Last month, we published a blog post titled Why Should You Care About Fast Hosting The post listed a number of key statistics about why having a fast website is so important. A recap of these stats are A 1second page load improvement leads to a 7 increase in conversions. 11 fewer page views for each additional second of page load delay.

Conversions are the endgame for every single WordPress website. Whether youre trying to convert visitors into subscribers, customers, or just plain old users, the hard part is getting visitors to opt in. Thankfully, the WordPress ecosystem is full of plugins and tools designed to help you succeed in this endeavor. Weve compiled a list of four such tools.

WordCamp is coming to Ann Arbor, taking place on October 14th and 15th Hosting.com is going to be there Will we see you there This years WordCamp Ann Arbor will be hosted at the Michigan Rackham Graduate Building. Tickets are going fast Make sure to buy your WordCamp tickets before theyre sold out Its the cant miss event for WordPress users.

WordPress popularity makes it the perfect target for hackers locating a single vulnerability is enough to compromise an alarming number of sites. How is the average WordPress user supposed to secure his site against these odds There are plenty of ways to secure your WordPress sites, but the priority should always be to keep the WordPress core files, plugins, and themes up to date.

Setting up an online store has never been easier. There are several platforms that make it trivially simple to display your products and offer them to the entire world from the comfort of your home. However, when it comes to securing sales, youre on your own. After you succeed in getting potential customers to your store, you still need to convert them.

A collation of 33 different shopping cart abandonment studies found that, on average, 68.63 of customers outright abandoned their orders instead of purchasing them. Thats a staggering number, and one which should send shivers down the spine of every player in the ecommerce field. While numbers dont lie, they also dont tell us the entire story.