WordPress Full-Site Editing, aka the Site Editor, offers a lot of features, not all of which you might be familiar with. That’s because it’s not only a relatively new addition to the WordPress platform but also under constant development with new features coming out regularly. As a consequence, it’s easy to miss out on some things. In order to help you get the most out of the WordPress Site Editor, in this post we will go over some features you might have overlooked. Some of them are bigger, some smaller. However, all of them can help you build better designs […]

WP Engine‘s virtual developer conference DE{CODE} 2023 just wrapped up, but that doesn’t mean you have to miss out on the insightful content! You can still register for free today and get the entire conference on demand. You can find every talk here. Let’s dive into some of the great content you can access right now. Learn at DE{CODE} The conference is packed with expert-led talks for any skill level. Whether you’re interested in headless, privacy, or security, there is something for you. WP Engine CIO and Founder, Jason Cohen, tackles How Technology has Shaped the Power Dynamics Between Designers, […]

Blog comments are an important way of interacting with readers, collecting feedback, and getting ideas for new topics. However, your comment section can also be overrun by spam and turn into a toxic cesspool of people fighting (you know, like Twitter). In order to avoid that, it makes a lot of sense to set up a blog comments policy. Creating some rules around comments left on your blog is a great way to set some boundaries and expectations toward your audience. It helps raise the quality of comments you receive and, as such, the quality of your site as a […]

Today’s guests, Teresa Gobble and Blake Wilson gave a great talk at WP Engine’s DE{CODE} titled, “React-Gutenberg Bridge: Introducing the React-Gutenberg Bridge, A Headless Block Support for an Even Better Editing Experience.” 

The Torque Social Hour is a weekly livestream of WordPress news and events. In this episode, we talked with Josepha Haden Chomphosy, the Executive Director of the WordPress project, about WordPress’s 20th anniversary, the upcoming release of WordPress 6.2, Hot Ones hot sauce, and much more. It was a great conversation and we hope you enjoy it too. Join us next each Wednesday from 3-4pm PST for WordPress news and interviews.

Have you ever wondered how you can stand out in the competitive world of WordPress development? What if WordPress certification was a way to help you stand out as a Developer? On today’s episode of Press This, we’re excited to dive into the topic of certification with Talisha Lewallen, the founder of CertifyWP and WPConnects through her work at WPConnects, Talisha has been helping military veterans find new careers within the WordPress industry. 

If you don’t find ways to optimize your workflow, your web development projects could suffer. You may end up facing unexpected delays or poor results. Essentially, without the right project management software, you’ll likely struggle to effectively schedule tasks or communicate with your team. Fortunately, you can easily find project management tools designed specifically for development. Options like Wrike, Monday.com, and Zoho Projects can help you centralize team-wide communication and streamline your development projects. In this post, we’ll discuss the benefits of using project management software. Then, we’ll show you three of the best options for developers. Let’s get started! […]

To decrease abandoned cart rates, you’ll need new ways to optimize your eCommerce store. If there are too many steps required to purchase your products, visitors may just simply leave without buying. That’s where Buy Now buttons can simplify the checkout process. By adding a Buy Now button to your products, customers can skip straight to the payment stage. This setup can provide a simpler buyer’s journey, leading to higher conversions. In this post, we’ll explain why you might want to add Buy Now buttons to your eCommerce store. Then, we’ll show you how to do this in five simple […]

Images are an essential part of blog posts and using visual elements is definitely among the best practices of creating blog content. You probably already know that. But do you ever ask yourself if the way you are using images on your blog is the most effective? In order to dispell any doubts you may be wrestling with, in this post, we will discuss how to use images in blog posts in depth. We will talk about why you should do so in the first place and then give you detailed tips on how to best use blog images. In […]

Now, there’s a lot of discussion this year and right now about the web and artificial intelligence, AI. And some developers are experimenting using AI tools like ChatGPT to generate code snippets. A lot of fascinating things are happening right now around AI, and as we’re recording, it’s really hard to tell where we are in this technological cycle. Are we just at the very beginning?