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It’s Time To Shine a Spotlight on the WordPress Community + Where You Can Get Assistance in a Pinch

WordPress is a powerful and popular platform that powers more than 65.1% of all websites with knowable content management systems. That accounts for 42.7% of all websites on the Internet. Ease of use is undoubtedly one of the reasons why WordPress is so popular. But even so, there may come a time when you run…

How to Put a WordPress Site in Maintenance Mode

Websites, like every other product, need maintenance. Be it revamping the design, fixing security bugs, migrating to a new web hosting provider, or any other thing. While there could be several reasons to update and upgrade your website, the motive is to make your website secure and user-friendly. At a time like this, if you do not take…

Introducing Twenty Twenty-Two: The Most Flexible Default WordPress Theme

On October 6, 2021, WordPress gave users a sneak peek into the Twenty Twenty-two theme, which will be included in the WordPress 5.9 release in December 2021. The new theme, which wholly embraces Full Site Editing, is WordPress’s most flexible default theme. Here’s what we’ll cover: A First Look at Twenty Twenty-Two Trying Out Twenty…

How to Create Your Online Store: The Setup – Part 2

In part 2 of our series on how to create an online store, we walk through the features of the Bluehost Panel and set up the basics of our ecommerce website. We setup our store’s location, selling currency, payment providers, payment collection methods and also shipping options. Contact us if you still need help…

WordPress Scalability: How To Scale Websites for High Traffic

Before looking for ways to increase your website traffic, you must account for WordPress scalability techniques to accommodate users better during high traffic spikes. Traffic-induced slow loading, website crashes, and malfunctioning are all things you want to avoid. To that end, we’ve compiled a list of the best website scalability tips to scale a website…

WordPress Extending Classic Editor Support Until 2022

WordPress has decided to continue support for its Classic Editor plugin into 2022. This extension means an additional year of official support for the plugin. While many hoped for the news, there’s still a push within WordPress towards the block editor. With the Gutenberg Editor on the market set to take the plugin’s place, WordPress…

Learn How To Edit WordPress Website Content and Add Images to a Website Using the Bluehost Website Builder

No matter which tool you use to build a website, one thing is for sure: You’ll need to edit WordPress website content and your layout to fit your business website’s needs. Editing your website’s layout sounds complicated. You might think that you need to learn how to code or have excellent web design skills. In…

Google’s Title Tag Rewrites: What It Means for Your Website

In August 2021, Google introduced a new system to generate webpage titles. For over a decade, Google rewrote tags by making minor edits, such as adding a business name at the end of titles in its results. This time around, they’re testing a new system of rewriting title tags by replacing the text with information…

September 2021 WordPress News: Automattic Is Valued at $7.5 Billion + 5 More Updates

In September, the WordPress community celebrates WordPress Translation Day. The 2021 celebration marks the sixth anniversary of its inception. However, that’s not the only thing WordPress is celebrating right now. From multiple acquisitions to the return of in-person WordCamps, September has been good to the WordPress community. Read on to learn about: Automattic Doubles Its…

SEO Impact of Google’s Core Web Vitals Update

In May 2020, Google announced that it would be rolling out Page Experience, a new update prioritizing user experience. Google started rolling out the update in June 2021 and said they expected to complete it by August 2021. After some delays, the update finally finished rolling out on September 3, 2021. For a significant update,…