If you develop WordPress websites for clients, chances are you find yourself doing many of the same tasks over and over again. For example, having to reinstall your go-to plugins and themes on every new site can take up time that would be better spent on more important elements of your business.

Prioritizing customer support is key for turning potential customers into loyal proponents of your brand. However, without an efficient system for managing support requests, you risk customers slipping through the cracks and turning to your competitors instead.

WordPress is constantly changing and evolving. However, it’s easy to get caught up in your day-to-day and miss some important announcements and releases intended to help make managing your site easier.

Your users’ browsers make dozens if not hundreds of requests every time they visit one of your webpages. Each load over either HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) or HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS), and impacts your site’s performance.

As a WordPress developer, you probably rely on several tools to manage your clients’ websites. Google products have long been a go-to for webmasters, helping with everything from Search Engine Optimization (SEO) to analytics reports. However, manually pulling information that’s spread across multiple platforms isn’t efficient.

Recently, Google webmaster analysts explained that Image Search will soon evolve in a way that will influence how we approach media file optimization. To summarize, it’s going to become increasingly important to prioritize next-gen formats.

Today, websites face an increasing number of security threats. Mitigating these risks can feel overwhelming, especially when you know that no site is ever entirely safe. However, taking a lackluster approach to WordPress site security simply isn’t an option.

You put a lot of time, effort, and money into building a successful online business. However, there may come a time when you’re no longer as passionate about it as you once were and want to explore new opportunities.

You work hard to provide quality products and services to your WordPress clients. Unfortunately, they may not always recognize that. Unless your clients are able to clearly understand what you bring to the table, they may consider cutting your services our of their budgets.

It’s easy to take open-source projects such as WordPress for granted. However, these platforms rely on developers and other professionals who donate their time and effort to improve them.

There’s a common saying that ‘anything worth doing is worth doing twice.’ That’s certainly true when it comes to backing up your WordPress site. Unfortunately, it’s a maintenance task many people tend to overlook.

As a WordPress developer, your job is to create beautifully designed and high-functioning sites for your clients. However, a website is only as successful as it is properly maintained after launching.