Torque’s Social Hour: Kathy Zant from Wordfence
The Torque Social Hour is a weekly livestream about WordPress news, events, and life in quarantine. In this week’s episode Doc will talk with Kathy Zant the director of marketing at Wordfence. In this episode we talk about the recent PHP hack, private Git repos, Wix’s bizarre new marketing campaign, and some Plugin Madness updates. Join us next Wednesday from 3-4pm PST for the next episode of the Torque Social Hour where our special guest will be Jason Cohen, the found and CTO of WP Engine.
Press This Podcast: The Prolific Profit Pitfalls of Custom Plugins & Themes with Torre Capistran
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, […]
How to Reduce Cart Abandonment Rates With One-Click Checkout (In 3 Easy Steps)
Having a customer initiate the checkout process only to abandon their cart is a frustrating, but all too common, experience for an eCommerce store owner. However, you may be able to reduce the frequency of this disappointing occurrence by adding PeachPay one-click checkout to your WooCommerce shop. In this post, we’ll cover what cart abandonment is and why you may be seeing it more often these days. Then, we’ll walk through how to set up one-click checkout with the PeachPay plugin. Let’s go! An Introduction to Cart Abandonment Cart abandonment occurs when an online shopper adds an item to their […]
Press This Podcast: How WordPress Publishers are Dealing with the Existential Threat of Ad Blocking with Bill Erickson
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, […]
Press This Podcast: Growing Awesome Niche Community Sites with WordPress featuring Moni Jefferson
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, […]
Press This Podcast: Content Strategies that Drive Marketing and Sales Danny Layzell
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, […]
Press This Podcast: Working Effectively with Your Dev Team with Rob Humar
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, […]
3 Secure Ways to Add Custom Code Snippets to Your WordPress Website
A code snippet is a small block of code added to a website to improve custom functionality. You might use a custom code snippet to make changes to your web design or extend features of the site, such as making adjustments to CSS, adding custom messages to your website, improving website caching speed, or hiding your WordPress version number so it isn’t known to attackers. While you can add custom functionality with third-party plugins, it can also be hard to find one that fits your needs exactly. Third-party plugins can also be a security risk if you don’t keep them […]
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Voting for Torque’s 2021 Plugin Madness Now Open
Let the madness begin! Voting for Torque’s 2021 Plugin Madness is now open. In its sixth year, ths bracket-style competition pits the best plugins from around the community against each other. You nominated over 300 plugins and we narrowed them down to an impressive lineup of 64 strong competitors. Voting starts Monday of each week and goes until we crown the winner. Vote for your favorite plugins here The voting schedule is as follows: March 15: Round 1 March 22: Round 2 March 29: Round 3 April 5: Round 4 April 12: Semi-finals April 19: Championship April 26: Winner Announced! Follow us […]
Torque’s Social Hour: Bridget Willard advice on marketing your WP plugin
The Torque Social Hour is a weekly livestream about WordPress news, events, and life in quarantine. In this week’s episode Doc will talk with Bridget Willard, a marketing consultant and social media manager, about how to market your WordPress plugin. Her newest Launch With Words. Bridget is the author of several books that WordPress users will love, including: How to Market Your Plugin The Definitive Guide to Twitter Marketing: (I double-dog dare you to try it!) The Only Online Marketing Book You Need for Your Small Business Join us next Wednesday from 3-4pm PST for the next episode of the […]