I review themes, plugins, and services and offer an honest opinion based on my experience. Posts tagged as a “Review” can help in decision making and in finding the best tool for the job.
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…
This is a review and walk-through of the Comment Edit Pro 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. However, comments are known to increase user engagement and can help with SEO….
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…
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…
Crocoblock started out in the Elementor ecosystem and over time they built up an impressive suite of Elementor addons. Using Crocoblock for Elementor sites was something of a no-brainer, but people worried you might be locked into Elementor. Then, a few years ago Crocoblock began adding Gutenberg support, a process that they have continued to…
Here is a quick look at some of the very cool new features and enhancements coming to Gutenberg and the Site Editor in WordPress 6.2. I’m impressed. Features demoed in the video include:
WordPress websites today have a lot of functionality and sending emails is an important step in many of the processes, such as sending a contact form submission, the completion of an automation, or WooCommerce transactions. You will often see new, and even not so new, website owners have issues with emails not being sent or…
This is my second look at ACPT. In the first video I concluded that ACPT worked well for creating Custom Post Types, custom taxonomies, and custom fields, but that more was needed for displaying those on the front-end. Since the first look, ACPT has added Divi and now Bricks Builder integrations. In this video I…