Just before the sunny weekend, we have some WordPress news for you: WordPress 5.1 aka "Betty" is here, Matt Mullenweg talks about working in the future and a "WordPress Tamagotchi" shows the health of your site. You can also find out how to structure your content correctly and we report on our experience with the "WPML" plugin.
How to make your WordPress multilingual in just a few steps
Setting up your website in multiple languages is essential for most WordPress projects in times of globalization and potential customers from all over the world. To help you implement a multilingual WordPress site, today we'll tell you about our experience with the WP plugin "WPML" and show you step by step how to create a multilingual WordPress site.
WordPress
WordPress 5.1 is here
It's that time again: a new WordPress update is here. As always, the developers have put a lot of effort into it. Version 5.1 brings over 300 bug fixes as well as 165 improvements and new features! You can read about the most important new features and functions in the WordPress 5.1 Field Guide.
Don't forget to update, otherwise Wapuu will get sick!
The Wapuu Dashboard Pet plugin conjures up a virtual pet for you (or your customers) in your WordPress dashboard. Your Wapuu checks whether there are any pending core, theme or plugin updates and changes its health based on these factors. The more updates that are pending, the worse its health becomes. If that's not motivation to update!
Web design
PHP for beginners
"You don't really need to ever write PHP code as a WordPress user, WordPress business owner, etc.. A minority of the people who use WordPress on a daily basis even know what PHP is [...]." - Nevertheless, WP developer David Hayes is convinced that PHP knowledge is useful for every WordPress user. In his PHP tutorial for beginners, he explains the most important basics.
More visibility with categories
Who hasn't experienced it: you write a new blog post, share it for a short time and then let it fall into oblivion. According to Marieke van de Rakt, CEO of Yoast, this is a big mistake. In her article, she explains how you can increase the visibility and user-friendliness of your content with a sensible page structure.
Business
The future of work is distributed
Matt Mullenweg - founder and CEO of Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com - takes up the cudgels for working in distributed teams. In the TED video series "The Way We Work", he explains why his more than 840 employees don't need a central office and why "distributed work" is the future.
Performance
Don't forget your Google Ads recommendations!
Have you taken a closer look at your Google Ads recommendations dashboard? The suggestions for improvement that you receive there are generated based on the previous performance of your campaigns and trends on Google. The colleagues from Bloofusion show you how to optimize your advertising account based on the recommendations.
