2023 Atlas Year-in-Review

2023 Atlas Year-in-Review

Atlas, Development, headless, Product Updates, Products
2023 was another year of exciting growth for Atlas, WP Engine’s all-in-one platform for headless WordPress. Introduced in 2021, Atlas offers a complete headless stack designed for agency efficiency, developer freedom, and enhanced brand impact. While initial, post-launch efforts were focused mainly on foundational goals, the Atlas team broadened its scope in 2023, embarking on a range of enhancements aimed at refining the developer experience and upgrading tools to be more user friendly. We’re excited to share all the details with you, and in this article, we’ll break down the major updates to Atlas in 2023, highlight some of our customers’ successes, and include important resources for developers starting their headless journey. Let’s dive in!  Making Blueprints Better Launched at DECODE 2022, Atlas Blueprints provide users with pre-configured, easy-to-install environments…
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Master PageSpeed Scores in Minutes With WP Engine

Master PageSpeed Scores in Minutes With WP Engine

Announcements, Products, Site Speed and Performance
In today’s digital landscape, speed reigns supreme. Your website’s ability to load quickly at all times, even (or especially) when handling high traffic, can make or break your digital success. However, optimizing for speed can be an ongoing challenge, often resulting in a fragmented patchwork of solutions that lead to unnecessary added complexity and plugin bloat. Nevertheless, page speed remains critical for achieving your website goals, whether you’re trying to boost conversions, climb the SEO ladder, or drive more purchases. It’s why you work hard to optimize your website(s), and it’s why we’ve been laser-focused on our newest platform addition, Page Speed Boost, which allows you to optimize your code, boost your PageSpeed scores, and supercharge your SEO in minutes, all without any technical expertise. Want to find out more?…
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Insights from the First-Ever ACF Annual Survey

Insights from the First-Ever ACF Annual Survey

Development, Products, WordPress Community
As the most popular content management system (CMS) in the world, WordPress serves as the creative springboard for web developers and creative professionals to craft websites of all shapes and sizes.  Many WordPress Builders rely on the Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) plugin to help create superb digital experiences, and easily create new fields, custom post types, and taxonomies. With ACF installed on over 4.5 million WordPress sites, its users are often at the forefront of WordPress development. Their insights offer a window into best practices and beneficial tips you can incorporate into your own site-building efforts.   The recently conducted (and first of its kind) Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) Annual Survey reveals these insights, compiling responses from more than 2,000 respondents. The survey results showcase their preferred ways of working…
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8 Myths About Headless WordPress—Debunked

8 Myths About Headless WordPress—Debunked

Ecommerce, Enterprise WordPress, headless, Products, Security, SEO, Site Speed and Performance
Headless WordPress is a sizzling subject matter, and it is ever more employed by brands and companies to obtain substantial overall performance advancements and deliver dynamic articles throughout many touchpoints.  At the identical time, there are a range of lingering myths about headless, and headless WordPress especially, which continue to skew the check out for curious possible adopters.   Although these myths are persistent, there is just about every purpose to consider that headless advancement will continue on to condition the potential of the net. To assist you as you take a look at this evolving world wide web architecture, we set together the subsequent guideline, which addresses some of the most typical fears bordering headless WordPress progress. Read through on for a brief overview of eight of the biggest misconceptions…
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Don’t Miss Out on These Great Web Week Deals!

Don’t Miss Out on These Great Web Week Deals!

