Now, more than ever, cybersecurity is at the forefront for most businesses. As WordPress is a widely used platform, it is a target for hackers. This post covers the best practices for securing a WordPress website, such as how to keep the core, themes and plugins updated, how to use a security plugin, and how… Read more

In rebranding the new Astute site, we chose to leverage full-site editing. It swept the Gutenberg world by storm in 2022 and continues to receive enhancements and improvements with each new release of the Gutenberg plugin. For the first time, the bulk of the construction and customization process for a theme would take place in… Read more

In our previous article, we covered the options for generating a static version of your WordPress site to deploy separate from your main web server. In this article, we’ll cover one of the hundreds of other options from within the Jamstack, called Hugo. What is the jamstack? The “Jam” in Jamstack (formerly stylized as JAMStack)… Read more

In our previous article, we talked about decoupled implementations of WordPress that don’t use the standard editor or front-end. Statically-generated WordPress websites do use the WordPress editor and front-end, but are still decoupled from the rest of the WordPress server. These implementations are simple to use, and provide the same speed and security benefits as… Read more

It’s never been a better time to develop themes for WordPress. The advent of Gutenberg Full-Site Editing has simplified the process, removing (almost) the (entire) need to leverage PHP when creating robust web experiences. While there are tons of improvements ahead in the coming months and years, Gutenberg has already leveled-up the theme creation experience.… Read more