Publishers and content creators are constantly looking for new ways to tell unique, engaging stories online. Today, their storytelling toolbox grows a lot bigger with the release of Web Stories for WordPress, an all-in-one, easy-to-use platform for publishers to tell engaging stories online. From a WYSIWYG editor to unique templates that make creation a breeze, […]
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NOVA Entertainment is a network of premier radio stations with studios based in the major cities of Australia. Along with decades of setting the national benchmark for commercial radio production, NOVA was an early adopter of online radio content. Millions of users access their sites and stream radio content directly to their desktop or devices, […]
We’re proud to announce the release of version 2.0 of the Official AMP for WordPress plugin. The AMP team, with help from XWP, has worked tirelessly to create a seamless user experience with this new version, and has taken the Official AMP plugin to new heights. With a new onboarding wizard, enhanced reader mode, plugin […]
An interview with Cathi Bosco, XWP UX Architect User Experience (UX) is something we have come to embed within all of our projects. Cathi is one of our resident UX Architects and with a decade of experience has proven invaluable to the way we execute on the interaction between users and the things we build. […]
Media management is the unsung hero of the last 16 years of WordPress. The world’s most popular CMS has massively simplified how websites can be created, and media management (aka how images can be added, used, and served) has been a significant contributor to this success. Although its role in WordPress’ success is undeniable, as […]
On the 26th and 27th of February, XWP, Google, and News Corp hosted Optimise in Sydney. The inaugural event brought over 110 media, publishing, and web professionals together to dig deep and learn more about the opportunities for business of WordPress, AMP, and other modern Open Source tech. Our ambition for the event was to […]
This week we kicked off a project we’ve been excitedly building towards. We’ve started working with the incredible team at Unsplash on their WordPress plugin. When launched, the plugin will bring a richer and deeper experience to content creators in WordPress in how they can access, interact, and use the wonderful photography from the Unsplash […]
Search engines are in the business of helping people find the things they’re looking for. However, with over 1.6 billion websites, chances are there are multiple very valid options the search engines can present to the searcher. And no one looks at page 2 of the search results. This is where ranking comes in. Search […]