How can I improve my freelance business? That’s a question many in the WordPress community are asking themselves. According to the WP Engine WordPress industry survey 2016, freelancers make up the largest single group working with WordPress. And why wouldn’t they? One of the reasons for the success of the platform is that it has …
Should You Add Push Notifications to Your WordPress Website?
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 …
Web Designer vs Web Developer – What’s the Difference?
Giving people the ability to create their own website is a large part of the success of WordPress. With WordPress, you no longer need a web designer or web developer to create your own Internet presence. Basically anyone can set up a website in minutes. On the other hand, for many users the platform has …
The Essential Guide to Content Formatting to Increase Time on Page
Content formatting is an important piece of the puzzle that is blogging and content marketing. While you would think that the information inside your posts is what matters most, it turns out that the presentation is just as important. While the content is what gets people on your site, it’s format is what makes them …
4 Excellent Ways to Add a Favicon to Your WordPress Website
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, …
How to Create and Use Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) in WordPress
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, …
14 WordPress Plugins Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning
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 …
25 Essential WordPress Plugins to Monetize Your WordPress Website
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 …
Here’s What It Takes to Make a WordPress Website Mobile Friendly
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 …
7 Enterprise-Level Websites From Australia That Are Built With WordPress
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 …
How WordPress Makes It Easy to Combine Content and Commerce
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 …
An In-depth Tutorial on How to Use Yoast SEO (Updated 2017!)
Question: Which plugin appears first in Google when you type in “WordPress SEO,” has over one million active installs, a 4.8-star rating in the WordPress directory and is a regular on the favorite plugins list? If you just answered Yoast SEO you would be correct. The plugin by Team Yoast is one of the best …
