As breach costs go up and attackers focus on common web features like dashboards, admin panels, customer portals, and APIs, weak access control quickly leads to lost data, broken trust, and costly incidents. The worst part is that many failures are not rare technical flaws but simple mistakes, …
Building A Dark Mode Color Palette With Divi 5’s Relative Colors
With Divi 5, dark mode doesn’ t have to be a fragile set of overrides. You can design light and dark layouts side by side, using the same structure and a shared color system that stays easy to adjust. We’ ll start with a light-mode layout, then build a dark…
Should My Business Have a Blog? Yes, Here’s Why.
As a business owner you’ve probably wondered if adding a blog to your website is still worth the time. With social media, paid ads, and short-form content everywhere, blogging can feel outdated compared to social media. But search behavior says otherwise. We’ve been in the online space for…
6 Automation Tricks to Reduce Churn on Your Membership Site
On our video training site, WP101, our focus is on helping members feel confident with WordPress and grow their websites over time. But we learned that churn (members cancelling their subscriptions) is a common challenge, even when the content is genuinely valuable. In many cases, members don’t cancel…
Turn 1 Blog Post Into a Content Repurposing Strategy
Creating content consistently often feels harder than it should. Ideas run out quickly, time gets stretched thin, and posting starts to feel like a daily obligation instead of a strategic choice. A content repurposing strategy shifts the focus from constant creation to intentional reuse. Instead of producing something…
How To Build A Grid Gallery In Divi 5
Photos tell better stories when they sit in clean, organized grids. In Divi 5, you can get there in two ways: use the Gallery Module for a fast, familiar setup, or use CSS Grid controls in the Visual Builder when you want more layout freedom. Grids handle the…
Everything You Need To Know About Divi 5’s New Preset Manager
Presets are among the most powerful tools in Divi 5, enabling you to build consistent, efficient, and scalable designs across your entire website. Whether you’ re building a cohesive brand style, speeding up repetitive tasks, or managing complex projects, presets let you define them once and apply them everywhere. We’ ve taken the…
How To Create Responsive Max-Widths And Content Wraps With clamp() In Divi 5
Content needs boundaries. Without them, paragraphs stretch across 3000px-wide monitors, and line length turns into a chore. So you set a max width, test a few screens, and call it done. Then the in-between devices show up. Tablets, small laptops, and everything that sits between your breakpoints. The…
Introducing WPForms Quiz Addon: Easily Build Interactive Quizzes That Convert
Ever wanted to create quizzes that guide visitors to exactly what they need? Imagine a quick “ Find Your Perfect Product” quiz on your store… customers answer a few questions, and instantly see a personalized recommendation. Or a placement test that automatically sorts students into the right course level….
7 Blend Mode Effects For Divi 5 (Free Download!)
Divi 5 makes it easy to create striking image effects without custom code. In this free pack, you will find 7 Styled Blend Mode Effects, designed to help you build artistic hero sections, layered headers, and modern image compositions using blend modes. Drop one onto any page, swap…
My Pick for 7 Best WooCommerce Filter Plugins to Boost UX & Conversions
If shoppers can’t find what they want in your WooCommerce store within a few clicks, they’ll leave. And that’s exactly what happens to many small business owners. As their product catalogs grow, they lose potential customers because they can’ t easily filter products. That’ s why I decided to look…
What Is MCP, and How Can It Help Your WordPress Website?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to grow as a web development tool. We’ re using the technology to write and debug code, perform complex tasks, and interact with users. We’ ve discussed a lot of these use cases here at Speckyboy. However, we haven’ t talked about the behind-the-scenes tool that powers…
Divi 5 Public Beta 8 Release Notes
The Divi 5 Public Beta is available today. If you prefer the experience to Divi 4, it’ s ready for use. If you use Divi 5, you’ ll notice an update notification for Public Beta 8. We release new Divi 5 versions every two weeks, and each one improves upon…
The Four Levels of AI Work
Most AI guides teach you tools. They’re organized by category: chat interfaces here, research tools there, coding assistants over here. Ten levels of apps to master. That’s useful if you’re learning the landscape. But it’s the wrong frame if you’re trying to actually work with AI. I’ve been…
Vulnerability & Patch Roundup — January 2026
Vulnerability reports and responsible disclosures are essential for website security awareness and education. Automated attacks targeting known software vulnerabilities are one of the leading causes of website compromises. To help educate website owners about potential threats to their environments, we’ve compiled a list of important security updates and…
Internal vs External Links: Which Helps SEO More?
Search engines rely on links to understand content, relationships, and trust. Yet many site owners still wonder which matters more for SEO, internal links or external links. This guide breaks both down step by step, without jargon or technical overload. The goal is simple: understand what each link…
How To Create A Preset Playground With Divi 5’s Canvases
Presets in Divi 5 are a powerful way to keep your design consistent sitewide. And with the Preset Manager and Preset Preview, you can refine changes in a focused workflow before you commit them across your pages. Still, the best preset decisions often happen in context. That is…
Shadow Directories: A Unique Method to Hijack WordPress Permalinks
Last month, while working on a WordPress cleanup case, a customer reached out with a strange complaint: their website looked completely normal to them and their visitors, but Google search results were showing something very different. Instead of normal titles and descriptions, Google was displaying casino and gambling-related…
Using Divi 5’s Loop Builder To Build A Dynamic WooCommerce Category Page
WooCommerce category pages often look the same out of the box, but Divi 5 changes that. With the Loop Builder, you can redesign how products appear, using dynamic content that pulls product data like titles, featured images, and prices for every item in a category. Pair it with…
WPBeginner Spotlight 20: WordPress Storage Cleanup, Smarter Previews, and Automation Updates
Welcome to the January 2026 edition of WPBeginner Spotlight! This month, we’ re looking at new tools to help you clean up your WordPress media library, fine-tune cookie consent banners, and preview design changes faster. We’re also covering fresh updates across forms, fundraising, and site management, including new features…
