Why we don’t use WordPress page builders or ‘premium’ themes
Here are some reasons we don’t use the popular themes or page builders for WordPress, and how we keep things simple for our clients.
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Sustainable web design news, advice and thoughts plus WordPress and GravCMS news.
WP CareHub – Your WordPress maintenance dashboard
WP CareHub is a custom plugin we’ve developed to show what’s included in our WordPress maintenance service.
What’s the difference between wordpress.com and wordpress.org?
Potential clients often ask “what’s the difference between wordpress.com and wordpress.org” so we’ve written this quick guide to explain the key differences.
Five user interface mistakes in web design
Many websites are more difficult to use than they should be – here are five potential ways that can happen.
Why you MUST own your business platform in 2025
Relying on third party websites or platforms for your business can be disastrous. Here are some reasons you must own your business platform in 2025.
Archetype theme for ClassicPress released
The ClassicPress is a ‘fork’ of WordPress by a mature, stable team that removes all the old junk from the codebase and strips out the Gutenberg editor. Archetype is my first ClassicPress theme.
Should you delete your Facebook account?
Recent changes to Facebook including fake AI profiles, reducing fact checking and allowing offensive content mean it’s worse than ever, and many people are just deleting their accounts. As a small business owner, should you?
Precious Plastic: Community based, open source plastic recycling
Precious Plastic inspires people worldwide to reimagine the lifecycle of plastic and create a more sustainable future. Find out more about their open source, community approach here.
Creating user editable shortcodes with Advanced Custom Fields (ACF)
Adding user editable shortcodes to WordPress site was surprisingly easy using Advanced Custom Fields and a snippet of code in functions.php
WordPress build for Ecofurb retrofit service
Ecofurb had design skills in their team, so we collaborated on their new website and built a custom WordPress theme from their designs.