Podcasts about wordpress themes

This is an unbelievable WordPress story. How does one person go from a developer to the President of the best WordPress SEO plugin. Not only is this chat with Ben Rojas informative and inspirational from a business point of view, on a personal and very human level this is one of the most inspirational conversations I've ever had, with a very inspiring individual. We will go all the way from his beginnings writing out pieces of code on lined paper, through his passion for WordPress, his family and finally to his meteoric rise through Awesome Motive to President of AIOSEO. This is not to be missed. If you want to check out AIOSEO then just click here - https://aioseo.com/If you want to check out OptinMonster then just click here - https://optinmonster.com/ If you want to find a specific section of the video then use these CHAPTERS0:00 Who is Ben Rojas? 2:02 Growing up Without Computer Access2:40 Where Did Ben's WordPress Journey Start4:45 How Did Ben Get Started?6:43 What Was Ben's First Role With Awesome Motive7:44 How To Become A WordPress Developer 11:29 What Are Are The Best Languages To Learn? 14:36 The Best Advice For Becoming A Developer 17:20 How Did Ben Become The President Of AIOSEO pt120:00 Ben's Mindset & Inspiring Others21:50 How Did Ben Become The President Of AIOSEO pt2 23:23 What Was The Biggest Challenge Becoming President of AIOSEO 25:30 What Is AIOSEO & New Features 31:15 What's Next For AIOSEO & Ben RojasTop Resources⚡Use Promo Code WPBVIP⚡►Best WordPress Contact Form Plugin https://wpforms.com/wpbeginner►Best WordPress Analytics Plugin https://www.monsterinsights.com/ ►Best Lead Generation Plugin https://optinmonster.com/►Best WordPress SEO Plugin https://aioseo.com/►Best Theme Builder for WordPress https://www.seedprod.com/Related Videos►WordPress Tutorial - How to Make a WordPress Website for Beginners https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvbFBxKcORA►WordPress Gutenberg Tutorial: How to Easily Work With the Block Editor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjfrzGeB5_g►What is SEO and How Does it Work? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjfrzGeB5_g►How to Install a WordPress Theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIPQRQLAz90If you liked this video, then please Like and consider subscribing to our channel for more WordPress videos.https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=wpbeginnerFollow us on Twitter:https://twitter.com/wpbeginnerCheck out our website for more WordPress Tutorialshttps://www.wpbeginner.com/#WPBeginner #WordPress #WordPressTutorialIf you liked this episode, then please subscribe to our YouTube Channel for WordPress video tutorials. Or watch our Podcasts on YouTube. You can also find us on Twitter and Facebook.

If you're a new blogger, here are some valuable tips for beginner bloggers to help you navigate the world of blogging successfully. Show Notes: Why you haven't started a blog yet; Your biggest advantage as a new blogger; What to do in a world where AI content will dominate the Internet; How the rules of SEO are changing; One thing you shouldn't leave for 'one day'; What's topical authority; How to make your blog professional; Getting blog traffic from Pinterest; The different ways to make money blogging: How to make sure you stay consistent with blogging. Mentioned: Fearless Bloggers [membership]: https://letsreachsuccess.podia.com/fearless-bloggers The Email List Bundle: https://letsreachsuccess.podia.com/email-list-bundle Google Analytics: https://analytics.google.com/ Google Search Console: https://search.google.com/search-console/ My new WordPress Theme: https://blossomthemes.com/wordpress-themes/seva/ref/lidiya/ Links:

In this episode, Wynne Leon and Vicki Atkinson talk about site design and WordPress themes. We know - we can hear you groaning from here. In fact, Wynne is groaning right along with you even though this is a large part of what she's done professionally for 30 years. But if you are thinking about changing up your site or even just wondering if you should, there are some good tactics to help make this manageable. We talk through some of the design considerations to be mindful of like navigation and search. And then we look at the sections to consider when picking a theme like the header, footer, and sidebar. We address some of the problems we've heard people have encountered when switching themes in WordPress like content disappearing and inability to revert back. Wynne offers some strategies for avoiding that flavor of disappointment and disaster. There is a presentation that gives these elements and examples to download as a companion piece to this podcast. Here's the thing – tackling site design isn't always fun, but it's better when we do it together with some good approaches and tactics. We're confident you'll love the scenic and beautiful places we explore as we share the power of storytelling as told through well-designed sites. We know you'll love it! P.S. Here's the link to a PDF presentation of the ideas and process presented in this podcast conversation. Links for this episode: Episode 90 show notes Related episode: Episode 87: LinkedIn Tweaks for Authors Vicki's book about resilience and love: Surviving Sue Wynne's book about her beloved father: Finding My Father's Faith

As the demand for building faster, more efficient websites grows, web developers and designers increasingly turn to WordPress’s block-based architecture to streamline their workflows. However, many still face challenges like slow page builders, repetitive design tasks, and bloated code that impacts site performance. Table of ContentsGutenberg EditorUnderstanding Blocks and PatternsBlocksy: The Ultimate Theme StarterWhy Blocksy …

বর্তমান সময়ে ওয়েবসাইট তৈরি করার জন্য সব থেকে জনপ্রিয় এবং সহজ মাধ্যমে হচ্ছে ওয়ার্ডপ্রেস। একটি হিসাবে দেখা গিয়েছে, বিশ্বের প্রায় ৪৩% এরও বেশি ওয়েবসাইট তৈরি করতে ব্যবহার করা হয় ওয়ার্ডপ্রেস। ওয়ার্ডপ্রেস ওপেনসোর্স হওয়াতে ইতিমধ্যে অনেক ফ্রি থিম এবং প্লাগিন রয়েছে, যেগুলো ব্যবহার করে যে কেউ চাইলে কোনো প্রকার কোডিং ঝামেলা ছাড়াই যে কোন ওয়েবসাইট তৈরি করতে পারে। ওয়ার্ডপ্রেস থিম এন্ড প্লাগিন ডেভেলপমেন্ট শিখে কিভাবে আয় করবেন তার কিছু কার্যকারী উপায় নিয়ে এই পডকাস্টে আলোচনা করা হয়েছে। প্রোগ্রামিং এর বেসিক থেকে এডভান্স, PHP, PHP OOP, AI টুলস এর ব্যবহার এবং ওয়ার্ডপ্রেস থিম এবং প্লাগিন ডেভেলপমেন্ট স্টেপ-বাই-স্টেপ শিখে নিজের তৈরি Theme, Plugin গ্লোবালি বিক্রি করে ইনকাম করতে চান তাহলে জয়েন করুন আমাদের এই কোর্সে ➤ https://www.msbacademy.com/course/wp-theme-plugin-development/

Use Code: WPMINUTE20 20% off (or 4 months free) on Startup, Professional, Growth, or Scale plans.In this episode of WP Minute+, I sat down with Derek Hanson, a Technical Account Manager at Automattic and emerging WordPress content creator. We explored his role within Automattic's Special Projects team, the current state of WordPress, and his personal journey into content creation.Our conversation started with insights into Automattic's approach to content creation. Derek clarified that while there's no official internal initiative, there's a general ethos of sharing work openly and contributing to WordPress. This led us to discuss the unique position Automattic holds in the WordPress ecosystem and the challenges of balancing open-source ideals with commercial interests.Derek provided fascinating insights into his work with Automattic's Special Projects team, detailing how they partner with "Friends of Automattic" to build and launch websites. Derek highlighted his content creation journey, his background in teaching, and his vision for creating content that focuses on website strategy rather than just technical how-tos. This led to a broader conversation about the essence of WordPress as a publishing platform and the potential for it to combat the challenges posed by social media and proprietary platforms.Key Takeaways for WordPress Professionals:Automattic employees are encouraged to share their work openly, contributing to WordPress improvement.The Special Projects team at Automattic works on custom solutions, providing valuable feedback to product teams.There's an ongoing effort to balance WordPress core functionality with opportunities for third-party innovation.The future of WordPress themes may lie in offering unique patterns and designs rather than complete site structures.There's a growing need for a streamlined, purpose-specific admin experience in WordPress.ActivityPub integration is seen as a potential game-changer for content ownership and distribution.The WordPress community continues to grapple with the balance between frequent updates and user stability.Important URLs mentioned:DerekHanson.blogAutomattic Special Projectsthewpminute.com/subscribeChapter Titles with Timestamps:[00:00:00] Introduction and Automattic's Approach to Content Creation[00:05:30] Inside the Special Projects Team at Automattic[00:12:45] The Data Liberation Project and Migration Challenges[00:18:20] WordPress Philosophy and Community Perceptions[00:25:00] Derek's Vision for Content Creation[00:32:15] WordPress as a Publishing Platform vs. Website Builder[00:40:30] The Future of WordPress Themes and Admin Experience[00:48:00] Closing Thoughts and Derek's Upcoming Projects ★ Support this podcast ★

