The State of Enterprise WordPress: Have Your Say

WordPress has undergone a remarkable evolution, emerging as the leading Content Management System (CMS) for enterprise brands. Prominent names like Rolling Stone, Vogue, and even the White House have now embraced WordPress as their CMS of choice. In an effort to understand why large-scale organizations are gravitating toward this versatile publishing platform, and how they […]

Upcoming Changes to Browser Cookies and Privacy

Web browsers, particularly those based on the Chromium engine, are heading towards more stringent privacy controls. These changes center around the deprecation of third-party cookies (3PC).  As privacy concerns have mounted, browser developers have sought to provide users with greater control over their data. For businesses, this shift requires understanding the implications and adapting strategies […]

The Cookies Analysis Tool That Will Help Future-proof Your Sites

In this article we’ll learn: What are Third-Party Cookies and How Do They Affect Privacy? There’s a good chance that you’ve encountered a popup notification before telling you that a website you’re browsing uses cookies. Sounds delicious, but what does it mean?  Cookies are small pieces of data collected by a website about your browsing […]

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Supercharging Performance Across a Portfolio of Sites

Our partner creates some of the world’s most popular health and wellness content. Here’s how a sustained focus on technical performance helped them create lightning-fast user experiences across their portfolio. Services Provided When we first met their team, our partners were looking to invest in the user experience of two of their leading brands. They […]

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Women and Non-Binary Folx of XWP

Hey there, I’m Francesca Marano, the Director of Engineering (Learning & Growth) at XWP, and today I want to share with you some insights from some of our fabulous women and non-binary folx here at XWP on their experiences in WordPress.  But first, let me give you a little background on myself. I co-led the […]

Francesca Marano: Women & Non-Binary Folx of WordPress
XWP’s WordCamp Europe 2023 Roundup

They say a WordCamp isn’t over until you’ve blogged about it… We had an amazing time at WordCamp Europe 2023 in the historic city of Athens. Here’s our highlight reel of all the best bits! If you’ve been following us for a while you’ll already know how much we LOVE WordCamp events— but if you’re […]

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DE{CODE} 2023: Demystifying Core Web Vitals

At WP Engine’s DE{CODE} 2023 event, our Director of Frontend Engineering Mike Crantea joined a panel of performance experts for an in-depth look at the best practices and tools for understanding and improving your Core Web Vitals (CWV) scores on your WordPress site. Here’s our roundup! In this article, we’ll learn: Watch the Full Panel […]

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WP 6.2: Opt-In Change Boosts Caching Performance up to 70%

Recent improvements to caching in WordPress core made by our Senior Engineer Jonny Harris can provide a serious boost to your website performance—but for now, they’re opt-in only. Here’s everything you need to know: In this article, we’ll learn: What is Object Caching and How Does it Work? In WordPress, posts, images, users, and all […]

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