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What a time to be alive! Beginners with no coding experience can now build a website with minimal effort and expense. Even better, the options are limitless: You’ve got an entire arsenal of colors, fonts, images, and buttons at your disposal. But with so many design elements to play with, it can be tempting to go …

Genesis Custom Blocks is the latest introduction to the Genesis family. It’s a free plugin that massively simplifies the experience of building custom blocks for the WordPress block editor. Using the plugin, which is available now on wordpress.org, means that anyone, regardless of where they host their sites or what theme they use, can build…

One of the most important concerns for any business is increasing brand visibility. Among other things, this requires choosing a strong domain name. But here’s the (not quite) million-dollar question: How much will it cost you? There are a few factors involved, but it’s not hard to estimate what you can expect to spend on a …

If you want to build your own website, you can’t go wrong with WordPress. This flexible, powerful Content Management System (CMS) powers more than 37% of all sites on the internet, making it a leading platform. However, like a TSA agent, it can be intimidating at first glance. Fortunately, WordPress is much easier to understand …

Si quieres construir tu propio sitio web, no te puedes equivocar con WordPress. Este flexible, y poderoso Content Management System (CMS) potencia más del 30% de los sitios en el internet, haciéndolo una plataforma líder.  Sin embargo, como un agente de seguridad del aeropuerto, puede ser intimidante a primera vista  Afortunadamente, WordPress es mucho más …

Episode 1 of the rebooted Genesis Community Livecast kicked off Tuesday with an important topic at hand: contributions members of the Black community have made to WordPress and Genesis, as well as the significant challenges they and other people of color continue to face within these respective developer communities.   Brian Kenney, who leads Management Development…

One of the key foundations of WordPress is its dedicated community of contributors, who regularly lend their time and efforts to core development, translation, and training (among other things), with the overarching goal of making WordPress better for everyone.  At WP Engine, we’ve long been enthusiastic supporters of the WordPress community and the WordPress open…

The Official AMP Plugin for WordPress enables AMP content publishing in WordPress in a way that is seamlessly integrated with the standard workflows of the WordPress platform. Version 2.0 of the plugin was recently launched, and with it, a new set of features have rolled out that make the plugin even more powerful than it…

Decided to start your own website? That’s great! The first thing you will need is to choose a domain name and register it with one of the many available domain registrars on the web. You just find a great deal and click “purchase.” Simple enough, right? Not exactly. While you can find websites advertising domains for …

After a brief hiatus, the Genesis Community Livecast is set to reboot next week, featuring an interview with WordPress co-creator Mike Little and Genesis community leaders Anita Carter and Sandee Jackson.  The discussion will revolve around both the contributions members of the Black community have made to WordPress and Genesis, as well as the significant…

These days, anyone can build a stellar website. Fun fact: There are almost 2 billion websites around the world, with new ones created every second. Among all that internet noise, your website and ideas deserve to stand out. And that means you’ve got to advertise! Fight to get your name and brand out there and then draw …

SIXGUN is one of Melbourne’s leading boutique digital marketing agencies. Founded in 2017 by Managing Director David Pagotto, the agency has also become one of Australia’s fastest-growing, with a dedicated team of professionals who serve as the in-house marketing department for local and international brands alike.  SIXGUN is also a member of WP Engine’s Agency…

Americaneagle.com has experienced exponential growth in the past decade, expanding from a 10-person shop using homegrown CMS tools to a full-scale web and digital marketing services company with more than 550 employees around the globe. In 2013, Americaneagle.com was primarily using WordPress as a blogging tool, but as the company began to shift from web…

In this ongoing blog series, we speak with WP Engine employees around the globe to learn more about their roles, what they love about the cities they live and work in, and what they like most about working at WP Engine.  In this interview, we speak with Associate Software Engineer Megan Duffy, who recently celebrated…

Ever since she can remember, Michelle S. Loyd has loved writing — in all its forms. “Writing has always come naturally to me and is one of my favorite ways to pass the time,” she says. “I find myself taking notes and writing things down in the weirdest situations in preparation for a new article, …

