All posts by Colin Newcomer

Weekly WordPress News: WordPress 5.6 Beta and Loginizer Vulnerability

Hey, WordPress friends. This week, we get our first look at WordPress 5.6 in the first beta release. However, there are no block-based widgets, which might come as a surprise to some people. Beyond that, there was a big security issue in the Loginizer plugin, which prompted WordPress.org to automatically push the update to all ... Read more

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How to Set Up WordPress Lazy Loading (Native + Plugins)

Speed is key on the Internet. Whether you want more conversions, more search traffic, or more satisfied users, it pays to optimize your WordPress site for speed. But if you’ve already checked off the big boxes like using a CDN and optimizing your image sizes, how can you eek out even more speed? One way is to implement lazy loading for your images.

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WordPress Lottie Tutorial: Best Plugins to Use Lottie on WordPress

Looking for an easy way to add Lottie animations to your WordPress site? Or confused by what the heck a Lottie is and why you should care? Whether you’re already familiar with Lottie animations or you have no idea what that term means, this post is going to help you out. First, I’ll start by ... Read more

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Weekly WordPress News: WPBakery Vulnerability + WooCommerce 4.6

Hey, WordPress friends. This week was fairly quiet in terms of WordPress news. Most notably, there was a vulnerability in the popular WPBakery Page Builder plugin, which Wordfence detailed on its blog. Be sure to give it a read if you’re using WPBakery. Beyond that, WooCommerce 4.6 is out with some new features for store ... Read more

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7+ Best WordPress Podcast Plugins for All Budgets

Thanks in part to its 23% year on year growth as in industry in 2015-16, podcasting has solidified itself as an extremely valuable niche. Approximately 21% of Americans over the age of 12 have listened to a podcast in the last month, which is...pretty dang impressive, to say the least. So, if you’ve been looking to start a podcast, there’s no better time than now.

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The Best Real Estate Plugins for WordPress – Listing Sites and More

If there’s one thing you need to know when launching your new real estate business, it’s that simply using the best real estate plugins for WordPress can potentially save you thousands on creating the kind of dynamic website that attracts buyers, generates leads, and helps you land those all-important sales. Why is this so important? ... Read more

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Weekly WordPress News: Cloudflare Launches WordPress Optimization Product

Hey, WordPress friends. Last week, we told you about Cloudflare’s new web analytics tool. This week, Cloudflare launched something even cooler – affordable optimization specifically built for WordPress sites. This lets you use Cloudflare’s full page caching without breaking your WordPress site for just $5 per month. Pretty interesting! Beyond that, full site editing with ... Read more

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What Is WP-Cron? Plus How to Disable WP-Cron in 2020

Wondering what WP-Cron is, whether or not your site needs it, and/or how to disable WP-Cron (I guess that’s kind of a spoiler to the previous question)? In this post, I’m going to take you through everything that regular WordPress users need to know about WP-Cron. I’ll explain what WP-Cron is, how it works, and ... Read more What Is WP-Cron? Plus How to Disable WP-Cron in 2020

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WooCommerce Product Filter Review: Flexible Ajax Product Filters

If you have a WooCommerce store, you need to make it easy for your shoppers to find the products that they’re interested in from your many offerings. One of the best ways to do that is with product filters. For example, letting people filter by price, color, category, etc. You’ll see this approach on virtually ... Read more WooCommerce Product Filter Review: Flexible Ajax Product Filters

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Rocket Review: Managed WordPress Hosting on the Edge of the Cloud

Searching for the best managed WordPress hosting for your WordPress site? In our Rocket review, we’re going to take a look at a brand new entrant to the space. Rocket was launched in early 2020 and uses a unique approach based on pushing your WordPress site to 20+ edge locations on four continents, as well ... Read more Rocket Review: Managed WordPress Hosting on the Edge of the Cloud

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