WordPress Resource: Your Website Engineer with Dustin Hartzler: Recent Episodes
Dustin R. Hartzler | WordPress Website Engineer
In today’s episode, we talk about better ways to style links in your WordPress content (plus email messages too).
In today’s episode, we look at the features in the latest version of WordPress – version 5.9.
In this week’s episode, I share a behind the scenes at my weekly planning, the projects I worked on, and what I accomplished last week.
In today’s episode, we do a quick recap of Matt’s State of the Word address in December 2021.
In today’s episode we talk about securing your site after a data breech at your hosting company.
In today’s episode, we talk through a checklist of items that need to be done this fall to make your website secure.
In today’s podcast, we talk about different plugins that will add additional blocks to your WordPress site.
In today’s episode we talk about the default core WordPress blocks and how they can be used to build the perfect layout for your post or page.
Announcements Yoast Joins Newfold Digital, Team To Stay in Place Emoji Toolbar Plugin Brings an Emoji Picker Back to the WordPress Editor Automattic Releases Quadrat, a Block-Based Podcasting WordPress Theme WordCamp US Online Set for October 1, 2021, as Community Team Weighs Proposal for Returning to In-Person WordCamps Colorado Becomes First State to Require State […]
In today’s episode I explain the process of moving from a support role to a developer role at Automattic.
In today’s episode, we talk about SQL and how to write SQL commands to find the data you need in your WordPress site
In today’s episode we talk about why JavaScript is an important piece of WordPress and why we should learn it.
In today’s episode we talk about how to review your site for security issues and how to fix them.
In today’s episode we talk about the things to think about when creating a new WordPress site.
In today’s episode I give some highlights of 10 years of podcasting as well as the future of the show.
In today’s episode I provide an update on what’s been happening over the last six weeks.
In today’s episode we talk about the seven reasons that you need an email list on your website.
In today’s episode we talk about all the new changes in the latest version of WordPress, 5.5.
In today’s episode we explore the different tables that are installed by default in the WordPress Database.
In today’s episode we talk about the fiasco of the last two weeks and my broken computer without a good backup.
In today’s episode we talk more about the customizations I did to make VSCode less noisy.
In today’s episode we talk about all the free extensions I use with the free code editor VSCode.
In today’s episode we talk about how to prepare a plugin to be added to the WordPress Repository.
In today’s episode we talk about how to organize your WordPress tools so you can be efficient with your time in WordPress.
Today we talk about the two different ways to duplicate content on your WordPress site.
In today’s episode we talk about a new tool that I’ve been using to isolate certain websites.
In today’s episode we talk about the tools to scan your site to make sure it’s accessible and ADA compliant.
In today’s episode, we talk about how you can drive more customers back to your website for more sales with Facebook.
In today’s episode we talk about different ways to automate your WordPress site with Zapier.
In today’s episode we look at some plugins that actually would be nice if they were part of WordPress core, because they give some extra value to the way the CMS works.
In today’s episode we talk about the eight different ways we can check our website to make sure everything is complete and working properly.
In today’s episode we talk about the different software apps that I use every day with my work with WordPress.
In today’s episode we talk about the 20 resolutions for keeping up with our WordPress sites in 2020.
In today’s episode we talk about how to set up an FTP client to be prepared in case you need it for your WordPress site.
In today’s episode we talk about all the costs associated with purchasing a domain name.
In today’s episode, we talk about four different text editors, Coda 2, Sublime Text, Atom, and VS Code.
In today’s episode we chat about the new features in the latest version of WordPress, version 5.3.
In today’s show, we recap Matt’s State of the Word address at the closing keynote of WordCamp US 2019.
In today’s episode we talk about the power of automating things in your WooCommerce store to generate more leads and more profits.
In today’s episode, we talk about the steps to isolate a problem when troubleshooting WordPress.
In today’s episode we talk about how to create a simple plugin to embed code on your website
In today’s episode we talk about general maintenance things that you need to do on your WordPress site.
In today’s episode, we talk about the details of how WordPress started, how it’s free to use and how folks make money with this free software.
In today’s show we talk about how to get our website ready for the eCommerce shopping weekend of Black Friday.
In today’s episode we talk about the gotchas of launching my new site as well as some of the things that still need fixed.
In today’s episode we talk about creating page templates, customizing index.php, and installing and configuring themes.
In today’s episode we start talking about why to use an HTML theme to create a WordPress site and the first steps to get started.
