[ad_1] 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… [ad_2] More Info

[ad_1] 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… [ad_2] More Info

[ad_1] 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,… [ad_2] More Info

[ad_1] 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… [ad_2] More Info

[ad_1] PHOTO: Unsplash/Matthew Guay Last week WordPress turned eighteen, or roughly 6,575 days old. As of last year, the open source platform made its fortieth version release and currently powers forty percent of the web, according to recent data from W3 Tech. But that’s not WordPress’ sole accomplishment. According to the same statistics, the open source CMS powers 51% of the top thousand websites. Plus, its market share has been steadily increasing over the past decade.  To celebrate its birthday and these recent gains, the WordPress community has had parties, shared data, and… [ad_2] More Info

[ad_1] WordPress.org announced that it will support the advanced WebP image format. WordPress version 5.8 is scheduled for release in late July 2021 and will ship with full support of the (relatively) new image format. WebP Image Format WebP is a next generation image format that is suitable to replace images encoded in the JPG, PNG and GIF formats. WebP is able to produce superior image qualities at significantly smaller sizes. WebP lossless images are images that retain the quality of the original image while maintaining a smaller size. WebP lossless images are 26% smaller than the original… [ad_2] More Info

[ad_1] WP Engine, the WordPress technology company, announced the results of a new, first-of-its-kind research study examining the combined global economy for WordPress, which was estimated at $596.7bn in 2020, and is expected to grow to $635bn by the end of 2021. The study examined both the economic value of the WordPress ecosystem and the social impact of this ever-expanding community of open source developers, agencies and users. To put the global WordPress economy in context, if WordPress were a country, its economy would rank 39th in the world according to an IMF list of countries by… [ad_2] More Info

[ad_1] AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–WP Engine, the world’s most trusted WordPress technology company, announced the results of a new, first-of-its-kind research study examining the combined global economy for WordPress, which was estimated at $596.7 billion in 2020, and is expected to grow to $635.5 billion by the end of 2021. The study examined both the economic value of the WordPress ecosystem and the social impact of this ever-expanding community of open source developers, agencies and users. To put the global WordPress economy in context, if WordPress were a country, its… [ad_2] More Info

[ad_1] Kevin Ohashi has published his 2021 WordPress Hosting Performance Benchmarks report. The annual report is broken down into six different hosting tiers, from the most economical <$25/month, to the $500+ enterprise level. This is the second year the stats include WooCommerce-specific hosts as a separate category. After eight years of measuring peak performance and consistency for WordPress hosts, Review Signal has relaunched benchmarks on wphostingbenchmarks.com, a WordPress-powered site. Review Signal started using sentiment analysis to capture consumer reviews of hosting… [ad_2] More Info

[ad_1] Last week, Dumitru Brînzan announced Nutmeg Plus. It is the latest commercial theme offering through his ILOVEWP brand. Earlier today, the free version of Nutmeg landed in the WordPress theme directory. The theme is built for food and recipe bloggers and is another solid example of building on the block system. As is typical of his style, Nutmeg rests on a foundation of clean lines and readable typography. It pulls elements from some of Brînzan’s previous work, such as the featured pages section of Photozoom and the two-column intro from Endurance. Reusing code is one of the… [ad_2] More Info