Today we are talking about a topic that, frankly, I am a bit on the fence about: web push notifications. Why am I skeptical? Well, to be honest at least on my phone I switch them off as much as I can and rarely enable them inside apps. For that reason, if a website asks to send me push notifications (as happens more frequently lately), I am immediately taken aback. For me, that comes close to a site that has popup overload. However, push notifications are definitely making a push (see what I did there?) around the web. Some big […]

Small details can make a big difference in how your website is perceived and adding a favicon to your WordPress website is one of those tiny details. In case that term causes you to draw a blank, favicon stands for favorite icon. It’s the tiny image that represents your website in a browser’s favorite menu, tabs, and wherever else it is represented visually. Having a favicon is good for brand recognition, giving your site a visual identity and building trust with your audience. For that reason, in this article, we will show you how to include one on your site. […]

Scalable vector graphics and WordPress is a slightly complicated story. We all know that using visuals on your website is important. Images are everywhere. Be it to make your content more engaging and shareable, as portfolio images, or maybe just your site logo. Thankfully, WordPress supports many image formats for that purpose, including JPG, PNG, and GIF. However, one it doesn’t support without some coercion is scalable vector graphics (SVG). Yet, they are an image format that is growing rapidly in popularity. In this article, we want to talk about scalable vector graphics in WordPress. We will tell you what […]

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 […]

Most people who start a website do it with the goal in mind to earn money. After all, we all need to make a living and the Internet has become a great place to do it. We already talked about this concept in another article that covered how to monetize your WordPress website. Here, we covered different ways to make money with a website from ads over sponsored posts to affiliate programs. It’s a great place to start if you are thinking about earning money with your WordPress site. Today, we want to get a little more specific. After deciding how […]

The rise of mobile devices has been one of the most decisive changes on the Internet. These days, no website can do without being mobile friendly or rather, no website that wants to be successful. By now, mobile users represent more than half of all Internet traffic and also make up the majority of all search queries. For that reason, there is no way around catering to this user group. Plus, Google now punishes you in the search results if you don’t have mobile-optimized version of your site. If that isn’t motivation enough, I don’t know what is. However, what […]

Recently we talked about the state of the WordPress community in Australia on this blog. The tightly-knit community is remarkable for a country divided by lots of open space. In this post, we want to continue with the theme of WordPress and Australia. However, instead of talking about the community, we want to put the focus on the results they produce. By now, a bunch of prominent and large Australian websites run on WordPress. We have already talked about enterprise-level WordPress sites. In this article, we want to take this a little further and showcase a number of these sites. […]

Content and commerce are two of the main driving forces of the online economy. In the end, most websites come down to creating content and/or selling stuff. It makes sense, doesn’t it? After all, we are all here to earn a living. Bloggers need to monetize their site to live off of their writing. Online shops need to ways to market themselves. As a consequence, in many cases content and commerce are dependent on each other to be successful. Thankfully, WordPress can do both and in this article, we will talk about how the platform can help you excel in […]