The growing number of plugins is part of what makes WordPress so appealing. There’s literally a WordPress plugin for everything; from contact forms, to security, to holiday snow. That being said, entering into the world of WordPress plugins may be challenging, particularly if you haven’t already established yourself as a leading plugin author. Today, Vladimir Prelovac, the brains behind ManageWP, announced the release of the Plugin Discovery Tool on ManageWP.org, a tool that will increase the discoverability of new plugins and plugin authors. Torque reached out to Vladimir Prelovac to learn more about his journey, his new plugin discovery tool, and future initiatives for ManageWP. Torque: […]
One guide to rule them all: the best WordPress plugins for everything
Here at Torque, we do a lot of plugin comparisons and lists. We’ve compiled lists of the best plugins for countless functions — from graph creation, to mobile optimization, to backups, and everything in between. While those lists are definitely helpful pieces (I might be a little biased. Maybe.), we thought of something that would be insanely more helpful. A list of the best free WordPress plugins. . . for. . .well (almost) everything. That’s right: There’s a plugin here for just about every function you can think of (and even for some functions you can’t). And not just any ol’ plugin, but what I believe […]
Torque Talks with John James Jacoby on crowdfunding
Last month, John James Jacoby (or JJJ) launched a 24-day Indiegogo campaign to help focus his time solely on the development and improvement of BuddyPress, GlotPress, and bbPress for the next 6 months. With less than 34 hours to go, JJJ has surpassed his 50K goal, exemplifying the supportive nature of the WordPress community, and confirming the importance of the further development of these beloved plugins. Check out our chat with him below, then consider chipping in a few bucks to help his project out. Crowdfunding and open source: the perfect pair Torque: It’s exciting to see developers coming to the community to get support […]
WordPress On-Page SEO: How to Do It Perfectly (In-Depth Guide)
This post was last updated on January 2, 2024. Pop quiz time: What is the most important factor in WordPress on-page SEO? What really determines how well your web page will rank on Google? Is it content length? Social sharing? Keyword density? All of the above? The answer is, of course, more complex than that. Truth be told, Google uses a huge number of factors to determine the ranking of web pages, in fact, more than 200 of them. Does that mean you have to check 200 different aspects every time you create a web page? That sounds like an […]
My experience starting up a WordPress business
Technology is empowering. It doesn’t take as long to establish your online presence as it used to. We all want a smooth startup and that’s why we opted for taking our business online, right? You can easily assemble a crew of WordPress developers and designers, buy decent hosting, pick one of the free or premium WordPress themes, install some plugins, begin creating WordPress products, and start your own WordPress shop. Weeell no, not exactly. When I first got on that road (along with a couple of my friends) all I ever heard were fairy tales about owning a WordPress shop. We […]

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