The 11 Best Email Opt-in Plugins for WordPress As a business owner, you probably know how effective email marketing can be. Almost every online marketer swears by its effectiveness, so it’s a channel you simply can’t afford to ignore. Here’s the rub: 99% of all email users check their inboxes daily. That’s a staggering figure, and perfectly highlights the importance of using an email opt-in plugin. More importantly, 59% of respondents to a HubSpot survey stated that marketing emails profoundly impact their purchasing decisions. However, finding the right email opt-in plugin can be a bit confusing. The sheer number of […]
7 Inspiring Headless WordPress Examples Out in the Wild (2021)
It seems like everyone in the WordPress sphere is talking about headless WordPress (we are as well). Decoupling the back end from the front end is poised to be a big part of the future of WordPress and headless CMS in general are something that we will see more of. In last few years WordPress has built the foundation for this development, especially with the adoption of the WP REST API. However, with all the hype, what can you actually accomplish with headless WordPress and, more importantly, what are people already using it for? To answer these questions, in this […]
Getting Started With JavaScript (And How It Compares to PHP)
JavaScript has been in the news a lot lately, and for good reason. There’s a growing need for WordPress developers to “learn JavaScript deeply.” However, making the switch from PHP can seem overwhelming at first glance. In our opinion, even if PHP is your only programming language, you should find the switch to JavaScript comfortable enough to begin hacking away at a few scripts in no time. Once you understand how the basic building blocks of JavaScript are put together, you’ll have a solid grounding that will enable you to explore the more complex aspects of the language. In this […]
How WordPress Can Lead the Web in Privacy-First Design
In May of 2018, WordPress 4.9.6 was released with new privacy-related features to aid in compliance with the new EU privacy regulations known as the GDPR. The GDPR grants EU citizens the right to request what data a website can collect, and request that it be erased. It also requires informed consent of how the data will be used and shared with third parties. Every WordCamp I’ve been to since the last US election I’ve had multiple conversations about why corporate surveillance states, like those created by analytics collection, PPC platforms, etc, are in general dangerous, especially when used for […]
Pass Every CWV and PageSpeed Insights Test With These WordPress Development Techniques
In 2021, at StrategiQ, a full stack digital agency based in the UK, we made it a target of ours to start developing each and every website we develop and launch to pass Google’s Core Web Vitals (CWV) and PageSpeed Insights (PSI) performance report. Core Web Vitals show how your website performs in a variety of ways. This includes the speed of loading the first content on a page (First and Largest Contentful Paint), the speed of how long a user has to wait before they can interact with it (Time to Interactive), and layout shifts (Cumulative Layout Shift). Testing […]
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