Increasing revenue is a major goal for most business owners. However, with so much competition, especially online, generating leads and closing sales can be tougher than ever. Therefore, savvy marketers and website administrators are constantly on the hunt for ways to improve results. Conversational commerce is a potential solution. This newer form of marketing and customer interaction focuses on the power of conversation – typically through some form of Artificial Intelligence (AI) – to make online shopping more personal. In this article, we’ll explore what conversational commerce is and how it can benefit your business. Then we’ll offer three tips […]

Do the benefits of managed WordPress hosting outweigh the costs? That’s one of the main questions anyone who is contemplating hosting their site with a managed provider will ask themselves. After all, theoretically, you can do everything that managed hosting providers offer yourself. So, is it worth paying for the extra service? To answer this question, in this post, we will go over the benefits that a managed WordPress hosting provider offers and how they make your life easier. In the end, we want you to be able to make an objective decision whether a managed provider is the right […]

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, […]

The WordPress Block Editor (“Gutenberg”) provides a wide range of built-in blocks, but one size doesn’t always fit all. Out-of-the-box, Gutenberg may not have everything you need to build a beautiful block-based website. Fortunately, there are ways to expand on Gutenberg’s built-in library. By using a plugin such as Genesis Custom Blocks, you can build your very own elements using the familiar WordPress editor. This might include a related products block that you can use outside of WooCommerce’s regular product pages, or a coupon block that only appears to logged-in customers.  In this article, we’ll discuss why so many website […]

In December 2018, it was time to start selling my first WordPress plugin. I started Googling around for solutions and quickly stumbled upon Freemius – a SaaS for selling plugins and themes. Like most other newcomers to the platform, I was thrilled at the prospect of how easy it would be to monetize my plugin. Little did I know that just three months later, I would become the Head of Marketing at this rapidly growing startup, a brainchild of the Founder and CEO Vova Feldman.  My WordPress Story I started as a freelancer building websites back in 2010 and slowly […]

2021 has already been a wild year and Plugin Madness was no different! In its sixth year, the bracket-style competition came back bigger than ever. After a hard-fought battle Fluent CRM has emerged victorious. FluentCRM was considered the underdog, but the team took to Twitter and got the votes. The plugin took on giants in the space like MetaBox, Yoast, and finally WooCommerce to come out on top. FluentCRM is a customer relationship management system that lets you get to know your customers better than ever before. With this plugin, you can import customer information, segment contacts, automate customer emails, […]

Managing a business often involves juggling several responsibilities – some mundane yet essential. Tasks such as scheduling client appointments or reservations may be crucial to your bottom line. However, you could be losing valuable time managing this process manually. Fortunately, there’s a clear-cut fix – delegating to a plugin. Although settling on a solution that suits your workflow can be a bit involved, we’ve done some research to make it easier. A WordPress scheduling plugin can help you redirect your efforts to more critical business tasks, and improve the User Experience (UX) for your customers. In this post, we’ll discuss […]

When first setting up a website, figuring out the appropriate type of hosting for your needs can be a struggle. There are many types available ranging from shared hosting to dedicated servers. But what we’re going to focus on here today are two choices that most WordPress users will face. The decision between shared hosting vs managed WordPress hosting.  This article will focus on the features managed WordPress hosting and shared hosting offer, their pros and cons, and how to make a decision as to which is right for your situation.  But first, some definitions.  What is Managed WordPress Hosting? […]

Headless WordPress is becoming increasingly popular with developers who want greater control over their content. However, at some point you’ll need to create a front end for your headless Content Management System (CMS). Thankfully, there are tools that can take a lot of the complexity out of building a custom front end. With the recent release of the Gatsby Source WordPress integration, it’s now easier to pair this popular static site generator with your headless CMS and build a beautiful public face for your content. In this article, we’ll explore what Gatsby is, and what the new integration means for […]

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, […]