WordPress
Best Image Compression Tools for WordPress – Lossless, Lossy, JPEG, and PNG
Today, we’re going to talk about a subject near and dear to my heart, image compression! I’m half-kidding, but there is something oddly satisfying about shaving huge percentages off an image file size without diminishing any quality. The inspiration for this post stemmed from a very popular post in the Beaver Builders Facebook group. I had…
Read MoreGoogle Analytics for Web Designers & Developers
Hey all! Today, I want to introduce my good friend, Andy. Andy has been helping small businesses improve their online presence for over a decade. When I mentioned that we were considering a blog post about metrics and analytics, he jumped at the opportunity to help. This post is a deep dive on Google Analytics…
Read MoreHow to Test and Interpret WordPress Site Performance with Jon Brown — Do Go Chasing Waterfalls
Our friends at WP Engine recently rolled out a beautiful new homepage built with Beaver Builder. We shared a link to the page in the Beaver Builders Facebook Group and a few folks noted that the overall load time of the page was quite high. Our good friend and WordPress developer extraordinaire, Jon Brown, came to the…
Read More4 Best WordPress Contact Form Plugins to use with Beaver Builder
Today, we have a post from our good friend, Syed Balkhi. We met Syed a few years back at a conference and we learned a TON from him about business strategy, blogging, and affiliate programs. Syed is the co-founder of WPForms and this article discusses which contact form is the best for your site. While…
Read MoreFuture of the Web – Gutenberg is Facebook and WordPress is MySpace
Here at Beaver Builder, we’ve been closely following and participating in WordPress’ new editor project, Gutenberg. One of the challenges of building software is you want people using and testing it as early as possible, but the earlier you release something the further away it is from the end vision. I think Gutenberg has suffered a…
Read MorePage Builders in a Gutenberg World
Hey everyone! We’re getting settled back in after an amazing trip to WordCamp US in Nashville. Beaver Builder is a distributed team and it’s always an awesome opportunity seeing the team face-to-face. Matt Mullenweg, the co-founder of WordPress and CEO of Automattic, gave his annual State of the Word speech and Gutenberg, WordPress’ new editor project,…
Read MoreIs WordPress a Good Squarespace Alternative?
In this article, we’re going to be looking at whether WordPress is a good Squarespace alternative. If you’re not sure which option to use for your website, or you’re thinking about moving from Squarespace to WordPress, this article will help you make a decision as to which one is best for you. WordPress and Squarespace:…
Read MoreA Post WordCamp US Update Post
Happy Holidays everyone. Wow! Here we are in December already…again! It’s crazy how fast the time flies. We’ve been bringing a lot of new faces into the fold recently. If it’s your first time here, welcome! If it’s not your first time, you’ve probably noticed I like to start my posts off with a story……
Read More50 Shades of CaboPress – A Tell All Tale
Man oh man! What a whirlwind of a few weeks it’s been. Two weeks ago, Justin and I had the utmost pleasure to attend CaboPress, a “Mastermind” event organized by Chris Lema. To be honest, we had no idea what a Mastermind event was, and we really had no idea what we were getting ourselves into. Regardless,…
Read MoreDo WordPress Page Builders Hurt Your SEO?
TLDR: Content is king! As long as you’re creating great content, we don’t believe that using a Page Builder to create that content will hurt SEO performance. Here’s why… We often get asked if using a Page Builder can hurt your site’s SEO performance. Recently, a very thorough discussion on this subject came up in the Advanced WordPress Facebook Group. While SEO…
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