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Why Should You Develop Free Plugins?

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March 12, 2020

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There are many great reasons to develop a free-to-use plugin for WordPress. What may not be as obvious is the value a person or company can receive from the unpaid venture. The benefits of this seemingly free work can provide positives such as exposure, cross-promotion, market testing, upselling opportunities, and adding to name recognition. Giving Back to Community Let’s start with the altruistic reason: giving back. We’ve all stood on the shoulders of a dedicated community for years. Most developers have a standard set of plugins they will always deploy with any given install. Those plugins didn’t happen by magic. […]

4 Ways DXP Supercharges WordPress to Better Serve Your Clients

David Feldman

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March 11, 2020

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We’re long past the days when WordPress was seen as “just a blogging platform.” WordPress is now the Internet’s most popular Content Management System (CMS): the platform powering 35% of the world’s websites. But an even more momentous paradigm shift is underway, a leveling-up of WordPress’ capabilities of which few companies are aware. WordPress is becoming the dominant Digital Experience Platform, or DXP. And this is opening exciting new opportunities for WordPress developers and their clients to integrate data and services, consolidate content, analyze real-time results, automate all their digital sales and marketing tools, and enhance the customer experience. Most […]

3 Ways to Optimize Images to Increase Site Speed

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March 10, 2020

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For your WordPress site to drive traffic, retain visitors, and increase conversions, its content needs to be engaging. Visual media can help with that. Unfortunately, high-quality images often mean large file sizes that can slow your loading times down. Of course, eliminating visual content from your site simply isn’t an option. However, there are techniques you can use to format and optimize images to increase site speed. In this post, we’ll explain how images affect the speed and performance of your WordPress site. Then we’ll provide you with three ways you can optimize them to decrease page loading times. Let’s […]

Consequences of Not Updating Your WordPress Website

Akshat Choudhary

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March 6, 2020

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Do you see update notifications on your WordPress dashboard and choose to ignore them? Did you know using outdated WordPress installations allows hackers to exploit your website?  According to WordPress statistics, only 36% of users have the latest version installed (as of February 2020). Many website owners choose to defer installing updates to their WordPress website for several reasons. Some may feel updates come too frequently or they cause problems to their site. But not updating your website invites a world of trouble! So today, we decided to discuss the impact of using outdated software. We also understand the pain […]

How to Use Your Competitor’s Backlink Profile to Your Advantage

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March 5, 2020

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Increasing traffic as a means to generate more sales is a primary goal for most eCommerce retailers. As a result, considerable amounts of time, energy, and resources are invested in elevating search engine rankings. This pursuit is understandable, considering that Google search statistics show the engine processing over 3.5 billion queries daily. By employing an effective SEO strategy, sellers can attract a considerable number of those users and earn a significant amount of sales. Since search engine optimization is such a critical component to online success, ranking in the SERPs is also incredibly competitive. There are a wide variety of […]

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