Running an eCommerce website as a small business owner is tricky. For instance, your available budget might be lower than a large corporation. This means
If you run an eCommerce store then Receiptful could be just the tool you need to make sure you are maximizing your profits. Receiptful has
Of the twenty web performance experts who KeyCDN interviewed, nine said that image optimization was their number one priority or focus. With results like that, it’s easy to see why KeyCDN decided to create the Optimus plugin.
Picture this…You’ve got a WordPress multisite install with tens, or hundreds, of sites. You want to publish content to each site – maybe a site wide announcement, a sale, or a product update. How do you do it? Copy and paste the same post to every site? I think that sounds like a ton of work. ThreeWP Broadcast from Plainview Plugins makes that process a heckuva lot easier.
Want a smarter way to generate revenue from your content? Drizzle aims to shake up the world of ad blockers and paywalled content by offering website owners an easy way to charge readers with micropayments.
A tiny “Chat with us” or “Send a message” button goes a long way in establishing you as a retailer/provider who is proactive about customer
If you are struggling with the remote management of the WordPress websites, then you are indeed missing out on something. If you have to manage multiple WordPress sites spending hours at updating themes and plugins, scheduling backups, running security scans, etc. then, ManageWP is an excellent solution for all that and more.
Web components like tables, charts, and forms can be critical for many but not so important for others. Talking about tables, in particular, they can
BoldGrid is a WordPress based website builder aiming to compete with the likes of Squarespace and Wix. It tries to handle the whole design process from start to finish, enabling even novice site owners to create fully-featured designs.
Jetpack is an extremely popular plugin and one that is frequently discussed amongst WordPress users. But what exactly is Jetpack and why should you be using it in 2016?
The Internet has given every business and individual the chance to reach a global audience. But…language hasn’t quite caught up. Until we launch the unified galactic alliance and adopt one interstellar language, we’re stuck being unable to easily communicate with each other.
MaxButtons gives you incredible control over all aspects of buttons. You can create your own or choose from pre-designed buttons. Then easily add them to your WordPress site. If you’re a dev or designer, you can easily export all the buttons you create to use on other sites.
Long before the invention of email, businesses of all sizes used paper for every workflow process they had. For instance, applications, annual reviews, and purchase
I think we’ve all been there: You want to comment about a video in someone’s blog post…but it’s a long video and people won’t have
Want to get more social shares, build an email list, or even generate revenue from your best content? It’s all possible using smartly placed content
Your restaurant needs a good website. Sure, local advertising and customers spreading the word to their family and friends help. But let’s be honest, you
When I got the call to review Meta Box, I was quite happy because the plugin author, Tran Ngoc Tuan Anh, is Vietnamese. If you
We’ve all heard about Visual Composer, right? No? Neither have I. Just kidding. To be fair, I’ve never used Visual Composer on a personal project.
Offering paid membership content is an excellent way to generate revenue from your WordPress site. Unfortunately, in its out-of-the-box configuration, WordPress doesn’t have very many
Wouldn’t it be great to stay in touch with your visitors even when they’re on someone else’s website? To let them know when you publish
Here’s the deal: Not everyone responds well to text. In fact, lots of people actually prefer to see things visually. So if you have some
wpDataTables is a premium WordPress plugin that allows you to create interactive tables, charts, and graphs. It’s one of the most popular and best-made plugins
Digital Signage Press is the first digital signage WordPress plugin. It was developed using HTML5 and works as a plugin and a theme, essentially allowing
Drag and drop is now one of the biggest things in website development. The concept of easily changing your website’s layout with nothing more than
InTrigger is a free plugin designed to help you capture more subscribers for your mailing list without using popup forms to do so. InTrigger works
Are you one of those folks who employ a lot of writers/contributors to your WordPress site? Do you spend much of your time communicating with your
Videe.TV is a video monetization service by Verta Media which works alongside a free WordPress plugin to allow you to monetize videos embedded on your
Amazon Affiliate for WordPress ( AAWP ) is a plugin which allows you to pull Amazon product information into your WordPress website and monetize it
Running a business requires that you stay organized. Regardless of the industry that you are in, if you fail to organize, you will run out
CleanTalk is a cloud-based solution for preventing spam on your WordPress based website, I have talked about using this plugin before here on WPLift. Since
Cache Enabler is a lightweight caching plugin for WordPress that makes your website faster by generating static HTML files plus it is one of the
MapSVG is a WordPress plugin which allows you to create interactive and customizable maps, floorplans, infographics, diagrams and any other type of interactive graphic using
Instagram Journal is a WordPress plugin that displays custom Instagram feeds in various ways. Creating galleries is effortless, so effortless you’ll never need to use
Image Recycle is a an automatic image and PDF compression service which can reduce the size of these types of files while keeping the quality
Envira Gallery is a gallery plugin for WordPress which is available as a free and also a premium version. The free version has been downloaded
ConvertPlug is a WordPress plugin designed to help you collect website visitors email addresses and add them to your mailing list. You can use it
ProfilePress is a short-code based Form building plugin which will allow you to create user registration, login and profile pages which will enable you to
Page Builder Sandwich is a new light-weight and free landing page plugin for WordPress. It is designed to work with any WordPress theme and has
Last week we published a list of the best Social Sharing plugins for WordPress, which generated quite a bit of discussion ( and social shares!
