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…
Recently in the Dynamic WordPress Facebook group someone posted about a new WordPress form builder plugin called Bit Form. Bit Form Pro has an interesting feature: it allows you to create Custom Post Types and Custom Taxonomies. A performance comparison between Fluent Forms and Bit Form was shared, suggesting that the new comer was doing…
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…
Introduction Oxygen is a website builder for WordPress. It installs as a plugin, disables the theme, and lets you build up your site more or less from scratch. For various reasons that I explain below, I felt it was time to give Oxygen a full fledged test and use it on a production site in…
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…
The Gutenberg Post Blocks plugin provides a solution to the common problem of how to show a listing of your posts or Custom Post Types. Many block addons have a Posts block, but you are stuck with the layout and display options they provide. Gutenberg Post Blocks, on the other hand, is a dedicated tool…
Introduction Almost every site needs a contact form and new WordPress users must each figure out which of the many options they should use. I call this a “WordPress fire drill” and it is repeated hundreds or thousands of times a day. I really think that a contact form should be built into WordPress core,…
