Data Says: Is Building a Community Around Your WordPress Site Worth the Effort?
In this part, I want to return to the main question I started off with at the very beginning when I approached CodeinWP about writing this series of reports:
(read more)10+ Best Fashion Themes for WordPress in 2024
Fashion is one of the most popular topics among people overall. Maybe only weather beats it. Or gossip. Nevertheless, this is something WordPress designers understand very well, and that's why we have so many interesting WordPress themes tailor-made for fashion blogs and magazines specifically.
(read more)5 Best Custom Post Types Plugins for WordPress Compared
With custom post types, you can turn your standard WordPress website into a fully-fledged content management system. On top of that, custom post types will also enable you to introduce some uniqueness on your site, and help it stand out from all the others.
(read more)10 Best Cheap WordPress Themes for 2023
There are lots of great premium WordPress themes out there, but who says a theme is defined by its price? I’ve seen plenty of cheap themes that simply made me fall in love with their design. So, if you don’t want to spend a lot of money on an expensive theme, but it also doesn’t sound like a good idea to use a free one – there are lots of in-between options on the market.
(read more)Free Images for Blogs – How to Get Them & Use Them Effectively (Warning! Non-Obvious Advice, Data-Backed)
They say that blog posts with images get around 94 percent more views than those without them. Yeah, alright, but are those “just numbers”? I mean, is there any particular reason why images work that well on WordPress blogs, or do we just like to look at them … with no further explanation needed?
(read more)15+ Best Travel WordPress Themes of 2023 (Optimized and Beautiful)
Why travel WordPress themes? Well, “travel” is one of the biggest markets out there. In fact, the travel industry accounts for 10% of all employment in the world. Again, that’s all employment (roughly 277 million jobs)! That’s why the competition in this field is very high too, and every travel agency needs to get their customers’ attention somehow. Having a catchy and intuitive website can be the key to your growth.
(read more)10+ Best Minimalist WordPress Themes in 2023
Why minimalist WordPress themes? Well, even in the era of all those fancy new things and all-in-one themes, minimalism is still something that, when done right, can bring results in virtually any niche.
(read more)Step by Step: How to Build a Community Around Your WordPress Site
In the spirit of the many transparency reports we read here at CodeinWP, in this part, I want to share the step-by-step process I am using to build my community over at forum.billbelew.com (around my WordPress site at BillBelew.com).
(read more)10+ Best Video WordPress Themes for 2023
If you want to launch a website that’s meant to house videos as its main content type – made by you or collected from somewhere else – WordPress is surely capable of making that happen.
(read more)OptinMonster vs LeadPages vs Sumo vs Thrive Leads
What's the average optin rate you get on your WordPress site/blog? If you're using only basic forms in the sidebar, it's probably something in the 0.5% range (or less). Meaning, for every 200 visitors to your site, only *1* ends up subscribing to your email list.
(read more)8 Best Contact Form Plugins for WordPress Compared (2024)
For years we've been using Contact Form 7, and not even thinking twice about trying other solutions. But is it possible that the development in the contact form realm has stopped entirely? Is Contact Form 7 the end-all, be-all of contact forms for WordPress? Of course not! So today, we're looking into the top contact form plugins for WordPress.
(read more)Can a Community Built Around Your WordPress Site Improve SEO?
Have you ever asked yourself, “How hard is it to get an army of people to create good content for me at my WordPress site?”
(read more)20+ Best Portfolio WordPress Themes to Make Your Site Shine
If you do anything business-related online, or anything creative, or “artsy,” you need yourself a nice portfolio! Better yet, a quality portfolio WordPress theme that will give your work its unique appearance and this eye-catching feel that you need.
(read more)WordPress Stats: Your Ultimate List of WordPress Statistics (Data, Studies, Facts – Even the Little-Known)
Okay, so you’re writing a post/article or creating some other piece of content around WordPress, but you want for what you’re saying to pack a stronger punch … to resonate with the reader better.
(read more)PayPal vs Stripe vs Authorize.net vs Amazon Payments – Which Is Best for a WordPress Site
These days, practically anyone can run an online business – all that you need, really, is a website. And, with the rise of the user-friendly WordPress CMS and simple-but-powerful shopping cart functionality courtesy of WooCommerce, even non-technical individuals can put together an aesthetically pleasing, fully functional website. It won’t cost you an arm and a leg, either – the WooCommerce and WordPress core are free to use, and there’s plenty of affordable hosting and domain providers out there.
(read more)15+ Free WordPress Business Themes for 2024 (Responsive, Corporate)
When you’re starting a new business, you need to pay attention to the smallest of details. And one of such is a good-looking and well-optimized website that can help you market your business and build your brand.
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