The popularity of the freemium model for pricing software and services is showing no signs of slowing down. WordPress plugins are just one example of
If you are looking for inspiration for the pricing model of your next product, or you just want to know which plugins you can start
Today we are going to take a look at the Supsystic Popup plugin for WordPress. This is a powerful tool that all website owners will
Do you need to display data from a range of sources on your website in a more visual format? If so, the wpDataTables plugin could
Smart Slider 3 is a new plugin for WordPress which is designed to let you create animated sliders using a visual editor interface. It has
If you need to publish the details of events on your WordPress website then the plugin we’re going to be looking at today could be
One thing we know by now is that using Social Proof on your website is a great way to encourage new visitors to take an
Today we are looking at a plugin named AmpedSense, which is a plugin for displaying Adsense ads by Google on your WordPress website. As well
Embedly is a free service designed to help make it easy to embed many different types of content into your website via the use of
If you are looking for a way to display your Instgram photos using a WordPress Instagram Widget then the InstaShow plugin created by Elfsight could
WP Table Manager is a WordPress plugin for creating different types of tables within a spreadsheet-like interface – you can enter your data into the
Today we are looking at a brand new form building plugin for WordPress, named CaptainForm it is currently in beta testing phase before the official
Making a copy of a WordPress website, and then installing it at another location might sound like a complicated task. However, this isn’t the case
Today we’re going to be looking at a plugin that will let you embed an interactive map of the USA into your WordPress sites. Showing
Spam used to be a real problem here on WPLift, Akismet is a good service but I found that it just wasn’t doing it’s job
MobiAd is a mobile advertising platform which you can use on your site to monetise mobile traffic by displaying banner ads, interstitials, and native ads
Today I’m looking at a plugin which allows you to create great looking responsive grid galleries within WordPress. One of the main features of this
I noticed the other day that a new social networking plugin had launched for WordPress, named Peepso and created by the people behind the number
MainWP is a WordPress site management tool which came to my attention recently, it works similarly to sites like ManageWP and InfiniteWP in that it
Widgets have long been a feature of WordPress with a number of default widgets being bundled, they are a great way to give the user
If you are selling services or products online with different levels of features then a pricing grid is an essential piece of your marketing website,
WP Video Robot is a premium plugin for WordPress that adds automated video importing to your website and will work with any WordPress theme. By
There has been a lot of talk lately about WordPress page builders competitors such as Squarespace and Wix with both of those sites seeing huge
Divi is the flag-ship multipurpose theme from ElegantThemes which includes their Divi Builder and many pre-made layouts for you to choose from. It is designed
Inbox is a new product created by Zendesk, it allows multiple members of your company to manage emails together using a shared interface. You can
inSite is a service and plugin for WordPress that gives your website the ability to change itself, or perform an action, depending on when and
Today we are going to be taking a look at a unique take on providing WordPress themes, named CloudPress, it is an app which lets
MotoPress is a drag and drop content editing plugin that we reviewed favorably in the past here on WPLift, its a very well made plugin
If you want to display different sets of content on your website, to different segments of your visitors based on their location, then a geotargeting
Classified advert sites have been around since the dawn of the internet, sites like CraigsList and Gumtree allow users to post items for sale in
If you run a service or sell a product then providing support is an essential part of doing your business online, inevitably you will acquire
If you want to find out more about what your visitors are doing after they’ve arrived at your website, PT Engine is a service you
If you want to increase the number of your visitors that sign up to your newsletter or email list, getting creative with how you display
If you are launching a new product or service then building up a pre-launch mailing list is one of the best ways to generate some
Social Streams is a free plugin for WordPress that will allow you to display the latest tweets and instagram photos on your website based around
If you are running an eCommerce store built using WordPress and the WooCommerce or WP eCommerce plugin, or you are looking for a platform for
Since the various Google Panda updates hit, a greater importance has been placed on on-site SEO. Sites with bad internal link structures were smacked, that
