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Lizzie Kardon, Head of Content and Engagement at Pagely, was featured in a nationwide segment on NBC’s TODAY show last … Continue reading Women in Tech Salary Transparency Project: Addressing the Gender Pay Gap →

When you are trying to grow a website by using affiliate marketing one of the first things you will think about is using SEO to bring in more traffic. Most people believe that having a website in English is important because English keywords bring in the highest volume of traffic. This is true but it …

Adding a clickable table of contents to a blog post is a great way to improve user experience. In many cases, a blog post table of contents uses anchor links to help users navigate through the content. And, a table of contents (with anchor links) is really simple to build using basic HTML. However, adding …

Google Search Console is one of the most powerful tools available for any website owner. Formerly known as Google Webmaster Tools, the search console is a free, one-stop platform where you can gain nearly every bit and byte of data you need to know about your site. With a firm grasp on how to manipulate …

On Wednesday, March 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic and advised people everywhere to “make a plan in preparation for an outbreak of COVID-19 in your community.”  Also on Wednesday, the WordPress.org Community Team published their recommendations for organizers of WordPress Events and Meetups. Our Recommendations We recommend that …

You could say that I am a bit of a fanboy of the late 1990s and early 2000s web. I loved the funkiness of GeoCities.

Your header inevitably remains one of your website’s most important elements. It influences your visitors’ navigation process and allows them to find what they’re looking for in a heartbeat. Now, if you’re looking for a way to swap your Divi header on scroll with another one, you’re going to enjoy this post. We’ll show you …

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 …

On March 4th, our Threat Intelligence team discovered several vulnerabilities in Popup Builder, a WordPress plugin installed on over 100,000 sites. One vulnerability allowed an unauthenticated attacker to inject malicious JavaScript into any published popup, which would then be executed whenever the popup loaded. The other vulnerability allowed any logged-in user, even those with minimal …Read More

Business-to-business (B2B) marketing is aimed at a business rather than an individual shopper. On the flip side is business-to-consumer (B2C) marketing, which is aimed at individual shoppers (consumers). For example, a company that sells website themes to small businesses is a B2B company, while a company that sells headphones to consumers is a B2C company. …

For this project the Themify framework helped us the most when using the Hook Content feature which we created the custom header with.

Yesterday, Automattic launched version 4.0 of its WooCommerce plugin. Except for the new admin interface, which has been in testing … Continue reading WooCommerce 4.0 Lands with New Admin Interface and Updated Onboarding Experience →

While there are many factors that distinguish high-earning freelance writers from struggling ones, high-earning freelance writers are ultimately more successful not because they are more qualified or more skilled than struggling ones. Instead, they are more successful because they know how to get freelance writing jobs that pay really well.
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We are always looking for new and creative ways to showcase featured items (like products and services) when designing a new website. And, with Divi’s scroll effects, new doors have been opened to take your blurb layouts to a whole new level. In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to create a …

On February 26th, our Threat Intelligence team discovered a vulnerability in Import Export WordPress Users, a WordPress plugin installed on over 30,000 sites. The flaw allowed anybody with subscriber-level access or above to import new users via a CSV file, including administrative-level users. We reached out to the plugin’s developer on February 26th, who responded …Read More

Working from home sounds like a dream, but in some ways it’s better in theory than in reality. Like with a traditional office job, working from home has its own drawbacks and struggles. There’s a lot you probably haven’t thought about, like your home office, basic business tasks and the ways that your health and …

One of the major concerns about using multi-purpose themes is the page speed. Most multi-purpose themes are packed with many features and they usually include many scripts which take longer to load than the simpler themes. Site loading speed not only affects your visitors’ browsing experience, but it can also impact your site search engine …

The second release candidate for WordPress 5.4 is now available! WordPress 5.4 is currently scheduled to be released on March 31 2020, and we need your help to get there—if you haven’t tried 5.4 yet, now is the time! There are two ways to test the WordPress 5.4 release candidate: Try the WordPress Beta Tester plugin (choose the “bleeding edge …

“What did you do today?” asked my aunt. “Take a nap? Watch TV?” “You know, I work a real job, … Continue reading Advice for Newcomers to Remote Work: Lessons Learned →

Showcasing any app or product on your website doesn’t have to be limited to static images or graphics. With Divi’s scroll effects, you can bring app illustrations to life by adding subtle and effective animation that engage visitors. In this tutorial, we are going to uncover a simple way to create an expanding-layers scroll effect …

Content marketing isn’t a new concept. Marketing professionals use this strategy to grow engagement and improve conversion for companies of all shapes and sizes. With the growth of professional blogging and blogs as part of a brand’s marketing strategy, content marketing has taken a spot front and center. The person with the task of taking …

Riad Benguella announced on the core development blog last week the editor in WordPress 5.4 will ship in fullscreen mode … Continue reading Editor Will Default to Fullscreen Mode in WordPress 5.4 →

Running a successful business requires you to keep track of a huge range of tasks, including customer relationship management. If you’re looking for the best way to handle this aspect of your brand, there are many different software options that can help. This is where the best CRM software comes into play.
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We’ve gone through three versions of pricing in the last few months and I’ll cover our journey and why we chose Resource-Based Pricing in the end.

On February 18th, we were alerted to a vulnerability present in ThemeREX Addons, a WordPress plugin installed on approximately 44,000 sites. We took immediate action to release a firewall rule to protect Wordfence Premium users. As this vulnerability was being actively attacked, we also publicly notified the community of the vulnerability to help protect users …Read More

Hey Divi Nation! Thanks for joining us for the next installment of our weekly Divi Design Initiative; where each week, we give away a brand new, free Divi Layout Pack from our design team to you. For this week, we have created an exciting Startup Layout Pack. This layout pack provides a unique design with …

On its face, the Dunning Kruger Effect is pretty simple. Someone’s performance is bad, but they (1) don’t realize their performance is bad and (2) they think their performance is good. There’s a bit more to it than that, though, and some aspects of it are misunderstood. First, though, let’s quickly go over where the …