Web site building with WordPress. In this podcast we follow the hopeless exploits of David Waumsley and Nathan Wrigley as they try, and fail, to understand WordPress.
They know that they love building websites with WordPress, but the complexities of this awesome web building solution are always out of reach.
Not only are they not clever enough, but they just don't try all that hard
So in episode 353 we said bye bye to David Waumsley. Well, now is the time to own up to the fact that David is not in fact going away! In my defence, David is moving away from the WP Builds podcast, as he’s really no longer making much use of WordPress, but he’s still…
The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 11th December 2023.
On the podcast today, I have a conversation with Jakob Trost and Anne Bovelett, as we expore GREYD.SUITE, and its philosophy and commitment to website accessibility in the products they offer. Jakob tells us about GREYD’s approach to website development, emphasising the company’s dedication to providing a complete suite of tools for professional websites. The…
The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 4th December 2023.
It’s the last episode of our “Thinking the Unthinkable” series… and also David’s last as a regular on WP Builds. We’ve saved the most “unthinkable” for the end which is: “Is it time to quit WordPress?”. It isn’t for Nathan, but for David it (sort of) is. He’ll still use WordPress daily as his own…
The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 27th November 2023.
Today, we’re joined by Rytis Lauris, the co-founder and CEO of Omnisend, a marketing automation platform for online businesses. We discuss the enduring effectiveness of email marketing, the importance of owning your own content, and how Omnisend integrates with WordPress and WooCommerce to provide value for online sellers. Rytis explains how email automation can drive…
The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 19th November 2023.
On the podcast today we’re straying into the world of AI. Not in the way that everybody else does, with an intelligent analysis of the use of AI and tools to make your life easier. No that’s too difficult for us. We’ve decided to pollute your podcast listening experience today with an episode made (almost)…
The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 13th November 2023.
In today’s episode, we’re talking about serverless WordPress with our guest, Carl Alexander, founder and developer of Ymir. As you will hear, Carl is very clever, and I’m out-to-sea with the topic under discussion! Carl is passionate about the concept of serverless technology, and is fully embracing it as a way to simplify server management…
The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 6th November 2023.
It’s the 19th episode of our “Thinking the Unthinkable” series and today’s (ambiguous) topic is… “Is 20 years too long in web tech?”. Full of our usual British cheerfulness, we are celebrating WordPress’s 20th birthday year with a title implying its potential demise. This episode is not about predicting the future of WordPress. It’s because…
The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 30th October 2023.
Today on the podcast we have Leonardo Losoviz. Leonardo is an experienced developer and the creator of the Gato GraphQL plugin for WordPress. We’ll be exploring the power of Gato GraphQL, its features, and how it could change the way we use WordPress. Leonardo highlights the power of GraphQL, a technology for retrieving data from…
