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CertifyWP Launches WordPress Management and Design Credential (wptavern.com) CertifyWP has launched its first credentialing exam for a WordPress Management and Design Credential. The non-profit organization was founded by Talisha Lewallen with the goals of helping job seekers better demonstrate their skills to potential employers and giving businesses a way to understand prospective employees’ skills.
The Benefits of Prioritizing and Measuring Performance in WordPress 6.2 (make.wordpress.org) Based on lab benchmarks, WordPress 6.2 loads 14-18% faster overall for block themes and 2-5% faster overall for classic themes (measured via Largest Contentful Paint / LCP). Particularly server-side performance (measured via Time to First Byte / TTFB) is seeing a major boost of 17-23% for block themes and 3-5% for classic themes, which directly contributes to the overall load time.
MemberPress vs LearnDash – Find Out What Your Course Business Needs (www.cozmoslabs.com) MemberPress and LearnDash are two of the most popular solutions for creating a membership website or selling courses through your site. However, how do you go about comparing MemberPress vs LearnDash?
There are quite a few factors to consider and you need to understand every aspect of these solutions to make an informed decision. With that said, let’s get down with a thorough comparison.
6 Best Live Chat WordPress Plugins: Features and Benefits (wpshout.com) Most WordPress live chat plugins are actually SaaS tools that offer easy-to-use WordPress integrations. However, we did also turn up one native WordPress live chat solution that keeps everything on your own server. In this article, we’ll dig into our top six picks for the best WordPress live chat plugins
Subdomain vs Subdirectory: Which One is Better for Multilingual SEO? (translatepress.com) Trying to decide between a subdirectory vs subdomain for your multilingual website (or a single language site)?
When you’re setting up your site, subdirectories and subdomains are two of the most popular strategies.
So – which one should you use?
Well, there are pros and cons to using both subdirectories and subdomains, which is kind of the point of this post.
WordPress Security Fundamentals: How to Not Get Hacked (deliciousbrains.com) In this article, we’ll look at what you can do to make your WordPress site more secure, examine practices like storing WordPress in its own directory and disabling errors from outputting to the screen, and how the right hosting service can help alleviate security concerns.