Are you loving these Q & A episodes that we're pulling from the Thrive Blogging Community?! It's time for another one! Today we're covering topics from building authority and monetization to website hosting and themes! Tired of spending endless hours trying to monetize your content? Say hello to Travelpayouts, the ultimate time saving affiliate marketing program for travel content creators like you. Connect with potential brands for FREE and watch your earnings grow as you inspire your audience to explore new destinations. Use the code THRIVE at sign up and get a money bonus added to your account. SIGN UP >>   Find it Quickly 1:35 - Digital Products 3:44 - Wordpress Themes 5:21 - Affiliate Marketing 8:52 - Building Authority 12:10 - Monetization 15:40 - Web Hosting & Storage   Resources Mentioned The Profitable Blogger Society Thrive's Youtube Channel Thrive Facebook Community Shift Empress Themes Blue Chic Flodesk How to Start a Blog

Today we delve into the world of format changes in radio shows and how long to test them, comparing the trial durations with TV shows. We discuss the ins and outs of running podcast ads and the complexities of measuring their effectiveness. From sharing anecdotes about failed experiments like the ill-fated jingle to recounting the successes of artists like Justin Timberlake, Marky Wahlberg, and members of boy bands who ventured into acting, we explore the intersection of luck, money, and hard work in achieving success. We also spotlight useful podcast tools like PodPage and Ecamm, and debate the future of platforms like StreamYard amid recent acquisitions and staff layoffs. We touch on the importance of calls to action in your episodes, strategies for engaging your audience on YouTube, and the impact of AI on podcast production. Plus, you'll hear about notable episodes from other popular podcasts and listener experiences with starting their own shows. So, strap in and get ready for insights, advice, and a few laughs along the way as Dave and Jim guide you through another insightful episode of "Ask the Podcast Coach." Sponsor: PodcastBranding.co If you need podcast artwork, lead magnets or a full website, podcastbranding.co has you covered. Mark is a podcaster in addition to being an award-winning artist. He designed the cover art for the School of Podcasting, Podcast Rodeo Show, and Ask the Podcast Coach. Find Mark at https://podcastbranding.co Mugshot: Based on a True Story Podcast Ever wonder how much of those "Based on a true story" movies are real? Find out at www.basedonatruestorypodcast.com JOIN THE SCHOOL OF PODCASTING Join the School of Podcasting worry-free using the coupon code " coach " and save 20%. Your podcast will have you sounding confident, sound great (buying the best equipment for your budget), and have you syndicated all over the globe. There is a 30-day worry-free money-back guarantee Go to https://www.schoolofpodcasting.com/coach Become an Awesome Supporter Get Bonus Content Live Group Coaching www.askthepodcastcoach.com/awesome or consider a one-time donation. Featured Supporter Horse Radio Network https://www.horseradionetwork.com  Mentioned In This Episode Podpage www.trypodpage.com Home Gadget Geeks www.homegadgetgeelks.com  The School of Podcasting www.schoolofpodcasting.com/coach  Become an Awesome Supporter www.askthepodcastcoach.com/awesome  Ecamm https://supportthisshow.com/ecamm  Streamyard https://supportthisshow.com/streamyard  Riverside https://supportthisshow.com/riverside  NoteJoy (Evernote Replacement) https://supportthisshow.com/notejoy  Evmux https://evmux.com/  Tubebuddy https://supportthisshow.com/tubebuddy  VidIQ https://supportthisshow.com/vidiq  Jillian Michaels California Got Too Crazy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiX8UrJkY5w    Chapters 00:00:00 - Introduction and Welcome 00:00:43 - Community and Guest Appreciation 00:01:28 - Podcast Branding.co (https://www.podcastbranding.co ) 00:02:43 - Based On a True Story Podcast (https://www.basedonatruestorypodcast.com ) 00:03:19 - Starting a Yapping Podcast 00:07:47 - Solo vs. Dialogue Shows 00:15:42 - Listener Feedback and Engagement 00:26:28 - Call to Action Strategies 00:32:42 - YouTube and AI Innovations  00:43:13 - Engaging with Negative Comments 00:43:47 - The Challenges of Growing on YouTube 00:44:21 - Dealing with Trolls and Nasty Comments 00:45:13 - The Vulnerability of Content Creators 00:45:27 - Lighthearted Banter and Audience Interaction 00:47:31 - WordPress Themes for Podcasters (https://supportthisshow.com/secondline ) 00:48:25 - Exploring PodPage for Podcast Websites (http://www.trypodpage.com ) 00:56:02 - StreamYard and the Future of Live Streaming 01:13:53 - The Reality of Podcast Growth 01:25:34 - Final Thoughts and Audience Engagement

In this episode of the WP Minute+, Matt Medeiros interviews Rafal Tomal, co-creator of the new Rockbase WordPress theme. Tomal, a renowned designer in the WordPress community, discusses his journey from working at Copyblogger and StudioPress to founding his own agency and eventually creating Rockbase with his partner, Chris Hufnagel.Tomal shares his experiences working with clients, noting that the industry has evolved to better understand the distinctions between design and development. He highlights the importance of providing a complete service to clients, rather than just delivering a final product.The conversation also touches on the rise of AI tools and their impact on the WordPress ecosystem. Tomal believes that while these tools are valuable for smaller websites and businesses just starting out, there will always be a need for custom design and development services as companies grow and require more advanced functionality.Tomal explains the concept behind Rockbase's "playbooks," which are designed to provide users with a complete mini-website rather than just a child theme. He also shares his hopes for the future of the WordPress editor, emphasizing the importance of simplicity and user experience improvements without overloading the core with unnecessary features.Key Takeaways:The WordPress industry has matured, with clients better understanding the distinct roles of design and development.Providing a complete service, including communication and guidance, is crucial for client satisfaction.AI tools and advanced WordPress themes are valuable for small businesses, but custom design and development remain essential for growth.Rockbase's "playbooks" offer users a complete mini-website solution, going beyond simple child themes.The WordPress editor should focus on simplicity and user experience improvements while avoiding feature bloat.Important URLs Mentioned:Rockbase: https://rockbase.co/Rafal Tomal's previous interview on the Matt Report: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5MhogzU0Y4 ★ Support this podcast ★

In this episode of the WP Minute+ podcast, host Matt Medeiros sits down with Ben Ritner, the creator of the popular Kadence WordPress theme. Ben shares his journey from building websites for clients to creating the Virtue theme, which gained over 300,000 active installs at its peak. He discusses the evolution of the Kadence brand, which has been around for 10 years, and the launch of the Kadence theme four years ago as a Gutenberg-ready solution.Ben and Matt delve into the challenges faced by theme developers when adhering to WordPress.org guidelines while trying to meet user demands. They explore the idea of allowing users to choose their site-building foundation, whether it be core WordPress or a third-party solution like Kadence or Elementor, to simplify the onboarding process and improve user experience.The conversation also touches on the role of hosting companies in providing streamlined WordPress experiences and the difficulties in onboarding non-WordPress users. Ben shares his thoughts on the Kadence ecosystem, which includes a range of plugins focused on front-end performance, design, and marketing. He also discusses the integration of AI into Kadence products as an assistant to help users create content more efficiently.Matt and Ben explore the topic of AI in the WordPress space, discussing the concept of AI credit fatigue and the importance of trust in centralized AI platforms. They also touch on the potential of open-source AI models and their integration into WordPress products.Key Takeaways:The Kadence brand has evolved over the past decade, with the Kadence theme launched four years ago as a Gutenberg-ready solution.Theme developers face challenges in adhering to WordPress.org guidelines while meeting user demands for more control over their site-building experience.Hosting companies have attempted to provide streamlined WordPress experiences, but onboarding non-WordPress users remains a challenge.The Kadence ecosystem focuses on front-end performance, design, and marketing, with AI integration aimed at assisting users in creating content more efficiently.Trust in centralized AI platforms and the potential of open-source AI models are important considerations in the WordPress space.Important Links:Kadence WP: https://www.kadencewp.com/Ben Ritner https://twitter.com/BenjaminRitner ★ Support this podcast ★

Want to design a website but don't know where to start? No problem! AI For WordPress explains how you can use AI-integrated WordPress themes to automate the process. Learn more at https://aiforwordpress.com/ai-for-wordpress-themes/ AI For Wordpress City: New York Address: 60 W 23rd St Website https://aiforwordpress.com/ Phone +1-877-675-4340 Email scott.hall@betteronlineinfo.com

