by Anthony Hortin | Apr 4, 2022 | News
WordPress 5.9, named “Josephine” in honour of acclaimed international jazz singer Joséphine Baker, was released back in late January. It’s available for download from WordPress.org or you can update in your WordPress dashboard.
This latest update sees the introduction of the new Full Site Editor, a new default theme called Twenty Twenty-Two, and improvements and updates to existing blocks. There's also the WordPress Pattern Directory and some updated features for developers.
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by Anthony Hortin | Jun 24, 2014 | News
I get a lot of emails asking for advice on which plugins or themes to use, or which hosting service is best. There's a huge number of hosting services out there, some better than others, and at times it can be hard to distinguish between them before signing up. When it comes to themes and plugins, it's even harder because there's even more to choose from. With over 30,000 plugins in the official Plugin Directory, and over 2,500 themes in the Themes Directory, it can make for even more difficulties. And that's not taking into account the thousands of theme and plugin shops that are all over the web.
So, to try and help you with this task, I thought I'd share with you some of the more common plugins, themes and services that I use on a regular basis, both on my own sites and when I’m building client sites. …Continue reading
by Anthony Hortin | Apr 17, 2014 | News |
WordPress version 3.9, named “Smith” in honor of jazz organist Jimmy Smith, is now available for download from the WordPress website or by clicking that big ol’ update button within your WordPress Dashboard. You'll find there's a number of great updates in this latest version. …Continue reading
by Anthony Hortin | Oct 29, 2013 | News
I was sent a link to a really interesting guide a few days ago. It's a great tutorial on setting up a WordPress site on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Now, I must warn you, it's definitely not something a novice user would probably want to try, but for those technically minded or with a little bit of experience in installing WordPress on different hosting environments, I'd highly recommend you have a read. …Continue reading
by Anthony Hortin | Aug 25, 2013 | News
With each new version of WordPress comes an updated version of my easy to follow WordPress manual, the Easy WP Guide. With the release of WordPress 3.6, I’ve completely rewritten several chapters along with updating of images to reflect any User Interface changes. …Continue reading
