WordPress blog posts

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Most WordPress server guides are outdated before you find them. This one shows you how to verify current versions at install time – covering Nginx, PHP-FPM, MariaDB, SSL, and migrating an existing site.

WordPress runs 40.1% of all websites. Why it works as a headless backend for Next.js, Nuxt, SvelteKit and TanStack, and what you need to make it work.

wp-block-styles is a zero-dependency CSS package that styles all WordPress Gutenberg block classes in any headless front-end – Next.js, React, TanStack, Nuxt, SvelteKit, Astro, and more.

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