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2024 WordPress Recap: A Lot More Happened Than Just #WPDrama
As we kick off the 22nd year of WordPress, many people are anxious about the ongoing #wpdrama. But it's important to remember that there were almost ten months of exciting things happening in WordPress before Matt fired shots at WP Engine. In an effort to provide some counterbalance, I present to you a recap of what happened in the world of WordPress throughout 2024.
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If You Could Only Choose 5 WordPress Plugins, What Would They Be?
I recently stumbled upon a Reddit thread that asked a simple but really compelling question. You can see it in the headline: If you could only choose 5 WordPress plugins, which ones would you pick?
WordPress Ticket #30465 Was Opened 10 Years Ago – Is 2025 Going to Be the Year It Finally Gets Resolved?
Back in November 2014, a WordPress developer named Sergej Mueller raised what seemed like a reasonable concern: users had no way of knowing if a plugin they were using had been removed from the official repository - even if it was removed for security reasons. His ticket - officially #30465 - was closed relatively soon after, but with no resolution. Little did Sergej know that it would be reopened almost ten years later.
My 5 Favorite WP Simple Pay Alternatives for WordPress
WP Simple Pay has been a staple payment processor plugin for many years now. While we can admire its longevity, it's not without its faults. You're likely aware of them already. Otherwise you wouldn't be here looking for alternatives. Well, let me not keep you waiting any longer. Here are my five favorite payment processors for WordPress users that I like better than WP Simple Pay - and why.
Are Block Themes Better Than Classic Themes? Here’s What People Think
Twenty Twenty-Two was the first official default block theme that was released with WordPress 5.9. Ever since then, WordPress aficionados have been going back and forth on whether block themes are better than classic themes or vice versa. I have my own thoughts, which I'll share, but I also reached out to my colleagues and other WordPress professionals to crowdsource some opinions. Here's what I discovered...
“State of the Word 2024” Summarized if You Don’t Have 3 Hours to Watch the Whole Thing
On December 16, 2024, Matt Mullenweg took the stage at Tokyo Node Hall in Tokyo, Japan to deliver the annual State of the Word, offering the WordPress community a clear look at where our platform stands and where it’s heading.
A Skeptic’s Look at the WP Full Pay Plugin (for WordPress Payments and Donations)
There are two things I can be absolutely certain of with WordPress: 1) I can make virtually any type of website with it. 2) I’ll always have to suffer with clunky payment processing plugins. I’ve tried them all. Sometimes they require to mess with complicated coding elements. Other times these payment plugins lack essential features, like forms, subscriptions, or donations.
Still Using Google Search in 2025? Try These Two Better Alternatives Instead
Within the last two years, numerous blogs and tech news sites have been sounding the alarm about the decreasing quality of Google's search results. As a result, many people these days are looking for Google Search alternatives. In this post, I'll share the two that I'm using right now and what I love about them.