Blog
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My stack for creating WordPress websites in 2025
On one hand, the native WordPress site builder has become more powerful, requiring fewer plugins than ever. On the other hand, I’ve become more reluctant to touch code.
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Strengthening Skills and Community: An Analogy Between Gym Memberships and WordPress Communities
Both WordPress communities and gyms serve as places where people come together to learn, grow, and connect.
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Simple Way to Copy and Paste AI-Generated Text Without Losing Formatting
One key challenge when generating content with AI tools like ChatGPT is seamlessly transferring that content while maintaining proper formatting. Luckily, WordPress’s Block Editor (also known as Gutenberg) offers excellent markdown support, making this process incredibly easy.
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Hosting Successful WordPress Meetups Without a Budget | Tips & Tricks
Organizing good WordPress meetups without a budget is possible with creativity. Here is a list to help you succeed without spending money.
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Things we forget as WordPress in-person event organizers
Many tasks and details must be handled to make WordCamps and Meetups successful. While organizers and volunteers are great at handling surprises during the event, reviewing a checklist like this can help prevent last-minute issues and make everything run more smoothly.
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The best use of AI for building WordPress websites
I’ll cover some areas where AI can help create professionally designed, longer-lasting WordPress websites.
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I use real WordPress block plugins only
Whenever I see a plugin with a block available to insert in WordPress, I wonder if it is just a fancy wrapper or if it enables you to configure it properly.
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Do you know what is better than a WordPress events organizer?
In a community that organizes events such as Meetups or WordCamps, having a leader is good, but having a group of leaders is always better.
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Avoid delays in loading your website’s scripts
If you build your website using many scripts or external resources, it may not start showing up the information quickly.
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Why I don’t develop WordPress websites locally
Nowadays, it’s easy to run a web server locally on your computer. Multiple products even handle the complex configuration part for you. Still, I prefer to develop WordPress websites on a server connected to the Internet.
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Why I skipped apps, blockchain, and probably AI for web development
There are always trends on the web—promises of new shiny 3D worlds that will revolutionize how we make websites. Most of them vanish as time goes by.
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I’m not a WordPress programmer
I don’t work primarily on creating code, so I don’t consider myself a programmer. I use the code of others to build websites.
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Home sweet homepage
Welcome to my home…page, I hope you feel at home and get to know me better. Feel free to call me if you need help. I’ll be around.
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What size should I upload my images to WordPress?
The best size for uploading images to WordPress will depend on your theme’s design and image purpose. If your page or post only has one image and you want it to look great when sharing the URL on social networks, you could try 1200 x 630 pixels for a first good size.
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Tips for migrating a website successfully without suffering DNS propagation delays
Have you heard what they say about how you can’t trust the DNS records to propagate on time whenever needed? That is what happened to me. The change felt like AGES, so I’ll share some lessons so you don’t suffer like I did.
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The WordPress developer lock-in effect
It is easy to get stuck with a developer or how a website is developed. Too much customization or poor choices can generate unnecessary technical dependency.
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My tips for working remotely in a Coffee Shop
Working in a Coffee Shop can be tricky, so I’d like to share my tips for doing it more effectively outside your office.
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How important is it to choose the right domain for my website?
It is not as important as it used to be, but here are some valid considerations to choose the right domain.
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Importance of content delivery networks for WordPress
WordPress is fast and secure by default if well maintained, but delivering the content it generates using a CDN is quicker and more secure.
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Don’t personalize your website too much… for now
Your website should look different to others to stand out from the crowd, but personalizing it too much can lead to several problems in the future.
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If you are new to e-commerce, choose WooCommerce
When you start selling online, you usually haven’t defined all the details of your products or services. Start safe and spend your money on WordPress.
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What I learned by organizing the first Bogotá Photo Walk event
The idea was to invite people interested in photography, from newbies to pros, to meet casually in a beautiful big park to contribute to the WordPress Photo Directory.
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WordPress in multiple languages natively
The ability to launch a WordPress website in multiple languages without the hassle of using a plugin or paying extra bucks for SEO features is getting closer. Similarly to what is happening to website builders, existing multilingual plugins must adapt to Core to survive, extend, and improve it, offering functions not supported by default. Since…
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How to get more people in your in-person WordPress Meetup events
These are five considerations that have worked for me to grow the number of people attending the WordPress events I organize.
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My experience in WordCamp San José Costa Rica 2023
The amount of work and experience by the team made me realize why this is the biggest WordCamp event in LATAM.
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Auto update to minor WordPress versions, at least
With so many changes coming so fast with the WordPress editor, it can be expensive to maintain websites. Nothing too serious may happen for small or informative websites, so it is tempting to freeze new changes. Disabling automatic updates may give you more control, but at the same time, it puts the project at risk.…
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WordPress backward compatibility
Compatibility is one of the benefits of keeping your WordPress system, plugins, and themes up to date.
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Tips for managing a WordPress multisite
It is possible to create a network of sites associated with the same WordPress installation natively. Managing this network can quickly become chaotic. I have three tips for you.
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How to make a website without knowing how to code
WordPress is at a stage where it is possible to build simple but complete websites by configuring options with clicks.
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How to contribute to WordPress Core: a not so technical case
The most applauded contributions to open-source projects like WordPress tend to be those that involve code. However, there are many other ways to start collaborating.