This Week WordPress News and Updates - 04th Feb 2018

Hello WordPress Lovers,

Here in steemit, I started sharing WordPress News and updates as it is curated from News websites and from various WordPress communities.

WordPress News, Tips and Updates - 04 Feb 2018:

• Liquid Web Has Acquired iThemes

Liquid Web has announced the acquisition of iThemes in an all cash deal that includes the entire iThemes team moving over to Liquid Web as an independent unit, and iThemes products will be included in various Liquid Web offerings.

• Enterprise WordPress Hosting Performance Benchmarks (2018)

The Enterprise testing this year had some fundamental differences from all the other price tiers that needs to be disclosed. These are complex and expensive systems that are normally customized on a per-customer basis by hosting companies. They all offer a much more hands on experience than hosting plans at the other end of the spectrum and charge accordingly. For that reason, the testing criteria are slightly different for the Enterprise tier. This post focuses only on the results of the testing in the Enterprise price bracket for WordPress Hosting.

• How to Build a Million-Dollar WordPress Plugin Business

This is the story of Pippin Williamson and how he started his own company and all the transitions that happened along the way.

• The Content Strategy Secret for Winning With Readers and Google

• UpdraftPlus Acquires Easy Updates Manager Plugin

UpdraftPlus, a popular WordPress backup plugin actively installed on more than 1 million sites has acquired the Easy Updates Manager plugin for an undisclosed amount.

• Be Watchful: PHP And WordPress Functions That Can Make Your Site Insecure

• Best SEO Plugins for WordPress (And Must-Have SEO Tools)

Finding a great host for your WordPress site is sure to speed it up and boost your SEO rankings. However, there’s much more that goes into it, including which keywords you target for product pages and blog posts, how large your image files are, and whether or not your content is readable. That’s why you need a good SEO plugin for WordPress. Otherwise, you’re stuck trying to fight against competition that is most definitely utilizing some of these tools.

• How GIFs Increase Your Plugin’s Conversion Rate in The WordPress.org Repository

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