In today’s episode, we explore different options for displaying text on multiple pages of your WordPress site.
In today’s episode we talk about how to make WordPress your own by customizing the WordPress dashboard / admin area.
In today’s episode we talk about the how-to embed a Google Form into a website and then benefit of doing so.
In today’s episode, I share Episode #4 for the Distributed.blog podcast by Matt Mullenweg. It gives a good insight on how Automattic was started and how things work behind the scenes.
In today’s episode, we talk about two premium form builder plugins, Gravity Forms and Ninja Forms
In today’s episode, we talk about all the benefits for using the email capture tool, OptinMonster.
In today’s episode we talk about all the news sites that I follow to make sure I’m up on the latest in what’s happening with WordPress.
In today’s episode, we look at all the WordPress news that’s happened in the month of May.
In today’s episode I share an episode of the Get Options podcast that I recorded with my friend Adam Silver.
In today’s episode we look at SearchWP and it’s features that allow your website visitors find anything on your WordPress site.
In today’s show, we talk all about WooCommerce Bookings and how it can turn your website into a place where your customers can book products or your time.
In today’s episode we talk about the plan for the next three months. I’m curious, what do you want to learn about?
In today’s episode we talk about the WP Cron and the Action Scheduler and how the two work behind the scenes to make WordPress work.
In today’s episode, we talk about the different ways to add both CSS and PHP snippets to your WordPress site.
In today’s episode, we look at how to speed up our site by adding a lazy loading images plugin.
In today’s episode, we talk about how to update to PHP 7.2 and the performance boosts you’ll see by running the latest version.
In today’s episode we look at different things that could indicate that our site has been compromised.
In today’s episode we look at some Facebook and Slack groups that you can join to get help from and stay in community.
In today’s episode we look at some new ways to collect email addresses for your online store.
In today’s episode, we talk about how to plan for an in-person event like a weekend WordCamp.
In today’s episode we take a look at seven different tools to make it easy to manage multiple WordPress sites.
In today’s episode we talk about how to begin managing a website for a friend or new client.
In today’s episode we talk about how the amazing WordPress software is completely free.
In today’s episode, we talk about some of some hidden features in the new block editor in WordPress 5.0
In today’s episode we look at changing our posts from a Classic Editor block to Gutenberg blocks in WordPress 5.0.
Announcements Best Plugins to Add More Blocks to Your Site In today’s show, I highlight some new plugins that add more blocks to the block editor. The ones covered are the following: Thank You! Thank you to those who use my affiliate links. As you know I make a small commission when someone uses my […]
In today’s episode we talk about how to create a reusable block in WordPress 5.0 and the benefits of creating these reusable blocks.
In today’s episode we talk about the two editors available in WordPress 5.0: Gutenberg and the Classic Editor.
In today’s episode we talk about some non-WordPress gifts that WordPress enthusiasts will enjoy this holiday season.
In today’s episode we recap the State of the Word address given by Matt Mullenweg at WordCamp US 2018.
On today’s episode I share how to manage a website using Jetpack and the WordPress.com dashboard / app.
In today’s episode we look at two different ways for creating a WordPress administrator account; one way through the database and one way via FTP.
In today’s episode I share how WordPress has changed my life and how thankful I am for the software.
In today’s episode I share how I use a local development environment, with git and GitHub and dandelion deploy to push changes to my server.
Announcements WordPress 5.0 Beta 3 Activity: A New Way to Monitor, Debug, and Repair Your Site Authors of Popular WordPress.org Themes Rolling Out Gutenberg Compatibility Updates Ahead of 5.0 Release Is there a plugin for that? BirchPress is an appointment booking and online scheduling plugin that allows service businesses such as spas, yoga studios, contractors […]
In today’s episode we talk about getting your site prepared for the new Gutenberg Editor which comes with WordPress 5.0 in just a few weeks.
In today’s episode we look at some things we should be regularly checking on our WordPress site for security, vulnerabilities and brute force attacks.
In today’s episode we talk about how and what to track when it comes to activity on your WordPress website.
In today’s episode I share some of the happenings at Automattic’s 2018 Grand Meetup in Orlando Florida.
In today’s episode we look at the steps to properly test an updated plugin and a tool that can let robots do the work for you instead.
In today’s episode we talk about cleaning up and optimize our WordPress sites for peak performance.
In today’s episode we look at the different types of caching that can be done to speed up your WordPress website.
In today’s episode we tackle how to fix broken shortcodes on your WordPress site and how to create a blogging checklist.
