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Author: Colin Newcomer

Colin has been using WordPress for over a decade and is on a quest to test all 60,000+ plugins at WordPress.org. He was a writer and product review expert at WP Mayor from 2017 to 2014, testing well over 150 products and services throughout that time.

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Affiliate Coupons Review: A Great WordPress Coupon Plugin

Affiliate Coupons is a freemium WordPress plugin that helps you add that same type of functionality to your WordPress site…plus a lot of other helpful features. You’ll be able to create a directory of stores, list all of their coupons, employ conversion-boosting tactics for displaying coupons, and more.

In our Affiliate Coupons review, I’ll share more about exactly what this plugin can do, as well as show you how it works on a live WordPress site.

WooCommerce wholesale store

How to Create a WooCommerce Wholesale Store: Everything You Need

Wholesale stores have some unique considerations that require going a bit further than the default WooCommerce configuration. For example, you’ll probably want a way to hide your wholesale prices from guests or retail customers, and you’ll also want a way to create a more bulk order-friendly purchase process,like this bulk order form.

LaunchParty Review: Build a WordPress Site With This Free Course

When you’re just getting started with WordPress, building a site that looks good and looks the way you want it to look can be tough.

LaunchParty is a free WordPress course that aims to make that a lot simpler by showing new WordPress users how to build a customizable website using Elementor Pro and the Astra theme.

How to Create a Flexible WordPress Member Directory

A WordPress member directory is great for a variety of businesses and organizations, as it lets you show off your team members, clients, supporters, etc. In this post, I’ll show you how to create a highly customizable WordPress member directory.

Optimole Review: Full-Service WordPress Image Optimization

In this Optimole review, I’m going to give you a look at a new’ish tool that’s focused on handling pretty much every part of the image optimization process for your WordPress site.

While part of that is automatically resizing and compressing your images, Optimole also dynamically serves the right image size based on a user’s browser/viewport, serves images via its own CDN, and adds lazy loading.

Mailster

Mailster Review: Send Emails Right From Your WordPress Dashboard (Including Autoresponders)

Ever wished that you could grow an email list and send newsletters without needing to leave the comfy confines of your WordPress admin dashboard?

Mailster is a WordPress newsletter plugin that lets you run all of your email marketing efforts right from your WordPress site. Beyond helping you grow your list and create emails using a drag-and-drop editor, it also lets you send autoresponders and set up other email automation rules.

How To Share Content From Your Favorite News Sources With Your Readers

Looking for some new ways to connect with your website’s followers? Once you’ve built an audience for your website, they’re going to be interested in your point of view – that’s why they’re regular readers!

Obviously, a big part of sharing with them is writing your own blog posts. But that’s not the only way that you can connect with your readers. You can also share the blogs and news sources that you yourself follow.