When it comes to your blog, success can come in many different forms. Regardless of your website’s niche, gathering certain data can help you determine whether your readers are loving the content you’re putting out or if you need to make some changes to increase engagement. While collecting data about your blog might seem overwhelming …
If you’re a parent currently spending a lot of time at home with your kids, there’s no question you’re enjoying more of their company (than ever). That said, you might also be looking for educational activities that can occupy a bit of their time and help them learn something useful in the process. GeekPack Create…
AUSTIN, Texas — April 9, 2020 – WP Engine, the WordPress Digital Experience Platform (DXP), announced registration is open for its signature event, now in its fifth year, Summit/2020. Due to ongoing concerns around Covid-19, WP Engine has reimagined the conference for developers and marketers as a digital event, which will still take place on…
Content marketing is one of the primary means of getting your brand noticed online. However, without a well-developed marketing strategy, you may struggle when deciding where to begin, see your conversions sink, or launch an unsuccessful campaign. The good news? We’ve got you covered when it comes to creating your content marketing plan. There are …
When it comes to starting a website, web hosting is one of the most crucial yet most confusing aspects to tackle. With dozens of providers on the market, it can be hard to cut through the noise and figure out which one offers the best plan for you. Fortunately, several signs will make it clear …
As organizations of all sizes are forced to adapt to a suddenly changed marketplace, millions of small businesses now face an unprecedented cash-crunch: The median U.S. restaurant has just 16 days of cash in reserve and most retailers can only cover another three. There’s no question that the current medical crisis will affect us all…
Editor’s note: The following article was written by Jessica Starks, a Staff Writer at MemberPress, which is a WP Engine Partner that specializes in helping customers build successful, engaging membership-based businesses online. The lives of millions of people around the world have been drastically changed, and many are scrambling to figure out how to supplement…
A few months ago, working from home sounded like a dream. Now, thanks to a global pandemic and the ever-looming threat of COVID-19, students, parents, workers, and business owners are stuck at home, doing their part to #flattenthecurve. Many of you are under shelter-in-place orders, leaving home only for the essentials, and the rest are carefully practicing …
Driving organic traffic to your website is a critical part of your digital marketing strategy, and SEO remains a major focus for doing just that. But SEO is getting harder, additional strategies like paid search are becoming more expensive, and making an impact on social seems like a never-ending—and costly—challenge. Now more than ever, it’s…
As we all grapple with uncertainty and adapt to a changed marketplace, one thing remains clear: your business can’t afford to slow down. Restaurants are moving quickly to establish online ordering and delivery services, gyms and yoga studios are racing to post online at-home workouts, and conferences and events that haven’t been canceled are going…
Whether it’s an actual watercooler, the kitchen’s hardworking Keurig machine, or the breakroom foosball table, these workplace retreats give employees a place to congregate, shoot the breeze, and engage in non-work-related chatter. While animated discussions about Game of Thrones or Netflix might seem antithetical to rise-and-grind culture, in reality, “watercooler talk” is crucial to the success of businesses. Far …
Epidemija koronavirusa je poslednjih nedelja nažalost postala naša svakodnevica i pokazala nam kako se u kratkom vremenskom periodu može promeniti gotovo sve. Pored evidentne opasnosti za zdravlje, virus Covid-19 danas utiče na život svakog od nas na različite načine. Vlasnici biznisa su zabrinuti za opstanak poslovanja u uslovima epidemije i vanrednog stanja, dok se zaposleni
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For the second year in a row, WP Engine has been named a Best Workplace in Texas by workplace culture authority Great Place to Work®. To determine the companies selected for its 2020 list, Great Place to Work analyzed anonymous survey feedback from nearly 55,000 employees across Texas, all with a focus on how their…
Optimizing your WordPress site for speed and security is far from easy, but one simple step that can yield immediate results is making sure you’re running the most up-to-date version of Hypertext Preprocessor or PHP. At WP Engine, we work hard to make sure our customers have access to the latest versions of PHP, and…
