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I saw a comment where someone said that Gutenberg doesn’t yet have all of the widgets and features that Elementor has. They were going to wait to switch to Gutenberg until those were available. That got me thinking. The most efficient page will just be plain text and after that a page built using semantic…
Introduction Meta Box is a custom fields and framework plugin used to extend WordPress. The core “framework” plugin is available for free from the WordPress plugin directory and doesn’t have a user interface, but instead provides functionality for all of the many Meta Box extensions. Some of the extensions are free and others are premium….
Introduction For learning purposes I’m building a new site using Oxygen. I typically use some code snippets on my sites and added a few to my regular library for Oxygen specifically. I wanted to share them in case there are some that are useful to other site builders or Oxygen users. For programmers, a code…
When we think of Gutenberg addons we often think of block collections, that is a suite of blocks from the same vendor. These typically have a container block, heading block, button block, list block, and others. However, there is another type of Gutenberg addon, the utility addon, which serves a different purpose. Instead of adding…
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…
Last Updated January 3, 2023. The ultimate list now has more than 140 WordPress themes and plugins with a lifetime license. A lifetime license can be an incredible value if you use the theme or plugin for several years. A lifetime license helps you step off of the subscription treadmill. Some vendors are moving to…
Last Updated December 14, 2019. There are a number of free online services useful for site builders. The seven listed below are helpful for checking if DNS changes have been picked up, troubleshooting SSL errors, finding the cause of a site slowdown for speed optimization, finding the best headline for your posts, and for using…
A few weeks ago I was thinking to myself that WordPress comments were really a black hole. So I was surprised and intrigued when I received an email from Thrive Themes telling me about their new Thrive Comments plugin. I went over to their website to check it out. In this post I want to…