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ConvertKit is a solid email marketing and automation platform. The ConvertKit platform is very easy to integrate with WordPress. There are a number of plugins to be able to integrate with ConvertKit, also you can integrate with Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, and WooCommerce. ConvertKit does also integrate with Memberpress, aMember, Easy Digital Downloads, and Paid Memberships Pro. After you have created your account in ConvertKit you will be able to find your API credentials. The main ConvertKit plugin settings Continue reading the post...

WordPress 5.5 was released on the 11th of August. The new release of WordPress includes a number of new features. MainWP has a very solid extension to be able to save and activate code snippets on all connected sites. All of the new features in WordPress 5.5 have filters that can be used to disable those features if they are not needed. WordPress core now supports native lazy loading since most browsers now support native lazy loading. To be able Continue reading the post...

BunnyCDN is one of the most feature-complete CDNs that can be used to improve your site’s load times. BunnyCDN has 41 data centers which means your site assets will be replicated and served from the edge server nearest to the site users’ location. BunnyCDN includes automatic image optimization and on the fly modifications and compression of static sites assets by using the Bunny Optimizer. In order to be able to use BunnyCDN on your sites, you will need to create Continue reading the post...

OptiMole is a very easy to use service with a straightforward to use WordPress plugin. Using the OptiMole plugin and service will make it very easy to improve the front-end load times of your child sites. In order to be able to use OptiMole, you will first need to install the plugin on your site. Once the plugin is installed and activated from Media it will add a new menu item. On the new settings page for OptiMole, you can Continue reading the post...

There might be a good chance that might have used the EWW Image Optimization plugin on your child sites years ago to optimize site images. It also means that older versions of the EWWW image optimization stored image optimization records in the postmeta database table. The EWWW image optimization plugin now uses two custom database tables to store images and queues in. In order to be able to remove postmeta records easily created by the EWWW IO plugin, you will Continue reading the post...

There is a pretty new captcha service and it is called hCaptcha. Even better is that hCaptcha is a drop-in replacement for reCaptcha and making the change on a site is very fast and easy to do, also hCaptcha is free to use. The service is privacy-centric and you can track the number of times that hCaptcha has been used to protect your site. In order to be able to use hCaptcha on your child site, you will need to Continue reading the post...

WooCommerce is a widely used plugin to enable eCommerce on WordPress site and the plugin includes huge ranges of filters, actions, and hooks, which means that you can extend the WooCommerce plugin without adding additional plugins by using code snippets. MainWP has a really solid extension which allows you to be able to save and execute useful code snippets to all of your connected child sites. In order to be able to use the code snippets then please follow the Continue reading the post...

WordPress contains a huge number of filters in its core and knowing which filters to use will allow you to be able to make a number of changes on your child sites without having to use any plugins for those changes. MainWP offers a very solid extension to be able to save and execute useful code snippets to all of your connected child sites. In order to be able to use the code snippets then follow the docs, on how Continue reading the post...

There are a number of plugin solutions for adding eLearning to your child site with those being LearnDash and LifterLMS. One of the most solid options is Tutor LMS. There are two versions of Tutor LMS basic and Pro. The basic version of Tutor LMS can be installed from WordPress.org whilst the Pro version will cost $149 for a single site license. The Pro version includes support for WooCommerce Subscriptions, Paid Memberships Pro, and Restrict Content Pro. The Pro version Continue reading the post...

There is a brand new all-in-one marketing automation, personalization platform that can be used for WordPress and WooCommerce sites called Growmatik. First, you will need to signup and create an account in Growmatik. After you have created an account it will guide you through what type of site you want to connect into Growmatik, the plugin to install on your child site, then you will need to authorize and connect your site to Growmatik. To get started using Growmatik make Continue reading the post...