WooConf 2016 took place last week in Austin. The two-day conference featured sessions on all things ecommerce — from subscriptions to improving customer interactions to debugging WooCommerce. In addition, this year, CEO of Automattic, the now parent company of WooThemes, Matt Mullenweg delivered the first ever State of the Woo, in which he discussed the past, present, and future of WooCommerce. Let’s take a look at four takeaways. Big Growth For Woo Mullenweg emphasized the significant growth WooCommerce has experienced since its launch in 2011. It currently has more than 3,800,000 downloads and installations, and more than 400 site extensions. Plus, a whopping […]
Revolution Slider Plugin Is Possible Cause Of Panama Papers Leak
The Revolution Slider Plugin has been identified as the possible cause for Panama Papers leak, one of the biggest data leaks to date, involving over 100 news publications and 2.6 terabytes of information, Wordfence reported yesterday. According to Wordfence, the Mossack Fonseca (MF) website is currently running a vulnerable version of the revslider plugin which grants a remote attacker a shell on the web server, but “have now put their site behind a firewall which would protect against this vulnerability being exploited.” All versions of the plugin from 2.1.7 to 3.0.95 are vulnerable to the attack. Wordfence theorized that MF […]
Customer Experience Is Key To Ecommerce Success
At WooConf yesterday, CEO of WP Engine Heather Brunner drew a line in the sand stating that a successful ecommerce company will put the customer at the center of their digital strategy. She emphasized that “commerce is not just about content and conversions, it’s also about storytelling.” Brunner recommended that on the pathway to customer advocacy, you must first create an individualized, genuine relationship with your customers. To reach advocacy, customers must go through these three stages first: credibility, respect, and trust. Credibility Brunner recommends that the first step to building brand advocacy is to establish credibility with your customers. This can be achieved […]
Stats Of The Woo 2016
WordPress founder and CEO of WooCommerce owner Automattic Matt Mullenweg delivered the first State of the Woo yesterday at WooConf in Austin. In it, he shared a number of stats and milestones that illustrate how WooCommerce has grown. Here’s a look at some of the stats and milestones mentioned in the State of the Woo 2016 (click infographic to enlarge):
State Of The Woo 2016
WordPress founder and CEO of WooCommerce owner Automattic Matt Mullenweg kicked off WooConf 2016 in Austin with the first ever State of the Woo address, during which he shared an insightful look at WooCommerce’s past, present, and future. The Woo Journey WooCommerce, From Zero To Hiro More than 37 percent of all eCommerce sites use WooCommerce, making it a de facto in the industry. It hasn’t always been this way, though. Mullenweg pointed out that when it started in Sept. 2011, it had zero downloads, six official themes, and only nine official extensions. Just one year later, in 2012, however, the plugin […]
Plugin Madness Championship: WooCommerce Vs. Advanced Custom Fields
Last month, we pit 64 of the most popular WordPress plugins in the repository against each other in a bracket-style competition. This week, Advanced Custom Fields and WooCommerce go head to head in the championship round of Plugin Madness! Go to pluginmadness.com to vote now. The tournament champion will be announced next Tuesday, April 12. You can check Torque this week for competition updates, giveaways, and more. When you vote, remember to tell the world using the hashtag #pluginmadness for a chance to win Torque swag that will keep you looking great!
Plugin Madness: The Semi-Finalists Speak
Last month, we pit the 64 most popular WordPress plugins against each other in Torque’s 2016 Plugin Madness. We have witnessed several upsets along the way, and some of WordPress’s most beloved plugins, like SEO by Yoast, Akismet, and Jetpack by WordPress.com, have met defeat. We have received more than 15,000 votes so far, and, with only a few weeks left in the competition, it’s been narrowed to just four plugins — The Events Calendar, WooCommerce, Advanced Custom Fields, and Wordfence Security. We reached out to our semi-finalists to see if they had any advice for creating successful plugins and […]
Four-Day ‘Week Of REST’ Bootcamp Planned For 2016
Human Made, the company behind A Day of REST, the first ever REST API conference, today announced A Week of REST, a residential developer bootcamp dedicated to the WordPress REST API. This four-day event will be focused entirely on learning how to build REST API-driven sites and applications. Geared towards WordPress developers, “this advanced bootcamp will teach you how to leverage the API, create your own API with custom endpoints, and display WordPress data in a frontend JavaScript application.” The inspiration for a longer, more in-depth REST API-focused event came from the feedback received from A Day of REST. “After a successful first conference dedicated […]
‘The Ultimate Pre-Launch Checklist For WordPress Sites’ Now Available [Ebook]
The Ultimate Pre-Launch Checklist For WordPress Sites is now available for download! Written by Torque contributor Nick Schäferhoff, The Ultimate Pre-Launch Checklist For WordPress Sites is a free downloadable ebook that covers the various steps involved in setting up a WordPress site. It takes a look a look at the following topics: Content Design Marketing SEO Legal Backup and security and more Download The Ultimate Pre-Launch Checklist For WordPress Sites here. Whether you’re creating a site for the first time or you find yourself repeatedly launching websites, this detailed checklist can help you create a roadmap to streamline the setup of your WordPress site.
Facebook’s Instant Articles WordPress Plugin Now Available
WordPress.com VIP and Facebook this week announced the Facebook Instant Articles plugin for WordPress, a free, open-source solution designed to dramatically cut the page-load time of articles opened within Facebook. The plugin is entirely open source and is available for free on GitHub. Geared towards news and content publishers, Instant Articles allows Facebook users to open up articles entirely within the Facebook mobile application. This simplifies the process of publishing Instant Articles from WordPress directly. Upon activation, the plugin ensures that “you’ll have a compliant feed of posts, wrapping your core content in the markup Facebook requires.” “The open-source WordPress […]
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