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The Beginner’s Guide to WordPress Push Notifications
With a significant percentage of the world’s population glued to smartphones every day, we’ve all become familiar with push notifications. They’re everywhere online, and if you run a website, knowing how to implement them can be a powerful way to increase user engagement and retention. However, implementing push notifications on a website works a bit differently than it does on mobile apps. Fortunately, if you’re using WordPress, you have access to tools that make the process much simpler. You won’t need a dedicated developer or a lot of technical know-how. In this article, we’ll talk briefly about the effectiveness of […]
Press This Podcast: Why do Big Stores Choose WooCommerce?
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 Vogelphol: Hello everyone and welcome to Press This the WordPress community podcasts on WMR. This is your host, David Volgelpohl. 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 follow me on twitter @wpdavidv. […]
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13 Excellent Tools to Automate Your Online Marketing
Online marketing can take a lot of time, energy, and resources, however necessary they are. As a consequence, you could wind up neglecting other essential parts of your business. Time to learn how to automate your online marketing. Through the use marketing automation tools you can take some of the load off your daily to-do list. Today, we’ll first be talking about how that works. From there, we’ll dive into a discussion of tools you can use to automate various aspects of your online marketing workflow. Let’s get going. How Marketing Automation Works Marketing automation is the process of using […]
Torque’s Social Hour: with Matt Cromwell from GiveWP
Continuing our weekly series of live conversations, we hope you enjoy this week’s episode of Torque’s Social Hour. The Torque Social Hour is a weekly liveshow where we discuss WordPress news and events. In this week’s show we talked with Matt Cromwell from GiveWP. We talked about how businesses are integrating donation software into their WordPress sites for a while, then switched gears and talked about some issues and solutions for how to make virtual events more compelling. Be sure to catch next week’s livestream with David Vogelpohl by subscribing here.
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The WordPress Developer’s Guide to Stock Photography Websites
Photographs can make or break a WordPress website. Using the right image in the right place can help create a cohesive design. However, finding images you can use commercially as a developer is challenging. This is where stock photography comes in handy. Developers and designers can use these images as placeholders for templates or within client websites. While there are many stock photography websites, choosing a subscription-based platform might be the best solution. In this article, we’ll discuss the use of stock photographs in WordPress development and the benefits of subscribing to stock photography websites. Then we’ll provide tips for […]
How to Do a Content Audit of Your Website – A Step-by-Step Guide
Let’s look at a hypothetical: you’ve had a website for a while and though it used to perform decently, it’s suddenly not yielding the traffic you’ve come to expect. Your first instinct might be to panic, but that’s not a productive response. Jumping into targeted action and doing a website content audit is a better option. It’s sometimes difficult to know how to improve your website. But there is a solution. Performing a full content audit will reveal precisely what’s working and what’s not currently. And from there, you can implement a plan of action to elevate those aspects of […]
Press This Podcast: Authentic Ways to Increase Speaker Diversity
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. Welcome to press this the WordPress community podcast featuring exclusive content and interviews with leaders in the WordPress community covering everything from development to integrating your digital marketing strategy with WordPress. Join host David Vogelpohl of WP Engine and special guests from across the community as they keep you up to speed on the latest advancements in WordPress. Let’s get […]
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3 of the Best Ways to Add Maps to WordPress Websites
While there are many benefits to running an entirely web-based business, plenty of companies also have a physical presence of some kind. If you need to showcase your brick-and-mortar locations, being able to add maps to WordPress websites is a must. Fortunately, there are many methods available for doing so. Whether you’re a WordPress professional who’s developing client sites or a DIY website owner looking to spruce up your online presence, incorporating a map is achievable. In this post, we’ll discuss the benefits of including a map on your WordPress website. Then we’ll round up some of the best solutions […]
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How to Achieve Work-Life Balance as a WordPress Worker
A lot of people in WordPress struggle with their work-life balance, especially those working from home. This was true even prior to the pandemic. In a remote work type of job where you can often set your own hours, establish your own workspace, and complete your projects however you’d like. Often, so long as the work gets done well, employers or clients will be pleased. And while this level of flexibility is certainly nice, it also comes with an immense amount of responsibility. If you’re working from home, that means work life and home life are constantly at odds. And […]
WordCamp US 2020 Cancelled
Organizers of WordCamp US 2020 announced that this year’s virtual event will be canceled. “It is with heavy hearts that we have made the decision to cancel this year’s WordCamp US event,” organizers said in a blog post. “In light of the continued pandemic, online event fatigue for attendees, organizers, and volunteers, and the desire for WordCamp experiences to be traditional WordCamp experiences, we have made the difficult decision to stop this year’s planning, and cancel WordCamp US 2020.” In May the team announced the event will go fully virtual due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. However as the world changed, the […]