The dust is settling on the Ollie theme's onboarding experience, which was set to be included in the theme's core functionality when author, Mike McCalister, submitted it to the theme repo.The onboarding experience bucked the trend of traditional themes and included additional functionality like an onboarding wizard, building pages with the click of a button, and embedding helpful content. You can see a walkthrough of it in my video on YouTube.This was viewed as innovative and something that the WordPress experience desperately needed.However, guidelines from the Theme Team generally draw the line at this type of functionality to go beyond what a theme should serve as: a presentation layer.Innovation. Who is responsible for innovation in WordPress?I view the Theme Team as drawing up the rules of the road for a wider range of new contributors and to safeguard end users. Help usher along the WordPress theme development experience for new contributors, guiding theme on building themes the “WordPress way.”To maximize what WordPress core features gives us, in a safe fashion. Which trickles down to the enduser. They get a theme that works with WordPress core, with code that meets WordPress standards, and is safe from malicious intent.Encourage developers to meet end user desires, all filtering through a volunteer-lead program. It's a true testament to Open Source.Back to innovation: Is the Theme Team also responsible for pushing innovation of WordPress?Sarah Gooding collected the feedback from WordPress leadership which was largely in favor of including Ollie's onboarding and seemed to think that this could be a useful “experiment” to progress the block based theme experience.In my world, this brings up two issues: There's no communication layer between WordPress Core and the Theme Team. No QA process. No product meetings. No roadmap overview.This is the most common issue in product development or enterprise software sales. Customer Z wants something that has never been developed before in the core product. Sales and corporate stakehodlers get excited because this could be a shiny new toy. CEO tells product team to develop it by end of next week.Time marches on, market shifts, and now that killer-feature is just worthless tech debt. CEO turns back to the stakeholders and wants to hold someone accountable for a failed product. Product Team says that the squeaky wheel sales person is the one that wanted this in the first place, but that sales person quit 6 months ago and is now working for Sales Force.There was no true process in place for the product team to pull from the lifestream of customer feedback from the rest of the organization.Remember, I said there were two issues…Humans be huma'ning and out for for commercial interests.Call a spade a spade. Maybe in this case, a theme author a Jetpack?Seriously. Automattic/Matt aren't the only entity out to commercialize their product. I assume, based on my interview with McCalister from seven years ago, he's going to have a commercial option. And, as I've said countless times before, there's nothing wrong with it, just say it, and not just Mike — everyone.This is the same issue I've been covering as a content creator and as a former theme author from 10 years ago, is that a majority of theme authors cycling through our volunteer-lead Theme Team have commercial interests at play.That's not a bad thing. Go ahead, secure the bag.It's that these moments in WordPress history, eventually expose the faults with a massive distribution powerhouse (that is WordPress.org) with loose community guidelines governing what could be 100's of millions of dollars worth of commercial theme upsells.“If that theme got in, what about me?”“If they are doing it that way, why can't we do it this way?”“How long will they be on the featured theme list for? What about us?”So there's whatabousim debt and real technical debt to consider when providing a pass to Ollie.Conclusion(I promised myself less of this type of content, but here I am.)Do I think what Mike built into Ollie is good? Yes.Do I think it helps WordPress users using his theme? Yes.But I don't see the upside in just this theme operating this way, making an impact across the entire WordPress ecosystem. The stress, attacks, and pressure placed on Theme Team volunteers alone don't make this worth it. They'll have to deal with 100's of authors coming in to build out their own experience. And when they don't pass the test? We rinse and repeat this vicious cycle.Commercial theme authors standing on their virtuous soapbox saying they are doing it “for the good of WordPress. Use our coupon code: GUTENBERG to save 20% at checkout.”Ollie can still make an impact by just existing in the market — even off WordPress.org. Heck, it already has. If it catches the eye of Anne McCarthy or Richard Tabor it might bring this kind of experience into core WordPress, which could be the best outcome for everyone.End users and theme authors.Or Mike could just a build a plugin or release set of code that any theme author could adopt into their theme to make this happen, which would leave a bigger impact on the community as a whole. Speaking of, I invited Mike on to the podcast, but he's declined for now.Anyway, that's the spirit of open source, and the excitement of being in the WordPress ecosystem. We're able to pluck a lesson out of the clouds of chaos, which we invest back into the foundation of WordPress' success.But I'll die on the hill defending the volunteers that are upholding the guidelines set in the community, operating in transparency, and for the good of WordPress as whole — Every. Single. Time.Impacts of AI on content and a look ahead to WordPress 6.4This week I had the pleasure of interviewing Brian Jackson, talking all about content marketing and the impacts of AI.Brian was a prolific content marketer for Kinsta, and spent a portion of his life writing content for the brand during their growth cycle. Don't miss the episode if you want to learn how he's using at his plugin business, Forgemedia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFSvsiGoYGw Gutenberg 16.7 is out, which brought some new ways to manage fonts in WordPress and your patterns in site building. I reviewed those updates in my video on  ★ Support this podcast ★

With Emilia Farrace, founder of Launch It By Simply Elaborate and WordPress Website Academy, an entrepreneur in the business of helping people follow their dreams and create organizations that impact their communities. Emilia helps entrepreneurs in the health, wellness and lifestyle space have a sustainable online presence so they can focus on their passions, impact and share their voice with the world. In her free time, Emilia loves to do yoga and explore the local trails and wineries close to their home in Niagara, Ontario with her husband and two young daughters, while connecting with other moms of neurodivergent children.In this conversation, Emilia discusses the importance of confidence in business, her path into the world of design, and how to avoid becoming trendy in favor of longevity when designing a website for your business. She also discusses the impact of motherhood on her approach to business, how she has created a hybrid approach within her business (offering both templates and custom design), and how to approach a thoughtful design process that is in alignment with your business and your goals. To listen to the podcast and access the show notes and any other resources mentioned in this episode, visit us at www.legalwebsitewarrior.com/podcast.

কোডিং এর ঝামেলা ছাড়াই বিভিন্ন ধরনের ওয়েবসাইট তৈরি করার জন্য বর্তমান সময়ে ওয়ার্ডপ্রেস খুবই জনপ্রিয়। বর্তমানে বিশ্বের প্রায় ৪৩% সাইট (৮১০ মিলিয়ন সাইট) ওয়ার্ডপ্রেস দিয়ে তৈরি ফ্রিল্যান্সিং মার্কেটপ্লেসে সব থেকে চাহিদা সম্পূর্ণ কাজ হচ্ছে ওয়ার্ডপ্রেস ওয়েবসাইট ডিজাইন & ডেভেলপমেন্ট। প্রোগ্রামিং এর বেসিক থেকে এডভান্স, PHP, PHP OOP, AI টুলস এর ব্যবহার এবং ওয়ার্ডপ্রেস থিম এবং প্লাগিন ডেভেলপমেন্ট স্টেপ-বাই-স্টেপ শিখে নিজের তৈরি Theme, Plugin গ্লোবালি বিক্রি করে প্রতি মাসে ৫০০ - ৫০০০ হাজার ডলার প্যাসিভ ইনকাম করতে করতে জয়েন করুন Make Money By Selling WordPress Theme & Plugins Worldwide কোর্সেটিতে ➤ https://www.msbacademy.com/course/wp-theme-plugin-development।

For years, traditional WordPress themes have dominated the ecosystem's website-building market. But with the rise of the block editor, full site editing, and page builders, many WordPressers are asking if these enduring solutions (and their creators) have had their time in the sun. Before we uncover the crystal ball and get into who (or what) […]

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In this episode, I discuss the first notanotherwordpresspodcast.com (NAWPP) episode, how to install a WordPress themeShow Notes and Other Domains:smashingthemes.combootstrapthemes.nethackthemes.comNot Another Notetaking Appgreenspacesrealestate.comvirtualrealestatejobs.comoxtheme.comEpisode PageJoin the Email ListThis podcast is proudly hosted on Caproni.fm.Support this podcast

A theme can make or break your website. It controls how it looks, functions and limits (or expands) your ability as a web administrator to expand and build your site. In this post, we'll cover Themes VS Templates, What Themes Do, Free vs. Paid Themes, and The Evolution of the MayeCreate Theme. We'll also provide you with your very own Theme Selection Checklist. For a fully-formatted article version of this content, visit https://mayecreate.com/blog/picking-the-right-wordpress-theme/

