Starting a career in WordPress is something that would have seemed impossible just a few years ago. After all, we are talking about a piece of free software. How can working with that possibly put food on the table or provide for a family? However, with WordPress powering close to 40% of the Internet, this has long become a reality for thousands of people. In fact, by now, WordPress is not only running world-famous websites and blogs but is what million-dollar businesses are based on. As a consequence, these days, working in WordPress has become a legitimate career path. If […]

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 Vogel Paul, 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 […]

When putting together content for your website, you may find that the task of crafting meta descriptions places a giant question mark above your head. What are they for, really? What purpose do they serve? And how on earth do you write a good one?  Lucky for you, these questions and more are what we’ll be answering here today. With a few guidelines in mind and some tips and tricks up your sleeve, you’ll be a meta description writing pro in no time. Or, at the very least, you’ll be competent at the task.  Let’s go! What is a Meta […]

WordPress 5.6 adds several new features to the platform. For anyone who works with WordPress for a living, it’s important to know what’s on deck and how the new version will affect you and your site.  As usual, the latest WordPress release has something for everyone. Most end users will find the changes to the block editor and launch of a new default theme to be the most compelling additions. Developers will likely be digging into the nitty-gritty of the code changes. What will you find most significant? Let’s explore everything WordPress 5.6 has to offer.  The WordPress 5.6 Development […]

Every year at WordCamp US, Matt Mullenweg delivers a speech detailing where WordPress has come over the last year and where it’s going in the upcoming year. A lot has looked different in 2020, and the State of the Word will too. This year’s speech will be streamed on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter on Thursday, Dec 17th, 2020  at 1600 UTC. If you have a burning question, take a minute-long video on your phone or computer in landscape format and send it in. According to the announcement, “To submit your question, upload it as an unlisted video (YouTube works great for this) and send a […]

Running a successful website requires keeping several factors in mind. One of the most important in today’s digital landscape is how you store your site’s data. Understanding your storage needs is crucial for ensuring functionality as well as preventing security incidents. Different data storage options have various effects on things like analytics and user experience. Similarly, each method comes with unique security considerations you’ll have to consider. Data privacy is becoming a major concern, and you may face legal ramifications for different storage options. Policies like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and California’s Consumer Privacy Act regulate how you […]

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 Vogel Paul, 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 […]

Trying to improve your WordPress site can feel overwhelming and time-consuming. When you see posts about this topic, it often seems like something that will require hours upon hours of work and effort. And while it’s true that doing a full site revamp and maintenance session could take quite a while, there are a lot of things you can do to fix up your site and make it all-around better that don’t take much time at all.  If you are pressed for time, in this post, we’ll be discussing tons of different ways to improve your WordPress website in 30 […]

Gutenberg Times is hosting a live Q & A with Yoast partner and CTO, Omar Reiss and blog team lead Willemien Hallebeek to talk about the making of Open Source with blocks. Host Birgit Pauli-Haack is joined by developer relations wrangler on the WordPress open-source project, Anne McCarthy to lead the panel through the discussion. Reiss and Hallebeek will discuss how they are leveraging the WordPress block editor in their dynamic open source projects, and of course answer your questions. The stream starts at 2:30 PM EST on December 10th on the Gutenberg Times YouTube channel. Register here. If you […]

No matter what kind of website you have, one thing is certain: optimizing it for search engines is a must if you want to reap the benefits of organic traffic. But, in order to do that, you have to be familiar with SEO best practices. For that, it helps keep track of the history of SEO and how it has evolved with time.  Since SEO is a complex topic, it requires research and practice to get familiar with it. Knowing why things are the way they are can help you improve your SEO strategy and better understand how to optimize […]