WordPress

First major update to WordPress of 2022: WordPress 5.9

WordPress 5.9 was released earlier this week, and it is the first major release of 2022.

Chris Grant (he/him) 27th January 2022 1:39 pm

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Disability Confidence Celebrated

We are proud to be Disability Confident at O’Brien Media. Throughout January and February, we’ll be supporting the Disability Confident campaign. In this time of year, many employers

Dylan Fernandez 25th January 2022 9:22 pm

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SEO

How Search Engine Results are Calculated

We’ve all used Google. We’re used to typing in a simple word or phrase and getting millions of results across thousands of pages. We even have a name

Dylan Fernandez 25th January 2022 7:58 pm

WordPress

WordPress in 2022: Top reasons to use it

We often hear this question from users: Why should I use WordPress? My site is already great, why should I switch? Compared with another platform, why should I

Dylan Fernandez 21st January 2022 12:59 pm

Ecommerce latest news

Ecommerce Conversions Boosted with Buy Now, Pay Later

Your product pages are conversion-optimized, and your checkout process is easy. Yet, your e-commerce conversion rate hovers around 2% to 3% — and that’s considered a good one.

Dylan Fernandez 21st January 2022 12:14 pm

Google Indexing Rates on the Rise – What It Means for Your Website's SEO

Find out the latest news from Google

The UK is becoming an increasingly important market for Google

Google has been established in the UK for almost two decades. The company has more than 6,400 employees and hired almost 700 people last year. Additionally, Google strengthened

Dylan Fernandez 21st January 2022 11:57 am

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Ecommerce latest news

Growing fashion & lifestyle brands’ revenue with D2C

Let’s talk about the key considerations for brands looking to sell direct to consumers, and the benefits of a platform approach. We’ll discuss; Key retail channels, and seller

Dylan Fernandez 6th January 2022 2:10 pm

WooCommerce

New requirement for WooCommerce 6.5: PHP 7.2+

It’s been a while since WooCommerce bumped the minimum PHP version of WooCommerce to 7.0, and the WooCommerce team believes that now is about time for a new bump. Starting with version 6.5, scheduled for release in May 2022, WooCommerce will require PHP 7.2 or newer to work.

Chris Grant (he/him) 5th January 2022 4:57 pm