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Responsive controls are a long-sought-after feature for the WordPress Block Editor. Changing a page’s design or layout based on a user’s device is a staple of modern web design. Yet, doing so in WordPress has typically required a third-party solution, such as a page...

Dive into the nostalgic world of vintage and retro styling with this collection of Photoshop actions. Whether you’re a photographer, designer, or digital artist, these actions will help give your photos and graphics that vintage aesthetic we all love. Our collection...

There’s no doubt that artificial intelligence (AI) is changing how people discover websites. Google is all-in on the technology, showing generated search results above the tried-and-true list of links. We know that things are changing. The confusion lies in how to...

Most of us install a dependency once and never look at it again. It does its job, the tests pass, and we move on. But the web platform keeps moving too, and a surprising number of the libraries sitting in your package.json today are now built into the browser. In a...

Booking projects is a challenge for every new WordPress agency. So, you often take what you can get. That includes low-revenue and otherwise unappealing gigs. Everyone has to start somewhere, right? That tendency fades as you build your business. You move on to the...

Everybody loves a beautiful wallpaper to freshen up their desktops and home screens, right? To provide you with inspiring designs on a regular basis, we started our monthly wallpapers series more than 15 years ago, and from the very beginning to today, artists and...

Designers have spent years saying they would do better work if the organisation got out of the way. Not always in those exact words, obviously. It usually comes out as something more reasonable: we didn’t get enough engineering time, product had already decided the...

This article is a sponsored by MacPaw The phrase “artificial intelligence” has many excited, especially those in tech. But for those of us in creative fields like digital art and design, AI can be more concerning than it is exciting. AI-generated art, videos, and...

In case you didn’t notice, it’s getting more expensive to ride the AI bandwagon. Web professionals are using the technology to do more than write code. We’re also employing it for just about every other task you can think of – even the most mundane ones. Tools like...

React Server Components don’t send HTML to your browser. They don’t send JSON either. When a server component renders, what actually travels over the wire is a custom streaming protocol called Flight. It’s a line-delimited format with its own type system, its own...

Hiring an AI development partner is one of the biggest tech decisions an SMB will make in 2025. Get it right and you automate the work that drains your team. Get it wrong and you are stuck with a six-figure bill and a tool nobody uses. The problem? Most SMBs do not...

Most AI consulting engagements for SMBs don’t fail because of bad technology. They fail because the consultant sold a solution before understanding the problem. “We spent $40,000 on an AI strategy document. It sat in a Google Drive folder for six months and nothing...

You can use Lightroom Look-Up Tables (LUTs) to improve the look of any photo. They provide an easy way to add all manner of professional effects. They are a must-have addition to every designer’s toolbox. Today, we’ll introduce you to some fantastic color-grading LUTs...

We’ve all heard of the sacred rule in modern web development, the rule never to be broken. The rule of “Never block the main thread.” You almost can’t miss it as a web developer; it’s in almost every performance guide, and to be fair, it is good advice. We all know...

Many companies silently assume that everybody wants more AI in their lives. That people are craving new AI features, new AI products, new AI workflows — that would all magically replace all existing outdated practices and broken ways of working. But in reality, it...

AI-based features have been available in WordPress for quite some time. Several third-party plugins facilitate connections to various AI models. However, WordPress 7.0’s Connectors API is the first official solution baked into the core software. Much of the excitement...

When a branding project fails, it usually happens long before the logo stage: in the strategy phase, when words like “modern,” “trustworthy,” “premium,” “friendly,” and “disruptive” are left undefined. The result is a gap between what the brand is supposed to...

Broadcast packages are flexible and powerful templates for video creators. With them, you’ll find intros, titles, lower thirds, transitions, and more – all in one place! They help you maintain a consistent look and feel across each video you produce. Plus, they help...