What’s your PageSpeed Insights score? Is it far from perfect? Is it three points away from 100? Causing you to rack your brain and surf the net incessantly in search of ways to get that sweet, sweet 100/100 score? Some of you in the MH Themes community are developers, so we know you take this score into consideration, even if a little. Some of you,…
This morning I’ve received an email from Envato. It’s an announcement that starting next week Envato will include WordPress products in their annual subscription plan at Envato Elements. This certainly is great news for Envato and a huge upgrade to Elements. However, it also may be seen as a new highlight in the race to the bottom within the WordPress economy. It will be interesting…
Searching for the best mobile friendly WordPress themes can be a difficult task to accomplish given the fact that all WordPress themes should be mobile friendly and responsive in 2017. There is a spectrum, however, which means some themes are more optimized for mobile devices than others. What are the most important features of these themes, and why is using them important? Let’s talk about…
Finding WordPress themes for writers can be difficult. WordPress is a blogging tool and content management system, so all themes (for the most part) are optimized or at least suitable for blogging. However, not all WordPress themes are optimized for writers. That’s because not all writers are bloggers. But what’s the difference between bloggers and writers? Bloggers are content creators who tend to delve into…
With the festive season fast-approaching, people are busy decorating and illuminating their homes in time for the Christmas holidays. So why not prepare your WordPress website for the festive period with some Christmas plugins? Greeting your visitors with festive cheer doesn’t have to cost a cent either. All mentioned plugins for Christmas holiday cheer are available at no charge via the WordPress plugin directory. Some…
I’ve been watching the development of Gutenberg closely since June 2017, it was when I noticed that it’s going to be so much more than just an improved editor. I’ve also been a vocal critic of the Gutenberg introduction since then. This is not because I don’t like the idea behind Gutenberg or because I’m against it. For the record, I actually like Gutenberg in…
Running a news site, a magazine site or a content-heavy blog isn’t easy, and it’s made even more difficult when you consider how unlikely it is for readers to pay to read the content on your site. There are ways to encourage them to do so, but it can be much more efficient to simply display an ad for them to view to ensure your…
All-in-one platforms are all the rage today. They give virtually anyone the power to build their own website without having to worry about which host to choose, which theme / template to use, which third-party applications to implement and more. We’ve seen variations of this in the WordPress community, particular with SaaS companies. Two of the biggest examples are WPMU DEV and Elegant Themes. Both…
Here’s a not-so-radical proposition: You should spend more time on your own website than on social media, if you want to market your brand effectively. There are four primary reasons why that proposition is true, and they’re listed below, but they generally boil down to one truth: What you pay attention to is what grows stronger. If your goal is to generate and capture more…
They’re so popular… but they have a bad reputation among developers. They’re sliders – sometimes referred to as carousels – and while they might seem like a cool way to emphasize and highlight content on your homepage or landing page, you should definitely rethink that assessment. Why? Because sliders simply aren’t as great as most people think they are. One could even say sliders are…
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