The Author

Jean Galea

Jean Galea is an investor, entrepreneur, and blogger. He is the founder of WP Mayor, the plugins WP RSS Aggregator and Spotlight, as well as the Mastermind.fm podcast. His personal blog can be found at jeangalea.com.

Articles written by Jean Galea

How to Become an Influencer in a Niche With Minimal Effort

Becoming an influencer in a new niche can take considerable time if you go the traditional route of starting a blog/social media account/podcast and start producing content slowly about the topic of choice.

I like to accelerate that process by using the WordPress plugin WP RSS Aggregator. This plugin allows you to pull in content from other websites and social media. Basically, any web platform that outputs an RSS feed.

Best Contact Form Plugins for WordPress gravity forms

The 5 Best Contact Form Plugins for WordPress

Contact forms are essential on pretty much any website. The best contact form plugin for you will look different than someone else’s ideal pick based on your needs and budget. With plenty of paid and free options to choose from, your perfect solution may be on this list!

Money

How to Invest Your WordPress Business Profits

In this post I’d like to talk about money, specifically the profits you make from your WordPress business. I don’t really care what type of business you have, whether you’re a freelancer, agency, plugin or theme seller, SAAS owner, etc.

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

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

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.

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