In order to piece together an eCommerce store you need WordPress, WooCommerce and a theme that fits your brand. WordPress and WooCommerce come for free, but most serious businesses go out and choose from one of the many premium WooCommerce themes. You can also select a free WooCommerce theme, but …
The glory of WooCommerce lies in the fact that it’s completely opensource. That means your average developer can tap into the API and make a plugin that improves the functionality of WooCommerce. WordPress users are used to this type of system, since it seems like any feature desired can be …
Modern Events Calendar is an advanced events calendar solution for WordPress that simplifies the task of managing events, publicising events, and taking bookings. A lite version of the WordPress plugin has over 20,000 installations and counting. This is no surprise given how much functionality is included with it. Whilst it …
On 6 December 2018 Matt Mullenweg announced the release of WordPress 5.0. This was a significant milestone in the history of WordPress as it replaced the traditional WordPress editor with a new block editor called Gutenberg. Gutenberg is a minimal editor that allows you to create beautiful content using a …
Zero BullSh*t CRM is a customer relations manager for WordPress that promises a cheaper more flexible solution than alternatives such as Salesforce. I was lucky enough to meet the co-creator of the plugin Mike Stott at WordCamp Edinburgh last weekend. Mike is also known for his project Epic Plugins. At …
I have been reviewing WordPress themes and plugins actively since 2007 and have always been aware of all the major players in the industry; however my experience at WordCamp Europe last month in Paris opened my eyes to so many WordPress companies I was never been aware of. There are …
Companies spend a lot of time tweaking their landing pages and testing results to see what helps increase sales and what does not. One of the most effective ways of increasing sales to your product or service is to adopt a professional looking pricing table. Pricing tables are common place …
Anyone who owns a content based website, such as a blog or discussion forum, understands the problems that spam generates. WordPress owners have to tackle spam on a daily basis. Over the last few months spam has increased significantly on this blog to the point where 90% of the comments …
Kallyas is an all-in-one WordPress theme that was released on ThemeForest back in February 2013. Since its release the theme has been continuously improved and refined and as I write this review the theme has generated over 17,500 sales. The design was created by theme developers Hogash Studio. The company …
e-Shopper Pro is the first eCommerce WordPress theme released by WordPress veterans CyberChimps. It’s a functional design that has been optimised for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. The theme has also been designed with search engine optimisation in mind. In this article I would like to take a …