In today’s episode, we dive into some great resources for learning about CSS and the new features in the technology.
In today’s episode we talk about how to build a simple WordPress site using only free plugins.
In today’s episode we talk about different ways to keep your website busy while you are away on vacation.
In today’s episode we take a look (and listen) back to memories from 400 podcast episodes.
In today’s episode we talk about how to translate a WordPress plugin into your site’s native language.
In today’s episode we talk about the differences in creating a new site with a premium theme versus having a custom template built.
In today’s podcast we talk about the five different options for installing and running WordPress websites on your local computer.
In today’s episode we talk about the benefits of having a staging site and how to set up a clone of your site.
In today’s episode we try to make the confusing topic of Domain Name System (DNS) a bit less confusing.
In today’s episode we take a look at the process to update your plugins and themes on your WordPress site.
In today’s episode we take a behind the scenes look at what happens at an Automattic team meetup in Montreal.
In today’s episode I share the 14 technology podcasts I subscribe to that keep me motivated to keep learning new ways to code.
In today’s episode we talk about the latest in GDPR news as well as what’s new with Gutenberg.
In today’s episode, we look at the process of setting up a one click webinar registration with ConvertKit.
In today’s episode we are take a trip down memory lane to look at life of WordPress, how it came to be and the features that have been added over the years.
In today’s episode, we talk all about the new regulation in the European Union called GDPR and how we can prepare for it.
In today’s episode, we explore all the options and settings that can be configured with the WordPress Customizer.
In today’s episode we explore how to resolve any error messages you might see when uploading a new plugin or theme to your site.
In today’s episode we dig into the reasons to password protect a site as well as how to configure your WordPress site.
In today’s episode we take the time to look at how to remove a plugin from your site and all of it’s data.
In today’s episode we dive into the future of WordPress and share ideas about what’s to come with the new editing experience with Gutenberg.
In today’s episode we talk about nine different ways to automate your WordPress website.
In today’s episode we look at some popular WordPress plugins that you might not have heard about amongst the 54,000+ in the WordPress Repository.
In today’s episode I take you on a behind the scenes look at how I plan my week/day for maximum productiveness.
In today’s episode we talk about the reasons you need to have some security measures in place on your WordPress website.
In today’s episode we talk about the importance of having Google Analytics running on your site.
In today’s episode we talk about the importance of having a backup for your WordPress site and four different ways that you can get a backup system in place.
In today’s episode we talk about the importance of having an email list to go along with your WordPress website; especially if you want to monetize your site.
In today’s episode we go through the checklist of things to double check before launching your WordPress website.
Announcements WordPress 4.9.2 DesktopServer 3.8.4 Best Tech Newsletters CSS Grid Is there a plugin for that? Word’s Content is a plugin that you can mark your words and make them stand out on your website 18 Resolutions for 2018 The idea for the show came from a blog post on iThemes’ site. Here are the […]
In today’s episode we take a look at the shortcodes we have on our website and make sure they are all functioning.
In today’s episode, we spend time looking at different tools to use to make sure your CSS renders correctly in all browsers.
In today’s episode, we take a look at an overlooked area of a WordPress site, the stying of your printed page.
In today’s episode we talk all about the hardware / software / office supplies that are needed for a WordPress business.
In today’s episode we recap WordCamp US in Nashville and the annual State of the Word address.
In today’s episode we explore the new software and services I’ve been using on Your Website Engineer.
In today’s episode we talk about the five benefits of participating in the WordPress community.
In today’s episode we look at a few ways to incentivize your clients to wrap up their projects and to how to add additional services that can generate income to close out the year.
In today’s episode we explore the ways a WordPress website owner can contribute to the WordPress community.
In today’s episode we talk about ways to contribute back to WordPress for the developer.
In today’s episode we start a month long series on different ways to contribute back to WordPress and today’s show focuses on ways for the blogger to give back.
In today’s episode, we talk all about the newest feature coming to WordPress, the Gutenberg editor.
Today’s episode is an interview with other Happiness Engineers from Podcast Movement 2017.
In today’s episode we talk about the new offering from Automattic, WordPress.com for Business.
In today’s episode we explore all the options and settings in your host’s cPanel interface.
On today’s episode we dive in and see how to set up a custom email address for our WordPress Website.
In today’s episode we take a look at the three major types of hosting for your WordPress site: shared, VPS, and dedicated hosting.
In today’s episode we discuss how Nameservers and DNS Record Types are used to allow domain names to work.
