Author: Ethan Clevenger

There’s currently a bug in WP Bakery (version 6.0.5) that enables or disables the block editor, Gutenberg, for an entire post type based on a single post on the various “All [Post Type]” admin screens. You’ve probably noticed this if you’ve installed the Classic Editor plugin and have switching editors enabled. You’d expect to be…

WordCamp US 2019

Nov 14, 2019

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in Industry Trends, The Business

Every year, WordPress users from across the country gather for WordCamp US. While regional WordCamps happen across the country, WordCamp US is by far the biggest, attracting attendees, speakers and sponsors from across the country. This year, Sterner Stuff made the trip to St. Louis for the event. We take every advantage of opportunities for…

How to Pick a WordPress Theme: For Non-Developers

Oct 30, 2019

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One of the most frequently asked questions I see from folks new to the WordPress scene: How do I pick a WordPress theme? – Literally everyone who just started using WordPress Alternatives include: Should I buy a theme? Which WordPress theme is the best? What WordPress page builder is the best? And an infinite collection…

Run a WP-CLI Search-Replace for Revolution Slider

Sep 13, 2019

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If you’re a WordPress developer moving sites between environments, you might find yourself using the WordPress command line tool WP-CLI to run database search-replaces fairly frequently. This lets you quickly swap out one URL for another in the database (so if I want to replace https://sternerstuff.dev with https://sternerstuffdesign.test, for local testing). I inherit a variety…

Restore a Fresh Local WordPress Database from Production

Aug 2, 2019

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Situation: You’ve got your local codebase for a site in place, but the database got wiped, intentionally or otherwise. Maybe you destroyed your Vagrant box. To quickly pull the production database, I’ll often use a tool like WP Migrate DB Pro. Of course, using that tool (or any other plugin-based database migration tool) depends on…

Delete a File After Downloading it With Laravel Nova Actions

Jul 24, 2019

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Laravel Nova is a pretty great tool for configuring CRUD dashboards quickly and simply. We used it on a recent client project and have been thrilled with the results. “Actions” are a nifty tool that comes with Nova for running tasks across one or more models. This particular project required running a dump of models…

Customize Beaver Builder’s Social Media Icons

Jul 19, 2019

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Here at Sterner Stuff, we find that many of our clients benefit from using a flexible and performant theme that can fit a variety of needs. It helps us deliver projects faster, and for many small businesses, it’s a great fit for their needs. We turn to Beaver Builder to fill this role. While most…

Hide WordPress Query Results When FacetWP Facets are Empty

May 31, 2019

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I’ve recently been diving into FacetWP as a tool for getting down and dirty with post filtering in WordPress. I’ve used Toolset Views in the past, and I’m not deep enough to say I have a favorite. But I have enjoyed that FacetWP, by and large, lets me bring my own templates to the party…

Publish Duplicate Content Without Getting Punished

Apr 3, 2019

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Keeping up a blog is hard work. It’s almost never in anyone’s job description at a small business, so it falls through the cracks. You’re saying we need to blog regularly if we want to rank well in search engines? Hm, I think Jane at the front desk likes to write. She’ll do it! Literally…

Convert WordPress Tables to utf8mb4

Apr 2, 2019

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WordPress version 4.2 changed up the default database table collation. Swapping to utf8mb4 provides support for a wider range of characters, including emojis. If the contents of your content editor are deleted when saving with an emoji in it, this is probably your issue. If you upgraded to WordPress 4.2 while running MySQL version 5.5.2…

Trust Laravel Homestead SSL Certificates

Mar 15, 2019

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