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AUSTIN, Texas – May X, 2018 – WP Engine, the WordPress Digital Experience Platform (DXP), today announced the launch of the Cloudflare Stream Video Plugin for WordPress. The plugin was built by WP Engine in partnership with Cloudflare to make it incredibly easy for WordPress users to publish and stream performance optimized videos on WordPress sites. Cloudflare Stream is an easy-to-use, affordable, on-demand video streaming platform that runs on Cloudflare’s secure global network. The end-to-end solution includes storage, encoding and a customizable video.js player. Video pain points: overpriced and not scalable Many of the video service options currently on the market are costly or require specific video domain expertise. Self-hosting native videos can often hinder page load times, and degrade the user experience. Digital developers and agencies have found that integrating video in the WordPress editor sometimes feels disjointed, forcing them to switch between … [Read more...] about WP Engine Launches Cloudflare Stream Video Plugin For WordPress

WordPress made easy, as a service – a fascinating product. This is interesting from a product point of view: this “All in One WordPress Website Builder” came to my attention last week but seems to have been around for at least. It’s essentially “easy-to-use hosted WordPress as a service” (ETUHWAAS for short, which I’m sure will catch on). You get Google Cloud powered hosting with Elementor and a bunch of plugins for anything between $10 and $100/month. This has a nice dashboard which has a WordPress installer, which presumably bundles a bunch of plugins. It’s not clear if you get the standard WordPress Dashboard or a simplified version, but everything else is “builder-ified”. This is very much aimed at the mass market and “x million small businesses without a website” we hear about, and it’s interesting that its main selling point can be “WordPress is hard to use”, and that – as … [Read more...] about Build and Host WordPress Websites in Minutes • WPShout

When it comes to building professional, highly functional contact and lead forms for WordPress sites, there are few solutions which deliver the ease-of-use of WPForms. With over 2 million websites using WPForms, this popular WordPress plugin makes it easy for site owners to create great-looking, easily embedded forms in minutes, without writing any code and while still providing the extensibility and customization that developers love. Now, fans of WP Engine’s Genesis-powered StudioPress Themes can automatically install and activate WPForms using the one-click theme setup feature in our latest themes including Revolution Pro‚ Monochrome Pro, and the Genesis Sample theme (which is used as a launch point to create countless custom experiences). When used on the WP Engine digital experience platform the combination of these products provides a powerful way for brands, agencies and small businesses to bring revenue generating experiences to market faster than ever. See the … [Read more...] about WP Engine Partners with WPForms to Bring Easy Lead Capture to StudioPress Themes

Alyssa Cuda 4.9.2019 When we think about content, we don’t typically associate it with finance. Nonetheless, trustworthy and informative financial news is one of the most sought after forms of content out there. Readers are looking for information about banking, financial tools, and educational content involving investments and loans that can help them become more informed consumers and investors. To help Australians grow, protect, and enjoy their wealth, Channel Nine and Sky News teamed up to launch a unique multi-platform business called Your Money, which offers a subscription-based, free-to-air TV channel, and a dedicated, online editorial platform. Your Money combines journalism, information, entertainment, and advocacy by delivering content based on four distinct pillars: business, wealth, real estate and lifestyle. Turning an Idea into Reality, Fast With the idea mapped out, Your Money’s team paired up with Human-Centred Design & Development agency Sitback … [Read more...] about Using Digital Experiences to Fuel Financial Gain

Abe Selig 4.4.2019 Digital agencies have the difficult task of finding the latest technologies and using them to help their clients win online. But that’s an increasingly hard thing to do, especially as these businesses are being asked to do more with less, and create digital experiences that are faster and more dynamic than ever. Today a growing number of agencies are choosing WordPress over other Content Management Systems (CMSs) to power their digital strategies—often because of its ease-of-use, extensibility, and agility. When WordPress is hosted through a digital experience provider like WP Engine, businesses can reap those benefits faster and optimize their WordPress sites for more engaging content to reach a wider audience. Check out this white paper to learn more. You’ll get an overview of WordPress, the Genesis Framework, and you’ll gain a better understanding of how working with a digital experience provider can benefit you and your growing … [Read more...] about The Ultimate Combo for Agencies: WordPress, WP Engine, and Genesis