WordPress forms offer a valuable chance for you to connect with your website visitors and potential customers. Those people may be signing up for a mailing list or creating an account on your eCommerce store. But what if they’re not… Continue Reading →
Do your customers often make just one purchase and never return? If so, the default WooCommerce Thank You page could be the missing link in building stronger connections. While it provides a basic confirmation, it lacks the personalized touch that… Continue Reading →
Shoppers love a quick and smooth checkout. But if there’s even a tiny distraction, they will abandon their carts without a second thought. That’s how quickly you lose a sale. With the default WooCommerce checkout page, you might already be… Continue Reading →
A fast site means happier users, improved ranking from Google, and increased conversions. Maybe you even think your WordPress sites are as fast as they can be – you’ve looked at site performance, from the best practices of setting up… Continue Reading →
Are you inexperienced with organizing your WooCommerce store? If yes, you likely want to ensure that the shop page aligns with your overall brand aesthetics. The default WooCommerce shop page might not match the look and feel you need to… Continue Reading →
The Themes and Hosting teams has unveiled their representatives for 2025. Themes Team Reps In November, the Themes Team announced their search for community members familiar with WordPress theme development to serve as representatives for 2025. The call for nominations… Continue Reading →
Automattician Alex Shiels of the Meta team has announced the resumption of WordPress.org services after the holiday break of two weeks. Users can now register new accounts, submit plugins, themes, and photos, and review plugins once again. Last month, Matt… Continue Reading →
The Training Team has launched a new course on Learn WordPress specifically for designers: Beginner WordPress Designer. This learning pathway is crafted to help designers new to WordPress gain the skills needed to create professional websites. The course covers essential… Continue Reading →
Matt Mullenweg’s clash with WP Engine highlights the tension between open-source ideals and centralized control within WordPress, which powers 40% of the internet. The controversy raises critical questions about who holds the reins in shaping the web’s future.
For the first time, Matt Mullenweg has announced a holiday break for WordPress.org services. In his blog post, he said, “In order to give myself and the many tired volunteers around WordPress.org a break for the holidays, we’re going to… Continue Reading →
Accessibility is a critical component of creating inclusive and user-friendly digital environments. Ensuring websites you build are accessible is not just a moral and ethical imperative, but often a legal and business necessity. In this article, we discuss why accessibility… Continue Reading →
The controversial mandatory pineapple pizza checkbox on WordPress.org’s login form has been made optional. This decision follows a Twitter poll conducted by WordPress.org, in which 81.2% of respondents voted against making the checkbox mandatory. Additionally, 58.3% of respondents declared that… Continue Reading →
Does pineapple belong on pizza? The answer may vary from person to person. But WordPress users were in for a surprise when they tried to login to the WordPress.org website. A new mandatory checkbox require users to confirm that “Pineapple… Continue Reading →
In this issue of Delicious Brain Bytes, we dive into the 2025 WordPress release schedule, peek at an advent calendar (for code), look ahead at the upcoming PressConf event, and much more! Enhanced DataViews and DataForms The latest “What’s New… Continue Reading →
BuddyPress Lead Developer Mathieu Viet has announced his departure from the WordPress community, marking the end of a long-standing association that began with BuddyPress 2.0. In a statement shared on his WordPress profile, he said, “I’ve decided to stop involving… Continue Reading →
For years, I’ve kept track of various resources that I’ve found useful. Having them here makes it easy to refer to them in the future should the need arise (don’t you refer back to your old posts? /s). It also… Continue Reading →
Backing up your site is a little like buying fire insurance. You never need it outside of a catastrophe, but not having it is just going to make the catastrophe worse. In this article, we look at some of the… Continue Reading →
Earlier this year, I swapped my local development environment over to Herd (along with a couple of other changes such as DBngin which is worth covering in another post). There’s a lot to like about it one of which is… Continue Reading →
Why WordPress is the best CMS? Having a website has become a necessity for both individuals and businesses. Content Management Systems (CMSs) have simplified website development and management, making it possible for anyone, even those without technical skills, to build… Continue Reading →
As nice as event-driven programming can be within the context of WordPress’ hook system, one of the challenges is preventing code from executing every single time the hook is called. For example, say you’re writing a function that fires during… Continue Reading →
The performance of a WordPress site is crucial for providing a seamless user experience and optimizing SEO. There’s a lot you can do to boost Core Web Vitals by fine-tuning settings, minifying resources, and concatenating JavaScript, but all of those… Continue Reading →
Automattician Héctor Prieto has revealed the schedule for WordPress releases in 2025. Similar to 2024, three major releases are planned: WordPress 6.8 – Beta 1 on March 4, stable release on April 15 WordPress 6.9 – Beta 1 on June… Continue Reading →
WP Engine has earned a reputation as a premier managed WordPress hosting provider. Whether you’re a small business, blogger, or enterprise seeking a more cost-effective option, there are many excellent alternatives that deliver comparable, if not better, performance without breaking… Continue Reading →
After Automattic launched the WP Engine Tracker website to monitor the number of websites departing WP Engine hosting, WP Engine updated its ongoing lawsuit against Automattic and its founder, Matt Mullenweg. The revised document with 144 pages, opens with strong… Continue Reading →
WordPress 6.7, “Rollins,” was released on November 12, 2024, but WordPress.org experienced increased error rates after the release. Several users reported getting 502 “Bad Gateway” errors and the release messing up their websites. WordPress contributors kept a close eye on… Continue Reading →
