Beginners

In this day and age, getting your music online is imperative to your success as a musician. Sure, you can use Bandcamp or Facebook, but you can’t use those sites to sell merchandise or layout a full concert schedule. If you’re serious about making a name for yourself, you’re going to need a website and WordPress is your best bet. There’s a countless number of themes created specifically for musicians and artists. Instead of trying to embed a new song, these themes come with audio players, which can be easily changed and updated. Want to drop a surprise weekend album like […]

There is no denying that WordPress and the WordPress sphere are thriving. The platform has been the fastest growing CMS for several years straight and in June this year more than 2,000 people gathered for WordCamp Europe 2016 — the largest WordPress convention in history. Another sign pointing to the continuing success of WordPress is the growing number of premium plugins. Although there are more than 40,000 free WordPress plugins in the directory, a lot of people these days opt to pay for their plugin needs. So much so that the number of successful WordPress companies with six-figure revenues and beyond […]

There are almost 75 million WordPress sites to date, which makes up more than 25 percent of the entire Internet. WordPress is flexible, easy-to-use, and with more than 40 thousand plugins in the repository, it is easier than ever to customize it to fit your needs. With its growing appeal, it’s more important than ever for users to take appropriate security measures. As the president of SiteLock, a website security company, I have seen countless WordPress websites compromised, and it seems like these breaches are becoming more and more prevalent. In 2005, there were 157 million data breaches in the United States […]

In its thirteen years of its existence, WordPress has enabled countless people to start their own websites, careers, and businesses online. That’s a pretty impressive feat and a testament to the platform’s abilities. However, nobody is perfect, not even our favorite content management system. With so many people using the platform in different environments and for different purposes, things won’t always go smoothly and WordPress users will run into issues on the way. In fact, there are a number of common WordPress problems that most users are likely to encounter at least once. The good news is that with its […]