WordPress Themes and Plugins with a Lifetime License – The Ultimate List
Last Updated October 17, 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…
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…
Code Snippets for Easy Site Customizations
Code snippets are small bits of PHP code that you can use to customize your WordPress website. The Code Snippets plugin is a great convenience for adding snippets. The plugin is…
Decisive Victory in the Page Builder War
Last updated 4/27/2018 A year and a half ago, when Pippin Williams wrote the authoritative review of WordPress page builders, there were several strong contenders. If you've been paying attention,…
Themes on Fire – CSSIgniter Review
Interested in CSSIgniter? Thinking of making a purchase? This review will give you what you need to decide, you’ll discover the good and the bad, so you might want to…
Free Services for Website Building & Optimization
There are a number of free online services useful for site builders. The four listed below are helpful for checking if DNS changes have been picked up, troubleshooting SSL errors,…
Best Web Hosting for Site Builders
Introduction If you need a Virtual Private Server (VPS) or a physical machine in a server facility then this article isn’t for you. For a high-level view of hosting considerations, see…