Thoughts & Insights

Blog

On software development, web technology, and building for the web.

27 Aug 2018

How to Create a Compelling Image Gallery for Your WordPress Site

If you want to show off a collection of images on your website, a gallery is the ideal solution. Fortunately, WordPress makes it simple to put together a basic image gallery, but if you really want yours to stand out you may need to go beyond the basic option. To do that, you can install …

Tutorials & Guides

Read article

24 Aug 2018

How To Accept Bitcoin Payments in WordPress

It’s possible to get an ecommerce operation up and running in minutes on WordPress with the aid of plugins like WooCommerce. From there you can start accepting online payments using Stripe, PayPal, 2Checkout, and a myriad of other payment gateway services, some of which don’t even require shopping carts. One drawback, however, is that not …

Development

Read article

24 Aug 2018

How to Find the Best CDN: A 4 Point Checklist

If you are an up and coming business, you will have to look for a content delivery network (CDN) that provides the most benefits to your business. Before getting a CDN you should conduct detailed research on precisely what you want and what you think will be most beneficial for your business. Many new business …

Tutorials & Guides

Read article

24 Aug 2018

What is a Carousel Advertisement and Why Should You Try it?

Facebook offers a lot of different opportunities for online advertisers these days. With so many options available through a single website, it is easy to get confused and overwhelmed when trying to figure out which route is best for your advertising efforts. If you are new to digital advertising or Facebook as an advertising platform, …

Community & Events

Read article

23 Aug 2018

WordPress SEO: How to Improve Your Site’s Ranking

If you’ve installed WordPress before, you may have noticed that the default installation is not SEO-friendly. If you want to have a better search engine ranking, you need to optimize it first then, later on, find ways on how to promote your WordPress website. The good news is, you can enhance your site’s ranking with …

Development

Read article

22 Aug 2018

Advanced OOP For WordPress Part 9: Extensible Plugins Using the Plugins API

In this series on applying advanced object-oriented programming (OOP) principles to the PHP code we use in WordPress plugins, we are creating a plugin that modifies how REST API routes work to improve their search capabilities. One of the great things about WordPress is its extensibility. In this post, I’m going to walk through using …

Development

Read article

22 Aug 2018

Torque Toons: A New Motto

Facebook’s old motto, “Move fast and break things”, hasn’t aged well and is still often embraced by many new start ups. It got me thinking that maybe it’s time for a new motto for the web. Don’t forget to check out our other editorial toons! Doc Pop Doctor Popular is an artist and musician living …

Community & EventsGutenberg

Read article

21 Aug 2018

Doc Pop News Drop: Should Developers Block Gutenberg From Client Sites?

Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. A recent thread on Reddit.com/r/WordPress sparked some good conversation about how website developers should handle the upcoming Gutenberg editor changes coming to WordPress. Many developers were …

DevelopmentGutenbergWordPress

Read article

21 Aug 2018

How to Leverage Email Marketing for Better Blog Readership

Blogging and email marketing are two channels that aren’t always automatically used together – be it by companies with commercial blogs or full-time bloggers. But when it comes to having and growing a blog, using your email database in a smart way can make the difference between the success or stagnation of your readership. Regardless …

Tutorials & Guides

Read article

21 Aug 2018

Top WordPress Plugins for 2018: White Paper

WordPress is the most powerful and customizable CMS on the market, powering over 30 percent of the web. This is due largely in part to the nearly 60,000 plugins available to download. Though that number speaks to the thousands of functions you can perform, it can also seem very daunting. That’s a lot to choose …

Interviews & FeaturesPlugins

Read article

20 Aug 2018

The Real Story on Cookies: Dispelling Common Myths About the GDPR and Consent

Security, privacy, and related topics have been all over the news in recent months. Much of this is due to the roll-out of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – a new set of legal rules regarding the way personal data must be handled. Of course, the GDPR isn’t the only topic of discussion. Cookies …

Security & Privacy

Read article

17 Aug 2018

Lesser Known but High-Quality Yoast SEO Alternatives for WordPress SEO

Search engines play an extremely crucial role in bringing organic traffic, leads, and customers for any website. A high-ranking page can easily pull in thousands of visitors at any given date. And that’s why site owners are constantly on the lookout for ways to improve their website’s SEO rankings. However, for WordPress site owners, SEO optimization …

PluginsInterviews & FeaturesMarketing & Business

Read article