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101+ Useful eCommerce Statistics You Must Know in 2024

Are you thinking about starting an online store this year? Or do you want to boost sales and grow your existing eCommerce business?

We’ve read all the latest reports and data and compiled the most important eCommerce statistics into this roundup to save you time. From the overall growth of the eCommerce industry to trends in mobile commerce and social selling, we’ve got all the data you need to ensure you’re focusing on the right things in your eCommerce business.

How to Set Up WP Mail SMTP With Gmail (2 Options)

As someone who relies on WordPress for managing my website, I know how crucial it is to ensure emails from my site actually reach my audience.

Sending WordPress emails through Gmail SMTP is a great idea to improve deliverability and avoid emails going to the spam folder.

In this guide, I’ll walk you through the steps on how to configure the Google Workspace / Gmail mailer in WP Mail SMTP via 2 different methods.

Introducing WPForms 1.8.7 – User-Friendly Order Form Upgrades

Great news for anyone selling products or services online!

With our latest update, we’ve added some simple but powerful features to improve the eCommerce functionality of WPForms. You can now enable product quantities in your order forms with a single click. We’ve also added an order summary so shoppers can see a full breakdown of products, quantities, and discounts at a glance before they check out.

Find out more about how we’ve improved the experience for both you and your customers.

The Ultimate List of Online Business Statistics (2025)

Would you like to grow your online business? One of the best ways to take your company to the next level is by learning as much as you can about what has worked for other business owners.

We’ve done all the hard work and scoured dozens of the latest research and hand-picked the most insightful data to bring you this curated selection. In this post, we share tons of online business facts and statistics that you can use to build and grow your own business online.

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How to Fix Could Not Connect to SMTP Host in WordPress

Are you seeing the “could not connect to SMTP Host” error in WordPress?

This is an issue that frequently pops up for WP Mail SMTP users. However, the error isn’t caused by the plugin. The problem is usually on the hosting or server side.

Whatever the case, the good thing is that you can usually solve this issue by following a few steps.

In this post, we’ll walk you through different methods for fixing the “could not connect to SMTP host” error in WP Mail SMTP.