What are PHP workers?
A PHP worker handles requests on your site. Learn how many PHP workers per site are recommended and understand PHP worker queues.
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How To Improve Product Search On Your Magento Store
Product search: you can’t live without it. At least, that’s until you start using cumbersome and awkward solutions that don’t deliver the right results. Choosing the right product search for your Magento store means finding an integration that allows for both easy customization and that delivers the results consumers are looking for. Magento’s default product […]
Carrie Wheeler Talks Innovative Solutions with WIWP at WCUS
Another year of WordCamp US has come and gone, and we hope everyone who attended – and didn’t attend – found the best hosting solution for their business. This year, our partner Liquid Web was in attendance. Not only did they offer some incredible booth experiences (recap article to come!), but team members also hosted […]
Why WooCommerce is a Powerful Affiliate Marketing Platform
The goal of ecommerce marketing is to expose a store’s products to people most likely to buy them. There are many ways to achieve that goal: display advertising, email marketing, content marketing, and more.
How the Success of WordPress is Due to its Plugin Ecosystem
WordPress’s plugin ecosystem is one of its greatest strengths. As we write, there are over 50,000 plugins in the official repository, a number that doesn’t include premium plugins and custom plugins created for individual WordPress sites. Plugins range in functionality from tiny interface tweaks to full-featured ecommerce applications, all taking advantage of the hooks and […]
What Are Transaction Costs? How Ecommerce Reduces Costs
Ecommerce stores can reduce transaction costs in the overhead of running a business. But transaction costs still have enough of a presence to chip away at your profits. Transaction costs traditionally refer to any cost incurred by an entity that maintains or processes the exchange of currency for goods and services. It is not necessarily […]
20 Ways to Get Your Store Ready for Black Friday
It’s not too late to start circling the wagons the holiday season. Here’s 20 ways to make the most of your Black Friday that don’t involve new code or massive retooling. Use one, or all, or mix and match for maximum effect. #1 Enable Nexcess Cloud Auto Scaling One of the main arguments to go […]
6 Magento Alternatives You Should Be Considering After Magento 1
With the sunsetting of Magento 1, should you look into alternatives to Magento? Read this blog for our top Magento alternatives to look into.
What Is a Dev Site?
Sites get updated all the time, but even small changes can break your site. Learn what a Dev Site is and why they’re important in this blog.
8 Common Hosting Problems (and How to Avoid Them)
All hosts are not created equally. Here’s how to troubleshoot the most common hosting problems, and how to avoid them in the future.
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