Optimizing image sizes in WordPress is an essential part of maintaining a fast-loading and user-friendly website. Image files are one of the biggest contributors to poor website performance. The more images you have and the larger they are, the slower your website will be to load. Properly sized…
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Shopify SEO: the ultimate guide
Shopify has become the leading online shopping platform in just a few years. It has become an anti-Amazon, helping small and large retailers worldwide run successful online stores with minimal effort. Although the ecommerce platform makes everything easy, there’ s a lot you can do to improve the SEO…
Hostinger vs Bluehost: A Complete Web Hosting Comparison
Picking the best web host can feel overwhelming. With so many options, it’s tough to know which one will actually give you the best experience. After all, different hosting companies have specialized in different things. So it is important to make sure that you choose one that aligns…
Quick Guide to Magento Security Patches
Magento remains a popular ecommerce platform in 2025 and its security patches play a vital role in addressing vulnerabilities that could otherwise be exploited by attackers. These patches help prevent issues like data breaches, website defacement, or unauthorized access, ensuring the safety of customer data and store operations….
Borrowed vs. Owned Assets: Why It Matters for Your Agency’s Long-Term Success
Are you creating content that actually builds your business—or just adding to the noise? In this episode of The Agency Hour, Max Jeffcote and Simon Kelly unpack the difference between rented and owned assets and show you how to leverage content for real agency growth. Tune in for…
Remove username from registration
There is often the question of using an email for a username. In WordPress, there is never a good reason to do this because the core WP schema does not allow for it. This post covers why you should work within the existing schema, how you can do…
How to Easily Add GDPR-Compliant Cookie Notice to WordPress Websites
Today, having a digital environment is essential, businesses need to have a website in the Internet world. And when you own a website, you must prioritize GDPR compliance and other data privacy laws & regulations. That is where comes the Cookie Notice. Let’s learn about cookie notices and…
How to extend core WordPress blocks with Blocks API
In 2018, WordPress introduced the Gutenberg editor with version 5.0, bringing a new way to build pages and posts using “blocks.” At first, these blocks were pretty basic, but over the years, they’ve evolved to offer more flexibility and a better editing experience. Still, there are times when a block…
Insights on Our WordPress Ecommerce Developer Criteria
Selecting the right WordPress ecommerce developer is akin to assembling a finely tuned orchestra—each element must harmonize to create a seamless and efficient online store. At WPRiders, we recognize that not all developers are created equal, especially when it comes to the intricate demands of ecommerce platforms where transactions occur around…
How to Build WordPress Blocks
Key points: Custom WordPress blocks enhance flexibility, reusability, and the editing experience, built using React or PHP with Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®). React-based blocks require setting up a plugin, configuring the settings, writing React components, and compiling scripts. ACF Blocks simplifies development using only PHP. Best practices include modular…
How to Use WPForms Analytics to Improve Your Forms
If you’ re using WPForms to collect leads, process registrations, or gather feedback, you’ re already on the right track. But how do you know if your forms are performing at their best? WPForms offers several built-in tools to help you analyze form performance, understand user behavior, and make data-driven…
15+ Best Free Titles Templates for After Effects in 2025
Title sequences are essential to any video, as they help convey important information and set the tone for the content. However, creating sequences from scratch can be time-consuming, especially if you’ re unfamiliar with After Effects. Luckily, there are free, pre-designed templates available that you can use to create…
15+ Best WordPress Themes of 2025 – Multipurpose, Mobile-Ready, and Beautiful
Most WordPress theme lists bore me. So I made one that’s actually useful. This post covers 15+ WordPress themes that real users love, backed by solid ratings, and good numbers of “active installations.” I picked only themes people genuinely like, not just ones that look good on demos.
WordPress Vulnerability Report — March 26, 2025
In this report, 240 vulnerabilities have been publicly disclosed. Security patches for 51 of these plugins and themes are available now, so run those updates as soon as possible. If you’ re a Solid Security Pro user, the version management tool may have already warned you and updated these…
How to Easily Manage Multiple WordPress Sites (Top 8 Tools)
Since WordPress is a very user-friendly CMS, managing a single site is usually pretty straightforward. But if you’re in charge of several (or several hundred), you’re probably always looking for ways to streamline common workflows. At a minimum, you’re likely tasked each month with keeping software up-to-date, ensuring…
Easy Ways to Edit Your WooCommerce Product Page Design
The default WooCommerce product page is fine – just fine. It gets the job done, lays out the essentials, and doesn’t actively offend anyone. But fine doesn’t sell. Fine doesn’t differentiate your brand. Fine doesn’t keep people on your site. Customizing your WooCommerce product page is one of…
Transition words: why and how to use them
Using transition words in your writing can help you enhance the readability of your content. They help your text flow and show readers the relationship between phrases and paragraphs. That’s why the readability checks in Yoast SEO provide feedback on your use of transition words. But what are…
How to properly load (and unload) stylesheets
WP-Members comes packaged with a default stylesheet, which tries to be a generic as possible in order to look good in as many use-cases as possible. However, this may not be suitable in all instances. Ideally, in all cases, you would create a custom stylesheet that fits into…
Your Friendly Beginner’s Guide: What are AI Agents and How Do They Actually Work?
Ever Wonder How Your Phone Just Knows Things? Picture this: you ask Siri or Alexa for the weather, and poof, the answer appears. Netflix suggests a movie you end up loving. A helpful chatbot instantly answers your question on a website late at night. Have you ever stopped to wonder what…
Green Pixel: A Guide to Sustainable Digital Marketing That Doesn’t Cost the Planet (and Your Budget)
Is Your Marketing Footprint Turning the Planet Brown? Here’ s a jarring statistic: the internet emits as much carbon dioxide as the entire airline industry. Let that sink in. While we often perceive digital as “ clean, ” the reality is, our digital activities – including our marketing campaigns – have…
