Anna and I have been working on this free theme, Ingrid, for months. We had to change our plans a little (explained below), but we’re so thrilled to be able to offer it to you today for free! Let’s talk about this long ass process. […]
Tag: WordPress
WordPress Updates Aren’t Inherently Evil
Through my years as a plugin author, theme developer, and website builder, I’ve logged into a lot of other peoples’ WordPress installations. More often than not, those people have plugin or WordPress core updates they haven’t done. Through blogs, Twitter, and other social media, I […]
Create Your Own Custom Maintenance Screen for WordPress
I recently found myself in several situations where I needed a maintenance or coming soon page (once for my site and once for a client). I could have just used one of the many WordPress plugins, but being the stubborn girl that I am, I […]
Free “What I’m Reading” Plugin – Display Books from your Goodreads Shelf
This widget I’m about to show you is already available in the Ultimate Book Blogger Plugin but I thought I’d release this specific feature for free. 🙂 A WordPress widget to display the books on your Goodreads shelf. Now you might be wondering, “What’s the […]
WordPress and Squarespace Battle It Out – Which is the Better Platform for Your Website?
Sooo I accidentally wrote a novel on Facebook highlighting some of the key differences between WordPress and Squarespace. I’ve written about Squarespace before but with how popular the platform is getting, I thought it deserved a slightly more thorough post and comparison to WordPress. Before […]
The Coolest Book Release Calendar I’ve Ever Made
In July, I had the absolute pleasure of working with Francesca from Under the Covers Book Blog to create their new, streamlined new release book calendar. This is easily one of the coolest WordPress plugins I’ve created for a client and I can’t wait to […]
WordPress Frameworks are a Crutch
I don’t just mean theme frameworks (though they also apply). I mean any kind of framework. Genesis (theme framework) Kirki (Customizer framework) Redux (options panel framework) others?? Wait, aren’t these things supposed to make my life EASIER? Well, yes, but that’s part of the problem. […]
5 Signs That You’re Ready to Self Host
A lovely reader recently submitted this question: How do you know if it’s worth it to host your own blog? I’m constantly worried that if I host my blog and set it all up that I will get bored or busy and get slack with […]
How to Search Through a Blog That Doesn’t Have a Search Box
When people talk about their blog pet peeves, one of the most common complaints I see is: “I hate blogs that don’t have a search box!” This isn’t something that’s ever bothered me because I have a trick up my sleeve! Today I’ll share it […]
How to Create a Blog Series.. Technically Speaking
I recently started (but sadly, haven’t finished) a blog series called How to Start a Blog. When I did this, I wanted a new archive system that would display the posts in these series in a slightly different way than normal. Tags show posts in […]