Introduction The hayday of themes gave way to the rise of page builders and now Gutenberg dominates the scene. I purchased three premium blocks addons: Kadence Blocks, Qubely Blocks and Stackable Blocks and in this review I do a comparison. I know that reviews sometimes skirt the hard questions, but I’m going to try to…
Introduction With WordPress we are used to working desktop first and then later, checking things on different screen sizes. All of our tools work that way. As a result, we sometimes forget to check different screen sizes and even if we remember, doing so is a bit of a hassle. In the past I’ve used…
Introduction Almost every site needs a contact form and new WordPress users must each figure out which of the many options they should use. I call this a “WordPress fire drill” and it is repeated hundreds or thousands of times a day. I really think that a contact form should be built into WordPress core,…
Introduction Brizy is a website builder for WordPress. Brizy promises a lot — to be easy to use, to be able to easily create stunning websites, and to provide the advanced features that site builders expect in a top-class page builder. When Brizy was first released it created a lot of buzz because of the…
Introduction Have you purchased from an online store that didn’t have user reviews? These days all e-commece shops have them. For shoppers, reviews provide an independent assessment of products and sellers. For sellers, user reviews can improve SEO and provide social proof. WooCommerce comes with a review feature, but it is pretty basic. In this…
Background The Astra theme is well respected and has more than a million active installs. The team is very talented and contributes to the WordPress project. On Friday August 7th the Astra theme was suspended from the WordPress theme directory for 5 weeks. A review found affiliate IDs were added to up-sale links. These were…
Introduction Like it or not, people judge Gutenberg based on their experience using Elementor, Beaver Builder, Divi and other page builders. Its true. We have gotten used to a rich and flexible editing experience, with lots of layout and design choices, and with a module or widget for everything. Consequently, the default Gutenberg experience can…
Introduction Last updated July 20, 2020 – As noted inline below, the Toolset team responded positively to this article and many of the issues are being addressed. Toolset is a powerful suite of plugins that makes it easy to work with custom fields and Custom Post Types. Last December Toolset released its new Blocks plugin,…
