How can a short video about an astronaut explain Git? It does a good job.

Secure Custom Fields is a fork of ACF Pro. It provides all of the features of ACF Pro for free and the number of active installs is rapidly growing. In this video I look at the pros and cons of SCF for users and also consider the issue from the point of view of developers who might be asked to support it.

Kinsta shares some insights from monitoring the Black Friday and Cyber Monday traffic on their platform. There are several take-aways, one is that people come to buy on Black Friday, but there is a lot more window shopping on Cyber Monday.

Admin Site Enhancements Pro just got a form builder. While it is not a ftotal form solution, it is more than good enough for many uses. Paul Charlton provides an overview of this new feature.

This is a great 8 minute video that talks about site layout.

A very nice video on setting up OpenRouter and using Claude in LiveCanvas.

Speculative loading of links is coming in WordPress 6.8. This was first a feature plugin and now is being integrated into core.

Interested in getting started with the Core Framework – This video from Paul Charlton walks through setting it up and using it in Bricks. Though he uses it with Bricks, much of the video is about setting up the Core Framework, so is useful if you are using Gutenberg or other builders.

Using some code, code snippets, or writing your own utility plugin is part of the transition from beginner to power user. A little bit of code can unlock a lot of power and flexibility. Jeffrey Dalrymple has a very good video reviewing the options for those just getting started adding code to their sites. He compares the advantages of using Elementor’s own code option, the free FluentSnippets plugin, and WPCodeBox.