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The Trouble with Widgets
Back in mid-August, WordPress switched to a Block interface for adding and updating widgets. The announcement was made on August 10th on the WordPress.com News blog, which has 87M followers, but it still came asContinue reading “The Trouble with Widgets”
What The Heck is going on with Themes?
Frankly speaking, there’s so much to cover here, let’s just dive in and see where it takes us. Please keep your Best Speculation monitors activated. The WordPress.com Great Premium Theme Cull of 2021 WordPress.com hasContinue reading “What The Heck is going on with Themes?”
Refreshed!
Cooler weather arrived here almost exactly at the same time as our fall holidays and the change in weather was a blessing all by itself. (I don’t do well in hot weather, having grown upContinue reading “Refreshed!”
Fifteen Years-A Brief Retrospective
WordPress.com reminded me yesterday that 15 years ago, on September 10th, I signed up for my WordPress.com account and started a blog (not this one). It’s hard for me to grok that a decade andContinue reading “Fifteen Years-A Brief Retrospective”
News – An Update on the Classic Editor Plugin – WordPress.org
Welcome news on the WordPress Classic Editor end of life. “Before the release of WordPress 5.0 in 2018, the Classic Editor plugin was published to help ease the transition to the new block editor. AtContinue reading “News – An Update on the Classic Editor Plugin – WordPress.org”
The Doldrums
Welcome to the hottest part of our year, August and September. It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity. No, it’s the heat and humidity! During this time I’ll be rotating my older posts to theContinue reading “The Doldrums”
How to Use the WordPress Block Pattern Directory on WordPress.com
On July 20, 2021, with the release of WordPress 5.8, the new WordPress Block Pattern Directory went live. In case you haven’t yet heard about WordPress Block Patterns or the WordPress Block Pattern Directory, we’llContinue reading “How to Use the WordPress Block Pattern Directory on WordPress.com”
Virtual FieldTrip: A Conversation with Paul Jarvis
Content creators, small business owners, and makers have all had to shift our practices and orientation without much of a guide book in times of uncertainty. Why is it important for creators to define whatContinue reading “Virtual FieldTrip: A Conversation with Paul Jarvis”
The Future of the Block Editor
WordCamp Europe 2021 took place this past week and this year’s event was head and shoulders above last year’s online event thanks to the Hublio app, which brought a real sense of “being there” withoutContinue reading “The Future of the Block Editor”
Unified We Navigate?
IMPORTANT UPDATE: In mid-March 2021, WordPress.com rolled out unified navigation to combine both the newer “Calypso/WordPress.com” dashboard and WP Admin. Later, in July 2021, a dashboard “Switcher” was introduced to make changing from one dashboardContinue reading “Unified We Navigate?”
P2 Anew!
If you’re a long-time member of WordPress.com, you might remember when the Prologue theme was introduced with great excitement back in 2008. In Matt Mullenweg’s blog post about it from that time, he described itContinue reading “P2 Anew!”
Interlude
The start of a new year always encourages me to step back and make an internal review and reassess the things that add value in my life and take a hard look at the thingsContinue reading “Interlude”
So long 2020!
I don’t like end of the year posts, but I’ll make an exception for 2020, which by anyone’s standards was an exceptional year. And I think I can safely say, not always in a goodContinue reading “So long 2020!”
Gratitude
Yesterday was Thanksgiving in the US, but it’s always a good time to not only remember those people and things we are grateful for, but to take it one step further to support causes closeContinue reading “Gratitude”
Go: The SEO Benefits of Creating a Website with WordPress.com
Almost every business has a digital presence now, and businesses that aren’t yet online should be. Whether you’re a small business, freelancer, or blogger, there are a lot of other sites to compete with andContinue reading “Go: The SEO Benefits of Creating a Website with WordPress.com”

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