The Author

Colin Newcomer

Colin has been using WordPress for over a decade and is on a quest to test all 60,000+ plugins at WordPress.org. He has been a Writer and Product Review Expert for WP Mayor since 2017, testing well over 150 products and services throughout that time.

Articles written by Colin Newcomer

How to create a WooCommerce Photography site

How To Create A WooCommerce Photography Site To Sell Photos Online

Looking for a way to sell photos online? A WooCommerce photography site might be just the ticket – and it’ll be a lot cheaper than something like Shopify!

With the method that I’m about to show you, you’ll be able to create a shoppable gallery to sell downloadable photos publicly to anyone who visits your site and give individual clients their own private sections where they can go through and shop their own photo sets.

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WP Speed Of Light Review: It Made My Test Site 48% Faster!

People always tell you that you need your WordPress site to load fast. But…how do you actually make your WordPress site load fast? When you see those big lists of “75+ ways to speed up WordPress”, it’s easy to feel like WordPress performance is too complicated for you.

WP Speed Of Light is a plugin that tries to simplify WordPress performance by giving you an all-in-one solution to speed up your site. It’s simple enough for a total beginner to use, while still giving more advanced users detailed options.

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Oxygen 2.0 Review: A True Visual WordPress Website Builder

Looking for a more flexible way to build your next WordPress website? Oxygen, a visual WordPress website builder that we previously reviewed back in 2017, is about to release Oxygen 2.0.

Oxygen 2.0 completely eliminates your WordPress theme from the equation, instead offering up a powerful drag-and-drop visual builder and templating system to let you visually design every single aspect of your WordPress site.

Host Your Own Restaurant Ordering System With WordPress And WooCommerce

Want to create your very own restaurant ordering system using WordPress? Those third-party ordering systems sure are convenient, but they usually take a hefty chunk of your sales – and that sucks!

With WordPress and WooCommerce, you can create your own fully-functioning restaurant ordering system where you get to keep all the money. No more third-parties eating up your margins!

Complete Guide: How To Create A WooCommerce Wholesale Order Form

Struggling with how to create a WooCommerce wholesale order form for your store? The normal WooCommerce product pages are good for a lot of things – but wholesale ordering isn’t really one of them.

In this post, I’ll show you how to create a WooCommerce wholesale order form.Β Plus, this method also gives you the flexibility to customize things even further to match your unique needs.

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Ad Inserter Review: The Best WordPress Ad Management Plugin?

If you like making money from your WordPress site, you probably display some type of ads. And if you display ads on your WordPress site, an ad management plugin can make your life a lot simpler (and give you extra functionality that you wouldn’t be able to do manually).

When it comes to ad management plugins, Ad Inserter is, by the numbers, the most popular option at WordPress.org with over 100,000 active installs and 542 5-star reviews.

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How to Create a WooCommerce Secret Sale: 3 Methods

Learn a few different methods for how to create a WooCommerce secret sale. You can either create private or password-protected categories for your sale products or make your entire WooCommerce store private. Here’s how!

How to Create a Table of Affiliate Products with WooCommerce,

How to Create a Table of Affiliate Products with WooCommerce

If there’s one feature that you’ll find on nearly every single affiliate website, it’s a product comparison table. Seriously – I think a requirement for joining the Amazon Associates affiliate program is that you be able to create product comparison tables – they’re that common.

But despite their ubiquity, most people still laboriously create their product tables using page builders, custom HTML, or an Excel-like table plugin like TablePress.

In this article, I’m going to show you an alternative solution that’s a great option if you’re running an affiliate website powered by WooCommerce.

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