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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 […]
Joomla Monster is known for creating accessible Joomla templates. They kept getting requests for WordPress themes, so decided to set up a new company to develop them. PixelEmu launched in 2015. You can see their commitment to accessibility in this video: I was kindly given a copy of the PixelEmu School theme to try out, and to […]
Updated 14 May 2018. WordPress is designed to be flexible and customizable as a platform. Being able to switch your website’s theme and change the look of your website is one of the big attractions. So when you decide on a new theme, in theory, it’s simple: go to Appearance > Themes in the Dashboard, […]
If you are creating a new WordPress site, the choice of theme is an important decision. Pick the wrong one and you might run into problems later on, such as: Your theme doesn’t adapt to mobile devices You can’t run that shop you wanted to build The forum you added doesn’t display properly It’s worth […]
The Twenty Sixteen theme has actually been out for four months. For most users, though, their first encounter with it came with the release of WordPress 4.4 in December 2015. It’s already been installed on over 300,000 sites. I’ve delved into the theme and here is what I think. You might want to read my review of Twenty Fifteen, as there […]
Have you ever had a plugin or theme update break your WordPress site? It doesn’t tend to happen often, but it has happened to me on occasion. Perhaps a new feature that the author has implemented is incompatible with your particular WordPress setup, or an updated plugin just doesn’t play nice with another plugin on […]
On arrival, I just had time to store my luggage away before attending the first Sunday session. I had no time for coffee – that came later. Morning sessions JavaScript Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them – Kat Reeve Kat is a senior developer at Reason Digital. WordPress uses a lot of JavaScript and she […]
This is Day 26 in the 30 Day Blogging Challenge. You can read Day 25’s post here. Adding the Jetpack Related Posts widget I decided today that since I’ve written a lot of posts lately, it was time to add a related posts widget to my site. After consulting this article on related posts plugins, I […]
Update September 2019: I’ve kept this post up as it was part of the blogging challenge, but the Visual Developer plugin hasn’t been updated in 4 years. I don’t recommend using it now. This is Day 25 in the 30 Day Blogging Challenge. You can read Day 24’s post here. I’ve written previously about customizing a […]