In today’s episode we take some time to breakdown and understand what a domain name is, how they work and the differences between domains and URLs.
In today’s episode, we dive into the powerful possibilities of using WP-CLI to manage your WordPress site.
In today’s episode we dive in the heart of customizing WordPress by exploring hooks, actions and filters.
In today’s episode we talk about the WordPress Template Hierarchy and how it affects the pages on your website.
In today’s episode, we talk about how we can add customized areas to your WordPress Dashboard with Custom Post Types.
In today’s episode we talk about thirteen great sites to learn WordPress thru video content.
In today’s episode, we talk about 20 great WordPress blogs to find out more about, well, WordPress.
In today’s episode, we take a look at all the new features in the latest version of WordPress, version 4.8.
In today’s episode we look at 14 other popular WordPress podcasts to help you learn more about WordPress.
In today’s episode, we take a look at our last type of website; how to build a portfolio website using WordPress.
In today’s episode, we breakdown the steps to create an eLearning / online course WordPress website.
In today’s episode, we look at three different eCommerce extensions to use to build your online store or membership site.
In today’s episode we look at the steps involved to build a business site with WordPress.
In today’s episode we start a new series on how to build certain types of websites. First up, how to build a podcasting website.
In today’s episode, we wrap up our series on learning about our visitors with four more ways to analyze our visitors.
In today’s episode, we take a look at all the valuable information you can learn from your audience by installing heat tracking software on your site.
In today’s episode, we talk about how to install the incredibly useful Facebook Tracking Pixel, which will allow you to target your site visitors.
On today’s episode, we talk about all the information you can learn about your website visitors by looking at Google Analytics.
In today’s episode, we talk about the 10 performance improvements that we can easily make to make our websites load faster
In today’s episode, we talk about eight easy tweaks that we can do this week to update our site.
In today’s episode we highlight the different ways and best practices for your widget areas on your WordPress site.
In today’s episode we talk about two different ways to find and target the necessary CSS to make small visual changes on your site.
In today’s episode, we do an evaluation to see if your current fonts are correct and if not, how to change them to a meaningful font.
In today’s episode we talk about three different WordPress tools that will help you keep your databases in sync between live and development.
In today’s episode, we talk about the built in features of WordPress to debug your code, as well as 15 other plugins that makes sure your site is built correctly.
On today’s episode, we talk about different types of plugins that every WordPress website needs to be utilizing.
In today’s episode, we talk about 5 different ways to make changes to your website without your visitors seeing the modification
In today’s episode we talk about the steps to take to secure your website with an SSL certificate and the importance of doing so in 2017.
In today’s episode we look at different items that should definitely be on your home page in the new year.
In today’s episode we talk about the seventeen things that should be removed from every website for success in the new year.
In today’s episode we talk about some potential goals you could set for yourself in 2017 to become better at WordPress or give back to the community.
On today’s episode, we talk about a new software package that will give you the ability to develop your WordPress sites locally on your computer.
In today’s episode we look back at what’s happened in 2016 with a recap from Matt’s State of the Word address at WordCamp US.
In today’s episode, we talk thru all of the new features in WordPress 4.7, including new editor and Customizer features.
In today’s episode we talk about the different ways we can be more efficient with navigating our WordPress sites.
In today’s episode, we talk about some strategies to shortcut to learn how to become a WordPress developer.
In today’s episode we look at a few ways that we can repurpose our blog posts into other types of content that will drive traffic to our sites.
In today’s podcast we take a look at five of the most popular plugins that will turn your website into an online course platform.
In today’s episode we explore some of Jetpack’s most powerful features and why every WordPress site should be using this plugin.
In this week’s episode, we take a look at some of the interesting statistics about WordPress’ popularity.
In today’s episode we talk about the importance using the latest version of PHP and how to update it.
In today’s episode, we break done some of the key phrases and terminology in WordPress.
In today’s episode, we break done some of the key phrases and terminology in WordPress.
In today’s episode we talk about the steps to take to secure your website with an SSL certificate.
In today’s episode, I share the software and tools I use daily to help troubleshoot WordPress sites.
In today’s episode I share the ten software applications I use to work on and manage my WordPress websites.
On today’s episode, we talk about the steps I take to troubleshoot a broken WordPress site.
In today’s episode we talk about how Your Website Engineer got it’s start, by going to a WordCamp.
In today’s episode we talk about the four different ways to properly customize your WordPress site.
In today’s episode we talk about the new features in the newest version of WordPress, WordPress 4.6.
