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WordPress Is More Than Automattic and WordPress.com
It’s all come to a head. The team at Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com and Tumblr.com has struck a deal with OpenAI and Midjourney to supply data from its .com and Tumblr.com users for AI learning. The reason why the .com is in bold is because we’re talking about the hosted version of WordPress and…
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WordPress 6.4 Came Out!
I’m excited that WordPress 6.4 finally came out! The Twenty Twenty-Four theme is what I’m using on this site and finally I have the full updateable version of the theme. 6.4 had lots of cool features. Check them out on the official announcement.
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Having A Good Host And Knowing Who Runs It Helps
I was at Flywheel for the longest time. They are a good service. But they lost their personal touch when the were acquired by WPEngine. I recently moved 40 sites to Rocket.net (affiliate link). And I’m very happy with them. Just yesterday, I stupidly deleted a former client’s site without first grabbing a backup. I…
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Well That’s Interesting… The Twenty Twenty-Four Theme Beta Won’t Run ON 4.3.1
I just tried to update the beta of the Twenty Twenty-Four theme from its Github repository only to be met with a fail message that I needed WordPress 4.2 to run it. I guess I’m waiting to update the theme until 4.2. It just seems stupid to have a beta out of a theme that’s…
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Mullenweg Needs To Act Better
Zack Katz, fellow WordPresser, wrote a great post in response to Automattic and WordPress Co-Founder Matt Mullenweg’s recent behavior. I don’t want to weigh in too much, nor do I want to rehash something that’s being rehashed everywhere. I do want to say is that Matt needs to watch what he says if he doesn’t…
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Why I Moved Hosting Providers From Flywheel to Rocket.net
I’m almost full moved to Rocket.net from Flywheel/WPEngine. For the longest time, I loved Flywheel’s hosting. I love how it was a boutique WordPress optimized host and wasn’t part of the big dogs. Then WPEngine bought them. At first it was decent enough. Then they started nickel and diming for every small feature. To get…
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The Block Theme (Twenty Twenty-Four)…
It’s a completely different way of thinking about WordPress and how to develop. I’m still on the fence about what I think about Gutenberg/Block Editing vs. Elementor, but for a simple site like this one. Guess what? It works! This is site is my testing ground. More fun shit to come! Photo by Avery Evans…
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Taking The Leap
I just migrated to the “beta” of the new block theme Twenty Twenty-Four. I want to see how the full site editing (FSE) works. So here goes! Wish me luck! CC0 licensed photo by Michelle Frechette from the WordPress Photo Directory.
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The Day After… The Final Day At WordCamp US and Washington DC
What a trip it’s been. WordCamp US was amazing, fun, and exhausting. Now me and the family travel back to Doylestown to get back to life. But before that we’re going to see my sister, who lives around DC, for lunch. I can’t wait! Then we go pick up the dog at my in-laws and…
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Last Night Was So Much Fun
After my last post here, I wrapped up the day and went to dinner with the folks at a WordPress group that I’m part of — Post Status. The dinner was sponsored by A2 Hosting. Let me just say this, the dinner was fantastic. The food was incredible and the people who I sat with,…