January is the time for New Year’s resolutions to start and the main one for most people is to lose a little weight after the
Now that December has arrived we can start getting prepared for Christmas time, we have been buying our presents and our decorations will be going
The Oasis Workflow plugin has been created to help you automate your WordPress editorial workflow. If you are looking to simplify and automate your publication
I have been co-founder of two companies which ship physical products sold online, in doing so I tried out a few different open source systems
Optin Ninja is a tool for WordPress that allows you to create high converting landing or squeeze pages for your website, in order to grow
Today we are looking at a relatively new email and SMS marketing service called SendinBlue. This service was launched in 2012 and aims to compete
A lot of product or business themes these days bundle in the ability to create pricing tables that you can use to create a listing
As you may know, spam became a big problem here on WPLift – I used to leave comments open on all articles and let Akismet
If you wish to allow user registration and login on your WordPress website you will quickly find that the default system which ships with WordPress
Using a popup plugin on your WordPress website is a proven way to bring attention to your mailing list, social networks or other action you
I have been searching around lately for good plugins to add videos to WordPress as I am in the process of building a video section
In this post, we will be taking a look at two popular WordPress optimization plugins to see how they compare against each other when it
If you have a large amount of content on your site which you need to provide access to in your main navigation menu, this can
If you review products or services on your WordPress site then using a plugin to handle the scores which outputs rich snippets for the search
We all know that having a contact form on your site is essential for most types of website and there are a number of free
Adding videos to your WordPress website is a great way to increase value for site visitors and get them more active on your site (
If you run a WordPress website which allows member logins such as a forum or BuddyPress site, membership site and so on, then you will
If you’ve ever wondered which text or other page elements on your website is the most effective at persuading your visitors to complete a certain
Adding a “Like” button to your WordPress site is a simple and easy way to gain feedback on posts, images and other types of content
WP Auction Software is a premium plugin from WPEka that has been designed to add auction sale functionality to WordPress. The plugin contains everything that
WordPress is perfect for running your business website, it’s open source nature and huge collection of themes and plugins mean its now cheaper than ever
Out of the box, the default WordPress search just provides results based on the content & title of a post. This is usually ok for
If you run any kind of website with a physical presence then embedding a Google map on your site is a great way to allow
OptinLinks is an email sign up form plugin for WordPress. However it’s one with a difference and it works unlike the majority of popup optin
Today we have another review of a front-end page editing plugin. This plugin is created by the folks at Shindiri Studio, a Serbian based company
WordPress Social Sharing Optimization is a plugin that aims to help you increase the click through rate of your social shares, which in turn results
Podcasting can be a great way to grow your audience, thanks to the additional way in which new listeners can find your content. It can
The WordPress eCommerce plugin market is currently very well served by the likes of WooCommerce, JigoShop and WP e-Commerce but the area is big business
There are lots of Drag and Drop content editing plugins being released lately as people are wanting more control over how their sites look without
Velocity Page is a newly released WordPress plugin that allows you to build page layouts and edit the content of those pages through the frontend
bbPress is an amazing free plugin which uses the power of WordPress to run a discussion forum. Activating the plugin uses built-in WordPress functionality like
If you are using a responsive theme it is essential that you make sure that the navigation works correctly on all devices – it should
I’m currently rebuilding my theme shop ( ThemeFurnace ) and have been looking at WordPress based help desk solutions which I can use for customer
If you are a content producer and would like to generate more viral interest in your product then using a content locker is one way
wpDataTables is a plugin for WordPress that allows you to create tables, charts and graphs for your posts and pages either by uploading a file
There are a ridiculous amount of WordPress business themes available with most features you will ever need built-in. However, if you decide to go the
If you need the ability to allow customers to specify a delivery date or time when ordering from your WooCommerce or WP e-Commerce powered online
The Startup Design Framework is advertised as a tool primarily aimed at start-ups who are looking to build a better website for their organisation or
