Should I use the WordPress Jetpack plugin on my site?
Other than which host to use, the only other question I hear most from both beginners and advanced users is whether using the WordPress Jetpack plugin will help or hurt their site. Should you use the WordPress Jetpack plugin? There's an old Chris Rock ...
The Top WordPress Membership Plugins of 2016
The Top WordPress Membership Plugins in 2016 Last year I looked at a ton of different membership plugins to pick the best one of 2015. Thirty plugins was a lot to review. The good news—many of them didn't change all ...
User submitted posts using Ninja Forms 3
Have you seen the new Ninja Forms 3? The other day I highlighted that I didn't like the new Divi interface. And it has nothing to do with a) I'm dumb and don't know how to use the Internet, b) ...
WooCommerce Payment Gateways: Pay with Amazon
This is part 9 of 30 in a series on improving your WooCommerce Store. We've covered a lot of ground already, as we navigate all the different aspects of improving your WooCommerce store—and if you've you’ve missed the earlier posts, ...
Recommending the best cache plugin for WordPress
In my experience, there are three ways to determine how to recommend any plugin as the best for any particular area, including the best cache plugin for WordPress. The first is simply based on a proven track record. In other words, you ...
Why I recommend ConvertKit to Infusionsoft users
Most of my conversations about Infusionsoft end up sounding exactly the same. And it's not the fault of InfusionSoft. Have you ever talked to someone about Infusionsoft? If you're anything like me, you now know that there are only two ...
WooCommerce vs Easy Digital Downloads: How to pick?
Both WooCommerce and Easy Digital Downloads turn WordPress into a powerful eCommerce application. How do you know when to choose which? Some people will tell you that the simple answer is to always go with WooCommerce since: It's really popular ...
How do you find the best WordPress slider?
How do you find the best WordPress slider? Compare 20 of them. In 2013 I reviewed slider plugins for performance. It's been a long time since I circled back because, after all, these are sliders and I'm not that much of ...
Warning: Learn WordPress plugins before using them
Before putting them into a project, you should learn WordPress plugins—what they do, how they do it, and what you can do with them. “The Problem with Gravity Forms” I answered a call on Clarity where the person was frustrated. ...
WPForms: A fast new solution for WordPress Forms
There's a new solution for WordPress forms. Who knows the exact back story on how WPForms came to be? (Now you can know it.) Maybe it was someone who was frustrated with the underlying code or performance of an existing ...