Remember that “new car smell” of your WordPress site? Back when everything was fresh, uncluttered, and totally up to date? Yeah, that lasts a few months. Then, the reality of oil changes and flat tires starts sinking in. Just like you maintain your primary means of transportation, you similarly need to maintain your WordPress site if you want to keep…. Continue Reading
How to Downgrade WordPress Versions, Plugins, and Themes (and Why You Might Want to)
The WordPress core code is updated pretty regularly and in most cases you’re going to want to make sure you upgrade to the latest stable version as soon as possible. Using the latest version of WordPress ensures that you have access to all the latest features and any security holes that have been discovered since the last update have been…. Continue Reading
9 WordPress Hacks To Encourage Higher CTRs From Google
Great content that offers value to readers will rank in Google. But there are tricks you can use to increase your clickthroughs and grab attention from searchers. We have a great guide on basic SEO setup using the WordPress SEO plugin. But this is just the first step of WP SEO and there are many other things you can do…. Continue Reading
Email Marketing Services: 8 Popular Platforms Worth Considering
It seems like just yesterday when the process of selecting an email marketing platform was relatively straightforward. With just a few key players, making a decision was something that could be accomplished at a leisurely afternoon pace. Articles like this one have been surfacing for years, questioning whether the death of email is right around the corner. However, it appears…. Continue Reading
Effective WordPress Growth Hacking Techniques and Plugins
With WordPress anyone can build a website — quite literally. The platform is beginner-friendly, powerful and makes the process really easy. However, building a website and building a successful website are very different things. While anyone can now do the first part, not everyone is up for part two. What is a successful website? Simply put, a website that achieves…. Continue Reading
How Much It Cost to Run a Solo Founder Plugin Business
WordPress Plugin and software businesses in general, are great businesses to run. It’s easy to get started (if you’re a developer) and profit margins are usually very high. When I started SeedProd, my Coming Soon Plugin for WordPress business, back in 2011 it only cost me $5 to launch aside from my development time to build the plugin. Today I…. Continue Reading
5 Ways To Change The Design Of A WordPress Theme
When you find a WordPress theme that’s perfect for your website, with a design you.. mostly love, it might be time to take matters into your hands. But if you’re not confident enough to change the design of a WordPress theme by yourself, rest assured you’ve come to the right place. In this post we will cover the 5 main…. Continue Reading
Keep WordPress Running Smoothly with these 5 Maintenance Tasks
Almost everything you own requires maintenance. Your car, your home, your computer — even yourself. Not surprisingly, your WordPress website is no different. Of course, you could choose to forego maintenance on any one of those items, but doing so comes with a risk. Take for example your WordPress website. When it’s first set up and installed, everything runs smoothly,…. Continue Reading
Small Business Owners: Attract and Retain More Customers With the Power of WordPress
WordPress is the content management system of choice for many small business owners, and for good reason. Whether you’re running an online business or a brick and mortar shop, WordPress has the potential to be a valuable asset — adding efficiency, improving customer communication and boosting your marketing efforts with relative ease. What’s surprising is that very few business owners…. Continue Reading
How to Speed Up Your WordPress Website Using Gonzales
Speeding up your WordPress website is like an art form. Everyone is capable of doing it in some fashion, yet everyone has a different way of going about it. Though there is no set consensus on how to achieve the fastest website around, the truth remains that website visitors want fast loading webpages and will go elsewhere if they don’t…. Continue Reading
