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Whether you’re already a web developer and want to expand your skills, or you’re looking to get into the industry for the very first time, one of the hottest tools to do either right now is the coding bootcamp. These intensive programs may be online or in-person, and they put students through a rigorous curriculum …

Your store’s security is critical, but it doesn’t have to be hard. Get the checklist of tools, strategies, and practices you need to protect your store!

One of the repositories I have been keeping an eye on over the past few months is Block Experiments. It … Continue reading Diving Into Automattic’s Block Experiments →

Looking for cheaper SendGrid alternatives to serve all your email marketing needs – both your campaign email and transactional email? We have some good options for you here.
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The 8th annual WordCamp Europe is only 9 days away and organizers have just announced the schedule. Friday and Saturday … Continue reading WordCamp Europe 2020 Announces Schedule, Plans to Debut Networking Rooms and Virtual Sponsor Booths →

Hey Divi Nation! Thanks for joining us for the next installment of our weekly Divi Design Initiative where each week, we give away brand new, free Divi Layout Packs from our design team to you. This time around, Kenny and his team have created a beautiful Freelance Writer Layout Pack that’ll help you get your …

Over the coming months, we plan to develop the ability to configure WCML settings based on the location of your customers. To be sure we are developing useful features, we need to hear from you! Changing the currency configuration The first step in this new location-based logic will be the ability to display specific currencies …

When you’re overwhelmed with everything you haven’t done yet, it’s easy to get your priorities mixed up. If someone is waiting for you to complete a task, you may feel like that’s the most important item on your list. If that task is secondary to a bigger priority of yours, though, you may be better …

Shinobi Works, a web development and illustration company based in Japan, released Shinobi Blocks last week. It is the second … Continue reading Shinobi Blocks WordPress Plugin Adds How-To and FAQ Blocks →

Today we released WooCommerce Multilingual version 4.9.0. This version includes the ability to set manual shipping rates for different currencies, a much-requested feature. New feature: Custom shipping rates for each currency Previously, WCML has only allowed users to set a manual shipping option in the default currency. Shipping prices in other currencies were calculated based …

When it comes to WordPress hosting, you can’t get any closer to the source than Pressable. Run by Automattic, Pressable hosts your site on the same servers as wordpress.com, wordpress.org, and woocommerce.com. Automattic, for those of you who don’t know, is the company that operates WooCommerce, JetPack, and WordPress.com. Matt Mullenweg, the creator of WordPress, …

Creating a Google My Business (GMB) profile is an integral part of local SEO efforts for location-based businesses. This free tool puts you in control of how your business shows up in searches and on Google Maps, and it also helps you show up more prominently in search results. You should get your GMB listing …

Hey Divi Nation! Thanks for joining us for the next installment of our weekly Divi Design Initiative where each week, we give away brand new freebies. This time around we’re building upon the Nutritionist Layout Pack with a brand new blog post template that matches the rest of pack perfectly. Hope you enjoy it! Check …

Video content is growing in popularity, and can be a key method for marketing your business. However, you may not have someone on your team who’s comfortable in front of a camera, or the tools to create traditional high-quality videos. Fortunately, you can always create animated videos as an alternative to live-action or screen recordings. …

Sales funnels are the most important and effective methods of selling through a website. A well-designed sales funnel will help capture leads, improve conversions, and increase profits. Building effective sales funnels is easy to do with Divi. In this article, we’ll see how to create a 3-step Divi sales funnel using a free plugin called …

Video content is booming, which means more people than ever are in need of user-friendly and affordable ways to create videos online. With so many platforms to choose from, however, it can be difficult to discern which ones are actually worth considering. Whether you plan to launch a vlog, need to create tutorials to promote …

Flywheel’s Local development app has received several major updates during the past month. The most recent release brings back support … Continue reading Local Brings Back Support for Apache and Site Cloning →

If you’re looking to grab your website visitor’s attention, what can be better than animations? Using the many application engines freely available on the web, you can easily get your website’s elements to fade, bounce or whoosh. In today’s post, we’ll see how JavaScript animation libraries can help with all that.
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Imagine a future where you log into your website’s admin. You head over to the editor. This particular editor has … Continue reading Should WordPress Provide an API for Third-Party Editors? →

Hey Divi Nation! Thanks for joining us for the next installment of our weekly Divi Design Initiative where each week, we give away brand new freebies. This Monday, we shared a brand new Interpreter Layout Pack. To help you get your website up and running as soon as possible, we’re sharing a global header & …

For the most part, writing has a single purpose: to communicate. That means that as writers, it is our job to get to the point as quickly and as concisely as possible. Burying the lede means the opposite of that. When someone buries the lede it means the writer is holding the most important information …

In a 2017 speech titled “Stop trying to fix disability,” YouTube and motivational speaker Molly Burke says, “I live in … Continue reading Molly Burke on the Power of Universal Design →

Get your physical products or food safely into the hands of customers with contactless store pickup and USPS shipping options. Here’s how to set it up fast!

PHP and WordPress version checks are coming to the WordPress theme system — finally. The feature was pulled into core … Continue reading PHP and WordPress Version Checks Coming to Themes →

One of the exciting things about WordCamps going virtual is the community gaining access to more events and presentations than … Continue reading WordCamp Kent Online Features Business and Marketing Tracks, May 30-31 →

If you’re looking for a way to create smooth animations with Divi’s built-in scroll effects, you’re going to love this post. We’ll show you how to combine scroll snapping with Divi’s built-in motion effects to create full height sections that you can scroll between in one go. We’ll start by creating the first section. We …

Understanding how to hire a content writer, particularly a good one, is not something that comes naturally to most business owners or managers. I know this because I’ve been a professional blogger, editor, and content manager for a decade now. I’ve witnessed client after client struggle to find good writers for their website or publication. …

Back in the old days, creating an advanced custom site with WordPress would require coding skills (CSS, PHP, and Javascript). As WordPress and technology advance, we are able to create dynamic sites without any coding. With Builder Pro, you can create custom themes and templates without having to write any code. We’ve recorded a full …

While it is still Wednesday here in the U.S., some parts of the world are already awakening to the third … Continue reading CampusPress Releases Accessible Content Plugin in Time for Global Accessibility Awareness Day →