If you find yourself constantly drawn to Google and doing searches to try and find where your site is ranked in its results pages, then
We recently looked at the CoSchedule service and plugin which is a content scheduling tool for WordPress. As well as its article scheduling features, the
bizXpress describes itself as a business-building service that aims to ‘take you from struggling webmaster or blogger to successful entrepreneur earning a sustainable income from
CoSchedule allows you to add a drag and drop editorial calendar to your WordPress site for scheduling content. When posts are added to the calendar,
Flowplayer markets itself as ‘the video player for the web’ and it’s a service designed for managing self-hosted videos. If you don’t want to hand
WordPress has well and truly surpassed its origins as a blogging platform. Although still the option of choice for many bloggers, the range of different
Even though Google unceremoniously dropped their support for RSS, via the discontinuation of their well-loved, if not well-used (enough) Google Reader service, there is still
There are a lot of photography blogs that use WordPress as their Content Management System to host their pictures up on the internet for the
These plugins allow you to enhance and improve the current WordPress menu system. In most cases they allow you to increase the amount of content
If you want to improve the security of your WordPress site then Rublon is a free service that will be of interest to you. The
CMS2CMS is a service that handles the migration of site content from one CMS to another. The service is capable of migrating a number of
While a standard contact form is a simple way to allow your readers to send you feedback, a dedicated feedback plugin can help you get
If you run an eCommerce store or promote any kind of products or services on your site, then you will know the power of customer
A couple of years ago, running an online shop required huge investment which was typically reserved for the corporate fat-cats. Building the online shop would
Some big blogs like Mashable and Techcrunch have a “Trending” or popular posts area in their sidebars which help direct site visitors to hot posts
If you want grow your readership and develop a better relationship with your audience then building a mailing list or newsletter for your website is
The set of Author hReview plugins currently* comprises of three separate plugins which are available in one premium bundle. While they are different plugins, there
While contact forms are an effective way of letting your visitors get in touch with you, there are other options available to WordPress site owners.
Do you run a service based website? Do you sell products or software on your WordPress website? Well if you do, you would realise the
The internet and food go well together – everyone is blogging about what restaurants they ate at, sharing the photos on twitter and instagram, ordering
Often the best things in life aren’t free. Like a week off at Goa. Or a sky-diving experience. Or a McChicken burger. We all know
For years now it’s been said the web over that the default search feature for WordPress is…well, pretty awful. Not only does it sort by
If your blog based on WP you are certainly a lucky fellow! Firstly, because new constant releases of this CMS make it really comfortable and
bbPress is a great add-on for WordPress for easily adding a forum to your site while retaining the same membership structure and is easily integrated
WordPress is the world’s number one blogging platform and CMS. As such it’s the platform of choice for most of the world’s largest and most
Parallax is a nice effect which scrolls the background along with the foreground at different speeds to give the effect of depth, we have previously
Have you ever been frustrated by how ugly your WordPress admin looks? If you have, you’re not alone. For years design conscious members of the
One of the first things many do when starting up a new WordPress website is begin building an email list. This almost always involves putting
As I’m sure many of you can attest to viewing analytics for your WordPress site is not only helpful in determining what works, what doesn’t,
The Table of Contents Plus plugin for WordPress is a powerful and user friendly tool that allows you to add as many or as few
One of the reasons we love WordPress is because of its versatility and open-source code. Plus the list of 100,000+ free plugins and themes (which
Search Engine Optimization is an ongoing process which requires a lot of patience, with equally sweet returns. One of the many reasons to love WordPress
There are many valid methods for keeping track of future post ideas. (if you need help generating ideas, see our post on tips for getting
Restaurant websites are a niche that seems like a perfect for using WordPress, in the past we have looked at various restaurant themes and plugins,
I recently became involved in a new venture which involves an eBay shop and have been having a think about building a website for the
With FeedBurner looking like its going to be closing down, I took a look at some free or cheap alternatives to Google’s service but none
