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Migrating to WooCommerce from GoDaddy Online Store – 5 Easy Steps

Recently, a family member asked for my help to migrate their store to WooCommerce. Since we were migrating to WooCommerce from GoDaddy Online Store, I logged into their current store interface to start exporting data. To my surprise, there was no native export functionality for products within the GoDaddy Online Store interface. After looking for […]

The story & meaning behind the WordCamp US GoDaddy Coins

The journey to the WordCamp US coin Anyone that has talked to me about work for more than a minute knows why I do what I do. GoDaddy has been on a massive journey towards brand and product awesomeness. We’ve been working on some really cool things that are having a profound impact on both […]

Importing multiple checkbox values using WP All Import

I’ve recently been working on a project that requires the import of data from a CSV sheet to ACF (Advanced Custom Fields) values for a CPT (custom post type). It’s been a frustratingly long journey, so I thought I’d share to make your life a bit easier. In theory, it’s a super straightforward process, but […]

WordPress performance and risk management tips

When I first started creating WordPress websites… …I was just happy to be able to offer my clients an admin area, and visitors a consistent navigation and theme. Ten years ago, security, disaster recovery, redundancy, performance, and scaleability were things I thought about (that hasn’t changed), but modifications to address those issues weren’t easy to […]

A Day of REST, the WordPress REST API conference

Feeling RESTful in London Ahhh London in January. It’s not usually the ideal place to spend a winter week, but there was something particularly special going on last week. January 28, 2016 marked the inaugural A Day of REST event, a new conference established to discuss how to build with the WordPress REST API. It was […]

Looking back on a year of WordPress travel (and launching a new feature)

This year I’ve traveled the world to learn from the WordPress community how to make GoDaddy’s products, service, marketing, and community involvement even better. I’ve learned from the brightest, forged incredible friendships with makers, innovators, thought leaders, and go-getters in the industry, and I’ve been humbled by the opportunity to tell the story of the […]

Taking the blog post challenge

When experts talk about creating successful content-driven and highly trafficked websites, they stress the importance of regularly creating content. It’s something that’s difficult to do with a heavy travel schedule and work / social engagements. Recently Dre Armeda from Web Dev Studios mentioned a blog post challenge that Brad Williams is doing, and noted the difficulty of keeping up with a […]