Today, we have the privilege to speak with Shilpa Shah, co-founder of Hummingbird Web Solutions, a WordPress focused company with over 60 employees based out of Pune, India. Hummingbird Web Solutions sells several WP products such as SlideDeck and CyberChimps, and they’re also behind WPEka, a very popular WordPress, SEO and Marketing Blog. In this […]
Weekly WordPress News: WordCamp US 2019 Wraps Up
This week, WordCamp US wrapped up. We’ll be seeing a flood of recap posts soon, and we’ll make sure to feature the best of them here in the news roundup. Beyond that, WP Engine release the Pro version of its recent acquisition, Atomic Blocks, and Pixelgrade published the results of their survey. For our Easy […]
Is WordCamp Dying…or Not? Valuable Takeaways from WCUS 2019 in St. Louis
This WordCamp, I heard some pretty tough feedback from other attendees, especially from veteran campers that have been attending WordCamps for years. In particular, I heard that the venue was too spread out because it was so big, the speaking rooms and events felt “disconnected” from each other because you had to travel far to […]
Weekly WordPress News: WordCamp US 2019 Kicks Off
Hey WordPress fans, we hope your Halloween celebration was a success and you didn’t eat too much leftover Halloween candy. This week, there are still some great Halloween sales going on where you can get spooky good prices on popular WordPress products, though you’ll need to act fast if you don’t want to miss out as they’re […]
WP Engine at WordCamp Dublin 2019
WP Engine was a proud sponsor of the most recent WordCamp Dublin, which took place from October 18th – 20th. The event showcased speakers from throughout Ireland and Europe, and attendees had the opportunity to take part in a full-day workshop on WordPress, followed by two days of presentations and breakout sessions. A group of… […]
Weekly WordPress News: WordCamp Asia 2020 is On in Bangkok
This week, we learned that WordCamp Asia is officially a go. It’s going to be in Bangkok, Thailand from February 21-23 in 2020 and the organizers are expecting around 1,000 attendees. You can also apply to be a speaker or media partner. Beyond that, WP Super Cache patched a security issue, and Crunchbase took a […]
WCEU 2019: My First WordCamp Experience with the Freemius Team
While the Freemius CEO Vova Feldman has been networking with cool people at WordCamps for years, there were a lot of “firsts” for me at WCEU 2019. Not only was it my first WordCamp (gasp! ), but it was also the first time I met so many plugin and theme developers face-to-face. Product people make […]
Weekly WordPress News: Can You Sell CBD With WooCommerce?
Can you sell CBD via WooCommerce? That was a big question this week. The answer is yes…kind of. You can use WooCommerce itself, but you can’t use WordPress.com services, which are becoming an increasingly integral part of WooCommerce. Beyond that, we reviewed a bunch of great WordPress plugins that can help you back up your […]
Get Ready for WordCamp Europe 2019
WP Engine is excited to attend WordCamp Europe in Berlin, Germany next week (June 20-22). The event will take place at the Estrel Hotel and Congress Center and includes two full days of sessions (June 21-22) as well as a Contributor Day (June 20) .WordCamp organizers have also teased a possible guest performance during the… […]
Weekly WordPress News: Walking to WordCamp Europe
After the release of WordPress 5.2 last week, this week was a much quieter affair as far as WordPress news goes. Gutenberg 5.7 makes some interesting improvements to the core Columns block, and Matt Mullenweg continues his push to drive acceptance of remote work. Other than that, we have some interesting news about walking to […]