A theme can make or break your website. It controls how it looks, functions and limits (or expands) your ability as a web administrator to expand and build your site. In this post, we'll cover Themes VS Templates, What Themes Do, Free vs. Paid Themes, and The Evolution of the MayeCreate Theme. We'll also provide you with your very own Theme Selection Checklist. For a fully-formatted article version of this content, visit https://mayecreate.com/blog/picking-the-right-wordpress-theme/

Daisy Olsen and Birgit Pauli-Haack discuss Gutenberg 14.7, what's new for Block Themes, an upcoming Live Q&A in January and much more. Show Notes / Transcript Show Notes Announcements Community Contributions What’s released What’s worked on Transcript Birgit Pauli-Haack: Hello and welcome to our 77th episode of the Gutenberg Changelog Podcast. In today’s episode, we…

Got a Minute? Website owner checkout today's episode of The Guy R Cook Report podcast - the Google Doc for this episode is @ 20221129 How to change colors in hosted Wordpress theme ----more---- Support this podcast Subscribe where you listen to podcasts I help goal oriented business owners that run established companies to leverage the power of the internet Contact Guy R Cook @ https://guyrcook.com The Website Design Questionnaire https://guycook.wordpress.com/start-with-a-plan/ In the meantime, go ahead follow me on Twitter: @guyrcookreport Click to Tweet Be a patron of The Guy R Cook Report. Your help is appreciated.   https://guyrcook.com https://theguyrcookreport.com/#theguyrcookreport Follow The Guy R Cook Report on Podbean iPhone and Android App | Podbean   https://bit.ly/3m6TJDV Thanks for listening, viewing or reading the show notes for this episode. Vlog files for 2022 are at 2022 video episodes of The Guy R Cook ReportHave a great new year, and hopefully your efforts to Entertain, Educate, Convince or Inspire are in play vDomainHosting, Inc 3110 S Neel Place Kennewick, WA 509-200-1429

It may shock you to hear that not all WordPress sites are created equal. In this episode, we are going to share what it means to have a WordPress Custom Site vs. a WordPress Theme and why they will give you two very different results if you don't know what you are getting.To watch the full video of this episode visit: https://fusiononemarketing.com/custom-wordpress-site-vs-theme/To learn more about our marketing services, visit: https://fusiononemarketing.com/Facebook: https://facebook.com/fusiononemarketing LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/fusion-one-marketing/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/fusiononemarketing Twitter: https://twitter.com/fusiononeteamTIMESTAMPS0:00 Welcome to Marketing and a Mic2:18 What is a WordPress Theme Template?6:42 Drawbacks to Consider with Theme Templates11:56 What is A Custom WordPress Site?13:48 Advantages of a Custom WordPress Site21:10 Which Should You Choose?24:30 Final Thoughts

In this episode, I will reveal the five most recommended WordPress themes by high-traffic bloggers.

The Future of WordPress Themes in a World of Gutenberg Blocks I’m Brian Gardner, a Chicago-based designer, WordPress expert, and the creator of Powder—a base WordPress block theme created for Full Site Editing. Build something cool, pair it with a child, or use it for a client project. I believe that good design is about pushing boundaries and experimenting with new ideas. It’s about dreaming, thinking outside the box, and creating something unique. Main Questions For Interview #1 - Brain, can you give the listeners and viewers some insights connected to what you do on a day-to-day basis in the WP-Engine team and what it is like working with such a great group of people? #2 - Brain, while are we with the Gutenberg project, and how does the traditional theme fit into the new world of Gutenberg and block libraries? #3 - I personally see some fantastic opportunities with Gutenberg and block libraries what is your's and WP-Engine attitude connected to helping developers and designers in this new world of blocks? #4 - Matt Mullenweg seems lately to be having problems with some of the major hosting providers. How can this situation be improved so everybody can, to some extent, have a win-win situation if this is possible? #5 - If you go back to a time machine at the beginning of your career, what advice would you give yourself? #6 - Are there any books, websites, or online recourses that have helped you in your own business development that you like to share with the audience? https://briangardner.com/about/ https://wpengine.com/builders/author/brian-gardner/

News WordPress continues to work on core template changes to refine the creation experience. Many more options will be released with WordPress 6.1 that will continue to improve website building. You can explore the enhancements now in the Gutenberg plugin. Sarah Gooding over at WPTavern wrote an article about how the WP-Optimize plugin was being accused of cheating their page speed performance tool. Before the dust settled, there was a follow up article covering the details about WP-Optimize denying the cheating allegations. If you are interested in the specifics around the performance gathering and analyzing the techniques both articles are worth a read. Sarah Gooding was writing a lot about performance last week. She had another article about how WordPress is placing WebP by default on hold for WordPress 6.1. There were many objections from lead developers and the image upload has been controversial since it was announced. WooCommerce If you are a WooCommerce user, there is a Store Editing Roadmap update for Q3. A lot of work has been going on for the last few months and you can quickly see what is coming Now, Next and Later. Events WordCamp US is right around the corner. Make sure you look for Raquel Landefeld who will be representing the WP Minute and don't forget that you can sign up for the live stream if you are not attending in person. The speaker call for WordCamp Buffalo is open. This WordCamp will be an in-person event and held October 22, 2022. Submissions must be in by September 11th, 2022 for speaker slots. Next up! Michelle Frechette with the Community Minute - “Attending a post-covid WCUS” Richard Tabor teases his upcoming WCUS talk: A New Era of WordPress Themes is Here: Block Themes From Our Contributors and Producers Sam Munoz shares that the WP Engine Builders have become a community that is unique and special. Go check them out on Twitter and become part of the builder team. Tom Mcfarlin has written a post about using the block editor as a developer. It has not been the greatest experience. Most of the frustration comes from standards that are not in place and documentation that is scarce. This often happens with major changes and updates in WordPress. Take a few minutes to read his article. It is organized and steps you through what you will need to develop blocks and it has many great reference links. Can we please stop saying “Gutenberg' now? Fränk Klein's post on the HumanMade website makes a good point of how Gutenberg is confusing. Is it a project? Is it a plugin? Is it an editor? Not for developers? Some kind of historic timeline in the multiverse that is human history? The bottom line is to be specific when r

#130 Many web designers and developers think using an accessibility-ready WordPress theme means a website will be accessible. But many themes have accessibility issues, and there is more to building an accessible website than using an accessible theme.

This week on WPwatercooler we're joined by Chicago-based Brian Gardner who recently made the WordPress theme Frost and a new beautiful unreleased Full Site Editor theme. Brian will be speaking with us on designing themes block-based themes and we'll be discussing what decisions he's made along the way and what he'd love to see added to Full Site Editor. Check out Brian's past episode on WPwatercooler – EP413 – Full Site Editor for Agencies. https://wordpress.org/patterns https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/ https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/how-to-guides/themes/theme-json/ https://frostwp.com Panel Jason Tucker – jasontucker.blog Steve Zehngut – zeek.com Sé Reed – sereedmedia.com Jason Cosper – jasoncosper.com Brian Gardner – briangardner.com

In this episode, I discuss the shortcut I found to make a sellable WordPress ThemeShow Notes and Other Domains:smashingthemes.comhackthemes.comNot Another Notetaking Appgreenspacesrealestate.comvirtualrealestatejobs.comoxtheme.comEpisode PageJoin the Email ListThis podcast is proudly hosted on Caproni.fm.Support this podcast

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In this episode, David and Tim talk about Is Divi a Bloated WordPress Theme? The post Is Divi a Bloated WordPress Theme? | EP 693 appeared first on WP Gears.

“A style is the design language for a theme.” —Rich TaborIn this episode, David Bisset talks with someone who has moved the WordPress theme needle a long way: Rich Tabor. Rich believes the arrival of the Full Site Editing experience in WordPress 5.9 is the biggest innovation since themes emerged. Speaking from the experience of creating blocks and block themes, Rich explains how Full Site Editing will change WordPress's identity.Why This Matters: WordPress professionals need to be familiar with more than just just “blocks.” There are block themes, styles, and more features that have already arrived in the WordPress editor. This episode helps put these new enhancements in context for builders, agencies, and creatives.Every week Post Status Excerpt will bring you important news and insights from guests working in the WordPress space.

