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Since the beginning, JPEG and PNG are the most commonly used image formats in WordPress but with Version 5.8, WebP images are also supported in the media library. As part of the performance focus for WordPress core, WebP image conversion while uploading images might be coming in the later releases. But… There is a plugin “Performance Lab” by the team behind “WordPress Performance Group” which allows you to enable WebP conversion while uploading JPEG files to your media library. Give 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...

If you use the iThemes Security plugin on your WordPress website and want to uninstall it completely, but, the normal uninstallation sometimes leaves the database tables and cron events that you may need to remove manually. This guide is for you! iThemes Security Plugin for WordPress In order to remove the iThemes Security plugin’s database entries, you can use the WP-Optimize plugin as one of the easiest ways to find database tables of iThemes security. After installing and activating the Continue reading the post...

Most of you are website care agencies. You aren’t really looking to “impact millions” but impact those you serve. You just want to help your customers. You want to help them solve problems, grow their business, and generate leads that can help them sustain success. So, you aren’t really looking to get published in Forbes (or maybe you are). There are probably a hundred ways to generate leads, but there is a point where we all want to have leads Continue reading the post...

As you all know, WordPress 6.0 “Arturo” has been released with many improvements and new features. This is a perfect time to test it on a staging site before updating your production sites. You can use the MainWP WordPress staging extension to create a staging site for your Child Site(s). After updating your staging site to WordPress 6.0, head over to the Dashboard > Home, and you will see a screen as below: Export & Import Block-based Theme If you Continue reading the post...

In this month’s toolbox, we look at tools for social link pages, local WordPress development, a help desk, an accessibility checker, a tool to create QR codes, and a plugin to add Google fonts locally. Are you ready? Let’s ride. Social Link Pages Social Link Pages While the rest of the world uses a service like Linktree, those of us in WordPress have lots of alternatives to create a social page. Social Link Pages is one of those alternatives. A Continue reading the post...

The WordPress 6.0, scheduled to be released on May 24th, 2022, will include several feature improvements. Disable “Lock Blocks” in WordPress 6.0 When editing content using the block editor, a new UI element allows blocks to be locked to prevent changes from being made on a site, but there is a setting that can be used to disable block locking by user role, specific users, or globally. To disable block locking globally on posts and pages then, you can use Continue reading the post...

A few months ago I was doing some research looking for newer articles on MainWP. That’s when I came across an article by Rene Morozowich. The article is Why (And How) I Switched From ManageWP To MainWP. The article was dated February 4 of 2022, so it was definitely new. In the article, Rene does a great job of documenting her journey from using her previous vendor to joining the MainWP family. She noted the difference in price and how Continue reading the post...

Lazy loading images can help improve a site’s front-end load times for visitors. WordPress had native lazy loading for site images added in version 5.0 and was enhanced in version 5.9 at the end of 2021. Besides the support for native lazy loading images, there are several solid WordPress plugins that will allow you to lazy load images on your site. 1. Flying Images Flying Images has been covered before in other articles, but besides allowing images to lazy load, it Continue reading the post...

How do you remove personal information from Google? That is one of the topics we discuss in this May Roundup.  We also take a look at an app to create a Gutenberg page using patterns, recent controversies, and a few upcoming events. Saddle up. Let’s ride. How to Ask Google to Remove Your Personal Data From Search Results Privacy. It is something we are all concerned about in the age of digital. And Google, being the most powerful search engine Continue reading the post...