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News & Articles
ManageWP Launches Orion Dashboard (wptavern.com) If you use ManageWP, you may have noticed a new dashboard design. That’s because the company released Orion, a completely redesigned dashboard for managing sites.
To give users a chance to alter workflows and explore the Orion dashboard, ManageWP linked the original dashboard to Orion.
Can a Community Built Around Your WordPress Site Improve SEO? (www.codeinwp.com) Have you ever asked yourself, “How hard is it to get an army of people to create good content for me at my WordPress site?”
And, “If I could get my followers to do that, would it help me long term with SEO?”
Most importantly:
Is it worth the effort for a WordPress site owner to grow a community?
The goal of the series is to answer the question.
A Collection of the Best WordPress Security Plugins (www.elegantthemes.com) Avoiding potential problems until it’s too late is human nature, and that will probably never change – for most people. We’d encourage you to be proactive when it comes to WordPress security. Spending just a small amount of time planning and preparing can reduce the risk of your website being hacked.
In this post, we’re going to cover some of the best WordPress security plugins out there.
The Top Five Free Gallery Plugins for WordPress (wplift.com) In this article we are going to be taking an in-depth look at the best options for adding an advanced image gallery to your WordPress website. Each plugin below offers an extensive list of features and tools that can help you add impressive photo galleries to your site. Whether you are photographer or a blogger there is a plugin here that will suit your needs.
Boss Theme: Creating a Full Featured Social Network With WordPress (wplift.com) Boss is a theme for anyone who is creating a social network or community hub with WordPress. By combining the Boss theme with the relevant WordPress plugins, you can build a website with its own social network and discussion forums.
Not only that but thanks to the impressive list of supported plugins, your site can have a lot more components, including an online store and e-learning content.
WordPress SEO in Depth: Image Optimization (torquemag.io) Believe it or not, visuals can provide significant SEO benefits and help you climb in the search rankings.
Since this is a neglected topic for many websites and blogs, in the following we will take an in-depth look at how to properly do SEO image optimization in WordPress.
How to Create a Landing Page with MotoPress Content Editor (www.getmotopress.com) In this post, we will be looking at the features of the MotoPress Content Editor plugin, as well as walking through the process of creating a custom sales page for your WordPress website without editing any code.
By the end of this article you will know what this drag and drop page builder tool can do and how you can use it to quickly build a custom WordPress landing page to increase your site’s goal conversion rate.