Creating Custom Post Types Using Advanced Custom Fields

Creating Custom Post Types Using Advanced Custom Fields

Introduction For a long time the most popular way to create Custom Post Types (CPTs) was to use Custom Post Type UI (CPT-UI) to create the Custom Post Types and custom taxonomies and pair that with Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) for adding custom fields. However, ACF recently included the ability to create Custom Post Types…

Freemius Privacy Issues: What Were They, What Changed, Is It Enough?

Freemius Privacy Issues: What Were They, What Changed, Is It Enough?

Over the last few years I’ve seen a similar pattern repeat itself. A talented developer will share a new product or some cool new features and in the middle of the discussion about the cool new things someone will notice that the developer used Freemius. From that point the discussion takes a turn to be…

Custom Post Types and Theme Builders: Breakdance

Custom Post Types and Theme Builders: Breakdance

This video takes a look at the Breakdance page builder, specifically the theme builder features for creating a single and archive template for Custom Post Types. Breakdance is pretty new, with version one being released in September 2022. It is touted as being easier to use than Elementor, so I didn’t watch lots of videos…

Enhance WordPress Comments With Comment Edit Lite

Enhance WordPress Comments With Comment Edit Lite

This is a look at the Comment Edit Lite plugin. The built-in WordPress comment system has been largely ignored. It is lacking in features, is difficult to manage, and is prone to spam. Consequently, some people disable comments site wide and others use third party plugins to improve the default comment system. Comment Edit Lite…

Replacing Toolset with Crocoblock JetEngine: Gotchas and Goodies

Replacing Toolset with Crocoblock JetEngine: Gotchas and Goodies

I recently updated the WebTNG website where I replaced Toolset with Crocoblock JetEngine. Toolset has announced that the project is in maintenance mode as they evaluate the impact of the Full Site Editor on their business. Meanwhile, all of the other plugins for working with dynamic data have been moving forward at rapid speed. With…