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New features for an existing WordPress or Shopify site. Bookings, SMS, logins, filters and more, with steps you can follow.

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Guide Site upgrades Connect HubSpot to Xero: invoices and contacts in sync Deals in HubSpot turn into Xero invoices, and payments come back. You'll know the free app's setup order, what it syncs, and the limits to plan around. October 24, 2026 4 min read

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Guide Site upgrades Connect Stripe to Xero: card payments and fees, sorted Customers pay your Xero invoices by card, Xero records the Stripe fee, and website sales reconcile through the Stripe bank feed. Both set up, step by step. October 23, 2026 4 min read

Shopify and Xero logos joined by an arrow labelled sales, fees, payouts and GST, over a photo of a shopping bag and a notebook

Guide Site upgrades Connect Shopify to Xero: your options, step by step Shopify and Xero connected, with payouts and GST that match your bank. Start with Xero's free app, or use A2X, Link My Books or a custom sync when you outgrow it. October 22, 2026 5 min read

A login box with four buttons: Login with Facebook, Login with Google, Login with LinkedIn and Login with Twitter, on a grey background with a yellow block behind it

Guide Site upgrades Social login: let customers sign in with Google or Apple You'll know why one-tap sign-in with Google, Apple or Facebook beats a new password, which buttons to offer, and the WordPress plugins that add them. October 17, 2026 6 min read

A laptop on an oak desk showing a Team access screen with an owner, a staff member and a developer whose access expires in 7 days

Guide Site upgrades Share your store logins safely with staff and developers Everyone who works on your shop gets their own login, the logins you can't split live in a password vault, and you can lock it all again when someone leaves. October 7, 2026 5 min read

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Guide Site upgrades What is a CRM, and does your business need one? Know what a CRM does, its pros and cons, how to switch from one CRM to another, and how to add one to the website you already have. October 2, 2026 5 min read

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Guide Site upgrades Mobile app or PWA: does your business need an app? Know whether your site, shop or service needs a native app, or whether a fast, mobile-friendly progressive web app (PWA) does the job for less. October 1, 2026 4 min read

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Guide Site upgrades Shopify pricing in Australia: which plan do you need? Know which Shopify plan fits your shop today, and the sales level where Grow or Advanced starts to pay for itself. Five quick questions, in Australian dollars. September 28, 2026 4 min read

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Guide Site upgrades How to speed up a slow WordPress site A faster site in an afternoon: fewer plugins, smaller images, page caching, a CDN and minified files. Most of it is free, and WP Rocket covers the rest. September 28, 2026 5 min read

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Guide Site upgrades Add SMS appointment reminders to your WordPress site Automatic text reminders before every booking, sent from WordPress. The plugins that do it, what a text costs, and Australia's new sender name rules. September 26, 2026 3 min read

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Guide Site upgrades Is your website out of date? A 10-minute check A 10-minute check you can do yourself: your WordPress, PHP and plugin versions, or your Shopify theme and checkout, and what to fix first. September 26, 2026 4 min read