• Editor's Picks - STORIES & INSIGHTS

    WordPress Foundation: $1.2M of support during 2021

    February 9, 2022 - By 

    WPCS (WordPress Community Support), the subsidiary of the WordPress Foundation, has published an overview of the state of the support program’s finances. Here is the original article from make.wordpress.org: WPCS rounded out the year with approximately $1.2M of cash on hand. Of this total, $293,000 relates to unused Global Sponsorship funds carried over from 2020. Annual estimated overhead and operating expenses, including Meetup.com fees, is ($276,000). In addition, prepaid expenses total $216,374. These expenses are funds that were expended in 2020 for WordCamp Asia, WordCamp Atlanta, and WordCamp US, and are being held for future events. Due to the fact that WPCS…

  • Editor's Picks - WORDCAMPS

    WordCamp Santa Clarita 2021

    July 16, 2021 - By 

    WordCamp Santa Clarita will be held on July 17-18, 2021 and besides an excellent number of sessions, it brings us the joy of Magic Mountain. “Each year we highlight something special about Santa Clarita and this year we spotlight our area’s amusement park history at Magic Mountain – come along for the ride!”, SC WordCamp team says in the official release. The sessions include a variety of topics giving an awesome insight into all the trendy questions. From FSE to the future of WordPress education via WP REST API. Keynote Speaker: Joe Dolson Joe Dolson is the keynote speaker. Joe…

  • DEVELOPMENT & DESIGN

    Product Image Watermark For WooCommerce: Easily Apply Watermark To Images

    June 30, 2021 - By 

    What is WooCommerce? Numerous online businesses are launched every now and then. The business owner even has numerous options when it comes to choosing the platform for their online store. WooCommerce is the most popular choice among these store owners. 4.4 million websites use WooCommerce for their eCommerce websites. WooCommerce is a WordPress plugin that helps in managing and maintaining an eCommerce store. WoCommerce offers many features like order tracking, payment gateways integration, and much more which makes it the most flexible plugin for online business. With thousands of similar products launched on varied platforms, it becomes essential to paste…

  • INTERVIEWS

    EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Robert Jacobi from Cloudways

    June 18, 2021 - By 

    Cloudways has taken an innovative step through a partnership with Patchstack. We talked to Robert Jacobi, their new director for WordPress, on that occasion, but we also talked about some other topics. Enjoy! Robert, you are the new Director of WordPress at Cloudways. What are the most important goals that you want to achieve and how was your first month in a new company!? First, thank you Vjekoslav for the opportunity and the time to chat. That’s a fun question to get started with. The first month has really been about getting to know the teams, processes, workflows, etc. All…

  • Editor's Picks - STORIES & INSIGHTS

    WP Engine: The World’s First Study of the WordPress Economy

    June 16, 2021 - By 

    WP Engine published one excellent research and study named “WordPress Economy: The World’s First Study of the WordPress Economy” with a projection of great WordPress ecosystem growth. It’s the first comprehensive analysis of the combined global economy for WordPress, which was estimated at $596.7 billion in 2020, and is expected to reach $635.5 billion by the end of 2021. WordPress Economy / WP Engine In partnership with research firm Vanson Bourne, and the Institute of Management Studies (IMS) at Goldsmiths University of London, this research was undertaken to assess the economic value and the social impact of WordPress while providing an innovative,…

  • STORIES & INSIGHTS

    WebDevStudios is a new WordPress VIP Gold Agency Partner

    June 16, 2021 - By 

    We are proud to welcome WebDevStudios as a new agency partner! WebDevStudios is one of 13 Gold Partners in this exclusive group of agencies with proven excellence implementing WordPress at scale, WordPress VIP announced in the official press release. WebDevStudios is a website design and development agency that creates quality-driven, user-friendly experiences for startups to large enterprise projects.  It’s a full-service WordPress shop, providing end-to-end opportunities from strategy and planning to design and development, as well as full data migration, extensive API integrations, scalability, performance, and long-term guidance and maintenance. WebDevStudios’ client list includes The Wall Street Journal, Starbucks, Microsoft, the NBA, Uber, Comedy…

