Nowadays, nearly every business has a website. Therefore, you’ll want to retain your competitive edge by providing an excellent User Experience (UX). However, you might lack the knowledge and skills to measure your site’s performance. Fortunately, you can monitor your web performance easily with the right tools. For instance, you can track important data about your site’s accessibility, speed, and database performance. Then, you can make the necessary adjustments to improve your UX. In this post, we’ll take a closer look at website performance monitoring. Then, we’ll explore five effective ways to monitor your site. Let’s get started! An Introduction […]

It is hard to believe 2022 is coming to a close. After two years of learning how to live and work apart, this year allowed for us to start to come back together. There were more in-person events, more contributions to Core, and three massive releases. The uncertainty of the landscape started to fade, and the perseverance of the community was on full display.  Though we can never fully predict what will happen next, one thing is for certain, the WordPress community will continue to be a pillar of strength through all of life’s ups and downs.  A lot happened […]

In this episode of Press This we asked Nick Diego and Mike Davey to discuss some of the highlights from Matt Mullenweg’s annual State Of The Word Talk.

We talked about how Playground can help people experiment with WordPress sites in a browser, how AI can help create content and images, and the WordPress repository’s new system for organizing plugins.

If you’re ready to keep up on developments in the WordPress Community, don’t miss this episode. Listen now!

The days are getting shorter, the cold is setting in, and family is coming into town. It is the perfect time to settle in beside the fire with a nice cup of hot chocolate and catch up on podcasts.  This year, Torque’s own Doc Pop took over the WordPress community podcast, Press This. Doc talked to experts from all the community about everything from WordCamps to Gutenberg and beyond. We’ve compiled a few excellent episodes to get you started, but if you’re interested in the entire catalog, you can subscribe to Press This on Red Circle, iTunes, Spotify, or you […]

Why would you need social media scheduling tools? Well, think of any business out there – it can be from any industry or of any size. What are the odds that the business has active social media profiles? Pretty high, right? Social media has long become a crucial part of digital marketing. Back in 2015, 43% of businesses were already spending six hours per week on their social media efforts. A couple of years and a pandemic later, this number has likely increased by leaps and bounds. But, isn’t there a way to lighten the load a little? The answer […]

If you’re a freelance WordPress developer, you may not know how to price your services. It’s hard to strike a balance between making a substantial profit and not overcharging your customers. If you can’t find a happy medium, potential clients might leave you for the competition.  Fortunately, there are various ways to determine a fair price for both you and your clients. Identifying costs and evaluating competitor rates can give you a good benchmark for your services. That way, you’ll be able to set an attractive price while making the money you deserve.  In this post, we’ll look at why […]

While factors such as Search Engine Optimization (SEO) are essential for your site’s growth, they don’t mean much if it isn’t secure. If you haven’t taken measures to increase the stability of your WordPress website, it might be at risk of poor performance and cyber hacking. Fortunately, there are many steps you can take to stabilize your WordPress website. Actions such as using managed hosting and tightening up your password security can help safeguard your website and improve its performance. This will help ensure that your data is protected and your site is functioning optimally.  In this post, we’ll discuss […]

In this episode of Press This, WP Engine Developer Advocate, Principal, Brian Gardner looks at WordPress theme design trends for 2023, including candy pastels, creative typography, and radiant gradients. Check out the full episode for more on the role of page builders, content accessibility, and the future of Site Editing as we head into the new year.

The Torque Social Hour is a weekly livestream of WordPress news and events. On this week’s episode, we talk with Sé Reed and Courtney Robertson about the WP Community Collective, a group that aims to help fund WordPress contributors and community initiatives. This was a fun conversation about who open source contributions can get funded, then we spend the second half of the show talking about fun things like Andorsands, the site editor, and other WordPress news. Join us on December 21st for our next livestream.

On a rainy, cloudy day in New York City, WordPress Co-Founder Matt Mullenweg presented his annual State of the Word keynote speech. In front of a small but engaged in-person audience, and a vast streaming audience, Mullenweg went over the WordPress wins for 2022 and what we can look forward to in 2023.  Some themes were familiar such as the power of the community, and the importance of keeping open source open. But others like collaborative editing within the dashboard and new plugin taxonomies spoke to an exciting and vibrant future of the project that couldn’t have been imagined when […]