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Time To Try Gutenberg? Introducing The New WordPress Editor

Posted: August 3, 2018 Updated: November 7, 2018 by Claire Brotherton
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With the release of WordPress 4.9.8 you might notice a new prompt on the WordPress Dashboard – Try Gutenberg. But what is it? And should you try Gutenberg? What is Gutenberg? Gutenberg is a new editing experience for WordPress which has been under development for the last year. It’s designed to modernise the way that […]

Category: WordPress Tags: Gutenberg, post editor

A Beginner’s Guide To The WordPress Media Library

Posted: July 31, 2018 by Claire Brotherton
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The WordPress Media Library is the home for any files uploaded to your WordPress website, chiefly images and documents. In a brand new WordPress site, it will look bare because there’s nothing in it! In order to use any files on your site, you need to upload them first. Let’s take a look at how […]

Category: WordPress Tags: Media Library

Stay Safe! Practical Security Tips For WordPress

Posted: June 27, 2018 by Claire Brotherton
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WordPress Edinburgh has been a regular event for me most months, and last week we moved to a new home at Codebase. This was where was last year’s WordCamp Edinburgh was staged. We kicked off the new phase with a talk by Tim Nash. Tim works for hosting company 34SP.com who sponsor our meetups (thanks […]

Category: WordPress Tags: security

Making WordPress GDPR Compliant – Do You Need a Plugin?

Posted: May 7, 2018 Updated: June 8, 2018 by Claire Brotherton
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GDPR is coming… The enforcement date of May 25 2018 for the new European data protection law is only a few weeks away. WordPress Core and plugin developers have been looking at solutions for abiding by GDPR for WordPress sites. Been living under a rock and don’t know what the GDPR is? Read my post […]

Category: WordPress Tags: GDPR, plugins

WordCamp London 2018: Technology, Terrific Talks and Tribe

Posted: April 20, 2018 Updated: April 22, 2018 by Claire Brotherton
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For the fourth year running, I’m pleased to say that I made it to WordCamp London. And what a conference it was! My main goals for the three days were: Attend the Contributor Day and learn enough about Git and the command line to be able to contribute to WordPress. Learn as much as I […]

Category: Accessibility, WordPress Tags: business plan, customers, GDPR, Gutenberg, inclusion, privacy, wordcamp

Comparing Free WordPress Mobile Menu Plugins – Which Is Best?

Posted: March 31, 2018 by Claire Brotherton
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Most WordPress themes built now have a responsive mobile menu built-in. The hamburger icon (3 stacked horizontal lines) has become the symbol of a menu toggle. Though hamburger icons are not universally recognised. But there are a few older themes, like Twenty Eleven, which although they are responsive, don’t have a dedicated mobile menu. Twenty […]

Category: WordPress Tags: mobile menu, twenty eleven

Is WordPress Reykjavik Theme Clean, Light And Accessible?

Posted: February 25, 2018 by Claire Brotherton
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Reykjavik theme is a relatively new addition (October 2017) to WordPress’ family of accessibility-ready themes. It was created by Oliver Juhas of WebMan Design. Oliver has created a number of accessibility-ready themes, some free and some paid. The name Reykjavik evokes a product which is clean and modern. The theme description begins: Reykjavik is fresh, lightweight, […]

Category: Accessibility, WordPress Tags: accessibility-ready, themes

How To Export And Import Content On Your WordPress Site

Posted: December 15, 2017 by Claire Brotherton
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There are times in the life of a WordPress site when doing a content export and import is necessary. In this post I’ll look at: When you would need to export and import content. What content you can export and import. What tools, plugins and services you can use. What issues you might run into, […]

Category: WordPress Tags: export, import

How To Add Custom Content To WordPress Category Archives

Posted: November 17, 2017 Updated: May 30, 2018 by Claire Brotherton
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Updated 30 May 2018. Do you run a large WordPress blog? You will probably have split your content into different categories. Perhaps you have your category list in a sidebar or in a dropdown menu. When a visitor views each category page they’ll normally see a list of the posts in that category, with the […]

Category: WordPress Tags: blog, custom post type, plugins

The Evolution Of Gutenberg – Has It Improved?

Posted: October 16, 2017 by Claire Brotherton
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It’s been three months since I last looked at the WordPress Gutenberg editor, so I thought it was time to revisit. The last version I tried was version 0.4. It’s moved on quite a bit since then. We’re now on to version 1.4. What’s new in Gutenberg? Here are some of the changes I’ve noticed […]

Category: Accessibility, WordPress Tags: Gutenberg

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