MainWP Blog - Todd Jones

Today, we take a look at a few cool tools that might be useful to your business. In this month’s toolbox, we look at OrganizeWP, SEO Key, WP Wallet and a couple of nice little tools shared by The ProToolbox. Let’s get started, shall we? OrganizeWP your WordPress junk drawer Does WordPress have a “junk drawer” problem? One can conclude that. One problem with the WordPress dashboard is the number of content types in the sidebar, but often, it’s hard Continue reading the post...

What is it like to become a MainWP user? We visit with Dutch developer Jos Klever to learn more about him, his business and how he became a MainWP customer. Klever has a background in IT support for about 16 years before he started his own business providing support for his customers starting in 2015. After a short history with ManageWP, Klever jumped over to MainWP and has been using our product for about 7 years. Today we learn more Continue reading the post...

In this month’s roundup, we take a look at a some upcoming events, a new platform where you can find more WordPress events, a vulnerability, the importance of messaging in your forms and a couple of new designs. There is a lot to explore, so let’s get started. Shall we? Shall we begin? Upcoming conferences Let’s take a look at few of the upcoming conferences and events. Email List Building School Jan Koch of Virtual Mastery Summit is launching an Continue reading the post...

The opening story is completely fictional. Do not take this as an accurate account. It is for fun. 🙂 A few months ago, MainWP’s resident support tech, Keith Crain, was monitoring the support tickets when he found a request. The request came from someone who had an email that consisted of Dark Knight and Gotham. Crain thought to himself, “Could it be?” Turns out that the dark caped crusader uses MainWP to manage several sites for his colleagues, a group Continue reading the post...

Today, we are going to ‌take a closer look at a checklist for onboarding WordPress website care clients. At the end of the article, you will find a link to download a PDF version of the checklist. If you don’t already have an onboarding checklist for your website care clients, this article is for you. 1. Add the client to your customer portal and/or CRM Add your client to your client portal and/or client relationship management system. This task should Continue reading the post...

In this month’s toolbox, we talk about tools to help you in several ways, including podcasting, CRM and funnels, database cleaning, and powering a website in the modern age. As a web care business, we acquire new customers and websites regularly. These tools may be helpful as you onboard your new clients into your web care business. Ready? Let’s roll. WP Sweep WP-Sweep Have you recently acquired a new website for your web care business? You likely will do a Continue reading the post...

Talisha Lewallen is the CEO and Co-founder of WP Connects an organization that seeks to connect United States military personnel to careers in WordPress. Talisha is also an award-winning Cherokee Nation Basket Weaver, a mom, wife, and farmer. She has several family members who served or are already serving the US Military and noticed they struggled to to enter civilian life including re-entering the workforce. Through a connection with Post Status Publisher and Owner, Cory Miller, she started WP Connects. Continue reading the post...

In this month’s WordPress roundup, we take a look at an existential threat, women in tech and in WordPress, and confusion with Oxygen Page Builder. Women in Tech and WordPress Some Women in WordPress we have featured I graduated high school in 1989.  I felt the smartest people in my glass were the girls. And they proved it by graduating at the top of my class. So, I never had a problem with the idea that women were smart enough Continue reading the post...

What is your favorite superhero? What is your favorite character? We all have our favorites. For me, it may depend on the time and place. I have always liked Batman and Spider-Man, largely because they are a part of my childhood. I remember watching the silly Spider-Man Shows on Public Broadcasting Service TV as a kid. I watched a lot of Spider-Man, Superman and Batman shows as a kid, so they resonate. Captain Marvel to the rescue I have made Continue reading the post...

WordPress sandboxes can be very helpful for developers and WordPress professionals. There are several needs for having a sandbox, including testing plugins or themes, testing updates, training a client to use WordPress, a place to showcase a client site under development, and a place to showcase a WordPress product. Usually, developers create sandboxes either online or locally on their own machine. Either option is efficient, but if you want to have an online sandbox, you may want to explore ways Continue reading the post...