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Released with WordPress 6.7 on November 12, 2024, Twenty Twenty-Five is the new default theme for 2025. You will need at least WordPress 6.7 and PHP 7.2 to run it. At the time of writing, it has over 700,000 active installs according to wordpress.org. You can test out the theme for free at WordPress Playground. […]
If you’re new to WordPress, you need to decide if you want to build your site using self-hosted WordPress or hosted on WordPress.com. Next, you need to choose a theme which determines the look and feel of your site. WordPress themes are collections of files that specify the layout, spacing, typography, colours and interactivity of […]
Twenty Twenty-Four theme is the latest in a series of default WordPress themes. This theme shipped with the release of WordPress 6.4 on November 7, 2023. Twenty Twenty-Four is a block theme, meaning that it is composed of blocks and the whole of your site is editable. The theme has proved popular, with over half […]
WordPress’ block editor was introduced in version 5 and has transformed the way we build sites. But despite the huge number of blocks available, there’s always room for more. That’s where Spectra, formerly known as Ultimate Addons for Gutenberg, comes in. Spectra is made by Brainstorm Force, the company behind the Astra theme, and is […]
Have you ever wanted to: Export your blog content as a PDF file or HTML? Turn your blog posts into an ebook? Provide handy print buttons or your users to print web pages? Create lead magnets, white papers, product brochures and more from your website? If so, the Print My Blog plugin might be right […]
Have you ever wanted to test WordPress plugins, but don’t want to install them on your site? Perhaps you’re worried that a new plugin might break your website. In this case, you need a test site. Here are some ways to create test sites: Use a staging site (a copy of a live site for […]
WordPress’ block editor has now been on the scene for two and a half years. It has brought about new opportunities to design pages as opposed to just adding text and images to them. But learning the various blocks and how to put them together can still be quite a slow and frustrating process. You […]
WordPress 5.5, released on August 11 2020, has introduced a new feature: enabling automatic plugin and theme updates. Automatic minor updates for WordPress Core (for example, from WordPress 5.4 to 5.4.1) have been around since WordPress 3.7, but having this option for plugins and themes is a new feature. Up until now, updating plugins and […]
It’s been a few years since I started using the Genesis Framework by StudioPress for building WordPress sites. But what’s good about Genesis? And should you use it? In this Genesis review, I’ll look at some of the pros — and cons — of using Genesis for building WordPress websites. Pros Genesis is popular According […]
For me, WordCamp Glasgow 2020 kicked off with meeting Ahmed Khalifa on the train to Glasgow. I hadn’t seen him since Accessibility Scotland last year, so we had a good opportunity for a catch up on the journey. We made it to the venue and could immediately see why it had been described as arty! […]
