Part of being a freelancer means dealing with unpredictable income. Managing finances for freelancers requires close management. But, what if I told you there’s a way to shift from unpredictable income to more steady income that you can count on? Would you believe me? I’ve personally put these tips into practice and shared them with […]
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The month of March was both a tough and exciting time for the WordPress open-source project. With COVID-19 declared a pandemic, in-person events have had to adapt quickly – a challenge for any community. March culminated with the release of WordPress 5.4, an exhilarating milestone only made possible by dedicated contributors. For all the latest, […]

The last few weeks have felt like a year in many cases and I’m afraid that we’re just getting started. It is a scary time during this worldly crisis. We are all in this together and experiencing changes to the global economy, global workforce and life of staying close to home. As we moved our […]
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Version 5.4 "Adderley" of WordPress is available for download or update in your WordPress dashboard. This version brings you more ways to make content come alive with your best images and helps make your vision real by putting blocks in the perfect place.

Do you want to start selling products on your WordPress website without bogging down your site, or buying dozens of expensive add-ons? In this easy, 13-part course, we'll show you how to use BigCommerce for WordPress to start selling products on your site in about 30 minutes.
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While using BackupBuddy, you may sometimes experience errors. These errors can frequently lead to headaches, so understanding what this error means will help you in your troubleshooting process. Each error has its specified number, so make sure to remember this number as it often indicates what exactly went wrong during the backup process. You can […]
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The fifth release candidate for WordPress 5.4 is live! WordPress 5.4 is currently scheduled to land on March 31 2020, and we need your help to get there—if you haven’t tried 5.4 yet, now is the time! You can test the WordPress 5.4 release candidate in two ways: Try the WordPress Beta Tester plugin (choose the “bleeding edge nightlies” option) […]

Are you looking for the best online conference call service for your business? With the rising trend of remote working, many businesses rely heavily on conference calls, group video calls, and group team chats. There are tons of great free and paid conference call services… Read More »
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Many small businesses are being jolted into a new direction of doing business. Sometimes for the first time ever people are working from home. Forced to make critical changes just to keep afloat, and it seems like we can’t keep anything under control. So many of us are feeling the same, not knowing where our […]
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New WordPress plugin and theme vulnerabilities were disclosed during the second half of March, so we want to keep you aware. In this post, we cover recent WordPress plugin, theme and core vulnerabilities and what to do if you are running one of the vulnerable plugins or themes on your website. The WordPress Vulnerability Roundup […]
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The fourth release candidate for WordPress 5.4 is live! WordPress 5.4 is currently scheduled to land on March 31 2020, and we need your help to get there—if you haven’t tried 5.4 yet, now is the time! You can test the WordPress 5.4 release candidate in two ways: Try the WordPress Beta Tester plugin (choose the “bleeding edge nightlies” option) […]

I’m changing it up a bit this week. Today, we’re going to review two plugins in one post Ghost Kit and Ultimate Addons. Not because they don’t each deserve their own post, but because I didn’t want you to wait another week for another great Gutenberg post. We’re covering Ghost Kit and Ultimate Addons for […]
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Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, there is a lot of uncertainty in the world, especially for small business owners. Many small businesses are being forced to adapt and make critical changes just to survive. During these tough times, the world seems uncontrollable. That’s why… Read More »
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We’ve been hard at work continuing to add support of our new restore feature to other remote destinations. Today we’re excited to bring that feature to four more remote destinations. Current BackupBuddy, Plugin Suite and Toolkit customers will find version 8.5.5 of the BackupBuddy plugin available as an automatic update from your WordPress dashboard (for […]
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The third 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 […]

Every month Nathan Ingram looks over the last 30 days on the WordPress Plugin Directory and makes a list of his favorite new additions. Here are his favorite plugins, his WooCommerce recommendation and his good/bad idea WordPress plugins. Nathan told us last month that he was concerned about some of the ways Code Canyon is […]
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New WordPress plugin and theme vulnerabilities were disclosed during the first half of March, so we want to keep you aware. In this post, we cover recent WordPress plugin, theme and core vulnerabilities and what to do if you are running one of the vulnerable plugins or themes on your website. The WordPress Vulnerability Roundup […]
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The Queeromattic Employee Resource Group, Automattic’s LGBTQ+ internal organization, is proud to announce a scholarship for LGBTQ+ WordPress Community members who need financial support to attend a WordCamp flagship event for the first time.  For those unfamiliar with WordCamps, they are informal, community-organized events that are put together by WordPress …

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 […]

Today, I want to review GenerateBlocks, a plugin that is still in Alpha. GenerateBlocks has the idea of creating powerful WordPress blocks, without all the bloat. What that means is that it’s a small collection of lightweight WordPress blocks that can be used to accomplish nearly anything. What is GenerateBlocks? GenerateBlocks is created by the […]
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