Category: WordPress
October 20th, 2022 Posted in Web Development, WordPress
Advanced Custom Fields – update_sub_field() for repeater fields
I’ve been working on a WordPress web design project using a hand made front-end form to update an Advanced Custom Fields repeater field via AJAX. This was a bit of a stretch for me as I’ve never used AJAX before and I hit a wall when 99% there!
October 17th, 2022 Posted in Web Design, Web Development, WordPress
3 unusual WordPress web design projects
Here are three unusual WordPress sites that we’ve built for web design clients.
Why I’d love to see a developer version of WordPress
I design and build completely custom WordPress websites for small businesses. The standard WordPress install package comes with loads of stuff I don’t want, so I’d like to see a stripped back version of WordPress with no full site editing and no Gutenberg included for developer use. UPDATE: I’m clearly not alone and ClassicPress is […]
March 7th, 2022 Posted in Web Development, WordPress
Green hosting: Making a gym website 10x faster
A gym owner recently asked me to look at why his site was loading slow – our tests showed an average of around 20s. This is way too long and would be putting off potential clients as many would leave before the site even loaded. A combination of better specified hosting, caching and some tweaks […]
October 19th, 2020 Posted in Web Development, WooCommerce, WordPress
Reasons to avoid ‘nulled’ or unlicensed WordPress plugins
WordPress is an amazing system with thousands of hours of development behind it, backed up with hundreds of free and commercial plugins to add features, make it easier to use and even turn it into a forum or online shop. A common model is ‘freemium’ where you get a cut down version for free and […]
February 25th, 2020 Posted in Web Development, WordPress
Use ‘Google Site Kit’ to easily setup Analytics, Search Console & Pagespeed Insights
Seeing how people find and use our sites is essential to improve our traffic and conversion rates. Google offer a range of free services to help with this including Google Analytics, Search Console and Pagespeed Insights. There are various WordPress plugins that help install your Google Analytics tracking code and also provide a handy summary […]