In today’s episode I share a bunch of ideas of things you can work on when you have some time to spend with your website.
In today’s episode we talk about the most popular framework to build a WordPress theme.
In today’s episode, we explore your website’s technology, MySQL and how it works with PHP to dynamically create your website pages.
In today’s episode we talk about twenty two different things to check before launching your new website.
In today’s episode we talk about best practices to automatically charge your customers on a regular basis.
In today’s episode, we talk about five different online training sites to become more proficient with WordPress.
In today’s episode we talk about when to use templates and when to use hooks when customizing a theme or a plugin.
In today’s episode, we talk about all of the cool new features in the newest version of WooCommerce 2.6
In today’s episode we dive into six different plugins and how they can be used on your WordPress site.
In today’s episode we explore the three types of WordPress hosting: shared, VPS and dedicated hosting.
In today’s episode, we will explore the benefits of using a maintenance mode plugin and the reasons to use them.
In today’s episode we talk about the different levels of our website needs; which will help us build a solid web foundation.
In today’s episode we talk through the process of getting your text in your plugins and themes translatable.
In today’s episode, we talk about three different contact forms to power our WordPress websites: Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Ninja Forms.
In today’s episode we look at all of the new features in WordPress 4.5 and explore the WordPress news over the last two weeks.
In this week’s episode we finish the three part series on how to secure our WordPress website.
In today’s podcast, we continue the discussion on how to secure our WordPress website with more advanced strategies.
In today’s episode we will begin a three part series to improve the security of our WordPress websites.
In today’s podcast, we take a look at 10 small snippets of code that can be added to give your WordPress site extra functionality.
In today’s episode, we talk about the things to think about and plan for to have a great WordCamp.
In today’s episode, we explore we can control our WordPress site without using the WordPress Dashboard.
In today’s episode, I will share the features that lead me to switch from MailChimp to ConvertKit for collecting email subscribers.
In today’s episode, we take a close look at how many plugins I was using on this site and my plan to consolidate and clean them up.
In today’s show we will dig into five things that have become outdated and need to be removed in 2016.
In today’s episode we explore all WordPress mega menus. We dive in to learn what they are and the benefit for adding to our WordPress site.
In today’s episode we explore all things Woo, well, WooThemes that is, including a brief overview of all the plugins and extensions.
In today’s episode we dig in and address some key things to think about when considering making a change to a new WordPress theme.
In today’s episode, we talk about how to find any customizations you might have made to a parent theme and move to a child theme.
In today’s episode, we look at two different ways to create a new site; by starting completely from scratch and building on top of your current site.
In today’s episode, we talk to Shane Melaugh, from Thrive Themes, about how to get more email subscribers in 2016.
In today’s episode, we talk about goals that we can set for ourselves in 2016 to make us more efficient in using WordPress in the new year.
In this week’s episode we talk about different tools and services that you can invest in to improve your WordPress expertise.
In today’s show we recap the State of the Word Address from WordCamp US and all the exciting things that have happened in WordPress this year.
Announcements WordPress 4.4 is out! (I think) WordCamp US was a success (I think) Is there a plugin for that? The Force is a plugin like Hello Dolly except it displays quotes from Star Wars. Add a Subdomain to Your Domain It is not always necessary to register a new domain name when the one […]
In today’s episode we celebrate the five year anniversary of the podcast and how WordPress has changed in five years.
In today’s episode we talk about the new admin interface with WordPress.com and the new mac desktop app.
In today’s episode, we explore how to build a website for less than $100 on both WordPress.org (self-hosted) and WordPress.com.
In today’s episode, we take a look at the top twenty free plugins on the WordPress repository and explain why you’d want to use them.
In today’s episode we learn how to use icon fonts to display images on our sites. Icon fonts give us the ability to customize the images in WordPress.
In today’s episode we explore the best practices for setting up a brand new WordPress website.
In today’s episode we talk about how to add a form to our website by using Google Forms.
In today’s episode we look at different ways to contribute back to the WordPress community; and for most of them, you won’t even need to write any code!
In today’s episode we review our online accounts and how we can make them more secure, including our own WordPress installation.
In today’s episode we talk about four different ways to make money with your website, which doesn’t include selling physical products.
In today’s episode we discuss the different ways we can create a Coming Soon page or Under Construction page for our WordPress websites.
In this week’s episode, we take a look at the six services / apps that I use to manage all of my WordPress websites.
