If you haven’t yet dipped your nib in the Gutenberg inkwell, you should give it a try. Gutenberg has been a part of WordPress since version 5.0., and is now used by 100s of millions of WordPress websites. As our WordPress workflow increasingly shifts towards Gutenberg, let’s look at a new use case for Gutenberg blocks that we might not have thought of before: Newsletters. Newsletters are back, and they’re on the rise Since the first advertising email sent in 1978, email marketing has now been around for decades. Today, email marketing is stronger than ever, and experiencing a revival. […]
Tips to Boost Your WooCommerce Store with Inbound Marketing Hub
WooCommerce is the most popular and the most downloaded WordPress plugin, with 5+ million active installations. With WooCommerce, creating your online store, uploading products in an organized manner, and customizing the look of your online store, etc. has become easy and simple without requiring any programming geeks. But setting up an online store is only the beginning of generating revenue. A well-designed online store requires an extensive marketing effort to generate sales. Making sales is a broad concept and requires an extended effort ranging from understanding the customer’s needs, reaching out to the prospects, then managing, converting, retaining, etc. These […]
Press This Podcast: The Ultimate Checklist for Starting a Plugin or Theme Business with Vova Feldman
Welcome to Press This, the WordPress community podcast from WMR. Here host David Vogelpohl sits down with guests from around the community to talk about the biggest issues facing WordPress developers. The following is a transcription of the original recording. David Vogelpohl: Hello everyone and welcome to Press This the WordPress community podcasts on WMR. This is your host, David Vogelpohl, I support the WordPress community through my role at WP Engine, and I love to bring the best of the community to you hear every week on press this as a reminder, you can find me on Twitter @wpdavidv, […]
WordPress Enterprise Security: How to Secure Large-Scale Sites
While security is an important topic for any WordPress site owner, it’s even more so for enterprise websites. Large-scale websites have a lot more to lose by being hacked than sites with smaller audiences. There is more reputation and revenue at stake when the site is not available and potentially more sensitive data that could become compromised. Because security needs for WordPress enterprise websites is a slightly different beast, in this article we will take a deep dive into it. We will check how it differs from the needs of your normal mom-and-pop site and how you can effectively address […]
Checkout Page Design: 7 Best Practices to Increase Conversions
Ecommerce is tough business. From increasing expectations online shops have to fulfill to cart abandonment, it’s not always easy to convert visitors into paying customers. A central element here: checkout page design. Think about it: you probably invested a lot in sourcing products, web design, and building traffic. Yet, in the end, the checkout page is the last part of your website that customers will interact with. After making a huge effort to get them there, it can literally make or break whether someone goes through with their purchase or not. If they don’t, all the work you did before […]

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