In this episode, I discuss the process to fix a WordPress theme for uploading.Show Notes and Other Domains:Best Start-up ToolCareer Cheat CodesTinder AdventuresNYU TreesTop Exam DumpNot Another Notetaking Appgreenspacesrealestate.comvirtualrealestatejobs.comoxtheme.comEpisode PageJoin the Email ListThis podcast is proudly hosted on Caproni.fm.Support this podcast

In this episode, I discuss learning to creating my first WordPress theme and my next stepsShow Notes and Other Domains:Best Start-up ToolCareer Cheat CodesTinder AdventuresNYU TreesTop Exam DumpNot Another Notetaking Appgreenspacesrealestate.comvirtualrealestatejobs.comoxtheme.comEpisode PageJoin the Email ListThis podcast is proudly hosted on Caproni.fm.Support this podcast

In this episode, I discuss learning to create and sell WordPress themes. Why I like the idea of it, how I'm learning and the way I'm approaching it.Show Notes and Other Domains:Best Start-up ToolCareer Cheat CodesTinder AdventuresNYU TreesTop Exam DumpNot Another Notetaking Appgreenspacesrealestate.comvirtualrealestatejobs.comoxtheme.comEpisode PageJoin the Email ListThis podcast is proudly hosted on Caproni.fm.Support this podcast

The Alternative is a simple, lightweight WordPress Theme built for personal websites. It's stripped down of the superfluous elements we've come to expect in themes and focuses on core functionality. There are no unnecessary frills or fancy features that would just clutter up your website. What you do get is a well-designed responsive theme, widgetized areas, custom posts, custom menus, and simplistic colors. Our wide variety of designs keeps your options open and lets you build a site that fits your style as well as the look of your brand. But then there's what you get when you choose something a little different. Each Alternative theme comes with its own unique set of features and options, along with full support and updates whenever we update the theme. The Alternative is a directory theme designed to take the pain out of setting up a WordPress website. Rarely are blogs created perfectly, and sometimes you're not even sure what you want when you begin. This theme was built with the idea in mind that your blog may change from one week to the next, or that you would like some flexibility to change your blog's style without too much effort. So, the Alternative comes with plenty of options for customization. This includes options for what pages are visible on your blog and which ones are not; how many posts appear on each page; how many categories show up on each page; what skin is used for each category; and whether or not comments should show up. It's also mobile-friendly so it works great on every device.   More info about the alternative transition for WordPress:  https://dev.co/wordpress-alternatives/ Connect with us:  https://seo.co/ // https://website.design/ // https://dev.co/ // https://ppc.co/

In this episode, we're going to cover the top things to look for in choosing the right theme for your website.  A huge benefit to building your website on WordPress is the endless theme options available to you… Allowing you to really build whatever you want! But with so many theme options out there, how do you choose the right one? This is the 3rd of 4 episodes in our DIY Website Series.  In this series we will be covering the most important and challenging parts of the process you need to overcome to create your own website. Like which website platform to choose, selecting the right hosting provider for your needs, finding the right theme for your objectives, and which plugins to use. For more info go to: https://liquisdigital.com/episode37

Is it the beginning of the end for WordPress themes? The hack that exposed thousands of brand web sites is growing. How is the broken supply chain affecting delivery times? Some welcome news for people who run ads on Google or post YouTube videos. And forget TikTok — the cool kids are on OnlyFans!• Get a Free 14-Day Trial of the Premium Newsletter (with exclusive content, videos, links, and more) — https://b.link/pod-newsletter Showcase your marketing tool for free! Apply at https://todayindigital.com/showcase ADVERTISING as low as $20: https://todayindigital.com/ads JOIN OUR SLACK! https://todayindigital.com/slackFOLLOW US: https://todayindigital.com/socialmedia(TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, Discord, and more) ENJOYING THE SHOW?- Please tweet about us! https://b.link/pod-tweet- Rate and review us: https://todayindigital.com/rateus- Leave a voicemail: https://b.link/pod-voicemail FOLLOW TOD:- TikTok: https://b.link/pod-tiktok- Twitter: https://b.link/pod-twitter- LinkedIn: https://b.link/pod-linkedin Today in Digital Marketing is hosted by Tod Maffin (https://b.link/pod-todsite) and produced by engageQ digital (https://b.link/pod-engageq). Subscribe at https://TodayInDigital.com or wherever you get your podcasts. (Theme music by Mark Blevis. All other music licensed by Source Audio.)Does your brand need a podcast? Let us help: https://engageQ.com/podcastsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

A lot goes into creating a robust WordPress theme. So much, that it can be daunting when you decide to tackle your theme project. But, while theme development can be an expansive topic to learn,...

Follow along with the resource page: https://thebloggerunion.com/wp-theme/ So you built your Wordpress site, congratulations! Now you want to spruce it up a little bit so that your website matches your branding. You just have to install a Wordpress theme that matches your aesthetic and has the features you want. Don't let the process of installing a theme for your blog overwhelm you and stop you from sharing your insights with the world. That's right, we are going to roll up our sleeves and get it done. Paola Mendez, the founder of The Blogger Union, will guide you through the process of installing a premium Wordpress Theme! She will take you step by step as you update your own blog. What makes a good theme? What things should you look for before buying a theme? Learn how to pick a WordPress theme like a Pro! Avoid the common pitfalls of buying WordPress themes. Whether you are building your first blog or you have an existing site, this webinar will give you the knowledge to buy the best theme for your website. You no longer have to feel hesitant about your theme. To watch a video of this episode visit The Blogger Union YouTube Channel. Want to be part of the live audience during our next episode? Register to become a member at thebloggerunion.com/register and you'll receive email notifications for upcoming webinars, in-person events, and other opportunities. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebloggerunion/support

Doug talks to Chelsea Clark about her website flip. Chelsea is the founder of: HerPaperRoute Blogs For Sale – a boutique marketplace Shout out to ODYS, a sponsor of the podcast. $100 (USD or EUR) added to your account as a welcome bonus if you are accepted! Contact me. Ask Questions! Send me an email here: feedback@doug.show Leave a voicemail: (406) 813-0613

Doug talks to Chelsea Clark about her website flip. Chelsea is the founder of: HerPaperRoute Blogs For Sale – a boutique marketplace Shout out to ODYS, a sponsor of the podcast. $100 (USD or EUR) added to your account as a welcome bonus if you are accepted! Contact me. Ask Questions! Send me an email here: feedback@doug.show Leave a voicemail: (406) 813-0613

Creating a web directory can be "easy" if you use the right tools.  Today, I will go over the WordPress Directory Plugins and themes that I use.  Directory Plugin: https://wpgeodirectory.com/ WordPress Theme: https://wpgeodirectory.com/downloads/listimia/ My Website: https://autohailrepairnews.com   Welcome back to Casey's SEO this is part two of creating a web directory, so uh episode, one or part one. We had uh picking out hosting and finding a CMS, which is a content management system for my hosting i chose In-motion hosting and then I'm using WordPress. So to initially start your web directory you're going to need some type of plugin and a theme, so the two that i chose. I tried to go pretty much the most basic that i could. I wanted to save time um. So i chose Geo directory, which is a plugin that has multiple plugins built into the main plugin, but that ended up costing. I believe it was 199 for the year, which is not too bad. I think the initial plugin is maybe a hundred dollars and then, if you just want to pick and choose uh different options, it was anywhere from like 20 to 30 dollars per option or you could just get the bundle for 199 and that is what i chose now for the plug-in i use the plug-in that they actually have set up for the demos, so i believe it i believe the theme name is listia and the theme is actually very basic, easy to use if you're really looking for A lot of customization, probably not a great theme for you unless you are great at CSS and all that other you know: cool WordPress, web design type of stuff. I do not know that so i like to try to keep everything basic and once again i just wanted to save some time. I already knew what the web directory would look like since i just looked at the demo and said yep that will work. Let'S go ahead and get started now for the theme i did change. You know some colors um. I try to think. I don't even think i even really changed the page layouts if you actually go online and check out different web directories. A lot of companies use these plugins and theme already. So for that matter you need to make yours a little bit different, but overall, pretty simple. I think that theme was like 40 for the year you get updates. I don't think it's ever been updated in the past six months that I've used it. It may not even be something that they update very often, but if you want something very simple, quick, you already know what it will look like definitely check out that that theme and the Geodirectory plugin another cool thing with that plug-in is it gives you maps you Can add locations very easily and then they will pinpoint on the map for you automatically, you can change the styles of the maps. If you would like to i have not. You can sync it up with google maps. I found that to actually take me longer than what it should have, because you have to go in and get an API and everything and go ahead and set that up and honestly about a month ago, just randomly one day. The API didn't work anymore, um and it's not like i ran out. You know i didn't use a API too much uh, but i just said: let's kind of screw it I'm going to use what's built in which i think for built-in they use Openstreet, which is not the best, doesn't look the best, but it works free, instant and Quick, so you do have a couple different options. If you want to go that route and with a Geo directory plugin, you can once you pay, you can add multiple locations in different countries, different cities, wherever you want, you can add pictures to those. You can actually import all the information from Facebook yelp, and i think there was another one that i didn't use, or you can put it in manually. But what's kind of nice is, if you have somebody that wants to. You know add to your directory: all they have to do is put in their like Facebook URL and it will import like 99 of the information uh. If you want to add videos, you can a lot of just a lot of different things you can do. That makes it pretty easy and quick. You can also add one of their plugins and you can charge different amounts of money or whatever to add in your directory, so lots of things go ahead and check them out. I will leave links in the in the notes below, but i will also leave another link to my site just so you can check that out and see if there's any difference between what i have and what the demo is and go from there. If you guys have any questions, let me know and we'll be back. I will be back with part three here shortly and we'll get into just a little bit more of the specifics. 

