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The GenerateBlocks team just released a new version of their Gutenberg plugin, version1.5, and it is a game changer. It unleashes dynamic data and advanced layouts making them available in the free version that can be used with any theme. In this post I’ll quickly show you the differences between the previous version and the…
Almost every WordPress site needs form functionality and Piotnet Forms is an attractive choice. Piotnet Forms started off as a popular addon for Elementor but then a standalone plugin was created and now Piotnet Forms is releasing version two. Some features of the new version include an updated user interface, enhancements to multistep forms, easier…
In this article I want to look at WordPress Custom Post Types (CPTs) and the display of dynamic data using page builders. 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…
The WordPress admin dashboard is not optimized for any particular use case, it is not that attractive, and can become cluttered. There are a number of plugins available for “taming” the admin. Some try to make the admin more attractive, some let you apply branding, some make navigation more efficient, and some let you provide…
UiPress is a Toolbox plugin for customizing and extending the WordPress admin. There are a large number of individual utility plugins for this purpose, but UiPress brings the features of several of these together in one. I recently did a walk-through of WP Adminify and there were questions about how it compares to UiPress, so…
Why WP Adminify? While the admin is functional, it is an area of WordPress that hasn’t gotten much love. It looks dated. Getting from point A to point B involves more clicks than it should and there are common operations that can be streamlined. There is a lot of information that you have to dig…
The video is part of a mini-series looking at getting started with Cwicly. Cwicly is relatively new. It is an advanced toolkit for Gutenberg and is designed to work with the Full Site Editor. As you know, the Full Site Editor is still in beta and it is very bare bones. Cwicly enhances the site…
Brainstorm Force has a very popular Gutenberg Addon called Spectra. The name was just changed, it was previously called Ultimate Addons for Gutenberg. A big update to version 2 has just gone into beta and there is news about a pro version which is forthcoming. 300,000+ Active installs 769 5 star reviews Pro version coming…