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What to Expect from AppPresser in 2019

Here at AppPresser, we are really busy behind the scenes furiously writing code and answering the constant stream of support and pre-sales questions. One thing we haven’t been busy doing is updating you by writing on our blog. We have been talking with dozens of our customers on the phone, and a couple times we…

Introducing AppCommerce: Take Your WooCommerce Store Mobile

When we started AppPresser 5 years ago, we created a WooCommerce integration called AppWoo. It was exciting to see WooCommerce in a mobile app, and many of our customers used it with great success. A lot has changed since then, including huge updates to our platform, WordPress, and WooCommerce. In light of these improvements, we…

Analytics for AppPresser 3 and more

We have a lot of exciting new stuff we’ve been working on, but we’ve been heads down in code and support tickets lately instead of writing blog posts. Here’s one big post with all the new features! Contents Google Analytics API login and registration AppCommunity Improvements App Builder UI Improvements New stuff coming soon Google…

Introducing AppCommunity: A New Way to Get Social With BuddyPress

AppCommunity by AppPresser is a re-imagined social component for AppPresser apps. AppCommunity allows AppPresser customers to create a social mobile app for their WordPress website similar to Instagram or Facebook. With AppCommunity, app users can post activity updates, photos, create friendships, send private messages, join groups, and more. AppCommunity works with the BuddyPress plugin on…

The All New Learn AppPresser App

We are excited to announce the all new Learn AppPresser app! With this app you can learn all about how AppPresser works, and how to build and customize your apps. It uses our LearnDash integration, so you are learning how to build apps with AppPresser inside an app built with AppPresser. So meta. Take courses…

Everything You Need to Know About In App Purchases

You can’t sell subscriptions or digital content in your app with Paypal or Stripe like you can on your website. One scenario that comes up a lot is when a customer has a website with premium content, and they want an app. They may have member’s only video content, or premium education courses. They need…

AppPresser Now Integrates With LearnDash

Today we are excited to announce that you can now integrate LearnDash into your AppPresser apps! Online education has exploded in growth, and LearnDash has led the charge in the WordPress LMS plugin space. We learned that LearnDash customers had been looking for an affordable way to create iOS and Android apps to go along…

New: Custom App Layouts Just Got Easier

Today I’m excited to announce a new feature that will make creating custom app layouts easy: custom components! If you are familiar with shortcodes in WordPress, AppPresser custom components are like shortcodes for your app. Drop in your shortcodes and create complex custom app layouts with just a few lines of simple HTML. Custom components…

LearnDash Coming Soon, New Features & Updates

Hey there, we’ve been working hard as usual to bring you new features and updates. Here’s what’s new this month. LearnDash Integration Coming Soon! We’ve been working on a beta integration for LearnDash that allows you to add courses to your app. It integrates all features of LearnDash, including courses, topics, lessons, quizzes, login, registration,…

New: Media Playlists With Downloads

We get a lot of requests for downloading media to the device, now it’s available! Create playlists for your music, videos, or podcasts. Your app users can play the media in their app, and download for use offline* (Downloads not available in the starter plan). The new media list page uses the WP-API to pull…

New This Month: Adding Developer and Client Access to Your Apps & More

This month we released some much anticipated features and updates. Add Users Agency Plus plans now have the ability to add unlimited developers and clients to their accounts. These users can have limited access. For example, add a developer that has full access to all apps, or a client that only has access to one…

Case Study: Art of Manliness App

Art of Manliness is a blog and community dedicated to uncovering the lost art of being a man. Their site covers everything a man needs to know, including career, relationships, style, and lots more. The Art of Manliness podcast is #1 in the Philosophy genre on iTunes, and hosts guests such as Tim Ferris and…

Why Your Event Needs An App, from an Attendee’s Perspective

I recently attended Wooconf, a conference for WooCommerce developers in Seattle. I had a great time with old friends, and enjoyed meeting new ones. The conference itself was packed with great speakers and interesting attendees, all in a great location. The organizers put on a great event. There was just one problem, I had a…

Introduction to AppPresser From a Semi-Technical WordPress Newbie.

Here you will find everything you need to know about AppPresser, its features, and building apps that integrate WordPress. Not only is building a custom app from the ground up easy, you can even add different plugins and extensions such as geolocation, camera, notifications and contacts. Once your custom app is complete, submit it to…

AppPresser Updates 9/17

As usual, we are working hard behind the scenes working to support our customers, enhance our product, and squash bugs. Last month we released a lot of great stuff, and this month we have a couple great new features for you. Sub Menus Our customers have been asking for submenus, they are finally here! Clean…

AppPresser Updates 8/17

Here at AppPresser, we are always working hard behind the scenes to make our products better. Sometimes that means doing a lot of bug fixes and small enhancements that don’t warrant a public announcement, other times we release big features. Here’s what’s new. Make your app faster with production builds If you want your app…

AppPresser is now on Ionic 3, plus more updates!

AppPresser 3 now uses Ionic 3! Ionic 3 offers some small performance gains, but mostly this lays the groundwork for major improvements in the near future. Current customers: you will only be updated to Ionic 3 if you rebuild your app, and it will not affect any apps already in the app store or already…

How to Speed Up WordPress for Mobile: The Ultimate Guide

Share | Share Speeding up WordPress load times for mobile devices is the single most important thing you can do for mobile optimization. Even if you have the most beautiful responsive design the world has ever seen, it’s not going to matter if your site loads slowly. Many people on mobile devices simply won’t wait…

AppPresser 101: Adding WordPress content to your app

We’ve all heard it before, “WordPress is the easiest content management system around.” And if you’ve been using WordPress for a while, you’ve probably said that exact same thing to somebody else. But, do you remember the first time you installed WordPress and logged in to the dashboard? So many links and pages and settings.…

New Feature: Push Segmenting, Plus New Pricing Announcement

Today we are excited to announce that a much requested feature is live: push notification segmenting. We are also raising our prices, more on that below. Push Notification Segmenting Segmenting allows your app users to choose what subjects they are interested in, so you can send them targeted notifications. This can drastically increase engagement, and…

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