What a difference 3-plus-something years makes. Remember the Page Builder race? Then remember when Gutenberg came on the scene smashing the ground, cracking the earth beneath her like Wonder Woman in Zack Snyder's cut of the Justice League? Okay, well, maybe not that glorious of an entry but mirroring the audiences continued mixed reviews… It seemed like only yesterday that my friends at Beaver Builder were on a rocket ship ride to the moon and the likes of using Gutenberg were slim when you saw the install count of the classic editor plugin. Here we are nearing the tail-end of Q1 in the year 2021, and Elementor recently crossed over 7 million active websites, made a not-so-smooth pricing update, and enter into any Facebook group to the bemoaning of users looking to switch to Oxygen builder. Gutenberg has gotten largely better over that time, but still with some massive gaps in its usability. Even tasks like dragging blocks into columns is not as effortless of SiteOrigin's page builder from 6 years ago…okay wait, could you drag blocks in that? Anyway, full-site editing is the next contestant sure to be challenged like the past Core Champions that fled the arena — I'm here rooting for it. I do want this stuff to get better even if I'm not the ideal user for it. I still want advanced tools and themes that get the job done without all of the overhead, but that's just me. Which leads me to the discussion part of this podcast: choosing the Best WordPress theme…for me. You're listening to the Matt Report, a podcast for the resilient digital business builder. Subscribe to the newsletter at mattreport.com/subscribe and follow the podcast on Apple or Spotify or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. Better yet, please share this episode on your social media! We'd love more listeners around here. Here are the themes I mention in this episode: Anders Norén — Chaplin & Eskell Neve Theme GeneratePress Blocksy ★ Support this podcast ★

Nothing is more exciting AND anxiety-producing than choosing the “right” Wordpress Theme for your coaching, consulting, or speaking personal brand website. Don't get fooled into thinking it's no big deal. Listen to this episode and discover what should you account for and what should you be wary of when trying to choose the right Wordpress theme for your personal brand website? ---> RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE Free Training: The Exact Website Wireframe For Consultants, Coaches, and Speakers to Get Hired » Reserve your spot for this free webinar training coming up on Thursday, Dec 17th at 1pm ET (12pm CT / 11am MT / 10am PT) SHARE THIS EPISODE Have a friend who's trying to start or grow a business? Click the share button on your phone and share this episode with them right now. ---> LET'S CONNECT Web: https://robbyf.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rfowler/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robby-fowler-0408201  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rfowler Twitter: http://twitter.com/rfowler  --> I help personal brands and businesses create profitable websites from the ground up. Find out more at robbyf.com.

In this rebroadcast. Doug talks to Chris of DIY Themes. Focus WordPress Theme DIYPlugins Chris on Youtube Outdoor clothing store in Leadville: Melanzana Contact me. Ask Questions! Send me an email here: feedback@doug.show Leave a voicemail: (406) 813-0613

In this rebroadcast. Doug talks to Chris of DIY Themes. Focus WordPress Theme DIYPlugins Chris on Youtube Outdoor clothing store in Leadville: Melanzana Contact me. Ask Questions! Send me an email here: feedback@doug.show Leave a voicemail: (406) 813-0613

Jonathan and Luke explore the implications of Astra's delisting on the WordPress Theme and Plugin Directory. We bring up old ideas for directory listings that might better balance "Free as in Beer" against more sustainable innovation.

