“Render-blocking resources” — if you’ve seen this pop up while speed testing your website, or heard about it as a common cause of slow loading speed, you’re probably baffled. You’re looking for ways to speed up your website and get rid of any extraneous code slowing it down, but where do you even start in fixing this? Lucky for you, eliminating render-blocking resources isn’t so hard once you know what you’re dealing with. A simple plugin can do the trick, or you can even take care of it manually if you’d rather do that. Totally lost? We’ll explain in simple […]

Your competitors are consistently outranking you. Your traffic is dipping lower and lower. And people just aren’t clicking on your website — or maybe it’s not showing up in the search results to begin with. What gives? Is there something you’re doing wrong? The issue likely lies with your SEO. While you may be using keywords in your articles and doing research to find the good ones, properly formatting your website, and trying to target the right audience, there might be one thing you’re overlooking: keyword gaps. It’s time to fix your SEO and address the holes in your content. […]

The latest trends have revealed that one of the major driving forces behind digital marketing success is customer engagement. However, generating interesting content can be challenging. Learning how to embed videos in WordPress gives you more options for reaching your audience. These days, nothing seems to capture consumers’ attention better than social media content. This is why you may want to consider incorporating your feeds into your WordPress website as well. Apart from driving engagement, embedding videos and social media feeds can also help you optimize site performance and increase your brand’s reach. In this post, we’ll show you how […]

As your website grows, it becomes harder to maintain a high quality of service using the same amount of resources you’ve employed in the past. You don’t want to wait until you’re losing your audience to get your website back on track. However, you might wonder what steps to take to handle or prepare for any expected growth. The answer to handling growth is to scale your website. This means you’ll want to consider improving or increasing certain performance-related features, staying on top of your site’s security, and more. This can ensure a better experience for your visitors and lower […]

It’s estimated that soon over 70 percent of users will be accessing the internet from their smartphones rather than desktops. This means that having a mobile-friendly website is a must. However, boosting the mobile performance of your WordPress site can seem like a daunting task. Luckily, optimizing your website for mobile devices is easy when you use a few key tools and adhere to best practices. Working to achieve a fully responsive website enables you to reap the benefits of providing a high-quality User Experience (UX) to visitors using smartphones and tablets. In this article, we’ll show you five easy […]