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The fascination over a dystopian future where the world is governed by artificial intelligence and humanoid robots goes back many years. From Isaac Asimov’s sci-fi novels to 80’s movies such as Blade Runner, the cyberpunk theme has influenced all kinds of art and designs through the years. And it was especially invigorated by the recently…

Bob Dunn has hosted some great conversations for a relatively new feature — Woo DevChat — and the latest episode with Zach Stepek, Till Krüss, and Carl Alexander might be the best so far. They take a deep but humorous series of takes on the nineteen year-old question, “What is a WordPress Developer?” Names are…

WordPress 6.0 has several new features that should make any extender happy about building on top of the platform. However, one of the more advanced tools is the ability to lock blocks, which can be used to prevent specific blocks from being moved or removed. The upcoming release includes a new “Lock” setting in the…

Designers of all kinds love the Sketch app for its incredible versatility. Whether it’s crafting a complex app user interface or a cool icon design, Sketch has the right tools for every design project. What makes it even more helpful is the huge amount of resources available for the app. You can find all kinds…

WPSiteSync, a content syncing plugin from the team behind DesktopServer, has discontinued support for its free, core plugin and commercial extensions. The plugin lets users sync specific content, such as posts, pages, featured images, and taxonomies, without having to migrate the entire database. Commercial extensions allowed users to sync things like WooCommerce products, Gutenberg blocks,…

A visual design that attracts attention, the ability to keep the client hooked through to the end, and a clutter-free layout are the key elements of a successful proposal brochure. Great proposal brochures also feature stunning covers, easy-to-read paragraph formatting, and lots of images to win over the clients and investors with your proposal. We’ve…

There are 455,000,000+ websites running WordPress. There are a lot of small businesses supporting those sites! Our Post Status community represents a number of those companies and my guess is that most of you receiving our newsletter own or work with small businesses as well.In May we celebrate small businesses in the United States to…

An educated workforce is a happier workforce. That’s why it makes sense to invest in corporate training and eLearning. It’ll increase the skills, creativity and innovation of your workforce and help you keep more employees, too. One key tool in delivering training is the presentation. Get your presentation right, and you can present important information…

And another theme shop hops on the block bandwagon. Catch Themes’ first block-based theme, Catch FSE, landed on WordPress.org over the weekend. The company is one of the most prolific authors in the official WordPress theme directory, touting a total of 109 themes. There are only a few others with such an impressive body of…

ZippyKid is a managed WordPress host that’s been around around three and a half years. They have grown their business consistently since their launch in May 2010, and today have a number of high profile blogs and corporate profiles as part of their client portfolio. Vid Luther, founder of ZippyKid, has been a PHP consultant……