Going through the WordPress theme index is nice and all, but most of the time, we end up finding the fascinating themes out in the wild. Unfortunately, it is not always easy to tell which setup is hidden behind the attractive appearance. A simple web app changes that. What WordPress Theme is That? Using the slim snoope...
More and more websites choose to use Google’s search engine instead of the native WordPress search. The Google search is supposed to be much better, as well as deliver more precise results. But is this really the case? Is the WordPress search function really so bad that it should be replaced? Here’s my repo...
The SaaS trend has been unabated for years now. Developers are happy about that; users aren’t. Now, the trend is also making its way to the developers of WordPress plugins. Let’s see what the up- and downsides are.WordPress Plugin as SaaS: Not All New I’m sure you know one of the oldest SaaS plugins...
Are you a user of Adobe’s photo lab Lightroom, and do you run a blog on the WordPress foundation? If yes, you have already met the majority of requirements to use the new free Lightroom plugin by Automattic.Time Saver For Photo Bloggers: Upload Directly from Lightroom If your blog runs on WordPress.com, the clo...
WordPress attracts tons of bloggers that want to handle things on their own. You gain full control, and there is nothing that you couldn’t adjust with a few lines of PHP, CSS, or HTML. On top of that, there are hundreds of small functions regarding the extension of the CMS available on the web. The world of WordP...
The fewest designers use Github or similar platforms but develop locally. For that, there are some proven solutions, but the new Mac App Theme Juice makes all of it easier. Theme Juice Landing Page (Screenshot: Noupe) Theme Juice Creates Local WordPress Installations Theme Juice is a software that makes the creation, a...
On St. Nicholas’ day 2016, the newest version 4.7 of the popular WordPress CMS was released. As I run all my projects via WordPress, I first installed the update on the project where a crash would have been the most bearable. But only good things happened.Those that have been using WordPress since 2005, like me...
Most people think that their WordPress website was safe just because it doesn’t have any content worth hacking. Unfortunately, that is not true. Websites are often hacked to distribute spam emails, for example. Or the core and theme files are filled with malicious code to infect and hack your website visitor̵...
Every user of a “real” CMS knows that it requires a lot of flexibility in displaying different content and that a stiff content corset is unacceptable. WordPress has opened up to this idea, and its version 4.7 finally brings support for post type templates.Custom Post Types vs. Post Type Templates? The su...
Would you like to use custom formats in the visual writing editor of WordPress? Good idea, as adding styles gets you a lot of advantages. You can use your elements without having to change into the text mode. Thus, in this article, we’ll show you how to extend the editor with custom formats.The visual editor of...
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