Last week, I started jumping back into the rabbit hole of researching web hosts. It began with an observation… Some of my clients have been mentioning that their WordPress admin panels have felt…. sluggish. It comes and goes, but… the clients with membership sites running a lot of plugins have more issues with load time….
FluentCommunity is a faster, more streamlined alternative to BuddyBoss. But, converting a BuddyBoss site to FluentCommunity involves some changes. Here’s how it works…
Before we dive into this week’s issue, may I ask a quick favor? 🙏 I’m actually building a standalone site for The WP Edge… and one of the things I’d like is some additional reviews of this newsletter by you – the readers. I actually get a fairly steady stream of testimonials from folks in…
So, last week, an interesting topic arose yet again. It was in a Facebook thread about FluentCart… and a guy who made a comment that one of the reasons he likes a self-hosted shopping cart is the privacy. Adam, the co-founder of SureCart, said there is no privacy from self-hosting your cart because connecting your…
When you hit that button to connect your self-hosted WordPress store to Stripe, are you unknowingly exposing your transactions to a third party? I was skeptical, so I researched it myself. Here’s what I found.
Discover the critical differences between GPL and nulled WordPress plugins… and how to spot if you may be running nulled plugins without being aware.
Hello there…. and welcome to a new week. We’re all going to make the most of it, right? 😇 It just dawned on me that we’re already 2 weeks into Q4. This year has FLOWN by. But, also a reminder that we’re well into the last quarter of 2025. What we do in the next…
Is BuddyBoss worth using today? Not only that, because of the performance issues that many see with BuddyBoss, many end up looking into Rapyd Cloud hosting. But, is Rapyd worth the price? As part of running a LOT of websites in the Concierge program, I deal with several BuddyBoss sites. I also a lot of…
You know you’re getting old (and need to exercise) when you do yard work over the weekend and… you’re sore. 😜 And yes, as I sit here in this chair, I feel like I just worked out. Yet, all I did was work on catch-up yardwork over the weekend. I guess it gives me an…
Well, hello from sunny Florida once again. 😎 My family and I got back from the UK Saturday night. Yesterday was a catch-up day on domestic tasks and…. sleep. Also, I still find myself waking up a little early. I was ready to roll this morning at 4:30AM. 🤪 We really enjoyed our trip in…