Author: Jean Galea

Jean Galea is an investor, entrepreneur, and writer. He is the founder of WP Mayor, and the plugins WP RSS Aggregator and Spotlight. He also runs the Good Life Collective. Connect with him on X or visit jeangalea.com.

Articles written by Jean Galea

Best A/B Split Testing Plugins for WordPress

Split testing lets us optimise our site to make more conversions.

You can split test on an image, title, or entire paragraphs of content. Actually, you can do A/B testing on any part of your page.

But let’s face it – we all love the results of testing our sites, but hate the work involved! After you’ve written several versions of your copy, you have to setup some kind of system to randomize between them and show different samples to different people. That alone involves technical skills. You then need to gather the huge amount of raw data and filter it so you end up only with relevant information. And data alone means nothing if you don’t process it and get some conclusion from it. So at this point you could use some laborious spreadsheets or some kind of program that will finally transform the statistical data into the long-awaited result. After all these technical and demanding tasks, you finally get to implement the findings and then start to see some results. Honestly, all this work is very tedious!

Best Free and Premium Calendar Plugins for WordPress

There are many calendar plugins out there, each serving different needs, from the basic calendar we all know, to a calendar specifically for Facebook events. Here we take a look through the best free and premium calendar plugins on offer.

WordPress Hacked! – What Should I Do?

HELP! My WordPress website got hacked! What should I do next?

WordPress is the world’s leading content management system and this makes it a popular target for both amateur and professional hackers.

Unfortunately, every day people go through the shock of discovering that their site has been hacked. After the initial shock, panic usually kicks in.

Best Git Resources

If you’re just starting out with Git, make sure you take a look at the following pages.

Tools to Check your Website’s Loading Time

When optimising WordPress sites, you always need to check how long it takes to load your pages, and you need a good reliable tool to do that, as your own internet connection might be unreliable, or there could be caching distorting the results.

Here are some good tools that can help you with benchmarking.

If you need help in making your website go faster, get in touch because we can help out with that.

Revolution Slider Review

Today we review the Revolution Slider from ThemePunch, one of the easiest slider plugins to use. And true to its creators’ name, it really packs a punch!

Best Auction Plugins for WordPress

In this post we take a look at some of the best auction plugins for WordPress. With these plugins you can build a full featured auction website with WordPress.

How to Display Notices and Errors using the Settings API

As we all know, the Settings API is fantastic for building plugin and theme options and settings pages. There are countless tutorials about it, and we also highlighted some of the best ones in a recent post. A plugin that uses this well is Soliloquy (a really robust slider plugin).

Best WordPress Membership Plugins

Many top bloggers and site owners are integrating membership features into their websites, and it can be a great way of enhancing a community and earn some money at the same time. Let’s take a look at the technology behind membership sites, as we examine the best membership plugins for WordPress.

The “Hidden” Benefits of Hosting Your Site at WP Engine

Hosting your site with WP Engine is about more than just having a home for your website. There’s a team of real, dedicated people that are constantly supporting you behind the scenes, from providing expert advice to implementing solutions that automatically improve your site’s performance and security.

Where to Buy a Domain Name for Your WordPress Site

Where to Buy a Domain Name for Your WordPress Site

When building your first WordPress website, the primary step is to find a domain name and register it.

It doesn’t really matter where you buy the domain from with regards to WordPress, but not all registrars are equal. When choosing a registrar you need to consider their prices, interfaces, and additional services they offer.