On its face, Grigora Blocks by Latracal Solutions seems almost pedestrian. It feels like a theme you would use as a starting point to build your own thing. It will not have enough personality for everyone to give it a shot. However, for others, a base layout to customize is what they might be looking for. I genuinely love starter-type …
WordPress Multisite and SEO: All Your Questions Answered
One topic that comes up time and time again in the comments on our Multisite posts is SEO. People often want to know how running a Multisite network will affect SEO, both for the main site and for other sites or blogs in the network. There isn’t a simple answer to the question “How will Multisite affect my SEO?” The way in …
Featured Cover Blocks and the Future of Binding Data to Generic WordPress Blocks
Over the past year, I have been on a mission. I have eagerly awaited each release of the Gutenberg plugin, followed tickets, and chimed in when I could. I have been holding out some sliver of hope for one feature in particular. I wanted to use featured images within a Cover block. That day has finally arrived. In particular, my …
Building Your Franchise Community
Tips on building a strong, centralized brand. View original post at Entrepreneur…
Pwned Password Protection, Force Password Change, and More Available With Defender
Our free plugin, Defender, beefs up your WordPress site’s security with Pwned password protection, force password change, and other enhanced features! Defender will secure your site against password leak attacks and block logins from users entering known compromised passwords that exist in Pwned database breach records. You can choose the user roles for who you want to enable password checks …
Displaying Post Modified and Reading Times via WordPress Blocks
A couple of weeks ago, Rich Tabor announced a GitHub repository that listed all of his block plugins. These were already publicly available. However, some had yet to land in the WordPress plugin directory. As a fan of his simple approach to block design, I was quick to start tinkering with them. One of those projects, Post Modified Time Block, …
4 Ways Olympic Athletes Can Leverage Their Journey to Build a Profitable Brand
Post-event and post-career depression befalls the majority of athletes. Here’s why, and what they can do to avoid a catastrophic fall from glory. View original post at Entrepreneur…
Need Directions? Here’s How to Add Maps to WordPress
There are many reasons why you might want to add a map to your WordPress site. Do you have a shop and want to display your location? Or maybe you’re into real estate and need to show your latest listings. Whatever the reason, adding a map to WordPress is easy to do. Like a good map, we’ll guide you through …
FSE Outreach #13: Building an Author Template from the WordPress Site Editor
Anne McCarthy announced round #13 of the FSE Outreach Program on March 31. This call for testing focuses on creating an author template via the site editor. Several of the new features used during this round were only added in Gutenberg 12.9 last week. The call asks volunteers to test and provide feedback on features related to Full Site Editing …
How To Build Book and Book Review Cards with WordPress Blocks
I was neck-deep into the block system during the months leading up to its debut in 2018. This also just happened to coincide with the first November I had ever completed National Novel Writing Month, a 30-day challenge to write a 50,000-word first draft of a novel. I have since won a second time in 2021. As a starry-eyed, wanna-be …