Not to be outdone by their recent 1 million active install celebration, Astra finds itself in some hot murky water. The theme was recently suspended when the theme review team found affiliate links “cloaked” in buttons recommending other plugins. Friend of the show Ron Huereca shows us a code snippet of how they achieved this, and LayerWP hosted a short written interview with a member of the theme review team. In today's episode, I'll share my take on the matter and where I'd love to see the theme repo move to for small product creators. You can read the theme guidelines cited in the episode, here. Also mentioned in the episode: Every word of this Tweet (down to the ALT text on the image) remains true more than a year later. It's a shame that this is still allowed in WordPress. https://t.co/0iTAXx94uP— Ben Meredith (@benUNC) August 8, 2020 Thanks to our sponsors SearchWP & Gravity View for supporting the show! Please say thank you on Twitter! Read the full transcript show more Matt: (00:04)This episode of the Matt report is brought to you by search wp.com and gravity view.co more on them. Later in today's episode, we're talking about the recent Astro debacle of just some thoughts around WordPress monetization. What it's like to be a product creator, a product maker in the WordPress space, especially in the year 2020, let's dive right on in. Matt: (00:29)All right, everybody. Welcome back to the mat reports. It's maryport.com [inaudible] dot com slash subscribe to join that mailing list. For those of you that know they started a new job a couple of weeks ago over at Casto the makers of a seriously simple podcasting plugin. I'll be the head or actually no, my official title is director of podcaster success. So I'm gonna help folks get their podcasts up and running over at Casos. If you're thinking about starting a podcast yourself, send me an email, Matt at [inaudible] dot com and, uh, I guess some more videos up on the plugin Tut channel youtube.com/plugin Tut, check out all of my WordPress plugin theme tutorials. I'm going to get into some no-code stuff that just, uh, those are the things that, that really excite me. So some know code stuff that's in and around the WordPress space. So do check out that channel recently, a theme with over a million active installs, one of the most popular, the most installed and activated WordPress theme in the WordPress repo. Matt: (01:34)That is not a default WordPress theme. In other words, a theme that doesn't ship with WordPress by default Astra was, uh, was removed from the repo briefly for something of, uh, going against the theme developer guidelines of wordpress.org by injecting affiliate code links or affiliate links within the code of, of the theme. They sort of cloaked it in a way where you didn't really know when you hit upgrade. Um, on these recommended plugins that they mentioned six of them, that they were getting an affiliate commission. If, if you did decide to upgrade, I've got a lot of thoughts about this stuff. I'm sure you do as well. But first search WP search wp.com is today's first sponsor of the show and they were a repeat sponsor. I really appreciate the support from the folks over@searchwp.com. Looking if you're building out a website, you're building out, you know, what's really popular now, of course, in this pandemic world that we live in, I've even thought about it. Matt: (02:49)Myself is to start up a new directory site for a particular niche in, in my local area. Right? If I built out a directory site, I wanted to search that content. Cause that's generally what you do. Search WP is fantastic for that. It searches your eCommerce products, custom field content, custom database tables, PDFs, and documents. I mean, even though it's the year 2020, and restaurants still use PDFs for menus, you know, you could start a directory service of all these restaurants. And if they're still using PDs for menu, you could search those PDFs. You do short codes, you can do Gutenberg blocks. You can do taxonomy terms, post titles and contents. But the real shining feature in my opinion is if you're running one of these content heavy sites and you do need great search, not only consortia BP, do that for you, but they give you stats. Matt: (03:38)They give you analytics around what people are searching for. And this is analytics. You're not going to get from Google analytics. This is going to be analytics on your site. What people are searching for is going to help you make better decisions with the content that you're producing. Again, if you're a webmaster for a university and now people are searching for classes and they're looking for certain, uh, things to download, you can get all of these insights from that. If you're a publisher high content traffic site, uh, this is going to help you make better decisions. Search wp.com. You can get it@searchwp.com. It starts at $99 for one website for the year, 149 for the most popular plan. Check it out. Search wp.com. Search wp.com say, thanks for supporting the show. Okay, so I'm going to take you over to a former, a former sponsor of the show. Matt: (04:32)Uh, in the past, Ron, Ron Eureka media, ron.com wrote up a piece. If you're looking for exactly what Astra did from a technical, uh, view media, Iran highlights this in the code snippet, and he shows you exactly what they were doing in the functions file of Astra. And they're filtering the upgrade buttons to these, to these plugins. And here are the plugins that they were recommending. They were recommending Ninja forms, uh, WP forms, this social snap.com uh, plugin, which I have not heard of before, uh, give WP. And, uh, of course HubSpot, and it's your typical play, right? Like a theme. Doesn't do everything, uh, you know, most notably like a contact form. So what do they do? They recommend these other contact forms. They've provided styles and, you know, allegedly some support probably for these, these types of plugins, these contact forms, uh, styled into the themes. Matt: (05:35)So it works and they say, Hey, we recommend this. And by the way, if you do go and buy this, we get a little kickback in the form of an affiliate link. Now the issue is if we take a look at the theme, a handbook here are things that they say in here, and this is what I want to pontificate on themes should not display quote, obtrusive, upselling themes are not allowed to have affiliate URLs or links. Okay? So that's pretty clear. Themes are not allowed to have affiliate URLs or links. The one before that themes should not display an air quotes. That's what I'm doing, air quotes, but it's literally quoted in the article, obtrusive upselling. Matt: (06:24)And this is where I, this is where this whole thing from my perspective starts to fall apart. I get the affiliate URL is you can't do that. But as a small product maker myself, now, I dabbled in themes. I didn't even know how long ago, six, seven, eight years ago, you can actually still go and get the themes I add. Haven't had a chance to really see how I can decommission these themes from being downloaded and installed. Cause they're no longer supported the theme review process. Again, when I was doing it, it was tiring. There was a lot of friction. People were getting away with things and even most notably, if you think back to cyber chimps, there was a time in the, in the theme, repo, uh, annals of history that you could, you could review the most themes. And then if you were reviewer reviewing the most themes you could pick, which theme was featured on the landing page of wordpress.org/themes. And for many years, while I say many ways, maybe two years, this believe this is how long it lasted. And, uh, well, Trent from cyber chimps, again, this is just a business play said, well, I'm going to pay people to review themes. And then they will pick my theme as the top theme. Matt: (07:52)It's always been that sort of wild West kind of way. I remember submitting themes to the repo. Uh, and you know, we had a theme that we created. You can still find it. I'm assuming journal was the name that I wanted to submit it with. Now, mind you, there were other names in the repo already that was like paper, you know, rock, you know, these names, right? And I said, well, most people want to write a blog. A lot of people consider this a journal. And if somebody was like, thinking, how do I start a journal with WordPress? Well, maybe that's going to be in my advantage is see there's people that think that's wrong, but it's not. It's it's meat. It's marketing. It's it's promotion. It's SEO. It's this is how it works. And I submitted our theme called journal and it was denied. The name was too generic. Matt: (08:45)The name journal associated with a blogging platform was too generic. What more on that in a minute, let's talk about our second sponsor gravity view.co gravity view.co it's a page builder using gravity forms data. So if you've ever used gravity forms, a very powerful form builder, and you submit all this data, you know, people submit data into these forms and you know, days, months, years goes by you get all this data. You want to pull this data out, or maybe you want to create a directory with that data. We just talked about directories of search WP. Now, maybe you want to create a directory using all of that gravity forms data, but you're not a developer. How do you pull that data out of your database and display it onto your website? Gravity view.co will help you do that. Starting at 55 bucks, 55, a U S dollars. Matt: (09:43)That's a 20% off sale happening site-wide right now. And look at it allows you to display that data in a table and a list. And then you can get more advanced views. Like you can show it in a Google maps. If you're doing addresses again, like if you're building out a real estate site and you want, you know, you don't want to use these off the shelf, real estate plugins from, let's say a theme forest, maybe you're afraid of the code quality and the support you start putting together things like gravity view.co and gravity forms, and maybe search WP. And you're starting to build these very powerful websites without having to do too much coding. You can also edit entries that have been already submitted with gravity forms. I mean, pretty much anything. This is like the frosting on the gravity forms cake, right? You want to be able to do stuff with the gravity forms data, but you're not a developer or you just want to move quickly. Gravity view.co will help you do that. If anything, if maybe you're not a gravity forms user, just go to gravity view.co and check out the music video promotion video thing that Zach had produced when he first launched gravity view. This is years ago. And I remember seeing this and it still holds still holds true today. It still holds up. Zach has a unique angle on promotion and marketing that I appreciate gravity view.co gravity view.co a page builder using gravity forms, data, thanks for supporting the program. Matt: (11:17)So back to my story about submitting a theme called journal and getting it denied because the name was too wasn't unique enough is what I was told. And this is the thing like, and, and, and I haven't looked at the thing that you can watch. You can read all the conversation. Well, all the public conversation in the wordpress.org Slack, you can go to the theme review channel, and you can see all this stuff. This is, you know, for the most part, it's all public. And I remember having these conversations, it wasn't Slack back then. It was just all in track and it was nice. It was too generic. You can't use the word journal. It's just like, there's no rules for generic naming. I mean, maybe there is now who sets the rules of it. Okay. You can't have the name. It's just somebody's opinion. Matt: (12:06)That's on the team. And this is where I really draw, uh, a thread of just, you know, who said the themes should not display obtrusive. Upselling. Obtrusive is subjective to some people. And we've went through the same thing where it was like, know, boy, we had nothing crazy in terms of ads and upsells and admin notices and all this stuff. It was your typical sidebar. And some people said, nah, we don't like the fact that you, you know, you have a upgrade now in bold, you're going to tone it down. No, you can't have a link out to your social media. Okay. You know, and then, but then it's like, you get pushed to the back of the line or that's what it was like back then. And then it was this subjectiveness on your code quality. And my developer, Scott is amazing. Like he does a great job. Matt: (12:56)He's just, you feel like it's not coded the way you would want to do it. So you're putting up these red flags, which is stalling, the process. And all of this is to say, make this. And this has been my argument for years. Ever since I witnessed this experiences, make it a real marketplace. I've been waving that flag for years now, because if it's a real marketplace, then a creator like myself, a creator like Astra will be taxed. If you think of Involta. If you think of Shopify, if you think of the iTunes app store, there is a tax to distribute. It is common business practice. And when you don't go this route, well, then you just say, well, you know, we're not really about money, but there are people monetizing. And then we have these ambiguous rules. And at any point, somebody can just say something like Astro, you're going to be shut down for five weeks. There's no rules. There's no guidelines that say, okay, if there's an affiliate link, here's what happens when we find an