Themeisle Blog https://themeisle.com/blog/ WordPress Tutorials and Reviews for Beginners and Advanced Mon, 03 Feb 2025 08:52:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://themeisle.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/cropped-cropped-favicon-2-32x32.png Themeisle Blog https://themeisle.com/blog/ 32 32 Neve 4.0 ‘Sarmizegetusa’: A Smarter WordPress Theme Experience https://themeisle.com/blog/neve-4-0-sarmizegetusa/ https://themeisle.com/blog/neve-4-0-sarmizegetusa/#respond Mon, 03 Feb 2025 10:00:58 +0000 https://themeisle.com/blog/?p=109432 Neve 4.0. A smarter, faster way to build exceptional websites that stand out from the crowd.

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]]> https://themeisle.com/blog/manually-harden-wordpress-security/feed/ 1 AI Agents Coming to a Website Near You https://themeisle.com/blog/ai-agents-coming-to-a-website-near-you/ https://themeisle.com/blog/ai-agents-coming-to-a-website-near-you/#respond Thu, 16 Jan 2025 10:24:17 +0000 https://themeisle.com/blog/?p=109158 Learn how to prepare your website for intelligent agents that prioritize structured data and APIs over traditional web design elements, demanding new strategies for website optimization.

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]]> https://themeisle.com/blog/ai-agents-coming-to-a-website-near-you/feed/ 0 2024 WordPress Recap: A Lot More Happened Than Just #WPDrama https://themeisle.com/blog/wordpress-2024-recap/ https://themeisle.com/blog/wordpress-2024-recap/#comments Wed, 08 Jan 2025 11:23:11 +0000 https://themeisle.com/blog/?p=108826 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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]]> https://themeisle.com/blog/wordpress-2024-recap/feed/ 2 If You Could Only Choose 5 WordPress Plugins, What Would They Be? https://themeisle.com/blog/only-choose-5-wordpress-plugins/ https://themeisle.com/blog/only-choose-5-wordpress-plugins/#respond Wed, 08 Jan 2025 08:22:09 +0000 https://themeisle.com/blog/?p=109098 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?

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]]> https://themeisle.com/blog/only-choose-5-wordpress-plugins/feed/ 0 WordPress Ticket #30465 Was Opened 10 Years Ago – Is 2025 Going to Be the Year It Finally Gets Resolved? https://themeisle.com/blog/wordpress-ticket-30465/ https://themeisle.com/blog/wordpress-ticket-30465/#respond Fri, 03 Jan 2025 13:12:39 +0000 https://themeisle.com/blog/?p=108611 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.

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]]> https://themeisle.com/blog/wordpress-ticket-30465/feed/ 0 10 WordPress Influencers Who Made Waves in 2024 https://themeisle.com/blog/wordpress-influencers-of-2024/ https://themeisle.com/blog/wordpress-influencers-of-2024/#respond Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:15:58 +0000 https://themeisle.com/blog/?p=108683 If you're a follower of our blog, then you already know that our main niche starts with a Word and ends in a Press. And while there are plenty of noteworthy WordPress stories that made headlines this past year, it's easy to make the argument that this was very much a personality-driven year. Let's take a look at the individuals who had the biggest impact on WordPress in 2024.

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]]> https://themeisle.com/blog/wordpress-influencers-of-2024/feed/ 0 Let’s All Laugh Together, Or Not Laugh at All: An Essay on Pineapples, WordPress and Humor https://themeisle.com/blog/wordpress-pineapple-is-delicious-on-pizza/ https://themeisle.com/blog/wordpress-pineapple-is-delicious-on-pizza/#comments Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:13:56 +0000 https://themeisle.com/blog/?p=108619 A new week, a new chapter of the Matt Mullenweg vs WP Engine saga unfolds. This time, the plot twist involved the tropical fruit, pineapple. For the past three days, if you wanted to log in to your WordPress.org account, you'd have to agree to a controversial statement, "Pineapple is delicious on pizza."

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]]> https://themeisle.com/blog/wp-simple-pay-alternatives/feed/ 0 Are Block Themes Better Than Classic Themes? Here’s What People Think https://themeisle.com/blog/block-themes-vs-classic-themes/ https://themeisle.com/blog/block-themes-vs-classic-themes/#comments Tue, 17 Dec 2024 09:31:00 +0000 https://themeisle.com/blog/?p=106706 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...

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