Category: new wordpress versions
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Switching Themes Again
It is time to test out the latest WordPress theme, Twenty Twenty-Four, that released with version 6.4 of WordPress. Since I never fully fixed all of the problems that came with the switch to the previous theme, I’m not hoping for backwards compatibility or widget compatibility. I’ll just go with the flow and see what…
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Another Messy Theme Swap
I activated the 2023 theme and I must say, there are default behaviors that I’m not happy about. The blog page put in their “placeholder” title instead of keeping my own. It also threw in an unstyled, disconnected CTA at the bottom. The Home page had an ugly “home” at the top and it wasn’t…
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Don’t go from the 2021 to the 2022 theme!
Seriously, what a mess. Widgets changed up a lot between the two versions and rather than TRY to keep existing footer settings, WordPress just decided to make those widgets inactive. No problem if you can find the inactive widgets and copy them to new blocks or the template, but no… you suddenly see this “Editor…
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Switching It Up
Today saw the release of WordPress 5.8. Since this is my site to give WordPress default options a try, I’ve taken the plunge and updated on day one of the new release. I never do day 1 updates on my client sites or my other business sites to give the bugs some time to show…