How to Decide Between reCaptcha v2 and reCaptcha v3

If you’re looking to protect your site from spam bots and other malware abuse, then using reCaptcha should be at top of your security list. reCaptcha works to determine bots from humans. How do you decide between using reCaptcha v2 and reCaptcha v3 to protect your users? For this article, we’re going to look at Read More >

How to Use Twilio with Sprout Invoices

Providing timely notifications for business invoices helps the business owner and the customer. One of the quickest ways to send notifications is to use a message. Twilio is an add-on for Sprout Invoices that allows you to send an SMS notification message to your clients. This article will walk you through the necessary steps to Read More >

How to Use the Date/Time Field in weForms

When you want a user to add the date or time to your form then you will need to use the date/time field. The date and time can provide the information needed for a past event, or help to set the deadline for an upcoming event. You can also use it to mark your present Read More >

How to Use the File Upload Feature in weForms

There will be times when you create a form and require a document or some type of file that is needed to be uploaded to the server. weForms provides two fields for file uploads that can be added to a form – Image Upload and File Upload. This article will guide you through creating a Read More >

Using Receipts to Track Expenses in Sprout Invoices

Using receipts with Sprout Invoices is important because it provides a way to track the expenses that are accumulated in the life of a project. Expenses for services, supplies or other random costs are kept organized through Sprout Invoices using projects. Each expense can generate an invoice for a project with paper receipts digitized and Read More >

21 Reasons Your Website is Slow and How to Speed it Up

Slow websites can be a recipe for disaster for website owners. Research shows that 40% of people will abandon your site entirely if it takes more than three seconds to load. To put that into perspective: if 10,000 people visit your site every month, that means that 4,000 of them would leave and never come Read More >

Google PageSpeed Insights Versus GTmetrix

PageSpeed Insights and GTmetrix are measurement tools for your website that can help identify and improve the performance of your website.  We are going to describe each tool, how they work, and their differences.  Our goal is to explain each tool and then recommend when to use one tool over the other.  Website Performance Measurement Read More >

How to Use Columns in WordPress FSE

The columns block allows you to use multiple columns through the site/template editor or page/post editor. Using columns helps provide organization for your content so that you can more efficiently fit media and text on the screen in various layouts. This article will help you understand how you can use the column block and provide Read More >

Using the Row and Stack Blocks in WordPress FSE

The row and stack blocks are important design elements that can be interchangeably used for both the site and template editor and page or post editor in the WordPress Full Site Editing system. Rows allow you to group blocks horizontally. This is similar to using the columns block but without the automatic size adjustment to Read More >

How to Use the Search Block in WordPress FSE

The Search block is a widget used to search the published content of your WordPress site. This tutorial will show you how to use the search block in the WordPress Full Site Editing (FSE) system. We will also provide some background information on the block and how it works with your WordPress site. How to Read More >

Block Preferences in WordPress Full Site Editing (FSE)

This tutorial will explain the block preferences of the editors available in WordPress today. The WordPress Full Site Editing (FSE) system includes multiple editors that use the block system originally created through the Gutenberg project. Understanding the Different Editors in WordPress Describing the Block Preferences for Each Editor Understanding the Different Editors in WordPress Before Read More >

How to Add Custom Fields in WordPress FSE

Adding custom fields is a simple task when you’re using the full site editing system (FSE) in WordPress. You need to know where the option is hidden and the data that you’re adding. Custom fields are used in WordPress pages and posts. They can provide valuable data for your post/page and help search engines with Read More >

How to Build a Website Using Patterns in WordPress FSE

WordPress websites are often built based on a theme, and they often have predefined formats on what their pages will look like.  With patterns, you can take a simple theme like the default Twenty Twenty-two theme and use the full site editing system to create your own template. Since free Patterns are also available on Read More >

Creating Submenus Using the WordPress FSE

One of the biggest obstacles to many WordPress users is the change in the menu creation process when going to the Full Site Editing (FSE) system.  Creating custom menus appears to take the biggest hit.  However, if you haven’t already tried it, the FSE system’s method of building menus is still very flexible and capable Read More >

How to Add Video Using Blocks or Patterns with WordPress FSE

A common task with adding content is adding a video to a post or page.  This tutorial will guide you through the process of adding videos to your WordPress site.  We will discuss common concerns to think about before using video content,  using the blocks and patterns available in the full site editing system (FSE), Read More >

How to Pick Block-based Themes in WordPress

Block-based themes allow users to use the full site editing features of WordPress. With the integration of the site editor in the WordPress 5.9 release, developers have become more active in releasing block themes.  This article highlights three block themes that have been released.  We will provide descriptions of the themes that can help you Read More >

How to Lock a Block in WordPress Full Site Editing

One of the block features that have been added as of version 6.0 is the ability to lock a block so that its position and/or its removal can be prevented.  This article will demonstrate how to find and use the new block option.   This tutorial uses WordPress 6.0 RC2 and the Twenty Twenty-two theme. Locking Read More >

How to Use Patterns in the WordPress Editor

The simple definition of patterns is that they are a combination of WordPress blocks. Patterns result from the block system and block-based themes becoming more prevalent in WordPress editors.  The patterns option in the visual editor gives you access to the pre-created block combinations for quick page creation. For example, you could use patterns to Read More >