WordPress Plugins, Themes & Tutorials

Powering over 43% of all sites on the web, WordPress is the most widely used CMS for building websites. Written in PHP, it’s open-source and highly extendable, which makes it a reliable choice for custom web projects of any size.

We cover practical topics like theme development, plugin recommendations, hosting comparisons, and AI prompts. Whether setting up a basic site, eCommerce store, or building something even more complex, you will find guidance here that’s based on real projects.

Our WordPress articles focus on what works, what breaks, and what to avoid. You’ll also find useful tips on performance, security, SEO, and block-based design.

The goal is simple: help you build better WordPress websites with fewer problems along the way.

Standing Tall in the Face of Recent WordPress Security Scares

Standing Tall in the Face of Recent WordPress Security Scares

If you’ve paid any attention at all to WordPress related news over the past month or so, you know that there have been some security vulnerabilities discovered (like this, this,…

WordPress Plugins to Help Make Your Site Responsive

WordPress Plugins to Help Make Your Site Responsive

With the galloping development of modern technologies the screen size margin of your readership can be anything in-between a 30″ desktop monitor and the iPhone’s 3.5″ screen. Responsive design techniques…

12 Obscure WordPress Plugins You’ll Love

12 Obscure WordPress Plugins You’ll Love

Running your own WordPress website can be quite a chore. The internet’s premiere blogging platform has plenty of functionality built in, but to add something extra, you will have to…

WordPress 3.8 Has Been Released this Week

WordPress 3.8 Has Been Released this Week

Named “Parker” in memory of Jazz saxophonist Charles Parker, WordPress 3.8 has been released. This new version of WordPress brings many interesting features to the table, such as the redesigned…

How WordPress Custom Post Types Makes Updating Easier for your Clients

How WordPress Custom Post Types Makes Updating Easier for your Clients

A great challenge for any WordPress developer is ensuring that when the time comes to launch your new project, your clients will be able to make basic updates as needed….

8 Free WordPress Plugins for Improving User Interaction

8 Free WordPress Plugins for Improving User Interaction

If there is a sense of community and vibrant life surrounding a blog it tends to be successful and ultimately popular – that is a fact. So, if you own…

Is There a Wordcamp Near You?

Is There a Wordcamp Near You?

WordCamps are local/regional/international get-togethers where designers, developers and users meet to share their knowledge. Sure, lots of different software platforms, etc. have their own dedicated conferences. But attending a WordCamp…

Specialty Sites You Can Build With WordPress Plugins

Specialty Sites You Can Build With WordPress Plugins

Both through the addition of core features and plugins, in recent years, WordPress has blossomed into a full-fledged CMS and is now flexible enough to power a wide variety of…

Finding The Best WordPress Plugins for Your Website

Finding The Best WordPress Plugins for Your Website

As of this writing, there are currently well over 25,000 plugins listed at WordPress.org’s Plugin Directory. While that ensures that you have a lot of choices, it doesn’t necessarily make…

Happy Birthday WordPress – Ten Years Old Today!

Happy Birthday WordPress – Ten Years Old Today!

It was in 2003 that the first version of WordPress came out. It did not have many things to brag about back then — there is not much a blogging…

Using WordPress as a REST API for a Mobile App

Using WordPress as a REST API for a Mobile App

Often when making mobile apps you will need your app to get the latest content from your website, or if there is not a website already with content some way…

WordPress 3.5 Released: What All Does it Offer?

WordPress 3.5 Released: What All Does it Offer?

This week, WordPress 3.5 “Elvin” was released. This new version comes with certain tweaks and improvements, primarily focusing on user interface and experience. The most noteworthy change introduced in this…

How to Build a Downloads Gallery WordPress Plugin

How to Build a Downloads Gallery WordPress Plugin

Plugins extend WordPress’ functionality and let you do almost anything with your existing site. In this tutorial, we create a downloads gallery WordPress plugin, keeping it plain and simple and…

Tips for Launching Your New WordPress Plugin

Tips for Launching Your New WordPress Plugin

When our company recently released our first WordPress plugin, we knew how to develop the plugin, but had absolutely no idea how WordPress manages plugins on their directory nor how…

How WordPress Changed My Career

How WordPress Changed My Career

Back when I started my career as a web designer (circa 1996), the main idea of having a website was to, well, have one. In those days, most businesses weren’t…

10 Essential Plugins for WordPress Beginners

10 Essential Plugins for WordPress Beginners

WordPress’s extensibility, courtesy of its large plugin library, is one of the primary causes for its rapid spread as the platform of choice for web development across the internet –…

WordPress Plugins That Will Make Your Life Easier

WordPress Plugins That Will Make Your Life Easier

Whether you’re a designer, a developer (or both), chances are you don’t have a lot of spare time. With that in mind, here are some of my favorite WordPress plugins…

How to Build a Custom Login Page Design for WordPress

How to Build a Custom Login Page Design for WordPress