wordpress
-
When Almost Every KB Counts
A quick update about my eCommerce project and a follow up to my previous post about speed. I didn’t mention that I also activated the Performance/CDN feature from Jetpack. I didn’t think to mention it because it was active when I ran the test and before I installed WP Fastest Cache. At that point, the…
-
eCommerce with WordPress Update. Questions. Speed!
I’m almost ready to do a soft launch on my new eCommerce site. Life has gotten in the way a bit so I’m behind by a few days. I’m not making excuses, simply explaining. But now, moving upward and onward. I’m super excited about the speed of the website. That’s the main reason I’m doing…
-
WordPress is Better Than Other Platforms
Share Share Pin Tweet Buffer WhatsApp I’ve heard something similar a dozen times, sometimes even a WordPress expert will say this. “WordPress is just a choice, like any other website platform.” The Main Reason WordPress is Better Video Timecodes 0:00 Why talk about this 0:40 Inaccurate comparisons 1:25 Analogy to car buying 2:20 WordPress in…
-
Bye Bye Genesis Themes, It’s Been Good.
Over the past seven or eight years, Genesis themes have been my default to-go themes for any WordPress website I’ve built. But this post marks the moment I ditched the Studiopress collection of themes. Maybe you are wondering why. I’ve been a proponent of those themes for such a long time and this decision may…
-
The Beautiful State of a Virgin WordPress Installation.
When you’re deep into WordPress, you tend to load up every installation with all the stuff you think you need. 42 plugins, your bloated theme, and all kinds of stuff all over the widget areas. I have a WordPress “kit” which I normally use to set up a new site, then I remove the stuff…
-
The 1 Reason Genesis Themes Makes It Easier to Get Started With WordPress Quickly.
Have you ever activated a WordPress theme and been disappointed by that first impression? I’ve been using WordPress for a long time, and I still feel this way sometimes. The theme just doesn’t look or feel like the demo. I can imagine if you’re new to WordPress, this is even a bigger issue for you.…
-
Gutenberg. The New Block Editor in WordPress. Expect Rough Weather.
For a little over a year, maybe two, people that keep track of the pulse with WordPress have known of a new editor for WordPress. It was released officially a few months ago and it wasn’t received well. The ratings for the plugin in the official WordPress repository are dismal with an average rating of…
-
Better Than WordPress? That’s Blasphemous!
In today’s driving with Oscar video, I talk about a system that is arguably better than WordPress. In some cases, where you don’t need a blog or a platform to extend with plugins and special themes or custom development, this is better than WordPress. I think this is particularly true today, especially with some of…
-
WordPress Plugin to Keep Track of Time Spent Blogging – Worktime Logger
I found this cool plugin and I thought I’d share it with you. Along the same lines as using Time Doctor for your day to day activities, Post Worktime Logger for WordPress can give you a good estimation of how much time you have spent creating a blog post. I like knowing a few blogging statistics…
-
Gripes with Jetpack and Alternatives to Akismet Plugin
I’ve grown a bit weary of the WordPress.com approach to things, especially when it comes to the overlap with WordPress.org. One of the issues I have is Jetpack, the massive multi-module plugin that provides WordPress.org installations with some of the functionality available to WordPress.com websites. WordPress.com vs WordPress.org If you don’t know what the difference…