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If you’re collaborating with someone to write a post, it’s often useful to show it to them for a final check before publishing it. Unfortunately, there’s no way to share a post draft in WordPress with a stranger. Instead, you have to create an account for them, send the verification mail, and go through this […]

Earlier, I’d written about the GenerateBlocks plugin for advanced layouts, and it’s one I use extensively on my site. But Automattic – the creator of WordPress – has their own version called the “Layout Grid Block”. While it’s not as fully featured at GenerateBlocks, it’s quite impressive, and I feel more people should consider one […]

Earlier, I’d covered the plugin Jetpack Protect – a spinoff from the main Jetpack plugin that Automattic maintains. Today, I’m reviewing another plugin – Jetpack Boost, by Automattic. It’s a standalone plugin that you can install to improve your site speed in three key areas. While it’s good as a “set it and forget it” […]

A while back, I decided to finally uninstall Jetpack from my WordPress installations because I no longer wanted to have a single software that did everything. Even if I disabled the modules I no longer wanted so much code cluttering my site. The original Jetpack plugin is huge. However, Jetpack recently started breaking its mammoth […]

Earlier this year, I wrote about how to avoid accidentally editing your reusable blocks in WordPress Gutenberg. However, the new WordPress version 6.0 adds this functionality by default to the WordPress editor, and it comes with some nice perks as well! Here’s how it works. Locking Blocks in Gutenberg While the earlier plugin only worked […]

It looks like we’re finally getting a new Table of Contents (ToC) block in Gutenberg! It’s not out for release publicly yet, but I was able to test a nightly version of the plugin and it looks really good! Very easy to use, and it has the option of converting the ToC into a static […]

For the past few days, because of a shoulder issue, I’ve decided to use my keyboard as much as possible. Solutions like Vimium for browsing web pages are great, but the real challenge is WordPress. I spend so much time creating and editing posts, designing blocks, and rearranging elements, that if my strategy was to […]

Earlier, I’d written about how to create a category page in WordPress using the new and improved WordPress 6.0 Query Loop block. Unfortunately, this doesn’t work if you want to include all post types. The query loop block has an option on the right-hand side that allows you to choose either posts or pages for […]

In my last article, I’d written an article about how to replace the WordPress category archive with a custom page that you can edit using Gutenberg. That solution works wonderfully for what it’s meant to achieve. However, in replacing the default functionality, you now don’t have a page that shows your actual archives! While this […]

Despite the tremendous success of the Gutenberg editor, it hasn’t been extended to the category and tag pages. As a result, the category pages are boring, anemic, and are little more than a glorified list. I tried for a long while to see if I could force WordPress to load a new page instead of […]