Where Opulence Meets Wellbeing Dubai, a city that sculpts the future from the sands of the desert, has long been synonymous with architectural marvels, unparalleled shopping, and a lifestyle of sheer opulence. But beyond the glittering skyscrapers and sprawling malls lies a world dedicated to a different kind of luxury: the luxury of health, rejuvenation, … Read more
Website analytics are an essential part of running any site, but many people get lost in complicated dashboards and too many choices. It might seem easy to just pick the free tool everyone uses, but often these platforms cater to large organizations, making things confusing for individuals and small businesses. If you are trying to … Read more
Mia Elvasia has a great article about how they realized they were spending $635/yr across various plugins to get things that Jetpack offered bundled and often free. Save money! Jetpack is frequently overlooked as one of the most underappreciated plugins in the WordPress universe. This is partially our fault, as the article notes, because the … Read more
“Why aren’t people buying?” That’s the question that kept me up at night when I first started my online business. My WordPress website looked good, traffic was coming in, but I wasn’t getting a lot of conversions. It wasn’t until I started experimenting with conversion optimization tools that things started to change. I finally understood … Read more
Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. Kyle Kowalski has an amazing blog post exploring many aspects of this Zen Kōan, including some diversions into David Foster Wallace’s legendary commencement speech, This is Water.
This week, the Automattic Creed received its first-ever update, which I’ll describe as a minor point upgrade. This is the sentence before and after. I am in a marathon, not a sprint, and no matter how far away the goal is, the only way to get there is by putting one foot in front of … Read more
Automattic has been working with the Internet Archive to develop a plugin to combat link rot, and it’s a plugin I’d encourage you to install. As the plugin says: When a linked page disappears, the plugin helps preserve your user experience by redirecting visitors to a reliable archived version. It also works proactively by archiving … Read more
Hi there, On All Saints Day, November 1st, we honor dear people who passed. I wanted to take the occasion and point you to the WordPress Remembers page where accomplished contributors who passed have a permanent home. Their work lives on in every new story, every new website, and every new idea made possible by … Read more
October brought a wave of new AI tools and smart features across the WordPress ecosystem. From faster website creation to smarter SEO and form automation, there’s plenty of WordPress news for both beginners and pros to explore. Each update this month focuses on saving time and improving everyday workflows—whether that’s creating content, collecting data, or … Read more
For smart, enterprising hackers Beeper is offering bounties of up to $50,000 for people who create open source bridges.
As we hit 700 episodes, BobWP catches us up on the rebrand.