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title: Wordpress
date: 2021-05-25T05:00:00-04:00
author: Sean Smith
canonical_url: "https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-04/episode-10/wordpress/"
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<!\[CDATA\[YII-BLOCK-BODY-BEGIN\]\]>[Skip to main content](#main-content)Guest Laura Bailey
Laura founded Revy Web Design to design and build bespoke WordPress websites for small to medium businesses in Revelstoke, BC.
[ ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/revywebdesign/)[ ](https://facebook.com/revywebdesign)
Season 04 Episode 10 – May 25, 2021
54:10 [Show Notes](#show-notes)
## Wordpress
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We talk to Laura Bailey of Revy Web Design all about Wordpress, her journey from IT technical support in the UK to running a Wordpress agency with employees in a small town in British Columbia Canada.
### Show Notes
- Laura, talks about her role as a business owner, website designer, and building bespoke websites for her clients.
- The difference between a pre-built theme and a theme builder such as Elementor.
- Lauras default plugin stack for WordPress sites.
- Rank Math SEO vs Yoast
- Optimizing WordPress sites for performance
- Updating WordPress and Plugins
- Website Maintenance
- WordPress Hosting
### Show Links
- [Revy Web Design](https://revywebdesign.ca/)
- [Elementor](https://elementor.com/)
- [Divi](https://www.elegantthemes.com/gallery/divi/)
- [Oxygen](https://oxygenbuilder.com/)
- [Beaver Builder](https://www.wpbeaverbuilder.com/)
- [Classic Editor](https://wordpress.org/plugins/classic-editor/)
- [Gutenberg Editor](https://wordpress.org/plugins/gutenberg/)
- [Deactivate Gutenberg](https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-gutenberg/)
- [Crocoblock Suite](https://crocoblock.com/)
- [Advanced Custom Fields](https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/)
- [The Dangers of Over Reliance on Plugins in Website Builds](https://caffeinecreations.ca/blog/the-dangers-of-over-reliance-on-plugins-in-website-builds/)
- [Rank Math SEO](https://rankmath.com/)
- [Yoast](https://yoast.com/)
- [Imagify](https://imagify.io/wordpress/)
- [WP Rocket](https://wp-rocket.me/)
- [Page Speed Insights](https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/)
- [Kinsta (web host)](https://kinsta.com/)
Have a question for Sean, Mike, and Amanda? [Send us an email](/contact).
[](https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly93ZWJzaXRlMTAxcG9kY2FzdC5jb20vZmVlZC5yc3M%3D)[](https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/website-101-podcast/id1449510012)[](https://open.spotify.com/show/3rmSM1R9t6q1U8DmYWJRSO?si=NrYPMgDaRV6Dd56PjEaPow)### Season 04
- 1 [ Click Here](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-04/episode-1/click-here/)
- 2 [ How to Talk to Your Web Developer](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-04/episode-2/how-to-talk-to-your-web-developer/)
- 3 [ Red Flags](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-04/episode-3/red-flags/)
- 4 [ Content Strategy](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-04/episode-4/content-strategy/)
- 5 [ Accessibility](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-04/episode-5/accessibility/)
- 6 [ How to improve your website without doing a full redesign](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-04/episode-6/how-to-improve-your-website-without-doing-a-full-redesign/)
- 7 [ Content Marketing](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-04/episode-7/content-marketing/)
- 8 [ Alternatives to Google Analytics](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-04/episode-8/alternatives-to-google-analytics/)
- Bonus[ Listener Survey - What Topics do you Want to Hear More of?](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-04/episode-/listener-survey-what-topics-do-you-want-to-hear-more-of/)
- 9 [ Website Optimization and Speed](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-04/episode-9/website-optimization-and-speed/)
- 10 [ Wordpress](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-04/episode-10/wordpress/)
- 11 [ From Novice to Bootcamp Instructor](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-04/episode-11/from-novice-to-bootcamp-instructor/)
- 12 [ Pimp Your Typography](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-04/episode-12/pimp-your-typography/)
### All Seasons
- [Season 01](https://website101podcast.com/season/01/)
- [Season 02](https://website101podcast.com/season/02/)
- [Season 03](https://website101podcast.com/season/03/)
- [Season 04](https://website101podcast.com/season/04/)
- [Season 05](https://website101podcast.com/season/05/)
- [Season 06](https://website101podcast.com/season/06/)
- [Season 07](https://website101podcast.com/season/07/)
- [Season 08](https://website101podcast.com/season/08/)
- [Season 09](https://website101podcast.com/season/09/)
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