affiliate, you know, somebody just comes up with this number five weeks because they was going out to, uh, well, there was six links, but they said it was a link per plugin that they were linking to one, two, three, Oh, it was five yet. So it was five. So five weeks, just random, just a bunch of volunteers just coming up with this. Here's how we're going to, uh, here's how we're going to chastise Astra. Matt: (14:35)If you look over at layer WP, I believe Ben is, is his name. He did a quick interview with William Patton, who was also on a theme review team. I'll link this in the show notes. And he sort of does a quick interview about this debacle. And he highlights. Why don't you think that five weeks was, was pretty harsh? And, uh, I'm just paraphrasing here. He says, yeah, we thought it was pretty harsh, but it was a harsh thing. They were breaking the rules. They were breaking the guidelines. Okay, I get it. But still five weeks for a theme that was a million plus downloads. I mean, now you're, and I should preface this again. astros' back in the repo is down for a couple days. They removed whatever they had to remove to get the affiliate links out. Matt: (15:30)But what you're going to shut down auto updates for a million users for the fact that they were trying to make money. And this is what's going to transition me into my next thread of thought. Here is because it's not a true marketplace because we cannot monetize the transaction as creators, as builders, product makers. When you don't give us this one way to make revenue, then we're left to make revenue ourselves. And then because there's no true guidelines and this is a team of volunteers, no one's getting paid here. It's just this massive gray area. So of course, things like this are going to happen. Astros, running a business, they have a million active installs, good for them. They build a great product. I've used it. I've recommended it. It's awesome. And Oh, by the way, the plugins that they're recommending most of which are my friends, Ninja forms give WP science companies. Matt: (16:33)Everyone should be held accountable. My friends aren't going to buy me beers. The next time they see me at word camp, if that's ever a thing anymore. But all of these plugins should have got a little slap on the hand. They were benefiting as much as, uh, Astro is benefiting. And I would say they would probably benefiting even more because they all have free plugins. So Astra of their million active installs in whatever it is, 2 million of these, maybe even more people who have tried Astro and have now been introduced to these other plugins through their recommended page, they're benefiting from it brand exposure, traffic, upsells using the free theme, maybe eventually upgrading. And Ashwin never got a dime of that affiliate link, but they should be held accountable to on the other side of the coin, these are not bad plugins. It's not like Astro was routing off to some Bitcoin, uh, mining service that you didn't know was happening. Matt: (17:39)They were recommending great plugins from friends of mine. This is the game we play. This is how we make money, but because it's the word affiliate. Oh my God. What about if it was called revenue share partner agreement? Well, maybe it wouldn't sound so bad, but it's affiliate link. Well, that's the only way we can make money. If I was Astra now I would then turn to give WP and my friends, sorry, friends, but this is what I would say. It's business. Hey, I I'll recommend you in our million plus active installs for $5,000 for the year. Matt: (18:21)Now, Astro has to make that disclaimer, these are sponsored updates. Maybe they say these are sponsored, uh, plugins that work great with Astra. They're also great companies. So find a way to be transparent with that. But it's also another way. I mean, they were making money with it. This is not, this is not illegal to, to have these types of deals in place. Maybe it's illegal not to, uh, display it to you uses, okay, I get it. But they're trying to make money. There's nothing wrong with that. I mean, not in my eyes. What about you? What do you think about that? Matt: (19:08)You know, my friend, maybe he doesn't want me to call him a friend. Maybe he doesn't even want me to loop him into this conversation, but Ben Meredith, Ben Meredith, uh, at Ben, UNC, he tweeted recently every word of this tweet down to the all text on the image remains true more than a year later. It's a shame that this is still allowed in WordPress and he's citing a tweet or he's re tweeting a tweet that he posted last year, April 2nd, 2019. And this tweet reads, I make a bit of site income off of better click to tweet.com. All folks who purchased come from free users of my wordpress.org, hosted plugin after years of hard work, it shows up first in the list. When you search the word tweet, good for Ben, this is his way of ranking. And this is his way of making some site income, presumably paying for his mortgage and his family's needs unless you have Jetpack installed. And he shows an image of when a user has Jetpack installed Jetpack, still hijacks search results page on wordpress.org. Matt: (20:21)So if you were searching for the word tweet, jam pack is going to show you publicize their feature in Jetpack called publicized first, right next to his better click to tweet. This is akin to, you know, your brand or somebody Googling for your brand on Google and you get all those ads above, right? And then somebody's buying against buying an ad against your brand name. And then it becomes like a pay to play thing, but you can't even pay to play in the WordPress repo unless you're Jetpack. You know, and this is like, this is what drives me nuts. It's this sort of double standard of the wild wild West. Is that a thing it's like a double standard, but there's no standards as the wild wild West. And then there's this group of people. God bless them. I'm not saying that the theme review team is bad. Matt: (21:17)In fact, I say, turn it into a real marketplace so that the foundation WordPress foundation makes money. And then they can take that money and support word camps and pay people to volunteer@wordpress.org, pay people to volunteer@wordpress.org. Maybe turn it into a travel fees, paying off you. If you contribute to wordpress.org, we'll buy your flight to work camp Europe or us, you know, when that's a thing anymore, or maybe they can use it as education, right? Uh, all the money collected, uh, will be doled out in some kind of scholarship. And you know, if you've, if you've committed time to wordpress.org, uh, we can buy your books for school. We can buy you an online course. Hey, maybe Matt can leverage some of his, uh, authority in the, in the tech space to, uh, you know, whatever, some of the big online education course where sites are, uh, maybe, uh, I think linda.com or LinkedIn learning, whatever it might be called nowadays, you know, maybe we can sponsor people and then they can get free access to education, right? Matt: (22:36)Something, because it's not fair for, for us to be upset at some, because there are Audrey employees that also, uh, are paid to work on wordpress.org and admin, some of this stuff, but the volunteers, we should not be coming down on them hard again, the gray area of, uh, other folks who are paid, who do sit in the way of some of these decision makings, uh, without any accountability or transparency, those folks should be held accountable. But I say, make money so that we have clear defined lines. We don't need to randomly tell, say, Oh, you're five weeks now out of the game, pay people to review these things. Everyone is happy. Everyone is making money. This is what Shopify does. This is what iTunes does. It makes sense. It makes sense in my eyes. What do you think? What do you think about this whole debacle? Matt: (23:41)Look, if I'm, it's hard to create a product, it's hard to think about a product it's hard to get your first product off the ground. It's hard to monetize that product. It's hard to support that product. It's hard to market that product in the face of the competition. Although foolish people like myself still wake up every day and try to do it because we have a passion for it. Uh, we're sort of masochists in that sense. We liked the pain of doing this stuff, you know, and it's a challenge, but sometimes the, the deck is stacked against you again, in the, in the face of jet pack, everyone thinks like I simply don't like jet pack because it's automatic. It's incorrect. I have absolutely no problem with jet pack monetizing. I have absolutely no problem that jet pack has, you know, three or four plans. Matt: (24:39)I don't even care that jet pack stuffs the, uh, you know, when you install Jetpack and his premium plans, and then it stuffs it down at the bottom and you, and you don't see it anymore. But what I don't, what I don't appreciate is how, you know, people can go against other small product creators, even large product creators. That's unfair that you monetize. I don't want you to pro plan. I don't want your admin notice. Okay. I get it. Those things can get annoying. I don't want your affiliate links. Meanwhile, jet pack is just doing it right out in the open. I mean, go ahead, install a w a WooCommerce site, install a WooCommerce site and tell me when Jetpack stops telling you to install their, their services and then WooCommerce external services as well, all in automatic company. Matt: (25:37)Then when you look back at Ben's tweet and you see that not only are they hijacking the search, which would, I mean, why don't all plugins, do that, all themes, do that. I mean, would it be better if Astra, if you search for, I don't know, contact form and because you had Astro installed it filtered, uh, Ninja forms and, uh, WP forms, right? To the top of the results I use that is that bad Jetpack, does it, you know, maybe, maybe that's a thing. Can we get that as an official guideline that you can, you can do that officially without being wrong. Matt: (26:16)It's a fine balance. I know some people, you know, it's all about the freedom. It's all about the free more so, you know, it's more about the free than the freedom of freedom that a thing they don't like to be paid only be advertised to and only be tracked. I understand a hundred percent get it, but this isn't unique to WordPress. This is what every piece of software does ever. You know, if you have a free service, it's collecting all the data about you and sending that data somewhere or selling that data somewhere, or upselling you to another product or feature affiliate links are not bad. Matt: (26:57)I use affiliate links myself on my YouTube channel and on Maryport to put food on the table, it's the creator, or, you know, the, uh, the developer or the creator or the product owner to make the right decisions on what products they affiliate with. So again, affiliate links, isn't bad. It's the person who's wielding the affiliate link, you know, Apple news. It was just shown. I tweeted this out the other day and sort of a parody of this whole thing when you search, uh, or when I actually don't even think when it happened in New York times anymore, because I think they're actually getting out of Apple news. Uh, but you know, when a publisher publishes content on Apple news, it's loading an Apple news and not even going to the publisher. This is like what Google does with amp. Matt: (27:54)Everyone everywhere is trying to own the experience, which I think is the only thing that WordPress can do to survive is to own the experience. And that's a double edged sword. Isn't it more on that in a future episode? Let me know what you think. This is the second recording I've done of this episode, because the first one I felt like if you thought this episode was harsh, the first episode, I kind of ranted a little too much. I feel like I've dialed it back a little bit here, but I don't know. You let me know. You let me know. It's my report.com airport.com/subscribe. Don't forget to check out the YouTube channel. Let me know what kind of content you want. Now that I've been podcasting a little bit more and getting some great feedback. People are telling me that they like the show. Thanks. Matt: (28:42)Leave me a five star review on iTunes. If you made it this far, uh, we're the highest rated WordPress business entrepreneur podcast on iTunes in the five out of 50 States. Now I'm just kidding. I think we have the highest ratings in the U S anyway, uh, for this particular niche, I love to have more, I would love to bro. I've been saying it for years now. I'm probably probably sick of it. I'm trying to broaden and get out of the WordPress, just the WordPress bubble and bring in more stuff. Hoping I can do that as time moves on, but life comes at you fast, three kids COVID and all this other fun stuff, changing jobs. Matt: (29:18)All right, everybody say thanks to our sponsors, search WP gravity view.co, by the way, 20% of my sponsorship goes to a big orange heart. I'd like to support that, that effort supporting mental health in and around the WordPress space. I only make these, uh, sponsorships available on Twitter at random times. Uh, I don't want to get into having, you know, uh, sponsors locked in all the time. It's, it's probably not good business acumen, but I like to have the randomness. I like to have the sort of lottery opportunity for new people to come in and sponsor the show, but they are available on store.maryport.com. It's a hundred bucks. That's all. 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