Tag: WordPress

Learn How to Display WordPress Custom Field Data With Blocks — Speckyboy

Custom fields are among WordPress’s most powerful features. They allow us to customize the front and back end of a website, and there are all manner of creative uses for them. Everything from displaying niche content to changing page layouts based on field values is possible. Traditionally, using custom fields meant navigating obstacles. They require… Continue reading Learn How to Display WordPress Custom Field Data With Blocks — Speckyboy

Developing WP Theme With Interactive Features

In the world of WordPress (WP) theme development, interactivity and functionality are at the heart of a modern, engaging user experience. Today’s web users expect responsive designs, seamless animations, and real-time feedback from the websites they visit. Achieving these interactive elements in WordPress themes requires a solid understanding of front-end development—particularly JavaScript—alongside WordPress’s PHP-based structure.… Continue reading Developing WP Theme With Interactive Features

30 Best Startup WordPress Themes 2025

Startup WordPress themes are pre-designed templates tailored to meet the needs of new businesses. These themes are built with startups in mind, offering features like responsive design, easy customization, and integration with essential tools like email marketing services, analytics, and e-commerce platforms. Whether you’re launching a tech company, a creative agency, or an online store,… Continue reading 30 Best Startup WordPress Themes 2025

20 reasons why people still love WordPress

With all the drama surrounding WordPress (more specifically, Matt Mullenweg) this past year, you’d think there’d have been a mass migration from the world’s most popular content management system.  But that’s the interesting part. What this whole circus has shown us is that people don’t have a problem with WordPress. The issue is with Mullenweg,… Continue reading 20 reasons why people still love WordPress

What to do when one of your WordPress plugins gets compromised

There are over a billion websites. It’s much easier for hackers to exploit a single vulnerable resource that connects to countless websites than to go after them one at a time. This is why WordPress plugins are a popular way in which hackers break into websites. So, let’s talk about what happens when one of… Continue reading What to do when one of your WordPress plugins gets compromised

Website Security Tips: Why It’s Important and How to Protect Your Site

In today’s increasingly digital world, websites have become the backbone of businesses, organizations, and personal brands alike. They serve as a point of contact, a source of information, and often, a means to conduct transactions. However, with the rise in website usage comes the rise in cyber threats. Whether it’s a personal blog, an e-commerce… Continue reading Website Security Tips: Why It’s Important and How to Protect Your Site

30+ High-Impact Websites Leveraging the Latest Web Design Trends

In today’s tech-driven world, the art of crafting high-impact websites relies heavily on harnessing web design trends that captivate and convert. Each year, new innovations influence how brands and businesses present their digital identity. From animations that bring content to life, to layouts optimized for interaction, top trends in web design emphasize aesthetics, accessibility, and… Continue reading 30+ High-Impact Websites Leveraging the Latest Web Design Trends

10 best UXtweak alternatives (often misspelled as UX Tweak) in 2024

UXtweak is a highly rated UX research platform allowing research teams to recruit for, conduct, analyze, and share research all-in-one place. With the ability to conduct moderated and unmoderated studies, from concepts to production,  effortless recruitment and management of participants, comprehensive analysis, and reports it became a strong contender in the market… Continue reading 10 best UXtweak alternatives (often misspelled as UX Tweak) in 2024

How to put variable fonts to work in WordPress

Variable fonts make it easier to design websites. After all, they offer a more flexible and efficient way to handle typography. And with the introduction of WordPress 6.5, leveraging these fonts has become easier than ever thanks to the new Font Library feature.  Whether you’re a professional developer or a DIY website owner, understanding how… Continue reading How to put variable fonts to work in WordPress

Better Web Security Means Less Convenience – For Now

The web makes our lives more convenient. We can order a T-shirt or a pizza with a few clicks. We can conduct global research without leaving our seats. It has changed the way we do just about everything. As web designers, we seek to add even more convenience. We employ systems to “remember” users. We… Continue reading Better Web Security Means Less Convenience – For Now

How to Plan Your First Successful Website

Development By Simon Sterne 3 days ago Planning a new website can be exciting and — if you’re anything like me — a little daunting. Whether you’re an experienced freelancer, a team of hardened developers, or a small business owner, a well-structured plan is critical for success. In this post, I’ll give you the benefit… Continue reading How to Plan Your First Successful Website

