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, but…
Introduction Brizy is a website builder for WordPress. Brizy promises a lot — to be easy to use, to be able to easily create stunning websites, and to provide the advanced features that site builders expect in a top-class page builder. When Brizy was first released it created a lot of buzz because of the…
Introduction Have you purchased from an online store that didn’t have user reviews? These days all e-commece shops have them. For shoppers, reviews provide an independent assessment of products and sellers. For sellers, user reviews can improve SEO and provide social proof. WooCommerce comes with a review feature, but it is pretty basic. In this…
Background The Astra theme is well respected and has more than a million active installs. The team is very talented and contributes to the WordPress project. On Friday August 7th the Astra theme was suspended from the WordPress theme directory for 5 weeks. A review found affiliate IDs were added to up-sale links. These were…
Introduction Like it or not, people judge Gutenberg based on their experience using Elementor, Beaver Builder, Divi and other page builders. Its true. We have gotten used to a rich and flexible editing experience, with lots of layout and design choices, and with a module or widget for everything. Consequently, the default Gutenberg experience can…
Introduction Updated October 19, 2020 – Although the Toolset team indicated back in July that fixes were in the works, there are still some things to keep in mind, as indicated in the updates below. Updated July 20, 2020 – As noted inline below, the Toolset team responded positively to this article and many of…
Introduction I’m sure you’ve heard the old saying, “The shoemakers children don’t have any shoes.” In discussions with WordPress site builders I often hear comments about the need to update their own sites. They are so busy working on other people’s websites that their own is neglected. I’ve been building websites since 1994 and I’ve…
Introduction Thrive Themes has recently released its Theme Builder. It has been a long time in the making and I was curious to see how it stacked up against the other solutions that I’ve looked at in this series. Since it is brand new, I expected to find some rough edges, and I did, but…