[ad_1] AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–WP Engine, the world’s most trusted WordPress technology company, today announced registration is open for its second annual, developer-focused event DE{CODE} 2021. The completely virtual, developer-focused conference will take place on March 4th with 15 expert-led sessions on how to leverage the latest WordPress technologies, tools and tactics for easy setups, fast builds, effortless launches and successful optimizations. “DE{CODE} was born out of the idea that the best developers in the world are the ones who never stop learning,” said… [ad_2] More Info

[ad_1] Automattic released its Newspack Newsletters project to the WordPress plugin directory earlier today. It is the first Newspack-related plugin the company has made available outside of GitHub or its custom platform. Newspack is primarily a service geared toward small and medium-sized publications. Its goal is to work with news industry leaders to create a platform for bringing WordPress to more newsrooms worldwide. El Soberano, a Chilean news publication, became the first site to launch on the service in October 2019. Earlier this month, Newspack showcased 60 sites running on the… [ad_2] More Info

[ad_1] Creating a website continues to get easier and easier. There are all kinds of easy-to-use, off-the-shelf solutions for putting a website together quickly, and easily maintain it. My favorite by far is WordPress. It also happens to be the most popular. According to data from internet search research firm Alexa, in January 2020 WordPress was running 35% of the top 10 million websites. Last month (January 2021), WordPress hit 40%. That is clearly a big number and growing fast. So why is WordPress so popular? Hits design sweet spot of customization and ease WordPress hits a sweet spot between… [ad_2] More Info

[ad_1] WordPress contributors are considering scaling back the planned number of releases in 2021. In a post titled “Making WordPress Releases Easier,” WordPress’ Executive Director, Josepha Haden Chomphosy summarized three years of research on reducing the effort required to have a successful WordPress release: From my research, the work to automate what we can (and potentially get the project ready for more releases per year) would take 3-4 dedicated developers who are proficient in our backend tools/infrastructure, at least a project manager, 1-2 internal communications people,… [ad_2] More Info

[ad_1] Perhaps the fates have stepped in to prove a point. After I wrote a 2,000-word piece on the lack of quality themes in the theme directory, they decided to send a message. Not once, but twice this week, a new WordPress theme has managed to catch my eye. My rational mind knows that it was just a weird twist of timing, but I am not discounting the supernatural. Design Lab’s sixth theme, Artpop, went live in the theme directory this week. It is marketed as a block-ready WordPress theme for blogs, portfolios, businesses, and WooCommerce shops. For the most part, it has a clean and open… [ad_2] More Info

[ad_1] According to the latest statistics from W3Techs, 40% of the world’s websites are currently using WordPress, with the number reaching 40 million. Thus, WordPress is currently the world’s most popular website building system (CMS), providing a large number of website templates. Users can use the tools and servers of the platform to create free websites, or use templates to apply to their own sites. Although WordPress has a lot of imitators, the ecology of the platform is already very large, occupying an absolute dominant position. Up to now, there is a total of 58,000 plugins and… [ad_2] More Info

[ad_1] WordPress caching plugin publisher WP Rocket redesigned their site with Gutenberg and improved site performance. They found that Gutenberg writes surprisingly light code but shared that there are a few things to watch out for. Screenshot of PageSpeed Insights Score Editing in Gutenberg is Easier The goal for Gutenberg has consistently been to create an editing interface that will make it easy for publishers of all skill levels to publish websites. Advertisement Continue Reading Below Creating an intuitive interface lowers the barrier to entry, empowers almost anyone to easily create a web… [ad_2] More Info

[ad_1] WordPress has passed 40% market share of all websites, up from 35.4% in January 2020, as measured by W3Techs. These numbers are derived from the Alexa top 10 million websites, along with the Tranco top 1 million list. By W3Techs’ estimates, every two minutes, another top 10m site starts using WordPress. Among the top 1,000 sites, WordPress’ market share is even higher at 51.8%, and captures a staggering 66.2% for new sites. In tracking the growth rate over the past 10 years, W3Techs shows WordPress sloping steadily upwards. Matthias Gelbmann, CEO of W3Techs… [ad_2] More Info

[ad_1] Best WordPress survey plugins Fancy the need to add a survey – or a quiz, a poll, a questionnaire, anything along those lines, really – onto your website? If you’re using the popular website builder and web hosting solution that is WordPress, you can include these thanks to handy plugins, and we’ve explored five of the best to get you up and running in no time. (Image credit: CrowdSignal) 1. Crowdsignal A good free service, with numerous and highly useful paid-for features Reasons to buy +Free+Customizable+Fully exportable+Affordable paid plans Crowdsignal offers a simple looking tool to… [ad_2] More Info

[ad_1] Best WordPress survey plugins Fancy the need to add a survey – or a quiz, a poll, a questionnaire, anything along those lines, really – onto your website? If you’re using the popular website builder and web hosting solution that is WordPress, you can include these thanks to handy plugins, and we’ve explored five of the best to get you up and running in no time. (Image credit: CrowdSignal) 1. Crowdsignal A good free service, with numerous and highly useful paid-for features Reasons to buy +Free+Customizable+Fully exportable+Affordable paid plans Crowdsignal offers a simple looking tool to… [ad_2] More Info