WebP support is coming to WordPress 5.8. This modern image file format was created by Google in September 2010, and is now supported by 95% of the web browsers in use worldwide. It has distinct advantages over more commonly used formats, providing both lossless and lossy compression that is 26% smaller in size compared to PNGs and 25-34% smaller than comparable JPEG images.

WebP is currently used by 1.6% of all the top 10 million websites, according to W3Techs, and usage has increased over the past five years.

Google Forms is a go-to place to create forms for online data collection. With Google Forms, you can ctreate surveys, quizzes or let users register for events by filling the form. You can also save the collected data as a spreadsheet to easily access it later.
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Optimizing your web presence is no longer just a “nice to have” option. It’s a necessity.

With millions of active users interacting across the Internet at the same time, getting lost in all the noise is inevitable unless you take steps to stay relevant.

And that’s where search engine pptimization (SEO) comes into play.

SEO refers to the steps you take to ensure that your site or page are the first things to show up when a user enters a certain keyword.

The benefits of this are tremendous. You’ll see a significant boost in engagement, generate more leads, make more sales, and improve…

In this WordPress for beginners guide, we’ll be cutting to the heart of how you can best use the website builder. Of course, if you’re here, you’ve probably already checked up on the best website builders (long story shot – WordPress is one of our favourite free website builders). Maybe you are a creative professional keen on setting up your online portfolio. Or perhaps you are an agency in need of an online base. Regardless of your intentions and purpose, WordPress is one of the best ways to build a website, blog, or e-commerce store.

WordPress is a huge platform that helps you build…

My Site’s Faster, a company based in Burnsville, Minnesota, is pleased to announce that they are offering a premium website optimization service. They offer a comprehensive WordPress speed optimization service for low performing websites. Their services include fast and secure website hosting, image SEO, digital marketing, WordPress optimization, and a lot more. Their team of experts initially evaluate the client’s web presence, then specify areas of improvement, and find the issues that are slowing down the loading of the website. This lack of performance is turning away customers,…

The upcoming block pattern directory is launching alongside WordPress 5.8 in July. The goal is to make several high-quality designs available for users right off the bat. However, the official submission process will not open until the directory launches. In this chicken-and-egg scenario, the Design team is asking for early contributors to submit their pattern candidates via GitHub.

“The project needs a collection of high-quality, diverse, community-designed patterns to populate it with during development,” wrote Kjell Reigstad in the announcement post. “These patterns will…