WP Edge Issues from 2025
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51 issues from 2025
- #561Dec 22, 2025
The Final Issue (of the year)
Featured This Week · The Pros And Cons of Plugin Ecosystems
- #560Dec 15, 2025
New Optin Strategy + Fixing WP’s Search
Featured This Week · Should You Have a Search Function? And How to Make It Suck Less.
- #559Dec 8, 2025
FluentCommunity + How I Make Videos
Featured This Week · My Process For Recording Videos
- #558Dec 1, 2025
The 8 Principles of Digital Sovereignty
Featured This Week · How Digital Sovereignty Is Built Into Concierge
- #557Nov 24, 2025
Your Email Open Rates + Huge Cloudflare Outage
Featured This Week · When Cloudflare Takes Out Half The Internet… What Should You Do?
- #556Nov 17, 2025
Engineering Authority + Spotting Slow Plugins
Featured This Week · Tech Tip: How to Spot the WordPress Plugins Slowing Down Your Site
- #555Nov 10, 2025
Saying No (To Yourself) + Why You Should Use Cloudflare
Featured This Week · Why You Should Use Cloudflare
- #554Nov 3, 2025
The issue on hosting… and slow admin panels
Featured This Week · Hosting Setup (Let’s Get Nerdy 🤓)
- #553Oct 27, 2025
The Cutthroat World of Plugin Competition
Featured This Week · The Hidden Side Of SaaS
- #552Oct 20, 2025
Privacy Concerns With Stripe? + Vibe Coding? 😜
Featured This Week · Vibe Coding Improvements To Your Own Website
- #551Oct 13, 2025
The Worst Plugins (For Performance)
Concierge Client Update · Are You Using DMARC Monitoring? You Should.
- #550Oct 6, 2025
The Power of a Nerd Hug 🤗
Concierge Client Update · Thinking About Community Plugins A Bit Differently
- #549Sep 29, 2025
Launching A Membership? It’s Kinda Different.
Memberships Aren’t Just Products · Adding Services To Your Membership
- #548Sep 22, 2025
Your Website: A Tool Or A Crutch?
Your Website Isn’t Your Business · Don’t Overbuild: How to Avoid “Feature Creep” in Your WordPress Site
- #547Sep 15, 2025
Cold, Dead Email Lists
Your Email List Isn’t Cold – You’re Just Forgettable · How to Run a Re-engagement Campaign Using FluentCRM
- #546Sep 8, 2025
404 error page… strategy?
Re-Thinking The 404 Error · How To Actually Handle Your 404 Errors
- #545Sep 1, 2025
Did Your Traffic Drop? + Rocket Joins Hosting.com
How To Respond To Dropping Traffic Due To AI Summaries · Rocket.Net Joins Hosting.com. Should We Worry?
- #544Aug 25, 2025
Plugin Lockout: Consume Alert
Plugin Locking You Out Of Your Own Site: Is This Acceptable? · How To Interpret The WordPress “Site Health”
- #543Aug 18, 2025
If You Can Dream It Up, We Can Build It
The Most Robust Forms Plugin I’ve Ever Tried · If You Could Make Your Site Do Anything You Think Up, It Would Be…
- #542Aug 11, 2025
AI As Your Content Wingman
Using AI As Your Content Wingman · How to Set Up Your Own Content-Trained GPT
- #541Aug 4, 2025
Most Online Course Plugins Suck
Online Course Systems Are Bloated · An Alternative To Bloated Course Plugins
- #540Jul 28, 2025
Not Everything Should Be Automated
Write To Your List Like A Human, Not A Funnel · Customizing Your 404 Page
- #539Jul 21, 2025
Failure to launch + 10 Design Tips For Your Site
Featured This Week · 10 Current Tips For Conversion-Focused Site Design
- #538Jul 14, 2025
Misleading Speed Tests
Why WordPress Speed Tests Are Misleading (And What To Measure Instead) · Your Website Isn’t A Brochure — It’s A Conversion System
- #537Jul 7, 2025
Improving Your Conversion Rates
How To Methodically Increase Your Conversion Rate · Why You Should Use Paid Traffic
- #536Jun 30, 2025
You Should Have A Newsletter, Too.
