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Remove Background and Upscale Quality using AI
Tips & Tricks
Sebastian Moran

How to Remove Background and Upscale Images Using AI

Many AI-powered image editors, such as Clipping Magic and Remove.bg allow you to quickly and easily remove backgrounds from images. To use any of these tools, simply upload an image and select the area of the image you want to keep. The tool will automatically remove the background and save the image as a new file. Using a WordPress Plugin As of now, WordPress doesn’t have any good plugins that can remove backgrounds from images in the media library. Likely, you will soon come across a WordPress plugin or integration that addresses the need. What is Upscaling Images? Upscaling images

MainWP Roundup
WordPress Business
Todd Jones

MainWP Roundup: Rank Math, Dennis on a podcast, and Twenty Years of WordPress

It’s that time of month. Ya know, the time where we go over things in the world of WordPress and beyond? This month we will discuss the future of Rank Math, Dennis Dornon’s recent appearance on a podcast, twenty years of WordPress and much more. Today we dish up a bowl of the MainWP Roundup. Ready? Let’s ride. Rank Math acquired by group.one Rank Math has changed ownership. group.one has acquired the longtime SEO Plugin to add to its portfolio. In an article on May 30th, group.one said, “group.one is taking its WordPress offering to a whole new level with

Privacy
Donata Stroink-Skillrud

Lessons Learned from Google’s $39.9 Million Location Tracking Settlement

In May 2023, Google agreed to pay a whopping $39.9 million to settle a lawsuit with the State of Washington over deceptive location tracking practices. The settlement also requires Google to increase transparency over its location tracking practices. The lawsuit and settlement stemmed from the allegation that Google deceived customers that they had control over whether their location would be tracked when, in reality, tracking would take place regardless of user choice. In this article, we will discuss how this lawsuit was unique and how businesses can apply the lessons learned to avoid similar lawsuits in the future. Disclaimer: The

Create Powerful Prompts for AI
Tips & Tricks
Sebastian Moran

How to Write an Effective Prompt for Generative AI

Crafting an effective prompt for generative AI is essential to obtain the desired output. Here are some tips on how to write an effective prompt for generative AI: Be clear and concise: The prompt should be clear and concise so the AI knows exactly what you want it to do. Avoid using jargon or technical terms that the AI may not be familiar with. Be specific: The more specific you are with your prompt, the better the AI can generate an accurate and relevant response. For example, instead of asking, “What is the theory of general relativity?”, you could ask, “Summarize

Matomo 4.1 Extension for MainWP
MainWP News
Dennis Dornon

📢 Enhance Your Website Analytics Strategy with Matomo Extension v4.1

Last week, we released exciting updates to MainWP, empowering you to organize your Child Sites better with colored Tags, site Connected dates, and more. Today, I am happy to announce updates for Matomo Analytics Extension for MainWP. The latest update includes more data, and graphs for better visualization, providing more visibility into your Child Sites traffic stats and helping you stay on top of the game. – All-in-One Central Dashboard Now, you can easily monitor all your important statistics from a single, centralized MainWP Dashboard—no more hassle of logging into Matomo and jumping between different tabs. With our all-in-one Visitor

Useful AI Tools for WordPress
Tips & Tricks
Sebastian Moran

Popular AI Tools for Your WordPress Website

Artificial Intelligent (AI) has made great strides over the last six months and has come to the forefront of innovation. Many plugins for WordPress have started implementing AI in creative ways, such as for generating SEO titles and meta descriptions, content creation along with CSS, and custom code generation in the case of Elementor AI, which made its AI features available in the 3.13 release. Kadence WP is working on AI features that will make default content starter content generation easier, which should help new site creation of new page content creation easier. Many plugins for WordPress integrate AI services

MainWP 4.4.3 - Colored Tags, Site Connected Date, & More
Important Updates
Dennis Dornon

📢 Elevate Productivity with Colored Tags, Site Connected Date, & More in MainWP 4.4.3

Last week we released exciting updates to MainWP Google Analytics Extension, and today, I am happy to announce MainWP 4.4.3, which brings several enhancements to improve your experience, save time, and boost productivity. 🎉 Here’s a glimpse of what it includes: – Colors for Tags By assigning colors to Tags, you instantly recognize and sort your Child Sites—just a glance at the color scheme, and you’ll know exactly where to find what you need. This simple yet effective approach lets you stay focused, easily locate sites, and get things done quickly. – Create Tags from the Select Sites Section We

GA 4.1 - Announcement
Important Updates
Dennis Dornon

📢 Introducing Google Analytics v4.1: Unleash the Power of Data Insights!

Recently we released exciting updates to Pro Reports Extension for MainWP, and today, I am thrilled to announce updates for Google Analytics Extension. The latest update includes Google Analytics 4 (GA4) support, added features, more data, and graphs for better visualization, empowering you with unparalleled visibility into your Child Sites traffic and ensuring you stay ahead of the curve. – Full Support for GA4 Analytics The Google Analytics Extension for MainWP now fully supports Google Analytics 4 (GA4), providing in-depth insights on visitors, users, their country, source, mobile devices, and much more. Unlock the potential of your Child Sites’ Google

Universal Analytics to Google Analytics (GA4) - WordPress
Tips & Tricks
Sebastian Moran

How to Convert from Google Analytics (UA) to GA4 for WordPress

Starting July 1st, 2023, Google will discontinue Universal Analytics (UA), making Google Analytics 4 (GA4) the default analytics tool for website tracking. To switch from UA to GA4 tracking in WordPress using a plugin, you can follow these steps. Please note that the steps below use the MonsterInsights plugin, but numerous Google Analytics plugins are available for WordPress. Install and activate the MonsterInsights plugin Go to Insights > Settings in your WordPress dashboard Click on Connect MonsterInsights Sign in to your Google Analytics account and authorize MonsterInsights MonsterInsights will automatically detect your Google Analytics 4 property. If not, you can

MainWP Roundup
WordPress Business
Todd Jones

May MainWP Roundup: WP Speakers help organizers find experts

In today’s MainWP Roundup, we look at WP Speakers recently launched by Michelle Frechette. We also look at an option that Twitter may roll out to let us read individual articles behind paywalls with an easy on-click payment. Are you ready? Let’s ride. WP Speakers help you find a speaker for your WordPress meetings. WP Speakers In the lounge at the Atarim Web Agency Summit, I bumped into Michelle Frechette. She had just released her new project, WP Speakers. She told the story of how, as an organizer of a WordPress meetup, she struggled to get speakers outside of the

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