In this article I want to look at WordPress Custom Post Types (CPTs) and the display of dynamic data. WordPress has had internal support for Custom Post Types since version 3.0, but does not have a built-in way to create them or to display CPT content on the front-end. For a long time, this was …
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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 without putting the production site in jeopardy and without interrupting service, but if you’re making changes on a staging site while the production site is …
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 cons, with screenshots. Introduction Oxygen is unique in the WordPress landscape. I see a lot of people asking about it. People wonder if it is …
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 there is a walk-through, while the article below summarizes the pros and cons, with screenshots. Introduction This post is part of a mini-series looking at …
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 detail in the video while in the article there are some screenshots taken at important points. Introduction This post is part of a mini-series looking …
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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 while in the article there are just screenshots taken at important points in the process. There is some information in the article that is not …
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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 small annual budget and who need to have support available. Now, if you have a high traffic site, an ecommerce store, or a membership component, …
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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 template for the output in WordPress front-end. There are two parts to creating a Custom Post Type: Creating the Custom Post Type itself, and adding …
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, you’ll have seen that the field quickly narrowed to two: Beaver Builder and Elementor. These two giants in the page builder arena have been locked …
Last Updated January 18, 2019. 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 read this first. I have summarized the main points in this article. Watch the view for details and to see …
When Posts Are Not Enough WordPress core supports custom fields and custom post types, but there is no admin UI for managing them and they are not output for display automatically. Typically you would need to create PHP theme templates in order to display them on the frontend. Toolset is a suite of plugins that …
Having a good backup option for your WordPress site is essential. It helps you recover in the event there is a problem with an update, a user error, or a site hack. I think that we should have backup options built into WordPress core, but for now, we need to use a plugin. This post …
Last Updated June 4, 2019 ThemeIsle, a WordPress theme shop that started in 2012 and offers a number of highly rated themes and plugins. Their themes are sold individually in either an annual subscription or an unlimited lifetime option. They used to have a “club membership” model that gave access to all of their themes …