It should be no surprise that WordPress is one of the most popular platforms for online communities. With a built-in user system, simple publishing options and website design customiser, the core version of WordPress is a great starting point for a community. All you need to do is choose one of the many community WordPress … Read more
I have been using Cloudflare for many years for their domain name server functionality, their SSL certificates and their content delivery network (CDN). Cloudflare’s CDN perhaps does not boast as many configuration options as other CDN services, however it is free to use and their network boasts over 200 locations. Over the years, I have … Read more
The WordPress block editor officially became the default editor of WordPress when WordPress 5.0 was released on 6 December 2018. It is a user-friendly drag and drop editor that lets you easily create custom layouts and style your content. The block editor is also known as Gutenberg and before it was built into the WordPress … Read more
Pretty Links is a fantastic link tracking WordPress plugin that gives you full control over the links on your website. Developed by Caseproof LLC, the plugin can be used to make your URLs look cleaner, track clicks and categorise links. If you actively use Pretty Links to track important URLs, you will also find that … Read more
As a digital agency, deciding between building responsive mobile websites versus going all in with native mobile apps can be difficult. Obviously, you want to invest in the technology that your clients have the most demand for and from which they’re most likely to derive value. On the one hand, creating a responsive website is … Read more
SmartFrame is a versatile image toolkit that allows you to protect your images and improve delivery speed to website visitors. Using SmartFrame you can prevent others from stealing important images and deliver high quality versions of your image to website visitors on many different devices. The service is free to use up to around 1,000 … Read more
Nestify are an online hosting company that offer managed WordPress hosting services for blogs, WooCommerce stores and agencies. The company also offers custom VPS Hosting packages for websites that were built with other platforms. If you host with Nestify you will receive DDoS protection, security scanning, daily automatic backups and more. Their plans are priced … Read more
Putler is an online analytics service that was designed to help you understand your eCommerce business better. It achieves this by connecting to all of your platforms, aggregating the data and presenting it to you in an uncomplicated way that is easy to understand. In this article, I would like to take a close look … Read more
HostUp is a new budget website hosting service that offers shared hosting and Virtual Private Server (VPS) hosting. Their shared hosting plans are also available as WordPress hosting plans, but behind the scenes you will be getting the same allocation of resources. Hostup markets itself as being an affordable hosting solution. With their cheapest plans … Read more
On 6 December 2018 Matt Mullenweg announced the release of WordPress 5.0. This was a significant milestone in the history of WordPress as it replaced the traditional WordPress editor with a new block editor called Gutenberg. Gutenberg is a minimal editor that allows you to create beautiful content using a drag and drop block editor. … Read more