The Best WooCommerce WordPress Block Plugins

Struggling to enhance your WooCommerce store’s appeal and functionality? Ever explored how block plugins could transform your store’s design and user experience? In this article, we’ll cover the role of block plugins in WooCommerce, criteria for choosing the best ones, and introduces top recommended WooCommerce block plugins. There are tons of high quality WooCommerce WP… Continue reading The Best WooCommerce WordPress Block Plugins

Embed Step-by-Step Chart.js Charts in WordPress

But, as I understand that not all of your projects require this specific layout, we’ll first explore how to create a simple dynamic WordPress chart. And most importantly, without using a single WordPress chart plugin! This tutorial expects that you are familiar with WordPress theme development and ideally with the Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) WordPress… Continue reading Embed Step-by-Step Chart.js Charts in WordPress

Rock Solid WordPress Security: Keeping Your Business Safe

Development By Simon Sterne Today WordPress is the web’s favourite CMS (content management system), renowned for its low-entry level and vast array of themes and plugins. WordPress’s open-source nature allows for endless flexibility, catering to diverse needs and technical skills. Unfortunately, 10,950,000 websites are hacked yearly, and 4,708,500 of those belong to small businesses. WordPress’s… Continue reading Rock Solid WordPress Security: Keeping Your Business Safe

How To Create a WordPress Child Theme

By building a child theme you’ll preserve all your custom styles and functions through every theme update, ensuring your site retains its unique charm. Create a child theme on your WordPress website by setting up a new directory and then adding a style.css file to hold your custom designs.  Then, with a bit of coding… Continue reading How To Create a WordPress Child Theme

How to Browse Child Pages Through Next/Previous Links in WordPress

In a recent tutorial, we covered a method to convert WordPress child pages into navigation tabs. Today, we’ll move a step further and learn how to navigate between these pages with the next and previous links. Before starting, I recommend you go through the previous tutorial first and then come back here, as this tutorial… Continue reading How to Browse Child Pages Through Next/Previous Links in WordPress

Create Step-by-Step SVG Sprites in WordPress

* { box-sizing: border-box; } body {margin: 0;}*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;}#iy7g{background-color:rgb(243, 245, 246);} In previous tutorials, I’ve shown you how to create and work with inline SVG Sprites. Today, I’ll cover two ways to work with SVG Sprites in a WordPress theme: including an SVG in the document and using an external SVG file. Building an Admin Dashboard… Continue reading Create Step-by-Step SVG Sprites in WordPress

2 Ways to Create and Display Footer Widgets in WordPress

Here’s our initial static demo that we’re going to convert into a WordPress theme (the colors have been changed for the WordPress version): Make a Plan For this demonstration, we’ll create a new simple custom WordPress theme (Playground). Its file structure will look like this: The theme structure We’ll host it on a GitHub… Continue reading 2 Ways to Create and Display Footer Widgets in WordPress

How to Password Protect a Page in WordPress?

Are you worried about keeping your WordPress pages secure from unwanted visitors? Do you want to password protect your WordPress site webpages? Read on! By installing a WordPress plugin, you can password protect all of your webpages. Statistics show that nearly 70% of websites are prone to vulnerabilities, including data theft. This article will provide… Continue reading How to Password Protect a Page in WordPress?

How to Create and Upload a PNG Logo in WordPress

Struggling to create a PNG logo for your WordPress site? Not sure how to upload your PNG logo to WordPress? You can easily create a logo in the popular design software Adobe Illustrator and Canva. Creating and adding a logo may seem difficult, but it’s much easier than you think. This step-by-step guide will break… Continue reading How to Create and Upload a PNG Logo in WordPress

How To Turn Off Password Change Notifications In WordPress

Are you tired of seeing the password change notifications? Are you unsure how to remove the notifications? In this tutorial you’ll learn how. Password change notifications can be distracting. You can easily disable them for your WordPress site. Managing your WordPress site can be a breeze, but dealing with an overflowing inbox full of password change… Continue reading How To Turn Off Password Change Notifications In WordPress