• Embracing WordPress Block (Gutenberg) Full-Site Themes: Why Child Themes are Essential for Hobbyists and Developers

    Full-Site WordPress child themes are not just a recommendation—they are a necessity—providing the portability, resiliency, and safety needed to ensure that your website remains robust, maintainable, and future-proof.

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  • WordPress Tooling and Process Learning

    Brian Coords asked a great question on Xwitter this morning about tutorials and resources for learning the tooling and processes behind modern WordPress development, such as Node.js, NPM, and Git. One of the trickier aspects of modern WordPress development, especially with the advent of blocks, is that it goes far beyond HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and…

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  • Gongrol – Tiny Terrors: Tantrums & Chaos

    Gongrol is a unique and electrifying AI toddlercore band that delves into the raw, unfiltered emotions of childhood rebellion and angst. The band’s name, “Gongrol,” is a term coined by a friend’s child to describe a mood of agitation, whininess, and gripes without genuine hurt, pain, or sadness. Gongrol’s music captures the intense, sometimes humorous…

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  • Block LLM/AI User Agents

    I regularly use a couple of AI resources to create content — not so much blue-sky generative efforts as much as polishing up my own writing or content supplied by clients. However, recently I’ve found myself being protective about LLM/AI appropriation of specific content on specific client sites. Opting in to using ChatGPT for my…

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  • Rename Files MacOS Quick Action

    Frequently, when dealing with files from clients, colleagues, or even my own creations (especially when using Canva), I encounter documents that feature spaces and uppercase letters in their names, making them less than ideal for creating neat and user-friendly URLs. Perhaps I’m a bit old-school in my approach, stuck in the days of strict, but…

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  • What’s in a block theme?

    Imagine you have a really cool toy that you can build and change however you want. Well, WordPress is like that toy but for making websites. It helps people make really nice websites without knowing a lot of complicated coding stuff. Now, there’s a new way to make websites called “Full-Site Editing Block Themes.” It’s…

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  • Google Analytics 4 and WordPress

    Recently our esteemed WordPress colleague, Angela Bowman aka AskWPGirl, reached out to Freelace and Agency WordPress Twitter asking about our experiences with the transitioning multiple site to Google Analytics 4. I don’t have much personal experience other than to say that using Google’s Site Kit plugin for wiring up WordPress sites to Google Analytics Universal,…

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