Monthly Archives: May 2021

As has almost become ritual at this point, I am always looking forward to the next testing round for Full Site Editing (FSE). Spearheaded by core contributor Anne McCarthy, the FSE Outreach Program’s fortnightly user tests are usually fun and offer everyone a chance to get involved, regardless of their experience level. This latest testing…

Whether you’re working on a sign design for a coffee shop or a luxury boutique, choosing the right font for your sign will go a long way to make your signage look more professional and unique. When designing different types of signs, you are often forced to work with specific standards and font layouts. But,…

As WordPress turns 18, here are some of the lesser known historical milestones that have stuck with me. WordPress turned eighteen on May 27 Matt Mullenweg shared some thoughts this week about the pivotal time WordPress has reached. On the occasion of its eighteenth birthday, he wrote: “I consider myself so lucky to have co-founded…

WordSesh 2021, a free virtual event targeted at WordPress professionals, is less than one week away. Sessions will be broadcast May 24-28, followed by hands-on workshops May 27 – June 4. The event is hosted by Brian Richards, creator of the WordPress video training website WPSessions. It features an impressive lineup of curated speakers whose…

A highly usable landing page design is one that compels visitors to act in some way. Sounds pretty simple, right? Many websites include multiple landing pages for different audiences with different conversion goals. Here are seven elements that almost every successful landing page includes. Just for fun, we are using examples of landing pages from…

Episode #1 features a conversation in Twitter Spaces on May 28, 2021 on the subject of monetization of WordPress plugins. Monetization of WordPress Plugins The aim of Post Status Comments is to provide a stage for WordPress professionals to exchange ideas and talk about recent topics and trends. It’s a way for our members to…

Naledi theme homepage.Over the weekend, Anariel Design co-founder Ana Segota tweeted that she was nearly ready to submit the company’s first block theme into the WordPress directory. There are only five such experimental themes available for download in the repo right now, and I have been patiently awaiting more. The Naledi theme is in the…

Looking for a minimalist, dark, or black texture background to highlight the contents of your design? We’ve got you covered. Using minimal and dark texture backgrounds is an increasingly popular background design trend. Mainly because a black background allows you to highlight text and content, grab attention, and to show off professionalism. Especially when it…

Less than two weeks after publishing about the broken user experience of the former Dark Mode plugin being renamed and repurposed, another plugin development company decided to do the same. The consensus seems to be that this is a bad idea. However, the ProfilePress Team forged ahead and repurposed the WP User Avatar plugin. Instead…