WordPress

Give your WordPress website a boost by using the right combination of SEO plugins

6 years ago By Eric Dalius

Do WordPress websites offer the same convenience to small and big websites when implementing SEO? The question arises because the smaller is the website, lesser will be the content, and apparently it would receive fewer links. If this seems like a problem in doing well in SEO then when you look at larger websites that run into several pages have its own set of problems. Overall, SEO implementation is challenging no matter whether the website is big or small. If the site is huge, it faces challenges that are typical of its size and the same is true for smaller websites that struggle to gain momentum. Small websites have to fight it out with more significant sites, and it can appear to be a losing battle, which it is not.

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Mailbag: DRUD Tech Launches ddev Community Open Source Toolkit

7 years ago By Bryan Ruby

Last week, I received an email inviting me to take a sneak peak at a press release that became public today. In the email, I was asked if I would be interested in hearing "news from new open source startup, DRUD Tech, founded by a couple of long-time Drupal contributors". According to the email, the company has been in "stealth mode" quietly working on their new product which is ready for launch this week. Given that I'm a long time fan of the Drupal content management system of course I said yes.

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5 Best Alternatives to WordPress for Beginners

7 years ago By Alex Levitov

WordPress is one of the most popular website builders favored by almost every budding blogger and entrepreneur. The open source platform is can be customized and is compatible with almost every device, offering users a wide range of plugins and extensions for powerful content management and website development. However, WordPress is not always the best option for the websites build on a basic framework. For all its user-friendliness, WordPress does require a degree of technical expertise and coding skills. The extensive blogs and technical support though helpful can be quite exhausting to understand and implement.

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Simple Guide for Creating a WordPress Blog

7 years ago By Emilly Parkerson

There are many reasons why you may want to start your own blog. It can be a personal blog where you share your own thoughts and ideas or a commercial blog that promotes products/services you or a third party sells. What’s more is that it is possible to make money with a blog by selling advertising space. The important thing you need to do is to first learn how to setup a blog the right way. This post discusses the key steps you need to take when starting a WordPress blog.

What you will need

Prior to getting to the real steps, you need to know what you really need to set up your first blog. There are basically three things you will need in addition to making up your mind on what you want to blog about:

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WordPress 4.8 introduces four new widgets

7 years ago By Bryan Ruby

WordPress 4.8 is now available and introduces users to new content management tools including three media widgets covering images, audio and video. The "Evans" release also includes link improvements, an updated text widget that supports visual editing, and an upgraded news and events section in your dashboard.

When Matt Mullenweg announced the release of WordPress 4.8 he mentioned that this new version was built with you in mind. While the updates seem minor, he indicated that users will find that the improvements intuitive enough that "you’ll welcome [the changes] like an old friend".

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Why is WordPress Such a Popular Platform?

7 years ago By Peter Sampson

WordPress is the most well-known and successful content manage systems ever made. With over 26% of the world’s websites using it, there’s gotta be some kind of secret we don’t know about, right? How could something be so popular after all this time? It’s not a secret at all, actually, WordPress is just a perfect storm of features and usability.

Join us as we look at the characteristics and design choices that led WordPress to take the throne as the most popular CMS in the world.

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5 CMS Alternatives to WordPress

8 years ago By Julia Blake

Many say that WordPress is one of the most well-known open-source systems to manage a website. There are more than 9000 templates and 40.000+ plugins for WordPress. Nevertheless, popularity doesn’t guarantee a high level of efficiency.

To provide yourself with proper tools, allowing to create a truly useful and engaging website for personal need, you must first find and install needed add-ons, because there are simply no good plugins installed by default.

Why Should You Hire an SEO Agency for WordPress CMS Management?

8 years ago By Derek Iwasiuk

The WordPress CMS is one of the most widely used systems in the world. This is mostly because of its user friendliness and the large community that stands by it. To use this platform, you only need basic computer skills. Everything else is straightforward, as this content management system does not require you to code as much as other CMS. However, just because the platform is easy to use does not mean you don’t need expert help.

What is The Future of Search Engine Optimization?

8 years ago By Peter Sampson

Search Engine Optimization is an industry that was born out of the modern web and search engines like Google. Its entire focus is the constant and unending pursuit of understanding what makes one site rank higher than another. It’s exhausting, and just like search results these days, there’s a lot of options.

The future of SEO is dependent on the people who are using it and what they want from platforms like Google. There’s a science to everything, but the more sophisticated search algorithms become, the more they think like people. It’s time to start thinking like people as well.

CaptainForm: More than 20,000 forms created and a 7.11% conversion rate

8 years ago By Real Wire

123ContactForm announces that its WordPress forms plugin - CaptainForm - celebrates its one year anniversary. Since launch, a total number of 20,856 forms have been successfully built with CaptainForm.

The average conversion rate from free to paid users is 7.11%. Out of all of the forms submitted, 62.5% have received submissions, and the most popular form types - besides simple lead generation forms - are registration forms, order forms and surveys. In terms of support tickets, the average response time is 1.55h by email (weekends included) and 40s by live chat. 70% of our users come from the Plugin Directory, as a result of other users trusting and recommending CaptainForm.