5 Ways to Use AI in WooCommerce (Save Time & Make Money)

Managing a WooCommerce store can feel like a lot of busy work. I’ve worked with store owners who spent countless hours writing product descriptions, answering the same customer questions, and trying to make sense of sales data, all while packing and shipping orders. It often felt like there wasn’t enough time in the day to […]

Matt: Riley Walz

The writer Aadil Pickle has a great profile of one of my favorite hackers, “Training the Idea Muscle” on Riley Walz. Riley epitomizes the term “high agency,” and I’ve been continually impressed with his ability to rapidly code novel ideas and interfaces on top of public or reverse-engineered data. He’s a hacker, artist, and provocateur. […]

Best Exit-Intent Popup Plugins for WordPress: I Tested 9, Recommend 5

Most visitors will leave your website quietly without signing up, purchasing, or even giving it a second thought. Exit-intent popups change that by catching people right before they close the tab and offering a compelling reason to stay. When used well, they can help you recover lost leads, grow your email list, and boost sales. […]

How I Get More Customer Reviews (12 Easy Tips You Can Try Too)

Getting customers to leave reviews isn’t always easy, even when they’re happy with your product or service. Without enough positive reviews, your business can look less trustworthy and may even struggle to rank in local search results. The good news is that you don’t need to be pushy or tech-savvy to get great feedback from […]

Matt: Wolfram Automattica

It’s exciting to announce that Stephen Wolfram has joined as a special advisor to Automattic. I promise this is not just because he is such an incredible blogger, using WordPress, natch. If you don’t know about Stephen Wolfram, his about page is not a bad place to start, but far more interesting is his 2019 […]

Matt: The Thinking Game

If you haven’t seen it, The Thinking Game documentary is excellent, and available for free on YouTube. You have to buy it, but the Kanye documentary In Whose Name is also pretty fascinating. (I first blogged about Kanye in 2007, discussing PHP’s botched version 4 to 5 upgrade.)