Next week, thousands of WordPressers will descend on Athens, Greece for WordCamp Europe 2023. The conference kicks off with Contributor Day on June 8 and is followed by two jam-packed days of talks and workshops on the 9 and 10. Tickets are still available. It’s going to be an amazing weekend full of sun, food, and learning. Let’s dive into what you can expect. Learn Organizers did not skimp on the content for this year’s event, and there is absolutely something for everyone. Because so many people applied to speak, they have added an entirely new speaker track. Talks cover […]

In the world of WordPress, the Gutenberg vs Classic Editor debate is one of strong opinions. And for good reason. The block editor has revolutionized how people create content on the platform. However, it’s not without its drawbacks and controversy. And for some, the prospect of learning a new interface is highly unappealing. You might be one of those people asking yourself whether you should switch from the Classic Editor to Gutenberg or stick with what you know. To help you make an informed decision, this post looks at key differences and features of the two editors and offer advice […]

The Torque Social Hour is a weekly livestream of WordPress news and events. On this episode, we talk with Anthony Burchell and Emily Schiola about WordPress’s 20th anniversary. We also talk about the releases of the 6.2.1 security patch, and the 6.2.2 patch that happened 5 days later. Join us next each Wednesday from 3-4pm PST for WordPress news and interviews.

Advanced Custom Fields is a popular plugin designed to enable WordPress developers to have more control over their custom field data. And it’s also a two time Plugin Madness winner. Recently Advanced Custom Fields released version 6.1. To talk about these new features in ACF 6.1, we’re joined by Iain Poulson.

Over the past year, AI powered tools like Dall-e and MidJourney have taken the world by storm, and it’s still in the early days of large language models and text-to-image generators. So, joining today is my guest, Joe Hoyle, the CTO and co-founder of Human Made. We’re gonna talk about AI’s Place in a WordPress agency.

Is WordPress really free? One of the reasons the platform is the most widely used CMS in the world is that it’s open source. That means, anyone can use it for any purpose, without paying an upfront licensing fee. This fact has enabled hundreds of thousands of people with no development skills to run their own website.  But does that mean every website built with WordPress is free? No. While you can use the software powering it without paying a dime, there are still costs involved with getting a site online, and promoting it. For that reason, in this post, […]

Trying to come up with strategies for enhancing user engagement, boosting conversions, and achieving your business objectives can seem intimidating. It’s a lot of effort to stay on top of all the details. Thankfully, there is a way to streamline these efforts: WordPress A/B testing. A/B or split testing can help you improve the most important aspects of your site. It’s a great tool for optimizing your website performance and conversion rates. If you’re ready to take your WordPress website’s performance to the next level, we’ll show you how. In the article below you will learn what A/B testing is […]

Changing your company’s name after many years of building up trust and recognition can always be tricky. If your company’s growing successfully, though, sometimes you might have outgrown what the original mission was, and it might be time to reconsider a rebrand. And that’s what we’re gonna be talking about today. Our guest is Devin Walker, a general manager at StellarWP, and the co-creator of GiveWP.