Aubrey Portwood, Senior Engineer Aubrey Portwood JOB TITLE: Senior Engineer YEARS AT WEBDEVSTUDIOS: 6+ Six years ago I landed my dream job, y ep, right here at WebDevStudios. I actually started off as a Frontend Engineer, but less than a year later I switched to being a…
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Tips for Organizing Your Browser and Desktop
The pandemic has taught us many things. One of them is that remote work isn’t a new fad. It’s a game changer that proves professionals can still be engaged and get their jobs done, even from their living room. Still, if you’ re new to this way of working, …
Let’s Welcome These New Employees
Continual growth means improvement, progress, and success. At WebDevStudios (WDS), continual growth also means new people added to our WordPress agency’ s team! Let’ s welcome these new employees. Learn all about their background and what kind of amazing talents they bring to the WDS table. Today’ s theme is family….
Your Website Is Never Finished
Ready, set, launch! Your website is up and running. It’ s time to open a bottle of champagne, celebrate, and never worry about your website again. Right? Sorry, not sorry, but I have to disappoint you. The truth is that even after your big launch, your website is never…
Five for the Future: This Is How We Do It
The momentum for giving back to WordPress strongly continues at WebDevStudios (WDS). The last Friday of every month is dedicated to Five for the Future (5FTF), the initiative designed to encourage WordPress companies and individuals to dedicate 5% of their time to contributing to WordPress. In fact, we’ re…
Is Headless WordPress the Right Solution for You?
It’ s 2021, and WordPress is only growing in popularity, representing as much as 41.4% of all websites ! If you are in the market to make a new website, perhaps you should consider Headless WordPress. Because of the recent developments of Next.JS and WPEngine Atlas, this…
Quick Tip: Next.js Hello World App – Part 2
In Part 1 of this series, I introduced you to the terminal, Node.js, and we spun up the Hello World Example from Next.js. In Part 2, we’re going use a code editor to create a React component, maybe even style it, then finally view it…
Huge WordPress Economy Growth Predicted by Global Study
The results of a global study commissioned by WordPress managed host, WP Engine, were released last Tuesday, June 8th. “ The Value of WordPress” study showed the global WordPress economy is expected to grow to $636 billion by the end of 2021. That’ s an increase from $596 billion in…
Get to Know Our Newest Teammates
Wow! WebDevStudios (WDS) is in demand, and to keep up with all the amazing client projects coming our way, we are adding new talent to our WordPress agency team practically on a weekly basis. Get ready to meet our newest teammates. Both are project managers who will be…
5 Tips for a Successful Digital Strategy in 2021
People, more than ever, are turning to the internet for their news, shopping, entertainment, and general information. Marketing studies indicate that even after the pandemic, people are going to continue purchasing things online. It’s essential that our websites and apps deliver the best user experience and latest technologies…
Improve Your Website Strategy Now
Everybody needs a strategy, and since your website (probably) can’ t think for itself, it’ s going to be up to you to figure out what your website’ s strategy is. So, what exactly is a website strategy and how do you get one? Whether you already have a website strategy…
It’s Gonna Be May Five for the Future
Ask any one of our team members—one of the greatest things about working at WebDevStudios (WDS) is our agency’ s sponsorship of Five for the Future (5FTF), which gives our staff the opportunity to give back to open-source technology and WordPress. From working on talks, to blogging, to plugin…
Custom Post Type UI Hits 1 Million Active Installations
Recently, our plugin, Custom Post Type UI (CPTUI) achieved a major milestone. Over 1, 000, 000 WordPress websites have actively installed CPTUI, a plugin which was born from necessity. Back in early 2010, the roadmap for the next WordPress release was being defined by the core contributor team. It was…
Custom Post Type UI Supports WPGraphQL
In case you are not aware, our awesome engineers at WebDevStudios (WDS) are losing their heads. No, we haven’ t been offending the Queen of Hearts. I’ m talking about Headless WordPress and the possibilities presented by this method of content delivery, without being tied to the frontend. As such, …
Meet These New Faces
Our WordPress agency just won’ t stop growing, and of course, we wouldn’ t want it to! WebDevStudios (WDS) has added many new faces to our team. Today, we’ d like to introduce you to two in particular: Lauren Pittenger, Frontend Engineer, and Robert Gillmer, Support Engineer. Continue reading…
WebDevStudios Named WordPress VIP Gold Agency Partner
It’ s with great pride that we announce WordPress VIP, the leading provider of enterprise WordPress, has added WebDevStudios (WDS) to its prestigious listing of Featured Gold Partners. WDS is one of only 14 partners in this prestigious group and the first agency in several years to enter…
Local Development with Node and Express
Create your Server If you are working with React and webpack, you probably or mostly never have to create your own local server. If you ever wonder how it works under the hood, here is a simple way to get a local server up and running in no…
Springing Into Five for the Future Tomorrow
No matter the season, WebDevStudios (WDS) is always keen on contributing to Five for the Future (5FTF). While the spring air is invigorating, our motivation to give back to WordPress never stops, regardless the time of the year. We also love hearing how our continuous contributions inspire others…
Company News – April
April has proven to not be a month of fools, as WebDevStudios (WDS) continues to keep busy and focused on client projects, as well as giving back to WordPress. We have exciting stuff to tell you about. So, let’ s get to it. CPTUI News Michael Beckwith, Support Engineer…
More Ways to Contribute to Five for the Future in 2021
One of my favorite benefits of working at WebDevStudios is the company-sponsored opportunity to contribute to Five for the Future (#5FTF). Once a month, usually the last Friday, the whole company spends the day working on various projects and efforts that give back to the WordPress initiative. Because WordPress…
