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.

An Ode to Hello Dolly with Matt Mullenweg

An Ode to Hello Dolly with Matt Mullenweg

Learn how Matt Mullenweg’s Hello Dolly plugin shaped WordPress culture and its surprising role in software development.

A Guide to Effective Use of the WordPress Block Editor

A Guide to Effective Use of the WordPress Block Editor

After building quite a few sites with WordPress blocks, I want to share a few things I’ve learned along the way.

What Should Happen When a WordPress Theme or Plugin License Expires?

What Should Happen When a WordPress Theme or Plugin License Expires?

As the WordPress ecosystem continues to mature, it presents new challenges. Everyone from end-users, web designers, and theme/plugin authors is impacted. While it may seem like the open-source content management…

Tips for Taking Event Registrations on Your Website

Tips for Taking Event Registrations on Your Website

Online event registration has become a popular feature in web design. But, before you start taking online registrations, read our tips for choosing the right tool.

How to Better Organize Content within WordPress

How to Better Organize Content within WordPress

By mapping out your WordPress posts and pages logically, it will look professional, help with SEO, and will likely reduce your stress levels.

When Website Builder Tools Get in the Way of Best Practices

When Website Builder Tools Get in the Way of Best Practices

Website builders aim to simplify the design and build processes. But they take control of the output, and there’s no guarantee they’ll employ best practices.

How to Plan a Redesign of a WordPress Multisite Network

How to Plan a Redesign of a WordPress Multisite Network

From planning and testing to optimizing for performance, we show you how to navigate the complexities of a Multisite Network redesign.

What to Know Before Attending a WordPress Contributor Day

What to Know Before Attending a WordPress Contributor Day

Some thoughts and observations on what it’s like to participate in a WordPress Contributor Day. Is for you? Keep reading to find out.

How to De-Clutter Your WordPress Site

How to De-Clutter Your WordPress Site

We point you towards some areas where virtual garbage can begin to pile up in WordPress and introduce you to a few tools that can help.

How to Build Client-Proof WordPress Websites

How to Build Client-Proof WordPress Websites

Handing off a new WordPress website to a client offers a great feeling of satisfaction. You provide a pixel-perfect rendering of a brand’s online presence and hope it plays a…

The Best Practices for Building a Multilingual WordPress Site

The Best Practices for Building a Multilingual WordPress Site

We share some thoughts and valuable lessons that will help make for a smoother ride when building multilingual websites with WordPress.

How to Speed up Google Fonts in WordPress

How to Speed up Google Fonts in WordPress

In this quick tutorial, we show you a couple of methods for optimizing and drastically speeding up Google Fonts in WordPress.

10 Best Free Plugins for Adding Animation Effects to WordPress

10 Best Free Plugins for Adding Animation Effects to WordPress

A collection of free plugins for quickly adding smooth scrolling, page transitions, and CSS animated effects to your WordPress website.

How to Stay Relevant as a Web Designer in the Age of AI

How to Stay Relevant as a Web Designer in the Age of AI

We discuss the unique value web designers offer in an AI-driven age, emphasizing our irreplaceable creative skills and strategic insights.

How to Make Wise Investments in Your Design Business

How to Make Wise Investments in Your Design Business

We take a look at those web design business items that you might be tempted to purchase, whether they’re worth it or not.

How to Create Next & Previous Links in WordPress Posts

How to Create Next & Previous Links in WordPress Posts

On many WordPress themes you see links at the bottom of single posts which direct you to the previous and next posts of the blog. So, in this tutorial, I…

The Responsibilities of Making Money with Open Source Software

The Responsibilities of Making Money with Open Source Software

What follows isn’t a definitive answer. It’s a collection of thoughts on how we might reach a better understanding of the issue, along with some simple actions we can take.

Why Fixing Websites Is a Growth Opportunity for Freelancers

Why Fixing Websites Is a Growth Opportunity for Freelancers