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LiteSpeed Cache Server & Plugin Review – 2020

April 7, 2020 Marc WordPress Optimization No comments yet

In starting this website (nerdywp.com), I wanted to make sure that I had the fastest possible server + Wordpress instal possible. I've used many Wordpress side solutions that make Wordpress itself faster, which usually do great job. I've seen plugins drop website load times from [...]

How To Hide WPBakery Visual Composer Plugin Updates

April 5, 2020 Marc WordPress Tips No comments yet

We've been using the Visual Composer plugins for years. It's great and makes editing websites super simple. Even this website uses it. If you're not familiar with it, it adds stuff to the editor that turns it into a drag and drop interface. It's sooooo [...]

How To Edit WooCommerce Emails With And Without Hooks

April 3, 2020 Marc WooCommerce No comments yet

We just finished up a new shop for a client and it turned out great! One thing we wanted to add was a message to customers after they order that goes in the order received email. There are many ways to do this with WooCommerce, [...]

How To Add COVID-19 Notification Messages Using Plugins

April 2, 2020 Marc WordPress Plugins No comments yet

Over the last 2 weeks, we've had a huge influx of clients asking for some kind of notification on their WordPress websites letting people know about the status of their business. Most of these clients are in-person, storefront, or restaurant type business - so, it's [...]

WP Rocket Plugin Review – 2020

April 2, 2020 Marc WordPress Optimization No comments yet

What a game changer this plugin was for me. WP Rocket is one of those plugins that takes a super complicated thing and makes it look so simple. They really did a great job with it. What is WP Rocket WP Rocket is a plugin [...]

How To Add A Widget To Display Recent Posts From The Current Category

April 1, 2020 Marc WordPress Plugins No comments yet

Well, this is a very specific need. In starting this blog, while I'm really just doing this as more of a professional/career type journal, it would be nice if I keep the future possibilities in mind. I already know a lot about SEO and stuff [...]

Local Pickup Plus WordPress Plugin Review – 2020

April 1, 2020 Marc WordPress Plugins No comments yet

During the COVID-19 epidemic, we had a few clients reach out and ask about a take out or pickup e-commerce system for their shops. Because most storefronts are non-essential and restaurants were not allowed to do eat-in dining, take out and pickup is their only [...]

How To Enable WooCommerce Support For Your Theme

March 31, 2020 Marc WooCommerce No comments yet

There's lots of reasons to add Woocommerce support to your theme. As Woocommerce is one of the most widely used eCommerce systems in the world and most certainly for Wordpress, it's important to get this working with whatever theme you might be using. In general, [...]

How To Check If A Woocommerce Product Has A Category

March 31, 2020 Marc WooCommerce No comments yet

Today, while working on a client Woocommerce website dedicated to pickup / takeout only, I wanted to use a category to designate which store locations a product is available. I get that using categories isn't always the best way to do it, but the Coronavirus [...]

How To Bulk Add Categories To Products In Woocommerce

March 30, 2020 Marc WooCommerce No comments yet

If you weren't aware, Woocommerce has the ability to do this built in! You don't need a plugin to bulk add categories to products in Woocommerce! I spent a few minutes today looking for a plugin that could do this and was not able to [...]