I’m now requiring all of my hosting and management clients to run their DNS through Cloudflare. There are several reasons for this—primarily security, performance, and the deep integration with my new preferred hosting method, CloudPanel. In this post, I’ll walk you through the key benefits and show you how things work inside of Cloudflare. Everything … Read more
Now Updated for GenerateBlocks 2.0 As of February 2025, this tutorial is up to date with the overhauled GenerateBlocks 2.0 Query block.Scroll to the bottom for the code for GB1.7 and earlier. WP Grid Builder has been for some time now my preferred way to add filters to your WordPress site. Filtering posts of any … Read more
Jamie Marsland proposed an extremely interesting question – does WordPress need a radical rethink in 2025, to which Brian Coords also responded with a great perspective. I’m bringing mine which isn’t so much focused on sidebars or specific functionalities, but the entire positioning of WordPress as a whole. Let’s discuss.
I’m attempting the speed build challenge that ran at WordCamp US 2024 and in my attempt, I’ll only be using Core blocks. I want to see how far I can get in the time limit using only Core blocks and to see what its like for someone who is brand new to WordPress.
When Kinsta reached out to me and asked to take a look at their platform, I started to consider what makes a WordPress web host really stand out. For me, that’s three primary factors and in this video, I’m going to walk you through my experience and thoughts after using Kinsta and migrating my real, … Read more
In my latest video, I’ll guide you through the process of making your WordPress website more secure and efficient using Cloudflare’s custom firewall rules. Cloudflare offers a generous free DNS system that significantly enhances your website’s security and performance and by implementing these custom firewall rules, you can further protect your site from malicious attackers, … Read more
The recently released Fluent Booking seems to be a great plugin to replace Calendly or similar booking SaaS services with a WordPress plugin. In this video, I’m taking a first look into the software to see how viable it might be as a booking system for a small massage studio. Fluent Booking is extremely easy … Read more
Thank you pages are a powerful and sometimes critical marketing asset to track conversion. But, creating them can pose a significant time investment. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to create thank you pages dynamically and automatically via your existing post template and a form builder of your choice such as Gravity Forms or … Read more
This tutorial will show you three very powerful and practical use cases for utilizing URL qery string parameters on your WordPress site. You can use URL parameters to easily A/B test sections of content for marketing objectives, pass data around your site, and to pre-fill form data. URL parameters are incredibly powerful and you’ll see … Read more
Join me on a recap tour of WordCamp US 2023 and get an idea of what it’s like to attend. You’ll likely see lots of familiar faces if you look closely in the footage. WordCamp is an amazing networking and learning experience that happens all over the world multiple times a year. I’ve now been … Read more