For businesses small and large alike, WordPress has consistently ranked among the top Content Management Systems (CMS) tools on the market. It’s free, fast to set up, easy to manage, and there are a plethora of developers and extensions to help with all your website needs.

As sites age, however, the one downside we at The James Agency hear from our clients is that their WordPress site is performing slowly on the frontend of the site (consumer-facing) and/or the backend of the site (developer-facing). It’s no surprise that slow sites frustrate users and increase bounce rates….

If you want to speed up a WordPress website, WordPress speed optimization plugins ought to work for you.

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WordPress 5.8 is slated for release on July 20. In just over a month, many users will get their first taste of one of my favorite new features: template-editing mode.

The template editor is a new tool that allows end-users to create custom templates without ever leaving the post-editing screen. It exists as a stepping stone toward the eventual site editor, a feature that will hand over complete design control to those who want it.

The downside to the new feature in WordPress 5.8 is that users will not have access to their theme’s header, footer, sidebar, or other template…

If you’re looking to increase your WordPress site loading speed, you first need to know how fast it’s already running. Then you can calculate and compare your WordPress website’s speed with an earlier version.

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Spice up your WordPress website with a custom background image.

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Automattic released its second block theme to the WordPress theme directory last week. Mayland Blocks is geared toward photographers and other users who want to showcase their projects. It is the child of Blockbase, a sort of starter/parent hybrid the company’s Theme Team recently announced.

I had high hopes for Mayland Blocks going in. I have kept a loose eye on its GitHub repository in the last couple of months. It was one of the first 100% block-built themes the team seemed to be working on.

While block themes are still experimental at this stage, I was admittedly…

WordPress is one of the best content management systems (CMS) on the planet – and with good reason. It is easy to install on most hosting platforms, easy to configure, and has a great community of plugin developers that help add functionality to your managed websites and blogs. Some of these plugins are ideal for bloggers or small business owners running their own websites, while other plugins are feature-rich and powerful, designed specifically for WordPress developers and programmers. We take a look at some of the WordPress plugins designed specifically for developers and coders inside…

WordPress is one of the best content management systems (CMS) on the planet – and with good reason. It is easy to install on most hosting platforms, easy to configure, and has a great community of plugin developers that help add functionality to your managed websites and blogs. Some of these plugins are ideal for bloggers or small business owners running their own websites, while other plugins are feature-rich and powerful, designed specifically for WordPress developers and programmers. We take a look at some of the WordPress plugins designed specifically for developers and coders inside…