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It is that time again when we talk about cool tools to add to your toolbox. For the month of September, I wanted to talk about tools that would allow us to do something more fun! Some of these tools will be great for wasting time (cough, cough, me). Ready? Freddie Mercury, lets go! Can you Quick Draw? Quick Draw might be my new favorite obsession. Well, it could be too early to say, but I enjoyed it.  You have Continue reading the post...

The WP Rocket plugin is a commonly used solution for full-page caching, minification, and CDN integration. The plugin has two features that can contribute to higher CPU usage on the site’s server if used without changes to the default settings. 1. Preloading Resources The first feature is preload, this is when the cache is created based on a sitemap of the site. First, make sure to adjust the cache lifetime to a more extended period, such as 24 hours this Continue reading the post...

The second annual WordPress Web Care Consultant Survey will launch soon. The year was 2021, and I felt the need to do something a bit different. But what should I do? Then I got this idea. Or, let me say, an idea I had before returned to me. I had always wanted to do a Web Care Consultant Survey. I was curious about what consultants charged for web care, what types of other services they offered, tech stacks, and much Continue reading the post...

If you are using the FluentSMTP plugin for sending site emails using a transactional email provider such as AWS SES, Postmark, Sendinblue, SendGrid, or SparkPost then the logs database table could cause a lot of bloat on your site. The below database table for FluentSMTP logs could increase to 5-12 GB in size: wp_fsmpt_email_logs You can use the WP-Optimize plugin or phpMyAdmin to check how large the email logs database table is. With the WP-Optimize plugin installed and activated, go Continue reading the post...

We’re excited to announce that Atarim and MainWP have joined forces to provide a better experience for web designers and developers. Vito Peleg, the co-founder of Atarim, took some time out of his busy schedule to answer a few questions about his product, the new integration, and what it means for you, our users. Hello Vito, happy to have you with us today. What inspired you to create Atarim? Thanks for having me, and I’m excited about the new integration! Continue reading the post...

More than once in the past week, I have seen friends refer to this time of year as the “ber” months. We have crossed into September with October, November, and December on its heels and undoubtedly things get a little more hectic. In the United States, that means we will have Fall weather. What season is it in your country? I love the Fall. I love the cooler weather and some of the other holidays we have coming up. So, Continue reading the post...

If you have been following privacy news lately, you may have seen that states such as Virginia, Colorado, Utah, and Connecticut have all passed new privacy laws that go into effect in 2023. Those of us that work in the field have labeled the phenomenon of each state passing different privacy laws with different requirements as the “privacy law patchwork.” As privacy laws can apply to businesses outside of the state in which the laws have passed, the patchwork leads Continue reading the post...

The EWWW Image Optimizer plugin is a commonly used plugin and service for optimizing images on your WordPress website. The plugin includes a large number of constants that can be defined in your site’s wp-config.php file. EWWW Image Optimizer Plugin If you want to enable the native lazy loading in the EWWW Image Optimizer plugin, then you can use this constant; define( 'EIO_ENABLE_NATIVE_LAZY', true ); To disable the lazy loader auto-scaler, you can use this constant; define( 'EIO_LL_AUTOSCALE', false ); Continue reading the post...

When we did the Web Care Consultant Survey, I was excited to learn something about folks who offer this service. First of all, many of you are very successful, and you don’t all do the same thing to be successful. Some have done a great job of gathering leads from various methods. To be honest, I would love to explore the various ways you all have had success as a web care consultant. That would make for an awesome e-book. Continue reading the post...

eCommerce metrics provide insights that can make or break a WooCommerce store. But with hundreds of potential metrics to measure, you need clear objectives and data-driven reports highlighting key business performance areas–in a way your clients will easily understand. If you’re managing multiple WooCommerce sites, having suitable systems will allow you to deliver quality reports at scale consistently, grow your client list, and keep them for good. So what WooCommerce metrics should you care about, and how will you present Continue reading the post...