Just weeks after Gutenberg 19.4 was officially released earlier this month, there’s already a new version of the WordPress block builder available for download. Launched on October 23rd, 2024, Gutenberg 19.5.0 improves on the 19.4 version by adding greater stability to existing features. However, the exciting news is that it also brings a few new [...]
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The third and final major new WordPress release of 2024 was released on November 12, bringing with it further improvements and a raft of exciting new features. From a brand new theme to upgrades for both front-end creation and back-end development alike, WordPress 6.7 presents a plethora of upgrades designed to create what product lead [...]
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When is the best time to start getting your WooCommerce store ready for Black Friday 2024? Right now. The annual shopping extravaganza officially takes place on Friday, November 29, 2024, the days of it being limited to just a single 24 hours are long gone. In 2023, early bargain hunters generated a 63% year-on-year increase in [...]
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As someone who’s built multiple Shopify stores, I hit the same roadblock each time: the basic blog held me back. I knew WordPress could fix my problems. The SEO tools and content features were perfect. But connecting it to my store looked too complex. Then I found PressProxy. It runs WordPress right on my store’s [...]
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I’ll be honest: WordPress site maintenance used to make me want to hide under my desk. Every time I logged in, I’d face a barrage of notifications demanding attention. Plugin updates, theme patches, broken links – the list never seemed to end. I’d promised myself I’d tackle it all “next week,” but next week turned [...]
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Ever spent hours manually syncing WordPress users with Mailchimp, only to find your lists out of sync a week later? I’ve been there. Between managing multiple user roles, tracking membership changes, and keeping your Mailchimp tags in sync, it can feel like a constant juggling act. That’s why Simple Mailchimp Sync caught my attention. It’s [...]
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Matt Mullenweg is set to present his State of the Word address live from Tokyo, Japan on December 16, 2024, and if the last few months are anything to go by, it’s likely to be his most explosive and talked-about yet. Source: Wikimedia CommonsAttiribution: Cmichel67, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Why 2024 Will [...]
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WordPress may be the web’s leading Content Management System, but the one thing it lacks is in-built eCommerce features. Thankfully, there is a solution in the form of these top WordPress plugins for eCommerce success. Whether you’re looking to launch your first online store or take your current eCommerce business to the next level, these [...]
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They say that the only constant in life is change, and it can certainly feel that way when your WordPress company is acquired. One minute, everything is ticking along like normal, the next, you’re part of an entirely new and much bigger family, finding yourself in the midst of a ‘settling in’ phase that brings [...]
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What we know so far about Matt Mullenweg’s issues with WP Engine, the WordPress hosting provider’s response, and our personal take on the whole messy situation. On Friday evening, September 20, WordPress founder and Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg took to the stage for a hotly anticipated Q&A session at WordCamp US, the biggest WordPress community [...]
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