In today’s episode, I share how you can manage all of your Jetpack enabled WordPress sites with the new interface at WordPress.com.
In today’s episode, we dig into the future of WordPress and learn about the WordPress REST API.
In today’s episode I share different Chrome extensions that can be added to make using your WordPress site easier.
In today’s episode I share an outline of things to cover when you are sharing how to use WordPress with clients or friends.
In today’s episode we talk about the 4 different ways you can make money by using WordPress in a targeted market.
In today’s episode, we look at two alternatives for protecting content on a WordPress site without using plugins.
In today’s episode we learn how to use a plugin called Admin Columns to easily rearrange and add new columns to the list view in your WordPress Dashboard.
In today’s episode, we dig into six different troubleshooting techniques to get your website back up and running quickly.
In today’s episode we explore how we can turn our WordPress site into an app that can be downloaded and installed from the iOS or Android App Stores.
In today’s episode, we will discover the two different ways that you can customize your WordPress login page; one way is with a plugin and one way is with some custom code.
In today’s episode, learn how add social icons to your WordPress menu with these slick plugins.
In today’s episode I share the four main reasons why I left MailPoet in favor of MailChimp for my email newsletter provider.
In today’s episode we will discover how to make our website smarter using a neat plugin called Cerebro
In today’s episode we explore how to change your WordPress site’s domain name and completely rename your site.
In today’s episode we look at how to improve our skills and become a better WordPress developer.
In today’s episode we talk about the different options for hosting your video files for your WordPress website.
In today’s episode we discuss the different ways to restore a backup of your WordPress site.
In today’s episode, we are going to talk about four different options to back up your WordPress site. This week we will focus on getting our backups set up properly.
In today’s episode, I share four of the benefits of using custom post types on your WordPress website.
This week, I pull back the curtains and let you see my workflow for how I stay organized and create my weekly show.
In today’s episode, I share which plugins and why I am using them on my 2015 version of my site.
In today’s episode, we talk about all of the pieces of code that makes up a WordPress website and how each piece works.
In today’s episode we will take a look at Google’s new way to display mobile search result; spoiler – it’s all about mobile friendliness.
This week, we look at a few new ways to make our WordPress sites easier to maintain, update and customize.
In today’s episode, we discover some of the big wins the team from Never Settle learned by launching 12 products in 12 weeks.
In today’s episode we explore the WordPress database and the default tables to see where all of our website’s data is stored.
In today’s episode we talk about the differences between a ‘regular’ website will lots of pages versus a one page website.
In this week’s episode, I share the 5 main reason why I’m sticking with WordPress. These are items that the other CMS’s do not have.
Join us for a comparison between WordPress and the popular eCommerce solution Magento this week on the podcast!
In today’s episode, we dive into another one of self-hosted WordPress’s competitors; Joomla. Here the advantages and disadvantages of this platform.
In today’s episode, I continue comparing WordPress versus other Content Management Systems. This week, we take a look at Drupal.
On today’s episode, learn how to write CSS code much faster using the preprocessor Sass to compile your stylesheets.
Today’s episode continues the discussion from last week about shortcodes. Today we tackle how we can add them to our site from a few different options.
Discover one of the best features in WordPress, shortcodes. Today I’ll break down what they are, how they work and why we should use them.
In this week’s episode we dig into the big differences between WordPress pages and posts and how we can most effectively use them on our websites.
Discover in today’s podcast the cool 2014 Annual Report that’s generated by Jetpack / WordPress.com.
In today’s episode discover the new features in the newest version of WordPress, version 4.1. This will be the final release of the year, plus I was a contributor!
Discover the benefits of using Hover to register all of your domains, as they are a fast, simple, domain registrar and they sell tons of the new top level domains.
In today’s episode we dive into the brand new stats interface for WordPress.com and self-hosted sites using the Jetpack stats module.
In today’s episode, we tackle a complex topic; how domain name works. We explore how they work and the different types of DNS records.
It’s that time of year again in the States. A time to reflect on all the things we are thankful. In today’s episode, I share why I’m thankful for WordPress.
Today we take an in depth look at a platform that is the most similar to WordPress, Ghost. It looks to be a great platform for writers.
We continue our comparison today between different website platforms by taking a look at Weebly. After reviewing, I’m impressed. Here my thoughts on this week’s episode.
In today’s episode, we continue comparing WordPress to other online website building tools. This week we target Rainmaker, which could be a huge competitor to WordPress.com.
