Jean Galea
Jean Galea is a WordPress developer, entrepreneur and padel player. He is the founder of WP Mayor, the plugins WP RSS Aggregator and EDD Bookings, as well as the Mastermind.fm podcast. His personal blog can be found at jeangalea.com.
Toolset – The Ultimate WordPress No-Code Builder Toolbox?
Build complete WordPress sites without coding. Is that really possible? The Toolset plugins from OnTheGoSystems promise that yes, it is possible. We have a special 20% discount for our readers too.
Learning Object-Oriented Programming using WordPress
One of the biggest criticisms aimed at WordPress and many of the developers within our ecosystem is the overuse of procedural coding and lack of proper object-oriented coding principles.
It’s a topic that’s been discussed over and over, including an episode on the Mastermind.fm show. In fact, Carl Alexander, one of the major OOP evangelists in the WP world, was on that show. The great news is that he has just released a course about object-oriented programming in WordPress.
Best WooCommerce Extension Plugin Stores
In this post, I’ll show you some of my favorite third-party extension developers. While there are many sellers of WooCommerce extensions, it is very important to get your WooCommerce plugins from reputable companies who develop with good coding practices and provide quality support and updates. You don’t want your online store (that’s hopefully making you good money) to rely on copycat plugins or shoddily built ones. When you have any doubts or need quick help, you want companies that will feel responsible for your site’s wellbeing and offer help when needed.
Should International SEO Be Part of Your Growth Strategy?
In an increasingly globalised world, many businesses are waking up to the fact that there is a bigger world out there and many other markets that they can grow into. Of course, the biggest problem is how to cross the cultural and language barriers and reach those people in other markets.
How to AutoPost from WordPress to Facebook in 2018
Earlier this year Facebook introduced some changes to their API which broke autopost features in many plugins include Jetpack. Many users were up in arms against these changes as they could no longer post to their personal Facebook profiles or Facebook groups.
However, there is still a solution that works perfectly fine.
How Will Gutenberg Affect WordPress Page Builders?
Gutenberg has gotten off to a very shaky start, but it seems like it’s here to stay. Hopefully, all the kinks will be ironed out over time. The next question to consider is how it will affect WordPress page builders, such as the following popular ones: Elementor Beaver Builder Visual Composer Divi Like it or not, the fact is that Gutenberg will have fast adoption through the practice of forcing it on WordPress users. This will probably put the page builders in a tough spot unless they adopt and morph into something else. What role do you think the popular…
Best Resources for Learning WordPress SEO in 2018
SEO is a very interesting topic that every website owner should be well versed in. Here are my top resources for learning how to rank your business.
Gutenberg Failing Hard – Should We Be Worried?
The latest big innovation to come to WordPress, Gutenberg, appears to be failing hard, at least judging by user reception and reviews on the plugin’s profile on WordPress.org. The Gutenberg project has been heavily criticised ever since it was announced by Matt Mullenweg a few years back. The biggest concerns have been about the way that feedback from developers and users was handled (mostly apparently ignored), whether this should have been the focus of the core development team versus other features, and how it will affect themes and existing websites.
Best Ad Management Plugins for WordPress
Placing ads strategically and effectively on a WordPress site requires effective management of the ads. Ad plugins for WordPress handle these management activities. Some WordPress themes provide ad management, but if you need more functionality, or your theme doesn’t have ad management features, consider an Ad Manager plugin. These plugins offer varying degrees of functionality Many of them allow you to display affiliate banners, sell advertising space, run Google AdSense, rotate ads, etc.
How 16 Companies are Dominating the Google Results, Even in the WordPress Space
Earlier this week I came across an article on SEO blog Viperchill about how 16 companies are dominating the world’s Google search results. I found it quite eye-opening as well as a bit disconcerting. Brands/websites that most of us think as separate are actually owned by the same parent company and are not really offering us totally separate opinions. Apart from that, they can interlink between them in order to dominate the search results.
