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The Beginner’s Guide to Creating a Social Site With BuddyPress

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John Hughes

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Beginners

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September 4, 2017

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Building a community around your brand can be a powerful way to engage your audience. However, if you don’t know where to start, the technical aspect of hosting a social site can quickly feel like an insurmountable challenge. Thankfully, there are powerful plugins that can transform a plain WordPress website into a fully-fledged social platform. One of the most long-standing, popular solutions is BuddyPress. It only takes a few steps to get your community up and running with this tool! In this article, we’ll show you how to use BuddyPress with WordPress to host a social site. Let’s get you up […]

Best Plugins for Content Marketing

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Saket Singh

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Plugins

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September 1, 2017

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With increasing competition, companies and individuals are becoming digitally aware and using content marketing to promote their brand. However, though important, using content to reach clients is just beginning to catch on in the digital space, and some companies are missing out on important ROIs. To tackle these while achieving planned targets, there are simple, ready to install WordPress Plugins. These WordPress plugins are easy to use and understand and help you optimize content reach, engagement, and expansion simultaneously. Here’s a list of the best five WordPress Plugins for better content marketing : Yoast SEO Yoast SEO is the ultimate […]

How Wapuu Created A Cultural Center for WordPress

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Josh Pollock

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Community

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August 31, 2017

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The first time I went to a WordCamp I knew absolutely no one there and that made me a bit nervous, to say the least. I didn’t really know what to expect. I’d been to a few really big tradeshows and some educational conferences, and expected some hybrid of that, which isn’t too far off, but what I didn’t expect was the community. I’ve been to a lot of WordCamps since that first one and while the basic format has stayed the same, one change I’ve loved is how Wapuu, the mascot for WordPress has become a part of pretty […]

14 WordPress Plugins Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning

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Nick Schäferhoff

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Community

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August 30, 2017

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Artificial intelligence is all the rage these days. All big tech companies are working on their own version and the topic regularly pops up on the news. Like when one of Google’s programs taught itself how to walk. Then there was the story about how one of Facebook’s AIs started creating its own language (though it was a bit overhyped). Or when 116 AI experts urged the UN to ban killer robots. However, my favorite instance must be when Marc Zuckerberg and Elon Musk squared off about artificial intelligence on Twitter. I've talked to Mark about this. His understanding of […]