Category: News

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

    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.

  • Gongrol – Tiny Terrors: Tantrums & Chaos

    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…

  • Rename Files MacOS Quick Action

    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…

  • Google Analytics 4 and WordPress

    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,…

  • WordPress + Fediverse

    WordPress + Fediverse

    Recently some things have transpired in the social media sphere that have prompted a healthy chunk of us to look for new digital “3rd places” to haunt with one another. All debates around how worthwhile spending time on social media actually is aside, the WordPress community has quickly coalesced around Matthias Pfefferle‘s ActivityPub plugin and…

  • WordPress Utility Plugins

    This post is dedicated to that niche of plugins that help augment the layer of the WordPress experience that only internal users and administrators touch — the admin area. Turbo Admin Admin Menu Editor WP Custom Admin Interface Colorlib Custom Login Page Customizer Custom Login Page Customizer Clarity – Ad Blocker I heard about Clarity…

  • Why We (Should) Write

    Do you ever have one of those days where the universe is trying to tell you something very specific? My work day started with my catching up on Twitter instead of actually working, per usual. Chris Weigman had just tweeted out a link to his excellent post entitled, “Write Because You Love To Write“. It’s…