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Weekly WordPress News: MetaSlider Joins the PublishPress Team

23.09.2022Gutenberg, WordPress NewsTeam WPLift

Hey, WordPress friends. We are checking in with your latest dose of weekly WordPress news. The WordPress acquisition train continues. This week, PublishPress acquired Metaslider, a WordPress slideshow plugin with over 700,000 active installations. Beyond that, Gutenberg 14.1 is released with an improved navigation block and an experimental zoomed-out view in the site editor. We also [...]

Aurpay Review: Expand Your Business with Crypto Payments (2022)

23.09.2022Checkout, Payment, Payments, woocommerceTeam WPLift

In the past few years, there has been a huge surge in the adoption of cryptocurrencies. People are increasingly buying Bitcoin and other virtual currencies for different purposes, one of them being to pay for the things they shop online. If you’ve set up an online store using WooCommerce, you can provide a satisfactory experience [...]

Weekly WordPress News: Investments in the WordPress Space

16.09.2022Automattic, WordPress NewsTeam WPLift

Hey, WordPress friends. We are checking in with your latest dose of weekly WordPress news. Automattic made a significant investment in the self-managed WordPress hosting platform Gridpane. According to its founder and CEO Patrick Gallagher, the additional capital will go towards innovation and marketing initiatives. Meanwhile, Atarim closed its first funding round with funding from [...]

WPMU DEV Review: Manage All Your WordPress Websites from One Dashboard

15.09.2022Admin, Security, seoTeam WPLift

Do you own or manage several WordPress websites? Then you probably know how daunting of a task it is to maintain every site individually. Just switching from one site to another takes time, not to mention the various passwords that need entering. Add in other routine tasks like plugin updates and security scans and you’re [...]

10Web Booster Review: Optimize Both the Frontend and Backend to Accelerate Website Performance

12.09.2022Image Optimization, review, SpeedTeam WPLift

Looking for an easy way to improve your website’s performance? Using a speed optimization plugin helps your site load faster through CSS & HTML minification, image lazyload, and other frontend optimization features. However, if you want to go one up on your competitors, you’ll need to optimize the backend too, which is something many optimization [...]

Weekly WordPress News: WP Super Cache Joins Jetpack

09.09.2022jetpack, WordPress NewsTeam WPLift

Hey, WordPress friends. We are checking in with your latest dose of weekly WordPress news. This week, WP Super Cache, one of the most widely used WordPress caching plugins, joined the Jetpack family. Meanwhile, a security vulnerability was found in the BackupBuddy plugin. Make sure to update sites to version 8.7.5 or higher. This is [...]

Weekly WordPress News: Gravity Forms Acquires Gravity Flow and Gravity Experts

02.09.2022gravity forms, WordPress NewsTeam WPLift

Hey, WordPress friends. We are checking in with your latest dose of weekly WordPress news. This week, Rocketgenius, the company behind Gravity Forms, announced its acquisition of Gravity Flow and Gravity Experts. Beyond that, the popular performance enhancement plugin WP-Optimize was accused of gaming page speed results. The company promptly responded to the allegations. Let’s [...]

Geotargeting WP Review: Map Your Content to The Most Appropriate Target Audience

01.09.2022Geotargeting, WordPress PluginsTeam WPLift

There’s no denying that content works best when it’s segmented and personalized. And for WordPress site owners, the best way to achieve that might be to use geotargeting. Geotargeting WP is a suite of plugins that lets you target content and offers based on the location of your visitors. From specific cities to country-wide geotargeting, [...]

WP Popups Review: Create Smarter Website Popups Without Coding

30.08.2022Email Marketing, Forms, WordPress PluginsTeam WPLift

Popups wear many hats, including those of a product endorser, email list builder, information conveyer, and more. So it’s natural to want them to look presentable and work intelligently. But not all popup builders let you create smart popups. In fact, the majority of WordPress popup tools only offer the basics. WP Popups is a [...]

Weekly WordPress News: DigitalOcean Acquires Cloudways

26.08.2022Elementor, WordPress NewsTeam WPLift

Hey, WordPress friends. We are checking in with your latest dose of weekly WordPress news. This week, DigitalOcean announced its acquisition of Cloudways, a leading cloud hosting platform. The $350 million deal seeks to help small and medium-sized businesses build and grow their digital footprint. Beyond that, Elementor 3.7 is now out with significant enhancements [...]