In today’s episode, we look at all the changes that have happened with WordPress since last year’s WordCamp San Francisco. Hard to believe all the improvements in just over one year.
In today’s battle, we compare WordPress with Wix to see which one is easier to create a great looking website. Surprisingly, Wix has some really nice features that I explain in the show.
In today’s episode, we dive into the advantages and disadvantages of using Squarespace as the software behind your website instead of WordPress.
In today’s episode, discover the importance of having two factor authentication enabled for your WordPress sites and other online accounts.
In today’s episode, discover the importance of using complex passwords for all of your online accounts, including your WordPress site.
In today’s episode, we talk about the precautions to take when hiring a WordPress developer and giving them access to your site.
In today’s episode, I interview the founder of MotoPress; a premium WordPress plugin, that allows you to create the perfect layout for a WordPress page.
In today’s episode, we talk about Net Neutrality and the new simple enhancements to WordPress version 4.0.
In today’s episode, we talk about the reasons that every website should have a mobile experience available and I share a few plugins that can help to transform your site into a mobile version.
Pressed for time? In today’s episode, I share a list of ideas for small items that you can work on to make your WordPress website better.
In today’s episode, we look at how we can take the power of IFTTT to automate our website in ways that will make us more productive.
In today’s episode, I share different ways to organize your content in your WordPress site so that it’s easy for you and your website viewers to find the correct content.
Have you ever went to a site and landed on a page that didn’t exist? That’s a 404 page and today we talk about how we can spice up our 404 to make it a pleasant experience for our visitors.
In today’s episode, we dive into two different ways to use WordPress to power subdomains for your website or blog.
Today’s guest shares his new platform for learning WordPress via video. We’ll dive in to how you can learn from some of the most brilliant minds in the WordPress community.
WordPress.com is a great place to start your website or blog, but what if you need more power? Today we talk about how to move to a self-hosted version of WordPress.
In today’s episode, we break down what makes a great About page and how to make this highly trafficked page convert.
WordPress is easy to use, kinda. It’s not too simple to change colors of fonts and other basic tweaks. Today I share how to make CSS adjustments easily.
Today we wrap up the 4 week long series on email newsletters by talking about how to send out your opt-in freebee once someone gives you their email address.
In today’s episode, we dive into the different types of content that you can send to your email newsletter subscribers.
In today’s episode, we explore three different premium solutions to create great looking sign up forms to entice your audience to give you their email address.
One of my new favorite plugins is called MailPoet and today I share how you can use MailPoet to manage your email subscribers inside the WordPress Dashboard.
Today we dive in and explore the importance of branding for your company or blog as well as some things to think about when developing a brand.
Join us today for a look at the importance of your personal brand and what you can do to improve what others learn about you from the web.
In today’s episode, I recap my session from WordCamp North Canton and share the highlights for having a podcast for your business.
Markdown is a huge timesaver when it comes to formatting your WordPress posts and pages. Learn how to use this coding language this week.
WordPress 3.9 introduced some big changes to the way we add images to our blog and how to visually modify widgets.
This is a special episode recorded in Barbados, highlighting what a normal day looks like working for Automattic, including team meetups.
You have options when it comes to who provides your website hosting. Listen in on my journey through 6 different hosting companies in the last 3.5 years.
Picking a WordPress theme isn’t as simple as it sounds. Take into consideration these 8 things before you purchase your next theme.
In this week’s episode, we explore the 10 different types of blog posts you could create for your audience to consume.
In today’s episode, we talk about the new iThemes Security plugin and how to use Lead Pages to increase your email signups.
Today’s episode highlights the new features that will ship with the next version of WordPress, 3.9.
Listen in as I recap WordCamp Dayton, which happened this past weekend and the benefits of attending WordCamps and other local WordPress meetups.
In today’s episode, I share the 13 services / products that Automattic makes in addition to WordPress.
Learn about why it’s good to not use WordPress installation scripts and how to set up a development environment for your site.
In today’s episode, I share 15 different things to do this spring to clean up your WordPress website.
In today’s episode, we talk about some of the new plugins / software that has been recently created for WordPress.
In this episode, we talk about the systems I have in place to make edits to my development site and how I push those changes live to my server.
Today, I do my best to explain how the mySQL database works with WordPress and how it’s the most important piece of your backup procedure.
Today, we talk about how to control, manage, migrate and backup our WordPress websites, so we can use WordPress efficiently.
In this episode, we take a look at the six most popular contact form plugins / services to build a form on your WordPress site.
