Category: Best Plugins

The Best WordPress Drag & Drop Visual Page Builders

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If you’ve spent any time with the WordPress trying to make your website look beautiful, you know how hard it can be!

The truth is, the old core of the WordPress content management system (the classic editor) was outdated.  It was really more like a word processor for the web.  That is precisely the reason why Automattic (the company behind WordPress) has been pouring their efforts into their next gen editor, Gutenberg, which is now the default editor in WordPress.

While Gutenberg can be done right, for the average WordPress site admin, it can still be very cumbersome to design an smooth, elegant website.

Fortunately, there are a plethora of visual page builder plugins available for WordPress. Continue reading The Best WordPress Drag & Drop Visual Page Builders

Recommended WordPress Tools & Resources

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The WordPress ecosystem of tools is huge!  That’s one of the biggest reasons most people go with WordPress.

But, do you find yourself feeling lost at sea with too many options to choose from?

In this post, I’m bringing together some of my favorite tools and resource that complement my WordPress websites (and would help yours too).

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Do Too Many WordPress Plugins Really Slow Down Your Website?

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I’ve heard it over and over… “Too many plugins will slow down your website.”  I’ve heard it in conference presentations, networking events, podcasts, blogs, YouTube videos, and even my old boss.  But, is it really true?

I’m a professional WordPress developer and have written several of my own plugins, so I have something to add to the conversation.

Honestly, it really bugs me when people ignorantly demonize plugins as the culprit of all their WordPress website problems… as if the number of plugins is slowing down their website.

In this article, let’s look at the facts around the topic of WordPress plugins slowing down your website.

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