Category: News

  • 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…

    Read More →

  • 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…

    Read More →

  • 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,…

    Read More →

  • 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…

    Read More →

  • 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…

    Read More →

  • 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…

    Read More →

  • Have you ever wanted to hear Tom Finley just talk about the regular WordPress stuff? Probably not — and I wouldn’t blame you – contrary to popular belief I’m actually not *that* fond of my own voice.

    Read More →

  • Variable fonts are by turns really fun and really difficult to wrap one’s head around when it comes to using them on the web. Variable fonts are incredibly useful when designed and optimized to be contained in a single, compact file because they give you a broad typographical palette to work from with significantly smaller…

    Read More →