I recently came across a new utility that gives you a command palette inside the WordPress adin. If you’ve used Sublime Text or Visual Studio Code then you’ve probably seen something like this. Turbo Admin makes it quick to navigate the WordPress admin from the keyboard. The video version has the full walk-through. These are…
Almost as soon as you install a new WordPress site malicious bots begin scanning it for vulnerabilities. Over the years hackers have built up long lists of web vulnerabilities that they can use to compromise a site. They create bots than scan your site by running through that long list looking for weaknesses. We all…
Introduction Brindle Booking is a timeslot management plugin where you can create an availability calendar and accept bookings. It is not a SaaS solution, everything resides on your WordPress site. Brindle Booking has some nice features, but there are currently some limitations. Fortunately, most of the limitations I noticed are listed on their roadmap, so…
Introduction We are all used to seeing content displayed in grids. All of the page builders, including Gutenberg, come with some basic way to display content listings. These are not all created equal. Some only allow you to display post content, while others are flexible enough to also use with Custom Post Types. Some let…
Introduction This is a quick review of BackupGuard, a WordPress backup, restore and migrate plugin. I never heard of BackupGuard prior to it being offered on AppSumo, however, the plugin has been around for a long time. I see on YouTube a video from the company from 2016. BackupGuard Free Version There is a free…
The is a review of Presto Player, a new video player for WordPress. Presto Player has a large number of user interface and optimization options. There are several video hosting options. There is the ability to make videos public or private. There are analytics options. There is a Gutenberg block and an Elementor widget. In…
This is an in-depth look at the Kadence Modal Block. After reading this post you will know what it is, what it isn’t, and how to use it. The Modal block comes as part of Kadence Blocks Pro. It is fairly unique as neither Qubely nor Stackable, the other two general block sets I prefer,…
This post is meant for people who are considering Oxygen for site building. It is not like most builders as it is both more involved and more powerful. In a companion video I created an Oxygen site from scratch so that people could see the process and what was involved. In this post I’m providing…