Let’s face it, ladies. The tech industry has been a boy’s club for far too long. But times are a-changin’! Even though women have a long history in the industry, it’s taken decades to get a seat at the table. Today we’re developers, team leads, and CEOs. Of course, there are still miles to go in …

The entire digital landscape has shifted over the last few months, making the website the front door for businesses across every industry. From restaurants to yoga studios, and universities to doctors’ offices, engaging online is now the new normal. At WP Engine, we’ve experienced our own digital transformations—engaging with each other in new ways using…

Take it from me: Acquiring qualified leads for your business is anything but easy. A common strategy for attracting new customers is to develop a strong content marketing strategy, but that is often not enough. Just because people enjoy reading your content doesn’t necessarily mean they’re ready to hand over their hard-earned cash. (If it …

As we continue to support our customers’ digital vision with best-in-class performance and an enterprise-grade security environment for WordPress, we’re also making sure their user login experience is smoother and more streamlined than ever before.  One of the ways we’re achieving this is by offering two new, easy-to-use, and easy-to-enable identity features: Seamless Login and…

You’ve just set up your e-commerce site. The design is trendy, the product descriptions are top-notch, and you’ve set up the perfect payment gateway. You’re officially open for business — boom, mic drop, collar pop! Now you just sit back and wait for the orders to come in, right? via GIPHY Sorry, Charlie. Getting that first …

In this ongoing blog series, we speak with WP Engine employees around the globe to learn more about their roles, what they love about the cities they work in, and what they like most about working at WP Engine.  In this interview, we speak with Senior Account Manager & Team Lead Account Management, EMEA,  Kwabena…

The solid, intersecting lines of a grid are foundational tools of graphic design. Designers use grids as a guide to create visual flow and rhythmic space. Grids keep their projects consistent, balanced, and harmonized. And the best designers know when it’s time to break out of that framework. That’s the concept behind Alex Banman’s Toronto-based …

Today we’re happy to announce that DreamHost has joined the MobileCoin foundation. MobileCoin is a cryptocurrency designed from the ground up with privacy, price stability, and usability in mind. MobileCoin’s low-cost global payment network is key to the continued success of our global customer base looking for an inexpensive, easy-to-use payment platform. What are cryptocurrencies? …

The best plugin manager for WordPress just got even better. WP Engine’s Smart Plugin Manager—the only comprehensive plugin manager for WordPress—now has several new features that make it even easier for site developers to take advantage of the massive plugin ecosystem available for WordPress sites. Launched in 2019, Smart Plugin Manager takes the headache out…

Your website is not an island. While creating top-quality content is important, your website’s relationship with every other site on the vast sea of the internet is just as vital. You won’t get very far if no one is linking to your pages, and you can’t expect many people to do so without some effort …

AUSTIN, Texas — July 7, 2020 — The third annual, international study of Gen Z, conducted by The Center for Generational Kinetics and commissioned by WP Engine, launched today reveals new expectations for the web by Generation Z in comparison to other generations including Millennials, Gen X, and Baby Boomers. Gen Z, born between 1996-2015,…

The consequences of a data breach can range from relatively harmless to potentially costly. You may already have multi-factor authentication turned on everywhere, only use strong passwords, and never click on a suspicious link. But if you’ve ever registered a domain name, you may not be as secure as you think. When you register a domain …

Plugins are a huge part of the WordPress ecosystem—they’re one of the key features that make it such a flexible platform. With more than 55,000 free plugins available in the WordPress Plugin Repository, as well as thousands of premium or “paid” plugins available in the market today, plugins represent an increasingly massive opportunity for adding…

In this ongoing blog series, we speak with WP Engine employees around the globe to learn more about their roles, what they love about the cities they work in, and what they like most about working at WP Engine.  In this interview, we talk to Rachel Noonan, an Engineering Manager at WP Engine’s Limerick office,…

As a small business owner, the importance of owning a website cannot be overstated. When you’re just starting out, however, you may not have the funds to hire a web designer. So the task falls to you or your team instead. The good news is that you can build a website yourself without getting bogged …