It has been a while since I have touched widgets. Once the site editor landed in the Gutenberg plugin, I almost exclusively dropped the old sidebar paradigm and moved to block templates. Reactivating old themes and jumping into the widgets screen felt like time-traveling into a bygone era.

After months of being deeply embedded within block themes, it is hard to imagine moving back to the sidebar widgets system that most WordPress users are still using today.

WordPress 5.8 is slated to ship with a small taste of bringing blocks outside of the content editor. However, it can feel…

A well-curated and sophisticated online portfolio is one of the most effective ways for photographers to attract new audiences. And with WordPress remaining one of the most popular and easy-to-use website building platforms and content management systems (CMS) on the market, both amateur and professional snappers can use it successfully to showcase their best pictures. 

In this article, we’ve listed some of the best WordPress themes for photographers to purchase and download. If you’d prefer to run the rule over some other website building options, check out this guide on the best website…

Welcome back to our Windows news recap, where we go over the top stories of the past week in the world of Microsoft’s flagship operating system.

Microsoft officially announces Windows 11, coming this fall as a free upgrade

After weeks of rumours and leaks, Microsoft finally took to the stage this week to unveil its next operating system – Windows 11. Like with Windows 10, Windows 11 will be a free upgrade for users. Take a look at everything that is new and different in Windows 11.

An official Windows WordPress app just launched…

Adding the Cash on Delivery (COD) payment method is a great option to offer your customers. This lets them purchase the product without paying in advance, and funds transfer once the item gets to their house. However, you’ll have to cover the shipping fee and…

Giving an option to return products and offering a warranty to your customers will help you stand out from the crowd. In addition, it provides customers a sense of assurance that increases the conversion rate.

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The rise of the Internet has enabled us to expand our businesses and personal lives in ways we never imagined possible. One of the most important and valuable aspects of the Internet is its ability to provide you with freedom from geographic constraints. (It’s truly amazing that you can have a business on the other side of the world if you want to!) When it comes to a web presence, WordPress is the king of the hill (or the Internet, if you will).

From small websites to big blogs, WordPress is one of the best tools for creating a website. It has been designed to be user-friendly and is…

Most small business owners start out by building their own websites with tools that handle all of the infrastructure needs and don’t require much coding knowledge. There are tons of platforms that can help you do this, but WordPress and Squarespace are two of the most popular. To find the best option for your business, check out this comparison of features, templates, and hosting options for Squarespace vs. WordPress.

Overview of WordPress

From its humble origins in 2003 as a blogging platform, WordPress has grown so much that today over 75 million sites online…

When it comes to security, there is no WordPress-specific type of security that exists. All problems with security are common for all websites or applications.

WordPress security problems are of great interest, though, because it powers about 40% of the web and is open source. When one finds a vulnerability either in the WordPress core or plugins, other websites using it become vulnerable because they all use the same code.

On the other hand, there are a decent number of plugins that you can use to harden your website security.

In this column, you’ll learn how to harden your WordPress site…

In 2021, providing an outstanding online customer experience is more crucial than ever for businesses. As Forbes recently highlighted, customer experience is the new flagship store for brands in the age of work and life online.

A huge part of providing a positive customer experience is making it easy for anyone to communicate efficiently with your business – through the channel of their choosing.

The single most important place where you should centralize all these communication options is your website.

In itself, your site should provide a stellar experience, with easy-to-find…

AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–WP Engine, the world’s most trusted WordPress technology company, today announced the launch of Premier, the enterprise WordPress platform that delivers industry-leading levels of security, performance and scalability for the world’s most popular and most visited sites.

Customers using WP Engine Premier no longer need to worry about whether their platform can handle sudden traffic spikes or compute intensive workloads. Premier is an enterprise platform, designed by the company that powers more of the top 200,000 websites in the world than…