5 Outstanding WordPress Trends You should Essentially Implement In 2017

by Robert M. Technical User

WordPress is one of the most widely used CMS (Content Management System) platforms across the globe. Offering a number of themes and useful plugins to create user-friendly, feature-rich websites, WordPress is the most preferred choice made by web professionals. It’s been more than a decade WordPress is here, continually growing and offering various WP techniques to ensure the welfare of business websites. This is leading to an ever increasing demand for PSD to WordPress conversion services.

Looking ahead to the future, it is predictable that this CMS will experience even more demands. Let’s discuss here about the top trends of WordPress that is ruling the web world:

Mobile-first philosophy

‘Mobile-friendly’ has been a common term these days in the world of website designing and development due to more and more people using mobile devices to access the internet. Its importance has further increased with Google giving ranking preferences to mobile-friendly websites.

For the uninitiated, mobile-friendly means designing websites with a focus on mobile devices. Designers are now optimizing for small screens and then scaling up. This is because more than 60% of web searches are coming from mobile devices, and businesses can’t ignore that.

Plenty of WordPress themes like Divi are coded with small screens in consideration. Thus, offers a suitable option.

Better security

Security is always a major concern for website owners. So, WordPress keeps security at the forefront of any future enhancements. Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) is a secured version of HTTP, which means data transferred between your browser and website remains encrypted.

Year 2017 has been the transitional year for many website owners to convert to HTTPS and offer security for web visitors’ data. Let’s Encrypt is a great option to manually install your certificate and secure a website.

Focus on improving Microinteractions

Interstitial anxiety is a common thing among today’s internet users. It is a temporary state of tension felt by them while waiting for a response after triggering an action. Hence, any delay in website load time due to latency issue or anything else can lead to increased bounce rate.

Microinteractions come into focus to address the issue. In a nutshell, they are effects or animations indicating that something is happening on the site. Plenty of examples are evident – load spinners, checkmarks when form fields are complete, shopping cart confirmation, etc.

Reducing interstitial anxiety is possible by using Microinteractions, which also improve overall user-experience. Add a preloader animation via a suitable plugin to achieve the objective. Divi Switch plugin is a good option. With a premium solution, you can get many customization features, and integrate easily with the Divi Builder.

SaaS plugin

Although Software as a Service (SaaS) is not a new concept, for WordPress users it is a rather new approach. This model provides advanced functionality at an affordable cost. Its demand is now increasing gradually among WordPress users. For instance, Akismet is a widely used WordPress solution offering a freemium SaaS service.

Increased use of Video Headers

Video headers are growing in popularity. They offer multiple benefits – they are attention catching, provide almost instant exposure to a particular product, and they are entertaining. Hence, a spark in their popularity can be certainly felt. This year, it has appeared with a default theme – Twenty Seventeen. This is so exciting that it seems that all future WordPress websites will have video headers.

On the whole, WordPress themes have become quite exciting and their plugins have been designed to impress web visitors. In addition to the abovementioned WordPress trends, VR optimized themes, expressive typography techniques, and ecommerce based are gaining popularity. Consult an experienced professional to explore more about WordPress website development and allied services.

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