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… […]
The Ultimate Guide To Agile Development [White Paper]
Agile development has quickly become the most widespread form of development. The benefits of agile development are obvious: more efficient workflows, better products, and more collaboration. But what does it mean to truly be agile? And how can you implement it for your team? This free, informative white paper will equip you with the fundamentals of… […]
From Good To Great: Coding Standards For WordPress [Webinar]
When it comes to code, it’s either great or it isn’t. Crappy code can be detrimental to the overall performance of a website and great code can make the performance spotless and leave a lasting impression on the user. In the WordPress community, great code is more important than ever. The WordPress.org plugin and theme directory… […]
Developer’s Cheat Sheet: 5 Sales Tax Questions to Ask WooCommerce Clients
You’re a WooCommerce store developer with a lot on your plate. The last thing you need are sales tax questions or omissions – an often-forgotten but vital aspect of a website throwing off your development timeline. That’s why we put together the last cheat sheet you’ll ever need for helping clients set up sales tax […]
WooCommerce Design, Shipping, Payments, and Troubleshooting FAQs
Over in WooCommerce Customer Support, we get a pretty good overview of what people struggle with when getting started with WooCommerce based on recurring questions we receive. We put our heads together and bundled these questions about WooCommerce into four topics: Design, shipping, payments, and troubleshooting. Read on to fast-track your WooCommerce learning with our top […]