This month, the city of love, Paris, had a couple thousand more tourists than usual. Yet, instead of the Eiffel Tower, Louvre or Champs-Élysées, these particular people headed to the Paris Docks in the North of the city, where WordCamp Europe 2017 was taking place. The fifth WordCamp Europe once again stole the crown as the biggest WordCamp ever, though WordCamp US will probably, once more, reclaim that title in December. For now, however, 1900 participants from 79 countries and more than 1000 people taking part in the live streams is nothing to scoff at. I was in attendance for […]
WordPress Theme Safety – How to Ensure the Theme You Are Using is Secure
Two of the biggest reasons for WordPress’ success is how easy it is to customize and that there are so many free ways to do so. The WordPress directory is full of literally thousands of free themes and plugins and can change the design and functionality of your site in seconds. In addition to that, we have masses of premium plugins and other commercial offerings from high-quality WordPress companies. As a consequence, anyone looking to enhance their site is just a Google query away from doing so. Enter “free WordPress themes” and you are sure to find something for your […]
WordPress for Enterprise: Why Your Site Should Use WordPress
Building and running an enterprise website presents a unique set of challenges. Enterprise sites often represent large, multinational business entities and as such need to work on a similar scale as their parent companies. That usually means lots of pages, subdomains and subsites, high traffic, and localized content. In the past, enterprise websites would often rely on proprietary custom solutions. Closed systems that make users dependent on their vendors and, as commercial products, also represent a financial commitment. However, if your goal was to build a site for your business, this was the way to go. WordPress, on the other […]
8 Effective Tools to Manage Multiple WordPress Sites From One Dashboard
Managing multiple WordPress sites at once is no easy task. While the platform has an easy-to-use interface, a lot already goes into keeping just one site up and running. Updating WordPress, plugins, themes, creating content, moderating comments, doing regular maintenance — it’s not hard but it accumulates. Multiply that for each additional site and you have your hands full, especially with sites that have healthy traffic. And that doesn’t even take into account the time it takes to log in and out of each website. Luckily, you don’t have to go it alone. Other people have realized the need to […]
8 Excellent Ways to Make WordPress Safe for Clients
WordPress has enabled countless people to start their own web design businesses. Especially if you have some web development chops, the platform is the perfect vehicle to earn money creating web presences for others. At the same time, WordPress is also a great starter CMS for clients. The simple, yet powerful interface allows them to take care of their site quickly and easily. It is beginner friendly, easy to use and learn, and offers many other benefits. Clients appreciate the capability to care for their own websites. However, at the same time, this poses a risk. Since the WordPress backend […]
Is WordPress Ready to Be an Enterprise-Grade CMS?
The effect WordPress had on the world of online publishing can not be overstated. The platform has revolutionized the Internet by enabling countless individuals to start their own business and web entities. Loved by entrepreneurs, startups, and small business owners, it now powers almost 28 percent of the entire Internet. Yet, while most popular on the small scale, in recent years WordPress has also made strides in the enterprise sector. In fact, we have a whole article on world-famous brands, companies, and celebrities that use the CMS. Users increasingly turn to WordPress even for large projects with sometimes thousands of […]
The Decision Maker’s Guide to eCommerce
Now more than ever, shoppers are going to the web for their purchases. These days, we can order pretty much anything online, from clothes and electronics to software and even groceries. Customers appreciate the convenience of making purchases from the comfort of their homes 24 hours a day. There are several other reasons why more and more people prefer shopping online including better prices, wider variety, easier to compare prices and so on. It’s for these reasons, every major retailer is now offering their wares online instead of just in the shops. Online shops also offer many advantages to their […]
Growth Hacking WordPress – How to Take Your Site to The Next Level
Growth hacking is very prevalent in the world of startups, especially for companies in their early stages. In fact, for a while growth hacking was a buzzword like “content is king” in blogging. The term describes an approach to find ways to rapidly and efficiently grow a business. Since its main focus is building a user base the same principles can also be used to grow websites. Fortunately, WordPress and growth hacking go together like peanut butter and jelly. For that reason, in this article, we want to dive deeply into this topic. Below we will talk about what growth […]
An Inside Look at WooCommerce 3.0 – What to Expect From The Update
eCommerce in WordPress usually means one thing: WooCommerce. The plugin is the go-to solution for most online shops – not just in the WordPress sphere but on the web in general. WooCommerce’s popularity is due to its ease of use, number of features, developer friendliness, high extendability, and a host of other reasons. We have explored the plugin in the past in our detailed tutorial on how set up an online shop with WooCommerce. Today, WooCommerce 3.0 was dropped. The new version comes with many new features, improvements, and other stuff to look forward to. We have taken a look under […]
9 Advanced Techniques to Make WordPress Faster
Learning how to make WordPress faster is an essential skill for every website owner. Website performance is a big part of usability and a sluggish site one of the best ways to drive away visitors and lose search rankings. We have already published a detailed article on how to make your WordPress website faster. In it you learn why speed matters, what factors influence page load speed and what you can do to improve it. In this article, we want to go a step further. Below, we have listed advanced techniques to improve the performance of your WordPress website. Some […]
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