Working from home. Telecommuting. Remoting in. Whatever you call it, powering up the laptop to tackle tasks from your couch, dining table, or home office is becoming the new normal. While it sounds like a homebody’s dream — stand-up meetings in sweatpants, anyone? — it’s not always easy to set your own schedule. Whether you’re self-employed …
We get it! You wanted to connect with other like-minded folks, share a hobby or skill, or promote a small business. There are lots of great reasons to start a blog, and making money might not have been the one that got you into the blogging game. But generating a little jingle from your online …
You’ve no doubt seen and heard plenty about COVID-19 over the past several weeks. This disease that has spread so quickly across the globe is highly transmissible and acutely dangerous to those with weakened immune systems as well as other high-risk groups. COVID-19 represents a tremendous public health threat, and we are seeing its impact …
We could all use a little more girl power, and that’s especially true in the tech industry. Be honest. Can you count all the women in the tech sector who you can name on one hand? There’s a good chance you answered yes. But just because the ladies aren’t getting as much attention, that doesn’t …
For the third year in a row, WP Engine has been named a Fortune Best Workplace in Technology, a designation that recognizes companies with highly fulfilled, engaged employees and a strong focus on innovation. To determine the companies selected for 2020, Fortune partner Great Place to Work®, analyzed anonymous survey responses from nearly 300,000 employees…
International Women’s Day has been celebrated for more than a century, and while it initially began as a focal point in the push for women’s rights—and women’s suffrage—the day has endured as an occasion to champion many of the causes that still affect women today. At WP Engine, we view International Women’s Day as an…
Did you know this past weekend marked International Women’s Day? First celebrated by suffragettes in the early 1900s, this worldwide holiday held every March 8 is as relevant and necessary today as it was then. While the fight for equal voting rights has mostly been won, gender equality on the economic front is, sadly, still …
WP Engine CEO Heather Brunner has been named a Great Place to Work For All Leadership Award CEO Honoree. The award celebrates leaders from companies on Fortune’s annual list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For, 100 Best Workplaces for Women, 100 Best Workplaces for Diversity, and 150 Best Small and Medium Companies to…
Rebecca Gill is a well-known leader in the WordPress community, and she’s been building websites and offering SEO expertise for more than 15 years. While numerous tech trends have come and gone over that period, The Genesis Framework has remained a constant for her since her agency’s launch in 2009. For those new to the…
A vacation in Portland, Oregon, in 2011 turned out to be more than an anniversary trip for Kyle and Mariah Jochai. As they were browsing a thrift shop in the City of Roses, they stumbled on an old jeweler’s hub with a typewriter on it and a banner that said: Craft-o-Graph Club. The little treasure …
Torque Plugin Madness 2020 has officially kicked off, and for what is now the fifth year in a row, you can start casting your first votes in this annual contest between WordPress plugins. Much like the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament (March Madness), which kicks off later this month, Torque’s Plugin Madness is a bracket-style competition…
Even as WordPress core becomes more functional and dynamic with every new release, plugins—the modular bits of code users can harness to add functionality to their sites—remain one of the platform’s most popular draws. With more than 55,000 free WordPress plugins to choose from in the Plugin Repository and thousands of premium (paid) plugins from…
Los Angeles native Mark Umbriaco is always looking to experience a new piece of his city’s patchwork of culture. So when he and a friend spotted a chance to sit in on a Japanese tea ceremony at an arts festival 15 years ago, he didn’t hesitate. They packed into the venue and nabbed the only …
Dan internet domena Srbije (DIDS 2020) biće održan 19. marta 2020. godine u hotelu “Metropol Palace” u organizaciji Registra nacionalnog internet domena Srbije (RNIDS). Konferencija DIDS se održava po jedanaesti put, a ovogodišnji slogan je “Tihe internet revoucije”. Osnovne teme kojima će se DIDS 2020 baviti ove godine biće privatnost i poverenje u korišćenje interneta
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As consumers evolve in the ways they interact with new technology, building engaging, dynamic digital experiences has never been more important for businesses of all sizes. Today’s digital consumers expect the digital experiences they interact with to be fast and engaging, and in this new digital paradigm, speed and agility are necessary to meet market…