favorite Things” List Using Custom Fields
Custom fields are an often under-used aspect of WordPress. But with a bit of imagination and some custom code, you can do all sorts of fun things with them. In this post, I’m going to show you how to combine custom fields (or post metadata if you’re being particular) with the WP_Query class to output […] View original post at …
10+ Top YouTube Gallery Plugins for WordPress
By now, I don’t think anyone needs to be told how awesome video content is. It’s easy enough to create with your own personal mobile device. There is a multitude of video editing tools to trim, filter, and personalize those videos. And there are free-to-use video streaming platforms like YouTube that empower users to publish […] View original post at …
9 Best Google Analytics Plugins for WordPress
When your site is live, one of the first things you’re probably thinking is, “Is this thing actually working?” Without an immediate barrage of sales or signups, it’s hard to know what’s happening. Does your site even have any visitors and, if so, where are they coming from? Do they always enter from the home […] View original post at …
10 Reasons Why Your WordPress Business Should Have a Blog
Let’s be honest: running a business requires a lot of stamina. You need to manage your business (finances, employees, and client relationships, to start). You need to continue doing the work that gets you paid (development, design, writing, whatever it is you offer). And then you need to find time to build your client list […] View original post at …