#WP20

  • WordPress is Turning 20: Let’s Celebrate!

    Did you know: WordPress came out seven years before TikTok (2016), four years before Tumblr (2007) and the first iPhone (2007), beat Facebook to market by about a year (2004), and is about five weeks older than Tesla (July 2003). 2023 marks the 20th year of WordPress. Back in 2003 is when Matt Mullenweg and…

  • Day 19 #WP20: One Wish for WordPress

    My answer to todays task was from another user Rich Holman AKA dogwonder who’s post here inspired this one from me. This is such a minor thing, an inconvenience ever, probably a slight annoyance, and even more probably a waste of a good wish by any good developer/designer that has ever worked with WordPress. But…

  • Day 18 #WP20: WordPress Mobile App

    Today’s task was to talk about making a post in the WordPress app. It’s a really simple task when using the app to do just about anything like making a post such as this one. Once logged in to the app, you are presented with all kinds of options on what you can do. One…

  • Day 17: #WP20 My Favourite Contribution to WordPress

    Today’s task was to talk about my contribution to WordPress. Sadly, I have yet to contribute to WordPress, but I would like to one day. I would like to contribute with a block of some kind if I can think of one that doesn’t already exist. Or, I could even contribute to WordPress as a…

  • Day 16: #WP20 The Future of AI in WordPress

    AI in WordPress is a game changer. It allows users and developers to speed up their productivity so much. It can write code and content for any website with just a few prompts from the user. Having said that, it’s also a big threat to those vary same users and developers of WordPress. More specifically…

  • Day 15: #WP20 WordPress tip or trick

    One tip I can give to make your life easier when making a website is to have a good SEO (Search Engine Optimization) plugin. The one I find is the best is Yoast’s plugin called Yoast SEO. This plugin is crucial when building a website because not only does it help with the tech side…

  • Day 14: #WP20 Two Truths and a Lie

    Today’s task was to share a “Two Truths and a Lie” about my experience with WordPress. Here it goes… I have built 4 sites with WordPress, 3 of them are live and one is still under construction. I am still learning the language necessary to be able to contribute to the inner workings of WordPress…

  • Day 13: #WP20 Favourite Website Built on WordPress

    My favourite WordPress website to date has to be one that I have built. That site is for a business called Long Point Island Hugger Tours, which is a local ecotourism business located in Port Rowan, Ontario, Canada. I built this site 7 years ago for a friend that was just getting this business going,…

  • Day 12: #WP20 favorite plugin 

    My favourite plugin in the WordPress Plugins Directory would have to be Yoast SEO by the people at Yoast. This is one plugin that I will include in all my projects. It is the perfect plugin to assist with writing excellent content on your site. Yoast SEO This plugin, since its inception in 2008, has helped millions of…

  • Day 11: #WP20 Memory From Launch Day

    Wow WordPress Launch day, that was way back on May 27th, 2003. Back then I was just finishing up grade 10, and this was the year I had discovered the world of web design but I didn’t know about WordPress at that point. It wasn’t until after I had graduated high school and started building…