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Why you should use WordPress for your new website
Watch Video: Why you should use WordPress for your new websiteYou have a lot of great options for creating your new website these days. There’s Wix, Squarespace, Shopify and so many more options to pick. But might I suggest using WordPress? WordPress powers over 40 percent of the internet these days, and for good reasons. It’s an open source content management system, which means you…
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What to Expect with WordPress 6.1
Watch Video: What to Expect with WordPress 6.1Believe it or not, WordPress 6.1 is just around the corner. The last scheduled major release for WordPress in 2022 brings with it a new default theme that has some really cool features, a new core block that you can use, and a number of great improvements to the block and full site editor. It’s…
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What to Expect with WordPress 6.0
Watch Video: What to Expect with WordPress 6.0Believe it or not, WordPress 6.0 is just around the corner. The first scheduled major release for WordPress brings with a lot of changes, fixes and new features for full site editing. A lot of what’s included will make the page/editing and site editing experience a lot better for all users — including new blocks,…
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Taking a Look at the TwentyTwentyTwo WordPress Theme
Watch Video: Taking a Look at the TwentyTwentyTwo WordPress ThemeSo along with WordPress 5.9, we’re also getting a new default WordPress theme: TwentyTwentyTwo. TwentyTwentyTwo is a block theme and takes full advantage of the new full site editing features that are coming into WordPress core. It’s a wonderful theme, and I would argue that it’s the best default WordPress theme ever. It really shows…
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What to Expect with WordPress 5.9
Watch Video: What to Expect with WordPress 5.9After over a month delay, WordPress 5.9 is finally just around the corner. And it’s going to be one of the biggest releases in WordPress’ history. WordPress 5.9 brings full site editing fully into core, meaning that you’ll be able to customize every part of your website — from the header to the footer to…
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WordPress Full Site Editing for Small Businesses
Watch Video: WordPress Full Site Editing for Small BusinessesFull Site Editing is starting to make its way into WordPress core, and you might have some questions about what it means for your website. So today let’s take a look at what full site editing actually is, what it means for your website, take a little bit of a live demo of it and…
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What to Expect with WordPress 5.8
Watch Video: What to Expect with WordPress 5.8The second major release of WordPress is right around the corner. That’s right. WordPress 5.8 is slated to be released on July 20. This update features the start of moving full site editing into core, although it’s not quite complete or finished. You’ll be able to create new templates and new template parts. Plus there…
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The Best Contact Form Plugins for WordPress
Watch Video: The Best Contact Form Plugins for WordPressOne of the most important pieces of functionality your website needs is a contact form. It’s not only how people can contact you and ask you questions, but you can also use it for lead generation as well. And if you have a WordPress website, you have a lot of great options when it comes…
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What to Expect with WordPress 5.7
Watch Video: What to Expect with WordPress 5.7WordPress 5.7 is just around the corner. This first major release of the year will see significant updates to the block editor, Gutenberg, as well as new features such as lazy loading for iFrames, like YouTube videos, easier transitioning to HTTPS for sites and a new Robots API. Plus, there are improvements to the jQuery…
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To use a WordPress Page Builder … or not
Watch Video: To use a WordPress Page Builder … or notIf you’re wanting to really customize your WordPress website, you’ve probably heard about page builders. They are great tools for being able to customize the look of your webpages without hiring a developer to touching any of the code yourself. But they do have their downsides and some are clearly better than the rest. So…
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The Best Themes From the WordPress Theme Directory
Watch Video: The Best Themes From the WordPress Theme DirectoryOne of the best parts about using WordPress is that you have a wide array of free themes you can use from the theme directory. In fact, there are currently over 8,000 themes you can download and install right now. So let’s take a look at some of my favorite themes that I think can…
