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March 5, 2018

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What began as a blogging platform nearly 15 years ago is one step closer to taking control of the entire web. WordPress officially powers 30 percent of the web according to W3Techs. It is also the fastest growing CMS by far, with Squarespace and Wix barely coming close. These numbers are a huge victory for WordPress and the entire community. The CMS has outgrown its blogging roots and is now the most powerful CMS on the market. Not only does it power personal blogs, but it helps create digital experiences for enterprise companies. Let’s go over how we got here and […]

Voting for Torque’s 2018 Plugin Madness Now Open

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March 5, 2018

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Let the madness begin! Voting for Torque’s 2018 Plugin Madness is now open. Modeled after the NCAA college basketball tournament March Madness, we use a bracket-based voting system to pit plugins against one another each week. This year we asked you to nominate your favorite plugins, and today we’re happy to kick things off with an impressive lineup of plugins. Head on over to pluginmadness.com to vote for your favorite plugins now. Vote for your favorite plugins here The voting schedule is as follows: March 5: The Enchanting 64 (Round 1) March 12: The Thrilling 32 (Round 2) March 19: […]

Make Your Articles Heard with Amazon Polly: Q & A with AWS

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February 26, 2018

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You have a dedicated audience that comes to your site every day to read your content. They take the time to sit down and engage with what you’ve written. Unfortunately, that’s not possible for everyone. People are incredibly busy and aren’t taking the time to sit down and read an article. Users are listening to podcasts and music while they’re driving to work or cleaning the house. If you’re not considering these people, you could be missing out on potential viewers. With the Amazon Polly plugin, you can now reach anyone anywhere. The plugin, co-authored by AWS and WP Engine, […]

Amazon Polly Helps WordPress Speak

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February 8, 2018

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Accessibility has been a huge conversation in WordPress recently. At WordCamp US in 2017, nearly half of the talks focused on accessibility issues. It is an area where many sites can do better. While there are many plugins and tools to help boost accessibility, one area WordPress falls a bit short is text to speech. This is an invaluable tool for anyone who is vision impaired. Screen readers are out there but they can be clunky and if a site isn’t optimized for them, they can fail. In order to further these efforts and a partnership with WordPress, Amazon released […]

Download the Free Ultimate Guide to eCommerce ebook Today

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January 29, 2018

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WordPress has grown from a blogging platform to a powerful tool that powers 29 percent of the web. It has become a place you can build a portfolio, enterprise site, or an ecommerce site. You can sell anything from plugins to sweaters using the CMS. We’ve compiled all the tips and tricks you need to know to create a fully-functional online store into a free ebook. Download the Ultimate Guide to eCommerce for WordPress Here! This ebook will teach you everything from A/B Testing to site design to customer retention all in one place. Create a beautiful website from start to […]

A Beginner’s Guide to the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Initiative

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January 29, 2018

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Just when you thought it was safe to conduct business with the European Union (EU) after the Cookie Law situation, along came the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) initiative. However, unlike the Cookie Law, the impact of this change on WordPress website owners could be significant – so it pays to comply. In short, the GDPR provides a method for users to control the way their data is collected and used, so it’s crucial for anyone who regularly deals with clients in the EU to understand. There are some important aspects for you to consider (such as how you currently […]

Is WordPress Set For a Bright 2018 and Beyond?

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January 22, 2018

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With the State of the Word now complete for 2017, we have a good idea of what WordPress will look to achieve in the new year. However, does this roadmap represent an evolution of the platform, or simply a sideways shift? Actually, the signs are all positive – WordPress is taking a number of steps to modernize an already stellar platform. However, 2018’s WordPress will still have to compete with the likes of Wix, Medium, and Squarespace if it wants to dominate the landscape even further. In this piece, we’ll look at some of the most important upcoming WordPress additions […]

Gutenberg and WordPress in 2018: An Interview With Adam Warner

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January 10, 2018

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Gutenberg was the biggest WordPress news in 2017. Matt Mullenweg announced and strongly backs the project that is looking like it could change the landscape of the CMS. Because we still don’t have an official release date, there is still a lot of speculation surrounding the project. Could it make WordPress even more competitive than it already is? We spoke to Adam Warner, Open Source Community Manager at Sitelock, about where he thinks Gutenberg and WordPress will be in the new year. WordPress Will Continue to Dominate WordPress can scale large enough to power an enterprise site and still support […]

Big Ideas and Open Source

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January 2, 2018

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During the 2017 WP Engine Summit, leaders from four agencies delivering innovative digital experiences with open source participated in a panel at the WP Engine Summit in order to explore and dissect how they have implemented open source in their work and where they see it going for the future. The panel consisted of Greg Crockhart, CEO at CandySpace, Karim Marucchi, CEO at Crowd Favorite, Isabel Kantor, Senior Technology Director at R/GA, Ben Howerton, Cofounder & Chief Strategist at DevMethods and was moderated by Eric Jones, VP Global Communications for WP Engine. Most Noteworthy Implementations of WordPress The panelists […]

How WordPress Evolved in 2017

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December 20, 2017

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