The third and final WordPress Core update of 2022 landed today. 6.1 is named for Mikhail “Misha” Alperin, a Soviet-Norwegian jazz pianist. Alperin is known for forming one of the first jazz trios in the Moldavian SSR and founded the Moscow Art Trio. We are excited to welcome Misha into the WordPress family. Though the phrase Full Site Editing has been dropped from the WordPress vernacular, 6.1 still heavily focuses on design. Specifically, allowing site users to make design changes without using code. Though a lot of these updates may seem small, it is the beginning of giving more power […]
Press This: WordPress Halloween Horror Stories
Gather around the campfire as we tell you spooky stories about plugins gone wrong and other WordPress horror stories. Chris Weigman starts us off with the tale of the time he accidentally crashed 20,000 websites, then Derek Ashauer shares a tale involving custom ticket software and Blink182.
Press This: Is Your Site Ready for Cyber Weekend with Josh Dailey
Black Friday is coming, are you ready? In this episode, we’re sitting down with Josh Dailey from WP Engine to talk about last-minute tips and tricks to make sure your eCommerce site is ready for the biggest sales of the year.
Register Now for WordPress Accessibility Day
Registration is still open for WordPress Accessibility Day 2022. The 24-hour global event begins on Nov. 2 at 14:45 UTC and is completely free to attend. The event was originally started by the Website Core Accessibility Team back in 2020 and this year volunteers took over organizing. According to the website, “Our mission is to demystify website accessibility for WordPress developers, designers, content creators, and users so that they can more easily build websites that work for everyone, regardless of ability.” There will be 24 hours of content from 20 speakers. 40 percent of presentations include a speaker with a […]
Press This: A Closer Look at New Features in Advanced Custom Fields 6.0 with Iain Poulson
If you are one of the millions of users of Advanced Custom fields, you are going to want to listen to this episode of Press This. We talked with Iain Poulson about some of the new features coming to ACF 6.0. Find out why the team refers to this as ACF Blocks version 2, and what features Iain is most excited about.
Is Local Not Working Correctly? 13 Solutions to Common Problems
If you find yourself in the position that your favorite development tool, Local WP, is not working as it should, it can be frustrating. After all, there’s nothing worse than feeling stuck due to a software error. To help you get over this road block quickly, in this article, we will list solutions to common issues you may encounter in Local. That way, you can hopefully troubleshoot the problem by yourself and get back to work in no time. General Troubleshooting Tips for When Local is Not Working If you run into a problem with your installation of Local, here […]
Press This: When To Recommend Clients Host With You vs. Buying Hosting Directly With Jeff Mankini of UpClick Digital
In this episode of PressThis, we interview Jeff Mankini of UpClick Digital about his thoughts on what both reselling and referring hosting is helpful for clients, the factors he uses to determine what to recommend, and why he thinks his approach is a win-win for the clients UpClick Digital serves. If you’re an agency thinking through this puzzle, or a brand wondering what the right choice is for you on how to handle your hosting approach, don’t miss this episode of PressThis.
The Death of Third-Party Cookies: Prepare for a Cookieless Future
If you keep up with the latest online marketing news, you might have heard that the cookieless future is upon us. Specifically, the death of third-party cookies is something that will upend how we do business on the Internet. While this move affects online advertisers the most, it’s natural to wonder what it means for your WordPress website as well. In particular, how can you leverage your website to best adapt to these changes? This guide covers all you need to know about the soon-to-be-cookieless future. Learn about what exactly this means and discover three major ways (with a bonus!) […]
Press This: David Vogelpohl Says Farewell As Host and Starts New Adventures
For over 260 episodes PressThis host David Vogelpohl has interviewed countless guests from around the WordPress community about the latest advancements in WordPress, interesting projects people in the community are working on, and a countless list of optimizations, hacks, and techniques to make WordPress sites better.
To honor David’s years as host, in this episode we turn the tables and interview David Vogelpohl about his thoughts about a new CMO role he will be taking on after he departs WP Engine, what connections his new gig has to the WordPress community, what he’ll miss most about WP Engine, his favorite experiences hosting PressThis all these years, and what he’s excited about for the future of PressThis.
55+ Brands, Celebrities, and Famous Websites Using WordPress
With its root as a blogging platform, it is easy to disregard the WordPress platform as a serious business solution. The fact that it is open-source and free to use for anyone can also certainly contribute to its image as a product for hobbyists. As a consequence, clients who don’t know better might doubt its scalability for larger projects, and developers may therefore think they couldn’t land big-name clients by offering WordPress services. However, WordPress now powers 64.1% of all websites with a known content management system. Showing the CMS is incredibly powerful. To show that the platform is a […]
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