In today’s episode, we look at one of my big goals for 2014, improving my website’s bounce rate. I share what it is and how to improve it!
In the first episode of 2014, we look back and look at the changes WordPress has made over the last year and the things to look forward to in 2014.
In this short episode, I want to wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
In today’s episode, we take a look at the newest version of WordPress, 3.8, and talk about what happens to domain names once the expire.
In today’s episode, we take a look at the differences between the free WordPress.com solution and the self-hosted WordPress.org version
In this week’s episode, I take a look at different ways to gain exposure for your WordPress development business. If you want to grow your business, this show is for you!
In today’s episode, I take some time to reflect on the 13 services that impact my business and allow me to run my company and other online ventures smoothly.
In today’s lesson, learn how to manage all of your social media accounts visually with a service call CoSchedule.
In today’s episode, we take a look at seven different ways to optimize your email campaigns for mobile devices.
In today’s episode, we take a look at different options to share our posts with our audience; both via email and RSS.
Changing your theme is a lot of work. Follow these steps to make sure you don’t miss anything when it comes to refreshing your website’s look and feel.
In today’s podcast, learn how you can increase the number of people who come to your website to read your content and note you don’t have to post more often!
In this episode, we dive in and learn why more of our keyword search terms are falling into the (not provided) bucket, what that means, and new ways to analyze our data.
In today’s show, I share the exact steps I use to as I try to sort through the thousands of themes to find a perfect template for a project.
Learn how to easily make changes to your purchased Genesis Child, plus how to use the new Evernote web clipper and which plugin to use for tracking site stats.
In today’s episode, we look at how we can make our WordPress installation much more secure with a free plugin and how we can take credit card payments.
In today’s episode, I want to provide you some inspiration from the creator Pressgram and an interview about using WordPress for the enterprise.
In this episode, I interview Gregg and Marc from Server Press about their solution for running WordPress on your computer: Desktop Server.
In today’s episode, I sit down with Brennen Byne of Clef at WordCamp Grand Rapids as we discuss a revolutionary new way to log in WordPress websites.
In today’s episode, I get a chance to talk to Matt Mederios, another WordPress podcaster about the business side of WordPress.
In today’s episode, we take a look at Matt Mullenwig’s keynote address from WordCamp San Francisco and all the exciting things that are happening with WordPress.
In today’s episode, I interview Dusty Donaldson from Flywheel and learn how Flywheel is creating a great solution for WordPress users.
Tune in this week to learn about the importance of supporting retina images and how to easily add retina graphics to your website.
In today’s episode, we talk about three different services to host your video content and why each one serves it’s own purpose.
In today’s episode, I take some time to dive in and look at 5 different WordPress plugins that can help you sell digital or physical goods on your website.
In today’s episode I take an in depth look at seven different WordPress membership plugins to help you find the perfect one.
One of the easiest ways to improve your SEO rankings is to link your Google+ account with your WordPress site. Today I’ll explain how.
In today’s episode, I take a look at each one of the Jetpack’s 25 modules and explain the benefits of using each one.
This week I talk to Dan Norris from Inform.ly about different ways to analyze your data about the visitors who are viewing your website.
Today I talk with a friend of mine who has developed a script to run WordPress on an Amazon server and you can help us beta test!
Have you ever wondered on how to get sublinks to show up underneath your website in Google results? You’ll find out in this week’s episode!
In this week’s episode, I answer questions about subdomains, Jetpack statistics plugin, how to upload files and automatically bill clients.
In this week’s episode, we take a look at the 10 most overlooked features that are built in to WordPress and how to use them.
In this episode, we look at a new tool you can use to keep a development site and a live site in sync.
In today’s episode, I interview 4 different interviews of WordPress developers to hear what tools they use for their development.
Sometimes responsive design isn’t the way to go. In today’s episode we talk to the co-founder of WPtouch.
I am pleased to have Cynthia Sanchez, a Pinterest expert, to share how we can make sure our sites are Pinterest friendly.
In this week’s episode, I share about the recent Brute Force Attack on over 90,000 IP addresses
In this episode, I share the details of how I get information from a client before starting their project.
In today’s episode I’ll teach you how to help a friend out by building a WordPress website but not have to charge them a lot of money.
This week we expand on last week’s discussion about where you can find high quality images for your WordPress site.
Today we take a look at the different options for adding high quality images to your blog posts
In this weeks episode, learn how to create correct sized images, my webinar service and how to quickly and easily create a shopping cart on your website!
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