  • INTERVIEWS

    EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Milica Djustebek from WordCamp Europe

    June 15, 2021 - By 

    As the official Media Supporter of WordCamp Europe 2021, #WPDEVMAG started “#WCEU2021 UPDATES” and now we’re closing it in the best possible way with one “after hour” exclusive interview with Milica Djustebek from the PR team of #WCEU2021. Enjoy! What is your biggest impression from this year’s WordCamp event? As the first-time WCEU organizer, it was seeing everyone working together to make it the best possible online conference, tailored to the needs of our WordPress community. What could you single out about the experience of organizing WordCamp events and the specifics of organizing online events … Everything was at a…

  • Editor's Picks - WORDCAMPS

    #WCEU2021 UPDATES: Live and available on YouTube! (VIDEO)

    June 8, 2021 - By 

    In case you don’t have a #WCEU ticket or you missed some of the sessions, the sessions and events are available for everyone on the official #WCEU YouTube channel. The sessions of the first two days are published and here you can find the WordCamp Europe 2021 schedule. Enjoy! WCEU (WordCamp Europe) is the largest WordPress conference in Europe. WCEU 2021 is taking place on 7-9 June 2021. #WPDEVMAG created “#WCEU2021 UPDATES” as the official Media Supporter of WCEU 2021.

  • DEVELOPMENT & DESIGN - Editor's Picks

    Everything About WPWeb’s WooCommerce PDF Vouchers – Bundle Pack

    June 8, 2021 - By 

    What Is A WooCommerce PDF Voucher? Do you have an online store? Do you wish to provide a better user experience to your customers? If yes, you will like to know a great plugin that can prove beneficial to you and your customers. If you have a WordPress website for your eCommerce business, you can have a variety of plugins from the WordPress directory as well as some premium plugins launched on various trusted platforms. WooCommerce PDF Vouchers is a perfect WordPress plugin solution that offers redeemable gift vouchers to your customers that can be redeemed online or to your…

  • Editor's Picks - STORIES & INSIGHTS

    Cloudways: A new WordPress security way!

    June 7, 2021 - By 

    Cloudways, a cloud hosting provider focused on simplicity and productivity, announced a partnership with WordPress security tool provider Patchstack. The security company’s features will be fully integrated into Cloudways to allow users to scan and automatically patch vulnerabilities in WordPress, plugins, and themes. cloudways.com The multi-cloud managed application as a service platform lets users choose from a variety of web hosting options, including Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, DigitalOcean, Vultr, and Linode. The platform offers a unique managed hosting strategy for WordPress and WooCommerce sites by removing cloud server-related hassles. This is accomplished by leveraging high-speed servers, an intuitive control panel,…

  • Editor's Picks - WORDCAMPS

    #WCEU2021 UPDATES: The Schedule published – awesome number of awesome “mega-events”!

    June 2, 2021 - By 

    WordCamp Europe has published this year’s schedule of events and apparently high-end quality await us! On WCEU Schedule we have excellent sessions, talks, workshops, but we would like to single out a great number of scheduled interviews with the biggest names in the WordPress ecosystem, and also we need to highlight very important discussion panels on some of the top issues concerning the WordPress development path. The discussion panels include “FSE (Full Site Editing)“, “The Future of Themes in WordPress“, and two panels that are focused on contributing to the growth of the WordPress ecosystem. “How contributors make WordPress” Join…

  • INTERVIEWS

    EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Jigar Shah from WPWebElite

    June 1, 2021 - By 

    Jigar Shah is the CEO of WPWebElite, a web development company known for its wide spectrum of e-commerce solutions for WordPress. We had the pleasure to talk with him about his work, the development of WPWebElite company, trends in e-commerce and WordPress, marketing, remote working, etc. Enjoy! WPWebElite is a web development company with a special focus on e-commerce WordPress solutions. Tell us, which types of e-commerce plugins are the most popular and which WPWebElite plugins are the best sellers? Well, a plugin can make your website super-functional. There are quite a lot of eCommerce Plugins that are popular today,…