StudioPress founder and one of the architects of the modern WordPress theme ecosystem, Brian Gardner, will join WP Engine as a Principal Developer Advocate. He will wear many different hats but will further enhance the developer experience at WP Engine by charting a course to advance WordPress and lead developer relations, specifically helping people with the transition to Gutenberg (block editor). When some were wary of the inclusion of Gutenberg, Gardner led the charge in not only making StudioPress compliant but designing specifically for StudioPress. Gutenberg is the future of content creation in WordPress. While the transition is still ongoing, […]
Why Physical Location Matters, Even When Starting an Online Business
Starting an online business is no walk in the park — it requires diligent planning, understanding your market and competition, and basic knowledge of standard business practices. Ecommerce is growing at an exponential rate, and there’s no sign of it slowing down. Some startups and nascent businesses believe that operating online means there’s no need to purchase office space. It may even be a driving factor when deciding to open an eCommerce company. Here are some reasons why physical location matters for your online business. Why Have a Physical Location? Regardless of what industry you serve, having a physical location […]
13 Best WordPress GDPR Plugins (Cookie Compliance & More!)
Since the GDPR came into effect in 2018, website owners have been scrambling to get their site up to par and avoid hefty fines. While the race to GDPR-proof the Internet has calmed somewhat, it’s important for new sites and existing ones that skipped out to start taking steps to protect user data. Three years later, GDPR fines are continuing to be issued, and small businesses are certainly not immune. While you’re likely to receive a warning before being fined, there’s no reason to take chances. If you haven’t taken steps to protect your site yet, you need to do […]
Press This Podcast: Quickly Collecting Client Content & Site Info with James Rose
Welcome to Press This, the WordPress community podcast from WMR. Here host David Vogelpohl sits down with guests from around the community to talk about the biggest issues facing WordPress developers. The following is a transcription of the original recording. David Vogelpohl: Hello everyone and welcome to Press This the WordPress community podcasts on WMR. This is your host, David Vogelpohl, I support the WordPress community through my role at WP Engine, and I love to bring the best of the community to you hear every week on press this as a reminder, you can find me on Twitter @wpdavidv, […]
Torque’s Social Hour: Jake Goldman from 10up
The Torque Social Hour is a weekly livestream about WordPress news, events, and life. This week’s special guests is Jake Goldman from 10up. We asked Jake about recent 10up projects, how 10up decides which plugins to develop, and why 10up gives so much back to the WordPress community. Jake was an open book for this interview and I think we covered a ton of interesting topics. Join us each Wednesday from 3-4pm PST for the next episode of the Torque Social Hour.
How to Improve WordPress SEO Via Your Categories and Tags
Can you use WordPress categories and tags to improve your website’s SEO? That is the question we will explore in this post. Why would that be relevant in the first place? Because while WordPress taxonomies are a way to bring order to your content and make it more accessible, using them also automatically creates archive pages that will show up in search engines. In order to help you make the most of them, in the following we will talk about the differences between categories and tags, their effect on SEO, and best practices on using them. Let’s get to it. […]
Press This Podcast: Optimizing Headless WordPress Custom Fields & APIs with Anthony Burchell
Welcome to Press This, the WordPress community podcast from WMR. Here host David Vogelpohl sits down with guests from around the community to talk about the biggest issues facing WordPress developers. The following is a transcription of the original recording. David Vogelpohl: Hello everyone and welcome to Press This the WordPress community podcasts on WMR. This is your host, David Vogelpohl, I support the WordPress community through my role at WP Engine, and I love to bring the best of the community to you hear every week on press this as a reminder, you can find me on Twitter @wpdavidv, […]
Evergreen Content: What It Is & How to Use It to Grow Your Traffic
Evergreen content is a powerful tool for building traffic, earning links, and improving rankings. If you want to create a successful blog, it should be part of your content strategy. In case you don’t yet know what evergreen content is, how it can help your marketing, and – most importantly – how to create it, that’s exactly what we will cover in this post. Stay tuned! What Is Evergreen Content? The term “evergreen” comes from the world of plants. It describes those plants that don’t lose their leaves with the seasons and instead stay green all year round. That is […]
Customize the WordPress Admin Toolbar: Why and How to Do It
The WordPress admin toolbar comes with a standard look and set of functions that are generally very useful, so why customize it? Well, sometimes the standard layout doesn’t suit the needs of every WordPress user or developer. Perhaps there are menu options listed you never use. Or maybe it doesn’t have links to your most-used dashboard sections. No matter the specific reason, making customizations to the WordPress toolbar can streamline your workflow and improve how WordPress functions for individual users, teams, and developers. For that reason, today, we’re discussing why someone might want to customize the admin WordPress toolbar and […]
Torque’s Social Hour: Oliver Sild from Patchstack
The Torque Social Hour is a weekly livestream about WordPress news, events, and life. This week’s special guests is Oliver Sild from Patchstack. We’ll talk about building a community around WordPress and security. Join us each Wednesday from 3-4pm PST for the next episode of the Torque Social Hour. Next week’s guest is Brad Williams from WebDevStudios.

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