Wordpress

TL;DR: I review the best WordPress plugins for two-factor authentication. After almost falling for a scam, it became increasingly important to protect my WordPress sites. Wordfence Security took first place due to its all-in-one security approach and a free 2FA feature. WP 2FA comes second because it enforces 2FA for all website users. My work […]

TL;DR: I review the best WordPress event ticketing plugins for selling tickets online. This happened after I built a high converting lead magnet for a client. They needed to convert the leads into event ticket sales. I researched and found that Sugar Calendar offers the best solution because it offers an event calendar and ticket

Before WordPress, I was an SEO expert. All my work was focused on keywords, backlinks and ranking reports. When AI writing tools first came out, I was the loudest skeptic in the room. I had seen the edition. Robotic, hollow and full of keywords. I told my clients to stay away, and Google agreed with

Last year I helped a local animal shelter launch their first peer-to-peer fundraising campaign in WordPress. The donation form was live, PayPal was connected. Donations came in within the first hour. Then the emails started. “How close are you to your $5,000 goal?” One donor after another wanted to know whether their contribution would make

My Elementor site was beautiful. It was also slow. The CSS and JS files generated by Elementor were huge and I knew they were eating up my crawl budget. So I installed WP Rocket to minimize everything. I read that it is one of the best WordPress caching plugins on the market. That afternoon I

I spent two hours writing a guide that I was proud of. Real research. Clear structure. Good writing. Published it. The traffic came. People dropped out. That surprised me. I went back and read it with fresh eyes, like a first-time visitor would. And there it was. Just a link block at the top. No

Sarah volunteers as the office manager for her church. That Sunday morning, she arrived two hours early to answer three logistical questions: Where do volunteers sign up? Why doesn’t the donation form work on mobile phones? Where are last week’s sermons? The chaos was not intentional. Email signups mixed with spreadsheet tracking mixed with sermon

TL;DR: Social media will not replace your email list. But it is one of the best ways to grow it. Use platforms like Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube to drive traffic to opt-in landing pages, run giveaways, share gated content, and promote lead magnets. Tools like OptinMonster, RafflePress, SeedProd, and Smash Balloon make it easy

My WordPress site looked great on mobile devices. But “mobile-responsive” is not the same as “mobile app.” I watched my course completion rates remain unchanged. Members would log in once and then drift away. No app icon on their home screen or push notifications to lure them back or a native experience to keep them

One of the most common questions I get from small business owners is how to create a professional form without hiring a developer. They want something that looks, functions and feels elegant on their website hernot a copy-paste template that looks exactly like everyone else’s. My answer is always the same: use a drag and