Podcast

This is a special edition with a peek into my crystal ball and what I believe will empower you as a DIY site owner and bring you success in the coming year.

Tips this week include:
• Bonus sessions coming for the WP 5 / Gutenberg workshop
• What’s coming in the live DIY SEO workshops that start in January
• A chance to get in on the BlogAid holiday discounts before time runs out
• Help with upgrading your PHP version before the end of the year
• Why I started a brand new email list for Heartwood Art
• Why I’m so excited about incremental backups coming to UpdraftPlus
• And what’s in store for the near future of the Genesis theme framework

Tips this week include:
• The 2 new social media places to follow Heartwood Art Creations
• Where I’ll be blogging about turning a hobby site into a business
• A status update on the WP 5 / Gutenberg Workshops
• Whether it’s okay or not to remove the Easy Updates Manager plugin or not
• My impressions of Gutenberg after playing with it for a few days
• Genesis updates 6 top themes for native Gutenberg compliance with fresh Gute themes on the way
• News about the PHP updates we have to do before year’s end
• What’s in the new speed benchmarks for PHP 7.3
• Matt’s State of the Word address is now on WP TV
• What’s in the upcoming release of WP 5.0.2 later this week
• What versions will auto update and the difference in minor vs major releases
• A new all in one analytics plugin from Google that I’m beta testing

Tips this week include:
• How to Prepare for WordPress 5.0 upgrades coming to SiteGround this week
• You can now follow my new woodworking venture on Instagram
• A Flash Offer that ends Thursday for safely updating to WP 5.0 and trying Gutenberg
• More on my WordCamp US experience this past weekend
• 9 of the best headlines to get clicks
• What your blog post titles say about your brand
• Whether good blog posts are enough to improve your search rankings
• A new API that allows Google to index livestreams
• A rumor I heard about Gutenberg compliant themes coming to my fave framework

Tips this week include:
• Why I’m vetting new WordPress basic courses
• How to get a free livestream ticket to WordCamp US happening this weekend
• Holiday Deals are still going strong here
• The DIY SEO Jumpstart Challenge starts this week
• A new Gutenberg FAQs page from Matt Mullenweg
• How to prepare for NOT updating to WP 5.0, including things to do now
• Why a minor release auto update issue could be a huge problem for us
• Updates to the post on how to change your PHP version
• SiteGround’s SG Optimizer plugin has been totally revamped
• What I’m checking with image optimization and HTTP/2 protocol
• A glitch in Google’s algorithm that makes it think a site is hacked
• A must read interview for foodie bloggers on advanced SEO and other tips

Tips this week include:
• Get your holiday goodies and big discounts on BlogAid courses and services now or later
• The next Google Search Console live lab is on Thursday
• New Genesis tutorials for site revamp clients
• Whether it’s safe to update to the latest Genesis version
• Why we don’t know when WordPress 5.0 will roll out
• Why big contributors are begging for a WP 5.0 January release date
• What to do before WP 5.0 rolls out, even if you don’t plan to update
• How to bring an email list back from the dead
• Planning for 2019

Tips this week include:
• Holiday site success savings start now!
• An upcoming post on what you need to do prior to WordPress 5.0 rolling out next week
• New tutorials in the works for all kinds of redirects
• What’s coming next in our DIY SEO live workshops and challenges
• A quick tutorial on how to delete cache everywhere
• An update on my wood site revamp
• What’s in the WP 5.0 Release Candidate
• Confirmation on the rumor of how often WP will start updating
• How to attend WordCamp U.S. for free
• How to test your site for PHP 7.1 and higher
• An issue with the Cloudflare plugin on PHP 7.2 for some folks
• 3 social media strategies you can use to boost SEO
• 27 steps to promote your blog post
• Whether it’s okay to update to Genesis 2.7.1 yet
• A new Sqoosh image optimizer from Google
• A big list of places to get free images
• And the big site speed boost coming with the HTTP/3 protocol

Tips this week include:
• Why where you host matters so much, even which country
• The junk that can come over during a host migration
• Top 4 ways to turn off Gutenberg and when to do it
• Why you must upgrade your PHP level before the end of the year
• The next Google Search Console Live Lab on Thursday for Coverage Report Exclusions
• The big voices calling for a delay in the WordPress 5.0 release, and how long we’ll be waiting
• Matt Mullenweg’s open Q&A about Gutenberg and WordPress at WordCamp Portland
• WP Rocket has 3 fantastic features, but maybe you shouldn’t use them, see why
• Google PageSpeedInsights has revamped their report, and it still misses the mark
• What’s in the new Google Search Console Property Sets feature
• A nice guide to getting started with FooGallery, which is one of my fave plugins
• What the heck happened to Pixabay?
• Best Email, Chat, and Social Media Tools for 2018 and beyond