Why You Should Have A Newsletter · How I Create, Send And Archive This Newsletter
- #535Jun 23, 2025
I Would Have Screwed It Up…
I Would Have Just Screwed It Up · The Story Continues…
- #534Jun 16, 2025
Gurus
Featured This Week · How To Rollback A Plugin/Theme Upgrade Gone Wrong
- #533Jun 9, 2025
Some Surprises + Overcomplication
FAIR: The Alternative Plugin Ecosystem for WordPress · The Power Of Simplicity
- #532Jun 2, 2025
Owner or Renter? + One Page Business Plan
Are You an Owner or a Renter? · One Page Business Plan?
- #531May 26, 2025
Build a “Smart” Contact Form + Event Calendar That Doesn’t Suck
Tips & Tricks With Your Contact Form · An Events Calendar Plugin That Doesn’t Suck
- #530May 19, 2025
Security & Plugin Conflicts. Exciting Stuff.
Securing Your WordPress Site (Without Security Plugins) · What Exactly Is A “Plugin Conflict”?
- #529May 12, 2025
Fixing WordPress Search + Plugin Licenses
Fixing WordPress Search · How I Manage The Concierge Toolkit
- #528May 5, 2025
Your Site’s TRUE Cost
What Does Your Site Actually Cost To Run? · Brainstorming My Side Gig
- #527Apr 28, 2025
How To Survive AI
In The Age Of AI, Be More Human · Introducing FlyingPress To The Concierge Toolkit
- #526Apr 21, 2025
The Most Troublesome Plugins – Fighting Spambots
How To Fight Spambots Subscribing To Your Email List · 5 Plugins That I Find To Be… Troublesome
- #525Apr 14, 2025
My Credit System + Me Being Dumb 🤣
The Evolution Of My Credit System · I Was Reminded Of My Own Advice…
- #524Apr 7, 2025
Using AI As a Turbo Boost
Using AI To Turbo Your Content Creation · Not Worth It To Stick With WordPress?
- #523Mar 31, 2025
Using WordPress To Sell My RV?
WP Rocket, Price Increases, And Angry Customers · I Used WordPress To Help Sell My RV
- #522Mar 24, 2025
I’m Deleting My Content
3 Ways to Grow ANY Business · WordPress Quick Bits
- #521Mar 17, 2025
Money Levers + Unbulking WordPress
Your Business “Money Levers”. Know What They Are? · Clean Up Your WordPress Editor Experience (Less Clutter!)
- #520Mar 10, 2025
How Are You Using AI?
Opinion: Avoid Elementor & Most Page Builders · Are You Using AI Yet?
- #519Mar 3, 2025
Infobesity & Fat Sites
Infobesity – Are We Too FAT On Information? · Is Your Site Fat?
- #518Feb 24, 2025
AI Killing Your Traffic?
A New Way To Do Subscriptions With WooCommerce (For Free) · Is AI Killing Your Traffic? Here’s How To Survive.
- #517Feb 17, 2025
Automate & Optimize
Does Your Site Recover Failed Payments? · Case Study: Improving A Site’s Performance From 41% to 99%
- #516Feb 10, 2025
Productivity Apps & SureCart Vs. Woo
Your Productivity System? · Surecart Versus WooCommerce
- #515Feb 3, 2025
Your WordPress Dashboard A Waste Of Space?
Make Your WordPress Dashboard Your Own · How To Customize Your Dashboard
- #514Jan 27, 2025
Is Your Site A Frankenstein?
4 Lessons I’ve Learned While Running My Concierge Program · Avoiding Frankenstein Sites
- #513Jan 20, 2025
7 Work-At-Home Strategies + End Of WordPress?
7 Strategies For Working From Home · Most Effective Content To Create Today
- #512Jan 13, 2025
Your Website Has “Departments”?
The “Departments” of Your Website · The Mechanics Of Offering Calls On Your Website
- #511Jan 6, 2025
Well, Hello 2025.
Your New Years Habits… · Websites Aren’t Set-And-Forget