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Wix to WordPress Migration: Content, Products and Redirects

How to move a Wix site to WordPress: what exports, where blog posts, products and members go, what you rebuild, and how to keep URLs and email working.

Tech Oct 9, 2026 23 min read

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Do You Own Your Wix Website? Wix vs. WordPress Ownership

You own your Wix content but not its template, and the site can’t move. What Wix’s terms say, what happens if you cancel, and how WordPress compares.

Tech Oct 8, 2026 18 min read

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Wix Harmony and Custom Code: What a Developer Can Add Later

Wix Harmony doesn’t support site code. How to tell which Wix editor you’re in, what snippets and apps can add, and your options when the site needs more.

Tech Oct 8, 2026 16 min read

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Headless WordPress: When It’s Worth It and When It Isn’t

When headless WordPress is worth it: what a separate front end gains, what you rebuild (forms, SEO, previews, block styles), and a decision table.

Tech Oct 7, 2026 16 min read

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Outgrown Squarespace or Wix? Signs and What Moving Involves

The signs a Squarespace or Wix site has outgrown its platform, when to stay, what each exports, and how to move to WordPress, Shopify or a custom build.

Tech Oct 6, 2026 18 min read

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Drupal 7 End of Life: Migrating to Current Drupal or WordPress

Drupal 7 lost security support January 5, 2025. What end of life means, the extended support Drupal.org lists, and how to move to Drupal 11 or WordPress.

Tech Oct 4, 2026 16 min read

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Using AI to Build WordPress Plugins and Shopify Apps Safely

Using ChatGPT or Claude to build a WordPress plugin or Shopify app? What each platform requires of the code, where AI falls short, and how to review it.

Tech Oct 3, 2026 18 min read

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Plugin, Theme or functions.php? Where WordPress Code Belongs

Where custom WordPress code belongs: a plugin, child theme, functions.php, a must-use plugin or a snippets plugin, and what breaks when it’s in the theme.

Tech Oct 3, 2026 17 min read

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Website Platforms You Can Start Without Code and Extend Later

WordPress, Shopify, MediaWiki and Drupal let owners start without code and developers extend them natively later. How each works, and what to avoid.

Tech Oct 1, 2026 15 min read

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Why Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and Other Social Embeds Break on Next.js Route Changes

Embeds render on refresh but vanish on client-side navigation. The spec-level cause, the fix platforms document, and why server-rendered pages don’t break.

Javascript Jul 9, 2026 22 min read

Mainframe: Headless WordPress Theme

WordPress theme built for headless setups. Full dashboard, full REST API, minimal public face. No plugins required.

Tech May 12, 2026 7 min read

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NASA Is Using WordPress to Publish Photos from Lunar Orbit

NASA is publishing Artemis II mission photos through WordPress. It runs on the same free and open-source software that powers more than 40% of the World Wide Web.

Tech Apr 7, 2026 4 min read