Products
Just like that, the holiday season is here once again, and as you wind down for the year, we’re excited to kick off another excellent Web Week at WP Engine with awesome deals and discounts for your WordPress sites! Web Week, which is the week between Christmas and New Year’s, is typically a slower time for many businesses. We encourage our customers to take advantage of the quiet time by making needed changes to their sites, upgrading their hosting, or experimenting with performance enhancements and new functionality. It’s a great way to get a head start on the new year, and in the Web Week tradition, WP Engine is kicking things off early by offering 4 months free on standard annual (Startup, Professional, Growth, Scale, and eCommerce) plans through December 31st!…
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A Smarter Way to WordPress

A Smarter Way to WordPress

Agency, Marketing, Products
There are a good deal of diverse techniques to “do” WordPress. That is aspect of the splendor and flexibility of open up supply. Option. Liberty. Selections.    And selection tiredness is a matter. How do builders, technologists, and website proprietors come to a decision which way to go when it will come to web hosting WordPress? Especially if almost everything can appear the exact on the area?  Considering that Jason Cohen initiated the thought of Managed WordPress 13 years ago, we have been on a passionate, perpetual quest to recognize what matters most for web site builders and to provide that and much more. Now 1,100+ staff powerful, we’re very privileged to have close to 200,000 consumers on our platform, tens of millions of users of our developer remedies, and 10,000+…
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WP Engine’s Starting up Eleven

WP Engine’s Starting up Eleven

Ecommerce, Enterprise WordPress, Products, Site Speed and Performance
Making a winning workforce goes significantly outside of the participating in field. When the thrill of victory generally performs out on the pitch, the fundamentals that lead to achievement on the industry can also be applied to your rising company.  In today’s environment of digital acceleration, that commences with your web-site, and the hosting supplier you decide on to hold it operating effortlessly.  At WP Motor, we have place in the exercise time to make absolutely sure we’re your very best recruit. We direct the league in managed WordPress hosting since we’re lazer-targeted on delivering successful techniques for our customers’ web sites.  Read on for a nearer appear at our team’s commencing 11, together with the defense, the midfielders, and the star players that set our products and services aside.…
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Don’t Miss Out on These 2022 Cyber Weekend Deals!

Don’t Miss Out on These 2022 Cyber Weekend Deals!

Ecommerce, Plugins, Products
With a surge of customers flooding online storefronts over Cyber Weekend, your eCommerce site could be poised for a huge holiday season, especially if it’s ready for an uptick in customer activity.  But beyond higher traffic and transactions, Cyber Weekend can also be an excellent opportunity for you to take advantage of the many discounts and special offers that are available for your site(s).   If you’re looking for discounts on WordPress services or plugins, check out the list below for some of the best deals you can put to use this Cyber Weekend (and beyond)!  If you have a WordPress service, theme, or plugin and a Cyber Weekend offer you’d like to add to the list, click here for details on how to submit your offer. We’ll update the list…
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WP Engine’s Starting up Eleven | WP Engine®

WP Engine’s Starting up Eleven | WP Engine®

Ecommerce, Enterprise WordPress, Products, Site Speed and Performance
Making a profitable group goes considerably beyond the participating in industry. When the thrill of victory frequently plays out on the pitch, the fundamentals that direct to accomplishment on the field can also be utilized to your increasing organization.  In today’s entire world of electronic acceleration, that begins with your web site, and the internet hosting company you decide on to hold it jogging effortlessly.  At WP Engine, we have put in the follow time to make positive we’re your best recruit. We guide the league in managed WordPress web hosting for the reason that we’re laser-centered on providing winning tactics for our customers’ websites.  Read through on for a closer search at our team’s setting up 11, together with the defence, the midfielders, and the star gamers that established…
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How to Use Flywheel Development Suite to the Fullest

How to Use Flywheel Development Suite to the Fullest

Flywheel Growth Suite, Products
Modest companies, freelance designers, and lean inventive groups usually share a equivalent, bumpy trajectory that can swing from “we have way as well a great deal do the job to meet up with our deadlines,” to “we really don't have enough tasks to pay out the costs.”  Adding gas to that instability are the numerous features at engage in when operating with a expanding record of clients—invoices could not be paid out on time, purchasers may possibly not comprehend the full scope of your offerings, and keeping tabs on it all only carries on to try to eat absent far more time as your business scales.  Though a lot of little company homeowners are intimately familiar with these issues, they’re also some of the particular suffering factors Flywheel Advancement Suite…
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