StudioPress Review 2021: A Look at the Genesis Framework and its Features

StudioPress is a key cornerstone company among the WordPress community. It was founded in 2007 by then-novice developer Brian Gardner, who released the Genesis framework three years later. Before the emergence of page builders, Genesis, paired with its fully-designed child themes, offered one of the easiest ways to build a WordPress site. It also gave developers a starting point as a framework theme, allowing them…

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WP Engine Review: A Look at a Prominent Managed WordPress Host

WP Engine is a powerful managed WordPress host that offers cloud computing for scalable hosting environments and enough tools and flexibility for developers to play around with. As their name suggests, WP Engine is entirely optimized for WordPress. Let’s take a look at everything they have to offer WordPress users and how their services measure up to similar hosts. WP Engine Hosting Review: Pricing, Performance,…

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Flywheel Hosting Review: Managed WordPress Hosting for Web Designers

Managed WordPress hosting is tempting. After so many years of low-quality shared hosts reigning supreme within the WordPress industry, more and more quality hosts have stepped up to the plate to offer better hosting solutions for WordPress. Flywheel is one such host. They promise quality cloud hosting with WordPress-specific features at an affordable price. In this post, we examine everything Flywheel has to offer for…

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RAIDBOXES Hosting Review: Managed WordPress Hosting for Europe

Managed WordPress hosting is definitely the way to go when it comes to running a WordPress site. Shared hosts may be cheaper, but they’re plagued with performance issues, vulnerable server infrastructures and websites you’re in charge of securing yourself as well as an overall lack of quality support. These are the issues managed WordPress hosts set out to solve, and RAIDBOXES is no different. They’ve…

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Bluehost Review: Is it the Best Option in WordPress Hosting?

Bluehost is a prominent web hosting company most notable for their cheap shared hosting plans. They’ve been WordPress’ most recommended host since 2005. This recommendation has led to the perfection and optimization of their WordPress services over the years despite also supporting other content management systems. In this post, we review Bluehost’s pricing and services in terms of what they have to offer for WordPress…

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5 Reasons for Self-Hosting Your WordPress Website or Blog

When you’re just starting out running your first personal blog or website, many of the big questions get left unanswered; unresolved. One of the big questions for bloggers is “Where to host my WordPress blog? Self-hosting or (free) hosting at WordPress.com?” Technically, there are hundreds of free hosting solutions out there, but you rarely see people advise for a free option. Going self-hosted with your WordPress…

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9 Steps for Safely Switching Hosting Services Without Downtime

Choosing the right hosting company for your website is a crucial decision. Unfortunately, sometimes a web hosting service becomes worse or does no longer meet the needs and requirements of your growing website. In such cases, the best decision you can make is to switch the hosting company. However, switching from one web hosting company to another has its risks. Usually one of the biggest…

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MH Themes & WordPress 5.0 (Gutenberg Editor)

If you’re following the recent developments in the WordPress community, you may have heard already that WordPress 5.0 is coming out December 6th. This new version of WordPress will be very different to previous releases in recent years as it includes the new Gutenberg editor, which will significantly change how WordPress works and is used for content creation / content management. While Gutenberg has been…

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