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How to Monitor Your Website Performance (5 Ways)

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Will Morris

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Development

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January 3, 2023

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Nowadays, nearly every business has a website. Therefore, you’ll want to retain your competitive edge by providing an excellent User Experience (UX). However, you might lack the knowledge and skills to measure your site’s performance. Fortunately, you can monitor your web performance easily with the right tools. For instance, you can track important data about your site’s accessibility, speed, and database performance. Then, you can make the necessary adjustments to improve your UX. In this post, we’ll take a closer look at website performance monitoring. Then, we’ll explore five effective ways to monitor your site. Let’s get started! An Introduction […]

A Look Back at WordPress in 2022

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Emily Schiola

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Community, News

Published

December 28, 2022

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It is hard to believe 2022 is coming to a close. After two years of learning how to live and work apart, this year allowed for us to start to come back together. There were more in-person events, more contributions to Core, and three massive releases. The uncertainty of the landscape started to fade, and the perseverance of the community was on full display. Though we can never fully predict what will happen next, one thing is for certain, the WordPress community will continue to be a pillar of strength through all of life’s ups and downs. A lot happened […]

Press This: Word Around the Campfire December 2022

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Doc Pop

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Community, Press This

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December 27, 2022

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In this episode of Press This we asked Nick Diego and Mike Davey to discuss some of the highlights from Matt Mullenweg’s annual State Of The Word Talk.

We talked about how Playground can help people experiment with WordPress sites in a browser, how AI can help create content and images, and the WordPress repository’s new system for organizing plugins.

If you’re ready to keep up on developments in the WordPress Community, don’t miss this episode. Listen now!

5 Press This Episodes to Listen to Over Break

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Emily Schiola

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Community, Press This

Published

December 27, 2022

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The days are getting shorter, the cold is setting in, and family is coming into town. It is the perfect time to settle in beside the fire with a nice cup of hot chocolate and catch up on podcasts. This year, Torque’s own Doc Pop took over the WordPress community podcast, Press This. Doc talked to experts from all the community about everything from WordCamps to Gutenberg and beyond. We’ve compiled a few excellent episodes to get you started, but if you’re interested in the entire catalog, you can subscribe to Press This on Red Circle, iTunes, Spotify, or you […]

8 Best Social Media Scheduling Tools (Free & Paid)

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Nick Schäferhoff

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Business

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December 22, 2022

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Why would you need social media scheduling tools? Well, think of any business out there – it can be from any industry or of any size. What are the odds that the business has active social media profiles? Pretty high, right? Social media has long become a crucial part of digital marketing. Back in 2015, 43% of businesses were already spending six hours per week on their social media efforts. A couple of years and a pandemic later, this number has likely increased by leaps and bounds. But, isn’t there a way to lighten the load a little? The answer […]

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