Any respectable band will not perform live without a proper soundcheck. That’s because, without a soundcheck, a live concert could be a logistical and technical disaster. At WP Engine, we are introducing Dedicated Dev Environments, or website “soundchecks”- a safe way to test everything out before the live show. Dedicated WordPress hosting is a plan… […]
How to Try Gutenberg Safely in a Sandbox Environment
WordPress 4.9.8 has just been released, and with it, a banner will appear on your WordPress Admin Dashboard asking users to “Try Gutenberg, “ or “Install the Classic Editor.” The new Gutenberg editor is certainly exciting and offers an easier, more visually intuitive editing experience. However, as the new editor is still being vetted before… […]
Challenges In Growing A WordPress Plugin Business Without Growing A Team
My name is Milan, and I am the owner of Dev4Press, a company dedicated to WordPress and bbPress plugins development. Dev4Press was created in 2009 as a side project, and a lot has changed since then, except for one thing: it is still a team of one. In this guest post, I want to share
How Benjamin Denis Took His WordPress Plugin From An Idea to 10K+ Active Installs in 1 Year On His Spare Time!
This time we are interviewing an exciting entrepreneur from France. Benjamin Denis is the creator and owner of several WordPress plugins, who focuses (when he’s not working full-time at a web agency) on building and growing SEOPress – a WordPress plugin (freemium) that helps website owners optimize their SEO. Benjamin, thanks for agreeing to provide
WP Engine Partners With Elementor To Deliver Powerful Page-Building Capabilities
At WP Engine, we pride ourselves on providing a wonderful digital experience for our customers and technology partners. WP Engine works closely with plugin developers, such as those on our Solution Center, to help optimize plugins for our digital experience platform. The Elementor plugin was created to help designers and developers create anything on WordPress… […]
How to Identify, Debug, and Improve Messed Up WordPress Code
Debugging and improving upon a messed up WordPress project is quite a challenge. A common misconception in the WordPress world is that a website would work “just fine” by setting up a few WordPress plugins combined with a premium theme. Sure – you can also set up a massive enterprise platform that consumes 8GB of […]
Developers, Be A Bada$$ with WP-CLI [Upcoming Webinar]
WP-CLI is a command line interface which allows the users to manage their WordPress websites from the command prompt. This gives WordPress developers a command line alternative to the traditional WordPress admin interface. WP-CLI has the capability to turn mundane developer work into efficient tasks. Ultimately, this means developers can work on less tedious, more… […]
SSH Gateway Is Now Available!
Recently I was visiting my nieces and nephews and they wanted to have a water balloon fight. I grabbed a few balloons and headed to the hose to prepare for the coming battle. By the time I had a measly two balloons tied off my nephew came around the corner with dozens of perfect balloons… […]
How to Estimate a Web Development/Design Project?
Estimates Are Extremely Hard There’s a good reason why many service providers: build a limited set of solutions in order to stick to sane ballparks, venture into building products, or productize their services under a manageable scope. I wrote a detailed post on Why Are Estimates Challenging For Custom Development Work? and the reason we’ve […]
Introducing Your New User Portal Experience
WP Engine has been hard at work creating a new user experience in your WP Engine User Portal! This new user experience brings some powerful new workflows for development and organization for teams. If you are on a new Startup, Growth, or Scale plan, you already have this new experience. We are slowly rolling out… […]