Often times I am talking with clients explaining how I build websites within a WordPress based content management system. The topic of WordPress being "open source" often arrises and there can be some misunderstanding of what that means. The following is a brief introduction to both what open source is... read more →
Jun
23
May
25
WordPress 6.0 "Arturo" has been released. This is the second major release of 2022 which brings many improvements; including hundreds of updates and hundreds of bug fixes. WordPress has never been better! As of the release of WordPress 5.9 WordPress has moved towards what they call Full Site Editing which... read more →
Jan
26
WordPress 5.9 "Joséphine" has been released. This is the first major release of 2022 which brings the long awaited Full Site Editing. The blocks editor has further refinements and controls added. The Block Patterns have been improved. The List View has been revamped. They are introducing Block level locking (in... read more →
Aug
20
Wordpress is constantly getting upgraded and improved. In WordPress 5.5 (released August 11th, 2020) your site gets new improvements in three major areas: speed, search, and security. Lazy loading is now included which helps speed up website load time. Sitemaps are now automatically included within WordPress itself; not needing an... read more →
Feb
14
A Content Management System (CMS) is a platform that enables you to organize and publish a lot of content on a website. Websites are all built with a foundation of at minimum the HTML and CSS languages (and usually javascript). And if you are not a coder or programmer then... read more →
Dec
07
Welcome to WordPress version 5.0 of WordPress. The biggest upgrade in this version is the introduction of a block based editor. It's called Gutenberg. With a name like that you should realize the world changing WordPress intends. The new editor is the 1st step towards making the need for a... read more →
Jul
09
Are SSL certificates really necessary? With Google about to release the latest Chrome browser any day now (version 68 set for July 2018), the reasons for getting an SSL certificate for your website are becoming harder to ignore. When Chrome updates to version 68 this month it will begin displaying... read more →
Jun
20
Disclaimer: This post is not legal advice. Watts Web Studio is not a law firm. This post does not constitute legal advice and does not replace any advice you obtain from a lawyer or other legal expert.] GDPR stands for General Data Protection Regulation. It's European legislation relating to personal... read more →
May
18
WordPress released version 4.9.6 this week. It is their "Privacy" Release. It now has a few tools added that will assist in your WordPress based website being able to maintain compliance with Europe's GDPR, the data privacy law that is effecting most websites. I imagine it will evolve further as... read more →
Apr
07
There is heaps of news coverage right now on the recent release of the Panama Papers. It is creating quite a stir and adding more weight behind the reform wall street movement, enabling the likes of Bernie Sanders to say, told you so. The folks over at WordFence describe it thus,... read more →