WordPress Themes and Plugins with a Lifetime License – The Ultimate List
Last Updated November 24, 2018 Over the past year, several major plugins have stopped offering a lifetime license. I've kicked myself for waiting on a few that I could have…
One Click Accessibility Plugin – Easily Add Accessibility Options to Your Site
In this post, I want to look at a free plugin for WordPress that helps to make your website more accessible for people with disabilities. Website accessibility is important because…
Custom Post Types and Displaying Dynamic Content – Review of the Options
In this article I want to look at WordPress Custom Post Types (CPTs) and the display of dynamic data. WordPress has had internal support for Custom Post Types since version…
Managing Brand Colors – Central Color Palette Plugin
When I'm putting a new site together, I start with a set of colors, the "brand colors." Sometimes this is a color swatch and other times it is a list…
The Number One Rule of Website Security
In case you haven't noticed, the zombie apocalypse is well underway. Unattended WordPress websites have been taken over by malicious actors who control botnet gangs that suck the life from…
Chrome Developer Tools: Features For Developers
In this article I want to look at the Chrome developer tools and some of the ways they can be used for development and for troubleshooting. These tools have been expanded slowly…
WordPress Staging and Merging with BlogVault
In this article I want to look at WordPress staging and merging using BlogVault. Staging is important in the process of developing websites. It allows a developer to make changes…
Oxygen: What Is It?
Video Here is a video where I answer the question, "what is Oxygen?" There are some more details shown in the video, while the article below summarizes the pros and…
Crocoblock Suite for Elementor – Kava Theme
Video Here is a video overview of the Kava Theme that comes bundled with the Crocoblock suite for Elementor. The theme is shown in more detail in the video, as…
Crocoblock Suite for Elementor: Dynamic Data – JetEngine & JetThemeCore
Video Here is a video overview of the Crocoblock suite for Elementor and a walk-through using JetEngine and JetThemeCore for working with dynamic data. The process is shown in more…
Crocoblock Suite for Elementor – Overview & Installation
Video Here is a video overview of the Crocoblock suite for Elementor and a walk-through of the different installation options. The screens are shown in more detail in the video…
Elementor and Toolset Equals Site Builder Love
A major feature of Elementor 2.1 is the ability to work with Custom Post Types (CPT) to make templates for displaying the data from CPT fields. To review the lay…
Cost-Effective Security and Backup Option – Review of Jetpack Premium
Who Is This Article For? In this article I review Jetpack Premium, one of the paid Jetpack plans. The review is for people with a single site who have a…
I Was Yoasted When Posting to Twitter
When we share our blog posts to social media we want them to look attractive. We spend some time on a nice featured image that lets people know what the…
Changing Your WordPress Password – Laragon and HeidiSQL
I've been using Laragon for a while now for local WordPress development. Recently someone asked for help because they had forgotten their WordPress username or password. I made a short…
MetaBox and Beaver Themer – Walkthrough
In the video below I look at using the Meta Box suite of plugins to create a Custom Post Type and using that together with Beaver Themer to create a…