WordPress
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WordPress in 2026: why I still build on it (and the one thing that worries me)
WordPress is leaking market share — and that’s fine. A clear-eyed take on why it’s still the smart…
Jul 20, 2026If I Built a Membership Plugin Today, I’d Build It for the Robots Too
I’m a ride-or-die MemberPress guy. But if I built a membership plugin today, I’d build it completely differently,…
Jul 9, 2026My WordPress Development Workflow, 2026
Eight years after my 2018 workflow post, almost every tool got swapped: Etch and Bricks, Automatic CSS, GridPane,…
Jul 3, 2026Managed WordPress Hosting Is a Lie
I have been at this since 2010 and run sites on every kind of host there is. Here…
Jun 30, 2026Show & tell: the little plugins powering the new digisavvy.com
No feature plugins where a hundred lines of our own code would do. A tour of the tiny…
Jun 22, 2026What Is a Learning Management System? (And Do You Actually Need One?)
What a Learning Management System actually does, hosted vs. self-hosted (LearnDash), a quick platform comparison, and how to…
Jun 16, 2026Building With Etch
How we rebuilt digisavvy.com on Etch + Automatic CSS: library-free scroll animations, canvas components, and the Safari rendering…
Jun 12, 2026Why your WordPress site keeps breaking — and how to make it stop
Sites don’t break randomly — they break for the same five reasons, in the same order. Here’s the…
Jun 7, 2026Stop treating updates like a chore
Updates aren’t housekeeping — they’re the immune system of your website. The trick isn’t doing them bravely. It’s…
May 28, 2026WordPress or Shopify for your store? A straight take
We build on both, so we have no horse in this race. The straight version of WordPress vs…
Apr 30, 2026Block themes, one year in
A year of shipping client sites on block themes: what genuinely got better, what still bites, and who…
Apr 2, 2026Getting Started with Bricks Builder: An In-Depth Guide.
Bricks Builder has been getting much more attention in recent months, and I think it’s good. I’ve gathered…
Jan 15, 2024Breakdance Page Builder Review: Is it Any Good?
Recently, I provided my thoughts on several WP-focused page builders that are currently available. Breakdance is one of them from…
Jun 27, 2023Building a Membership Website
Membership websites are all the rage. You’ve seen people run Patreons and Only Fans pages and similar. These…
Jun 20, 2023A WordPress Event Calendar Roundup of Reviews for 2023
Editor’s note – Pardon the weird ass Midjourney image there. There’s a lot of weird sh*t happening in…
May 8, 2023A Bricks Builder Review. Is it Any Good?
In one of my recent pieces, I provided my thoughts on several WP-focused page builders that are currently…
May 2, 2023The Best WordPress Page Builders 2023
Page Builders (and just in time for Page Builder Summit). They all have a promise: You can build…
Feb 27, 2023A Nelio Content Review
Maybe you’re a fan of social media or maybe you’re not. There is no shortage of tools that…
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