All posts by Colin Newcomer

20 Best WordPress Events Plugins: Calendars, Lists, Tickets + More

Calendar, Event, Events

Are you looking for a fully-functional WordPress events plugin that will help you display upcoming events effectively? Some of the functionalities these plugins offer you include guest management, event submission forms, and automated email notifications. If you want to display basic events on your site, a free plugin might suit your needs. On the other ... Read more 20 Best WordPress Events Plugins: Calendars, Lists, Tickets + More

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WP Compress Review: Optimize Your WordPress Images + Real Test Data

image compression, Image Compression Plugin, Image Optimization, WordPress Plugins, WP Compress

If you want your WordPress site to load fast, optimizing the images that you use is one of the biggest things that you can do. Images comprise about 65% of an average webpage. And unoptimized images are something that Google Pagespeed Insights will often yell at you about. So what’s the easiest way to optimize ... Read moreWP Compress Review: Optimize Your WordPress Images + Real Test Data

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5 Best WordPress Image Compression Plugins Compared And Tested (2018)

image compression, Image Compression Plugins, Image Optimization, WordPress Plugins

Looking for a WordPress image compression plugin to automatically shrink and resize the images that you upload to your WordPress site? Images comprise about 65% of an average website’s file sizes, so finding ways to reduce the size of your images is a great way to speed up your WordPress site. And with the right ... Read more5 Best WordPress Image Compression Plugins Compared And Tested (2018)

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Blox Page Builder Review: A Brand New WordPress Page Builder

Pagebuilders, WordPress Plugins

WordPress users love page builders. And when it comes to page builders, we’re already a bit spoiled for choice. But Blox Page Builder aims to make us…spoiled’er. It’s a brand new entrant to the WordPress page builder market (though it’s been around longer as a page builder for Joomla). In my Blox Page Builder review, ... Read moreBlox Page Builder Review: A Brand New WordPress Page Builder

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CSS Hero Review: Makes Theme And Plugin CSS Beginner-Friendly

css, CSS Hero, CSS WordPress, WordPress Plugins

CSS gives you the power to change pretty much everything about how your WordPress site looks. It’s that powerful… But here’s the problem with CSS: It’s not accessible to beginners – you need to know at least a bit about code if you want to do anything with it. And even if you do know ... Read moreCSS Hero Review: Makes Theme And Plugin CSS Beginner-Friendly

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7+ WordPress Businesses That Actively Share Income And Transparency Reports In 2018

Business, Income reports, Transparency Reports, WordPress Transparency

There’s something exciting about knowing a secret, right? And when it comes to business, what’s more secret than a private business’ income numbers? Most private companies keep their revenue and expenses close to the chest…but some WordPress companies make things a bit more transparent by publishing public income reports. If you’re a casual user, reading ... Read more7+ WordPress Businesses That Actively Share Income And Transparency Reports In 2018

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WooCoinbase Review: Add Coinbase Commerce Gateway To WooCommerce

Crypto, cryptocurrencies, woocommerce, WordPress Plugins

At this point, I’ve already stuck my foot in my mouth when it comes to quoting the price of cryptocurrencies here at WPLift. Suffice it to say, there are all kinds of reasons you might want to accept cryptocurrency payments at your WooCommerce store – you probably know most of them already if you’re reading ... Read moreWooCoinbase Review: Add Coinbase Commerce Gateway To WooCommerce

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20+ Examples Of Big Brands Using WordPress Actively In 2018

famous brands using wordpress, famous brands wordpress, famous wordpress, wordpress as a cms, wordpress cms, WordPress Themes

Looking for some examples of big brands using WordPress? You can find a lot of these posts littered around Google. But one thing that I noticed in browsing them is that a lot of them are out of date. To fix that, I wanted to collect examples of big brands that are still actively using ... Read more20+ Examples Of Big Brands Using WordPress Actively In 2018

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A Collection Of Interesting WordPress Usage Stats: Market Share, Themes, Plugins, + More

Business, WordPress News, WordPress Statistics, WordPress Statistics Reports, WordPress Stats

You probably already know that WordPress is pretty popular. But just how popular is “pretty popular”? Have you ever wondered more about WordPress’ usage stats and just how many websites out there are running on the best content management system in the world (ok – that might be editorializing)? I know I was curious – ... Read moreA Collection Of Interesting WordPress Usage Stats: Market Share, Themes, Plugins, + More

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WP Media Folder Review: Organize Your WordPress Media Library With Folders

WordPress Plugins

When you have hundreds, or even thousands, of files in your WordPress media library, it’s mindbogglingly difficult to find individual files. I have a site that's almost ten years old - it's dang near impossible to find something I uploaded that long ago if I don't remember the exact file name. WP Media Folder fixes this by letting you create folders inside your media library.

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