WordPress user roles are super useful when you have more than one person needing backend access to a website. In most cases you’re likely to have, at the very least, multiple contributors. Regardless, it’s not necessary that each person who has access to your site have the same permissions. And that’s where WordPress custom user roles come into play. Here, we’ll be discussing how to add custom user roles in WordPress and both with plugin-based and code-based solutions. But first, let’s take a moment to discuss the default user roles that come with WordPress and why limiting permissions is something you […]
Ecommerce SEO vs “Normal” SEO: 5 Important Differences (2021)
To break into the highly competitive eCommerce space, it’s often not enough to use run-of-the-mill SEO tactics. While it’s still just as important to do keyword research, optimize your website’s performance, and take other general SEO measures, there’s far more you need to do if you want to compete with the thousands of other online stores. On top of essentials like on-page SEO, there are several eCommerce-specific SEO actions you can go for. Many of these are similar to what you are already doing, but specialized to get more eyes on your products. In this article, we’re going to dig […]
28 Best Tools for Freelancers (2021): Keep Your Business on Track
In this post, we want to look at some of the best tools for freelancers that help you save time and effort. Remember: it’s really a matter of saving time in all aspects of business, not just when completing projects. So if you can find a set of tools that reduce the time spent on handling finances, scheduling meetings, and communicating with clients, you should probably jump at the opportunity. We’ve put together a healthy list of freelancer tools that tackle several key categories. These include organization, time-tracking, communication, productivity, invoicing, and more. That way, you don’t have to go […]
Enterprise WordPress Hosting: 7 Crucial Features to Look Out For
Enterprise-sized problems need enterprise-sized solutions. WordPress is an exceptional platform for making site creation accessible to startups and small businesses. However, does it have what it takes to host a sprawling agency or multinational corporate site? Enterprise-grade WordPress hosting offers the perfect solution, bringing top-notch security, speed, and power to your agency website. If you’re not sure about choosing WordPress, look for these traits in your web host of choice. Is WordPress Really Right for Enterprise Hosting? When you look at WordPress tools, tutorials, and hosting, a majority of it is directed at small businesses and individuals. In its early […]
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 […]
Enterprise-Level WordPress Sites: 13 Examples Worth Checking
In this post, we will look at some examples of enterprise-level WordPress sites. Why? Because it’s a frequent question whether the WordPress platform can accommodate websites of a certain size. In many people’s minds, WordPress is still a blogging tool or something only suitable for small business. Today, we want to put those doubts to rest. The examples of enterprise-level WordPress sites below will show once and for all what the CMS is capable of. We will take a closer look at the traffic numbers, design, and technology running in the background of each site. What Kind of Enterprise-Level Sites […]
Is WordPress Enterprise Ready? 9 Reasons Why (And Why Not)
Is WordPress enterprise ready? Can it handle the demands of large websites? Is it the right choice of CMS for websites with hundreds of thousands or millions of visitors? These are questions many people looking for an enterprise-grade CMS will probably ask themselves. In the past, the platform of choice for large-scale website projects was usually Drupal . However, in recent years, you can also find more and more examples of enterprise-level websites running on WordPress. There are good reasons to use the platform if you want to build a site of that scale. On the other hand, there are […]
CSS Specificity: A Detailed Guide (Incl. Best Practices, Examples)
CSS specificity is an important tool in the arsenal of web designers and developers and anyone who changes the design of their site by playing around with cascading style sheets. If you have ever been in the situation that you just couldn’t get an element to behave or a look the way you wanted it to, you have likely felt its power. But, wouldn’t it be great to harness CSS specificity for your own gains rather than feel at the mercy of it? If you just nodded empathetically, then you have come to the right place. Right here, right now, […]
Google Analytics 4 Tutorial: A Beginner’s Guide for 2021
In October 2020, Google released a brand new version of their Analytics platform: Google Analytics 4. While the only thing that’s changed is the addition of a property, it came with a bunch of exciting features, an updated and in many ways simplified interface, and a shiny new name. In this Google Analytics 4 tutorial, we will dive into all of it! There’s a whole host of complex features to wrap your head around and they add tons of important functionality. Most notably, you can now track both apps and websites, which is a pretty big deal and was a […]
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