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Don’t tell me WordPress is slow. Improve your code.

There’s a lot of push for headless WordPress, or converting over to static site generators. Whereas they are nice, and they have their place, they’re not always needed. Instead of putting the effort into something new, why not optimize what you have? I have done just that and Lighthouse shows my scores are all excellent. […]

TwisterMc BeaverBuilder Modules Fixed & New Additions

Imagine my surprise when I went to use my BeaverBuilder modules plugin and things were completely broken. Not sure what went wrong but the code was really messed and no one noticed; either that or they just didn’t tell me. Good news though, it’s been fixed! Slick Slider actually works like it’s supposed to with […]

GiveWP Beaver Builder Modules

If you’re running Beaver Builder and have GiveWP for donations, there’s a great plugin to integrate the two. BB Connect for Give Donations adds three new modules to Beaver Builder. Donation FormEasily add donation forms including settings for how the form displays; show on page, reveal on click, popup on click, or button only. Donation […]

How to import a site into Local when the import fails.

I’ve been using Local by Flywheel for years now and I love it. It’s a great environment for spinning up & developing WordPress sites. Better yet, you don’t have to use it with Flywheel hosting, you can just use it develop WordPress locally. Now that Local “Lightning” is out, Local is much faster. It’s a […]

Photo a Day Challenge

On January 1st I started a photo a day challenge and you can see my photos over at stormwp.wordpress.com. I’m not following any sort of list or recommendations but rather just taking a photo a day. Turns out that taking a photo a day is both easy and hard. Some days I see lots of […]

Back to the Future – WordCamp Minneapolis St Paul 2018 Presentation #wcmsp

Here’s the presentation deck from my WordCamp Minneapolis St Paul 2018 presentation. Below is the text version that pretty much covers what I said. We often get distracted by the new things we can do with our sites. Sure, it’s easy to add in new features, but do we really need them? Let’s take a step […]

Make Beaver Builder CTAs, Callouts and Info Banners align.

When using Beaver Builder, chance are you (or your client) will use the Call To Action (CTA) module, put a few in one row, and then realize that the button’s don’t align.  Then you’ll spend quite a bit of time trying to make them align only to realize that they don’t stay aligned at different […]

It’s Time To Start Testing Gutenberg

If you haven't heard, Gutenberg is coming to WordPress. If it's still on schedule, that could be next month; April! You should start testing and planning for it now. Start Testing! You can easily test Gutenberg by adding it to your site. It's available in the plugin directory as a stand alone plugin. Install it, […]

New to Beaver Builder? Check out this quick start guide.

If you haven’t heard of Beaver Builder before, then it’s worth checking out. Beaver Builder is a page builder for WordPress that gives you a lot of pre-built modules and you just have to drag and drop them onto the screen to build the site you want. If you’re new to Beaver Builder, or just […]

WordPress Ugly Christmas Sweater Wallpapers

There’s something about ugly Christmas sweaters that are pretty cool. I think these wallpapers look warm and fuzzy. Perfect for the WordPress fan in your life. Even better, keep them on all winter long to keep your machine nice and happy throughout the winter. If you’re looking for something for your phone, head over here. […]