MainWP Blog - Roundup

Early Release Spotlight This week, as we get closer to our next significant release, we’re putting out a call for help. Marc was on another episode of This Week in WordPress, plus a new poll and poll results. Check it all out below! You Can Help Us Build Surprises (The Good Kind) Have you ever updated a product to the latest version only to find bugs, annoyances, or changes that you weren’t ready for? If so, you’re exactly the person Continue reading the post...

Fresh Updates, Your Voice in Early Release, and Awards Season It’s another busy week at MainWP. We’ve released new updates for both the Dashboard and Child plugins, we’re still leaning on your feedback in the Early Release Program to shape what’s next, and awards season is in full swing with TemplateMonster’s voting underway (We’re still Number 1!). We’ve also added a couple of new Knowledgebase articles to help you work smarter, and of course we’ve got a fresh poll to Continue reading the post...

EU Data Rules, a Faster Dashboard, and Your Say on MainWP’s Future This week’s newsletter has a little of everything: a major new EU law that could affect your business, the latest MainWP Early Release packed with fixes and improvements, a community poll to help shape what comes next, and a breaking announcement for developers. We’ve also got voting news and last week’s survey results to share. The EU Data Act is Now in Effect As of September 14, the Continue reading the post...

This month’s roundup examines the details of the Supply Chain Attack and its implications for WordPress security. We also explore the growing emphasis on accessibility for government websites, highlighting both the current shortcomings and promising initiatives to address them.  In this month’s MainWP Roundup, we take a look at the Supply Chain Attack and the plugins it affected. We also explore accessibility for government websites and a new theme which should help, CivicPress. Finally, we cover upcoming WordPress events, WordCamp Continue reading the post...

Monday, May 27, 2024 while Americans were still a bit loopy from a long weekend, Rand Fishkin dropped a video on X (Twitter) signaling a coming firestorm. It seems, through chance or strategic maneuvering, a document from the Google API warehouse found its way into the hands of an anonymous source. Anytime you have a leak, the story is almost as fascinating as what we learn. At least to me. The entire MainWP Roundup for June 2024 is dedicated to Continue reading the post...

In today’s MainWP Roundup, we will chat about a new and different way to generate SEO keywords for your content strategy, the need for content guidelines, and how you can have a Taylor Swift savvy customer experience. Ready? Let’s ride! Why the Worst Search Marketers Start Content Strategy with “SEO Keywords” — 5-Minute Whiteboard Read the article here. You remember Rand Fishkin, right? He was the guy that founded SEO powerhouse Moz back in the day. These days he leads Continue reading the post...

If you manage multiple WordPress websites, you need a hosting service you can rely on. At MainWP, we built our product to make managing multiple WordPress sites as easy as possible. While our product can solve a lot of headaches, one thing we can’t fix is a bad host. Not all managed WordPress hosting plans are the same. If you’ve spent hours trying to troubleshoot why your site is slow or cleaning up after a malware infestation, you know the Continue reading the post...

Hello MainWP Managers; I hope you had a wonderful holiday season. Like 2021, 2022 was another exciting year with a focus on digital agencies, improvements in UI/UX, and partnerships aimed at helping you to organize your work better and efficiently. This is the time of the year I really enjoy reading year-in-review posts; they can be very inspiring, and writing my own review is a great way to reflect on the past year and prepare for the future. Let’s look Continue reading the post...

WordPress Black Friday & Cyber Monday Discounts This is the time of the year 2023 when everyone is looking for the biggest deals on their favorite WordPress plugins, themes, hosting, and services. Besides the MainWP discount, we also reached out to many of our friends in the WordPress space to compile a list of WordPress Black Friday discounts to help you save some bucks. If your business is also running some deals, feel free to submit details by November 21 Continue reading the post...

In the June Roundup of 2022 we take a look at a couple of acquisitions, an opinion about Full Site Editing, an interesting Twitter thread, and a podcast about WooCommerce security. Are you ready to ride? Let’s go. WP Engine Has Acquired the Delicious Brains Plugins!! What is a month without some kind of acquisition? If you are keeping up, it seems that hosting companies are doing the acquiring. Minus Automattic, of course. Brad Touesnard of Delicious Brains explains the Continue reading the post...