WPBizDev is a membership site aimed at WordPress business owners. They’ve just published a very solid article by Lawrence Ladomery called “Local news publishing – an opportunity for WordPress product businesses?“ Lawrence highlights something we often talk about: almost the…
The Onion has been one of the best newspapers in the USA for many years now. It launched as a print publication in 1988 and moved online in 1996. That means they’ve had a website for nearly 30 years. And…
Every year, the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN) carries out a detailed survey of their members. There’s a lot of ways to dig into this data, but I’d like to highlight this post by Emily Roseman who concentrates on how…
Have you ever seen the words “Reviewed by” next to a blog post? It’s becoming increasingly common for publishers to do this and give credit to more than one person. In this image below you can see the main author…
Here at KinshiPress, I write about the importance of building a human connection with your site’s readers. There’s no better way to do that than to showcase the authors on your website. When you’re using real people to create content,…
Poynter has a very good write-up of the challenges facing three new publishers. All three of the publishers are on WordPress. That wasn’t on purpose – it’s just that almost all new publishers use WordPress. Here are three publishers featured…
Google’s E-E-A-T framework, which stands for Expertise, Experience, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness, plays a pivotal role in how Google’s search team assesses the quality and credibility of content on websites. For WordPress sites, understanding and implementing E-E-A-T principles can significantly impact…
CivicPress is aiming to bring the Gutenberg block editor to the US government. CivicPress was built by the team at Lone Rock Point, an agency in Boston. This is a Full Site Editing theme and is built according to the…
Over the last couple of years, we’ve seen several interesting new publishers who have launched with the help of Lede. Lede is an offshoot from a WordPress agency called Alley Interactive. They aim to be both a platform and a…
About four years ago, I wrote about The 19th. I came across their work because they’re a PublishPress customer. One thing about the 19th that’s particularly interesting for WordPress users is their overlap with open-source ideas.