Web has been evolving for WordPress. From its humble origins as a blogging platform, it has developed into the framework behind hundreds of thousands of websites including everything from treadmills to university sites. This revolution
WordPress Playground had a busy year in 2025, with updates that make it more capable for day-to-day development, plugin previews, and learning environments. The project’s latest year-in-review highlights progress across performance, compatibility, database support,
Commerce is fragmenting across platforms, AI agents, and social feeds while customers expect seamless experiences everywhere. Platforms excel at discovery and impulse purchases, but websites remain the trust anchor for considered purchases and long-term relationships.
In MaxGalleria 7.2.5, galleries can now generate structured data (JSON schema) that helps search engines and AI tools better understand your galleries and albums. This means your images, videos, and albums can be more easily
A very Happy New Year to all our readers and we wish you a year filled with only great things! To kick off our first newsletter of 2026 we’re taking a quick walk down
Not changing the kind of database. No database at all. WordPress without the ability to persist data. One could use the filesystem. But how would things like meta work? Some particularly clever minds might
State of the Word 2025 brought the WordPress community together for an afternoon that felt both reflective and forward-moving, blending stories of global growth with technical milestones and glimpses of the future. This year also
MaxGalleria Pro & Media Library Folders Pro Now Support Automatic WebP Image Conversion! We’re thrilled to announce a powerful new enhancement for both MaxGalleria Pro and Media Library Folders Pro—your WordPress site can now automatically
WooCommerce is highly flexible thanks to WordPress Hooks and filters, which allow developers to extend core functionality without touching the source code. By adding custom code through custom actions or using apply_filters(, you can modify
Creating image galleries just got easier. With MaxGalleria Pro’s Auto Gallery Create feature, you can go from images to a fully published gallery in just a few simple steps. Here’s how it works: Upload your
Selling WordPress plugins used to be straightforward: build, ship, collect payments, and let a marketplace like CodeCanyon do the rest. But if you’ve been in the game long enough, you’ve likely felt the squeeze. Launch
Not sure whether to use WordPress multisite or separate WordPress installations? Both approaches can be viable solutions if you need to create more than one WordPress site. However, each approach has its strengths and weaknesses,
