Are you interested in launching a WordPress website? Whether you’re an aspiring developer or a code-shy food blogger, you’ll need to sign up for web hosting. However, if you’re a beginner, you may not have the slightest idea how to pick a provider and plan. Fortunately, there are plenty of web hosting options to choose from. By comparing their features and services, you’ll be able to select the hosting that best suits your needs. In this post, we’ll explain what website hosting is and why choosing the right provider is so important for your future success. Then we’ll share three factors […]

Welcome to Press This, the WordPress community podcast from WMR. Here host David Vogelpohl sits down with guests from around the community to talk about the biggest issues facing WordPress developers. The following is a transcription of the original recording. David Vogelpohl: Hello everyone and welcome to Press This the WordPress community podcasts on WMR. This is your host, David Vogelpohl, I support the WordPress community through my role at WP Engine, and I love to bring the best of the community to you hear every week on press this as a reminder, you can find me on Twitter @wpdavidv, or […]

The Torque Social Hour is a weekly livestream about WordPress news, events, and life. In this week’s stream we’ll talk with Courtney Robertson, a Web Designer & Developer Advocate at GoDaddy Pro and a Make WordPress Training Team Co-Rep. Courtney has instructed WordPress training for business owners, high school students, and bootcamp career changers. Join us each Wednesday from 3-4pm PST for the next episode of the Torque Social Hour.

WordPress’ official plugin repository is a great place to find free, easy-to-install plugins. However, it’s not the only place you can find them. In fact, thousands of plugins exist all over the Internet just waiting to be discovered. By sticking to the repository, you’re severely limiting yourself. Since paid plugins aren’t allowed in the repository, downloading premium WordPress plugins requires looking elsewhere. But they can often be hard to find unless you already know where to look. Luckily, there are quite a few reputable sources for paid WordPress plugins online. And even if you just want free plugins, there’s plenty […]

If you need to run WordPress headless, a quality framework is a must-have. However, even with a little help from a modern framework, you may still struggle to preview your content effectively. That’s where Faust.js comes in. This new framework harnesses the power of Next.js and React, and combines this with convenient post previewing features. With Faust.js, you can view your content before hitting Publish, exactly the same as with a traditional WordPress website. In this article, we’ll explore why you might want to use Faust.js for your next headless WordPress project. Then we’ll show you how to set up […]

Welcome to Press This, the WordPress community podcast from WMR. Here host David Vogelpohl sits down with guests from around the community to talk about the biggest issues facing WordPress developers. The following is a transcription of the original recording. Powered by RedCircle David Vogelpohl: Hello everyone and welcome to Press This the WordPress community podcasts on WMR. This is your host, David Vogelpohl, I support the WordPress community through my role at WP Engine, and I love to bring the best of the community to you hear every week on press this as a reminder, you can find me on […]

Accessibility has increasingly become a central priority for every top-notch nonprofit website.  Designing an accessible website is often viewed as an intimidating, complicated process, but it doesn’t have to be. Even taking incremental steps to incorporate accessibility into your website strategy is a strong first step in the right direction.  Luckily, since you’ve built your nonprofit’s website using WordPress, you’re already off to a great start when it comes to accessibility. This robust, powerful platform offers features and opportunities that ensure all users are welcome on your site.  In this quick guide, we’ll review four effective ways to create an […]

Every day, more stuff comes into our lives: stuff in our home, stuff on our calendar, and stuff cluttering our minds. All that stuff gets in the way of where we want to go and who we want to be. Our work lives often resemble our personal lives. Pair that with social media and internet consumption, and one could find themselves in a predicament that I was in several years ago: becoming a hot mess. It was a slow, methodical takeover. I didn’t know it was happening until one day I completely broke down and realized it was a problem. […]

All online stores have a few things in common, but the product pages for the best ones have specific features that make them stand out. Figuring out what to include isn’t as easy as following a checklist. Entrepreneurs must understand their clients and the platform their store resides on.  According to Search Engine Journal, WordPress makes up 64.1% of the content management system (CMS) market. The platform powers 39.5% of all websites. Although various sites use the CMS software, business owners can also use it for eCommerce and wind up with a breathtaking design that perfectly meets their users’ needs. […]

The latest version of WordPress will be arriving at the end of the month on January 25. Perhaps by the time you are reading this, version 5.9 has already been released to the world. I could not be more excited. There are countless enhancements and new features, many of which we will cover in future articles, but today’s topic is block “patterns”.  While not new to WordPress, patterns are receiving lots of fresh attention due to functionality enabled by version 5.9, notably block-based themes. Patterns are quickly becoming a fundamental component of WordPress itself and seem poised to reshape that […]