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Best WordPress Gallery Plugins for Image & Video (Free & Premium)

Yuliia Khakimova WordPress plugins Updated: May 28, 2026Leave a comment

We all know how the default WordPress settings allow you to create image galleries via shortcodes. At the same time, we realize core settings are never enough. Shortcodes can’t make half of what the best WordPress gallery plugins are capable of – both free and premium ones.

If you are in search of powerful gallery options with multiple display options, albums, lightboxes, and support for various media content, this post is for you. We collected 17 WordPress best gallery plugins with advanced grids and many other pro options.
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Stripe’s Authorize and Capture: Using Manual Funds Capture in MotoPress Hotel Booking

Ann Taylor MotoPress news, Product updates May 21, 2026Leave a comment

With Hotel Booking 6.0, you can now use Stripe’s authorize and capture payment workflow – a flexible way to reserve funds on a guest’s card first and charge them later manually.

This payment flow is widely used in hotels and vacation rentals because it gives you more control over bookings before finalizing a charge!

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Divi vs Elementor: Which WordPress Page Builder Wins in 2026?

Viktoriia Volkova WordPress plugins Updated: May 20, 20266 Comments

The Divi vs Elementor competition makes everyone struggle. Both WP page builders have features that make you toss between one choice or another. At first glance, they solve the same problem. But once you actually start building websites with them, the differences become obvious. In this article, we’ll compare their features, pricing, workflows, and much more!

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MotoPress Hotel Booking + Stripe: Unlock More Payment Methods

Ann Taylor MotoPress news, Product updates May 18, 2026Leave a comment

Great news for Stripe users – we’ve expanded the Stripe integration in the MotoPress Hotel Booking plugin – and now you can offer many more payment methods supported by Stripe, including regional gateways, digital wallets, and even stablecoin payments. This is available from Hotel Booking 6.0.
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Calendar Turns into Property Management Dashboard: Reviewing New Hotel Booking Plugin Menu

Ann Taylor Product updates May 13, 2026Leave a comment

In the version 6.0.0 of the MotoPress Hotel Booking plugin, we completely revamped the Calendar menu experience in the backoffice. What used to be a simple booking overview calendar is now a much more powerful workspace for managing your accommodation rates and availability from one place.
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Hotel Booking 6.0 Overview: Revamped Calendar, Place a Hold on Stripe Payment & More

Ann Taylor Product updates May 10, 2026Leave a comment

MotoPress Hotel Booking 6.0 is one of the most feature-rich releases this year. It delivers a brand-new booking and availability dashboard and more capabilities of Stripe inside your plugin, without extra charges.

In this release overview, we’re looking to provide you with the main details of what’s new; we also have more in-depth tutorials and videos in the works! Stay tuned to the blog and video updates.
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Use MotoPress Hotel Booking with Divi 5 (Divi Integration Add-on 2.0.0)

Ann Taylor Product updates May 7, 2026Leave a comment

This winter, we explored Divi’s biggest update yet – Divi 5. Summing up that release – it’s a totally new Divi! Better design system, better developer tools, better everything!

Can you use MotoPress Hotel Booking with Divi 5? Absolutely! Since the MotoPress Hotel Booking also provides Divi users with the dedicated extension – MotoPress Hotel Booking for Divi – we’ve updated the latter to help you smoothly transition to the new Divi 5 building experiences.
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SEO Guide for Event Marketing: How to Rank Higher for Calendar & Event Pages

Viktoriia Volkova Resources May 7, 2026Leave a comment

Are you planning a great event by investing in speakers and building a thoughtful agenda? Make sure people can find your event page online. Because today, events don’t just compete with each other. They compete for attention in search results, recommendation feeds, and in AI-generated answers. In this article, we’ll walk through an SEO guide for event marketing to optimize your pages for those environments!

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Astra Theme Alternatives: Top WordPress Themes for the New Generation

Yegor Yevsyukov WordPress themes May 5, 2026Leave a comment

What are the best Astra theme alternatives to use when developing a WordPress website? Although it’s still one of the top-rated multipurpose themes, Astra is a good example of what you might call the “older generation” of themes. It presents a reliable and well-designed combination of flexibility, accessibility, and performance, even for appointment scheduling websites. But is it really necessary to use just this theme if you’re looking for ways to build an easily customizable site – especially lightweight and modern? Luckily, there are alternatives to this multipurpose design solution that are just as worthy of your attention and time – and those that adhere to modern WordPress building experiences. In today’s article, we’ll take a look at them to learn more about their design options, features, and other advantages.
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Decide Which Events Show First on Your Calendar (MotoPress Events Calendar 2.3.0)

Ann Taylor MotoPress news April 30, 2026Leave a comment

In the latest version 2.3.0 of the MotoPress Events Calendar plugin, we’ve rolled out a few small but helpful UX updates: you can now use a custom default date instead of “today” for your calendar! This way, the site visitors see the events you want them to see first.

On top of that, you can remove any calendar view modes (month, week, day, or list) that don’t contribute to showcasing your events in the best possible way.
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