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WP Builds
Web site building with WordPress. In this podcast we follow the hopeless exploits of Nathan Wrigley as he tries, and fails, to understand WordPress. He knows that he loves building websites with WordPress, but the complexities of this awesome web building solution are always out of reach. Not only is he not clever enough, but he just does not try all that hard.
Episodes
WP Builds287 – When to use 3rd party addons
There's a WordPress plugin solution for almost every possible scenario. Booking - done. Commerce - done. Learning management - done. Done, done and done. In…
WP BuildsThis Week in WordPress #216
The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 4th July 2022.
WP Builds286 – Living the life that working in tech can allow
This episode is like no other we've ever put out, because it's not really about WordPress, more about a lifestyle that working with WordPress might allow you…
WP BuildsThis Week in WordPress #215
The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 27th July 2022.
WP Builds285 – Performance testing during the build
Welcome to another in the Business Bootcamp series where we relearn everything we know about building WP sites and running a web design business from start to…
WP BuildsThis Week in WordPress #214
The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 20th June 2022.
WP Builds284 – Strattic and Elementor talk about the recent acquisition
So I'm going to keep this brief, as this podcast was a little bit of a scoop, which we don't often get! Last week it was announced that Elementor (the page…
WP Builds283 – The web designer’s tech stack
The web designer’s tech stack. We last talked about the website building platform we might use for this project. Here we are widening this and look at the…
WP BuildsThis Week in WordPress #213
The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 6th June 2022.
WP Builds282 – Put dynamic content on your website with the If-So plugin
DEAL ALERT - there's a deal mentioned in the podcast - do NOT miss out on this one, as it's truly fabulous, not only in what you get, but in the way that you…
WP BuildsThis Week in WordPress #212
The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 30th May 2022.
WP Builds281 – Choosing our website building tools
So, we've made it to series three of the WordPress Business Bootcamp and this is perhaps a little more where the rubber meets the road. Now we're going to be…
WP BuildsThis Week in WordPress #211
The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 31st May 2022.
WP Builds280 – Need some design inspiration? Try Extendify’s pattern collection
So you've tried Gutenberg, and you might like to or you might not! But one thing that you cannot really argue about is that it's got some room for improvement…
WP Builds279 – Design Aesthetics
Another episode of the WordPress Business Bootcamp where we try to go right back to the start and unpick the process of building sites for clients. Today we're…
WP BuildsThis Week in WordPress #209
This week's WordPress news for the week commencing Monday 9th May 2022.
WP Builds278 – Builderius, a new and innovative way to create your WordPress website
So there's loads of WordPress tools out there that will help you create your WordPress websites. Chances are that you've tried out a few and have some…
WP BuildsThis Week in WordPress #208
This week's WordPress news for the week commencing Monday 2nd May 2022.
WP Builds277 – User Experience and User Interface
So today we're talking about UI and UX, user interface and user experience, and it's a really huge topic. We start off by what these crucial concepts are and…
WP BuildsThis Week in WordPress #207
This week's WordPress news for the week commencing 25th April 2022.
WP Builds276 – Creating online courses fast with Wishlist Member’s new Courses add-on
So online courses are all the rage. We know that. Especially since Covid struck, people have been looking for ways to create extra revenue from the knowledge…
WP BuildsThis Week in WordPress #206
This week's WordPress news for the week commencing 18th April 2022.
WP Builds275 – Creating a brand
Welcome to another in the Business Bootcamp series where we relearn everything we know about building WordPress sites and running a web design business from…
WP BuildsThis Week in WordPress #205
This week's WordPress news for the week commencing Monday 11th April 2022.
WP Builds274 – How you can make your website have a smaller carbon footprint
When I drive my car, I'm highly aware of the impact that my driving is having. I can hear the engine rumble, I can smell the gases that are coming from the…
WP BuildsThis Week in WordPress #204
This week's WordPress news for the week commencing Monday 4th April 2022.
WP Builds273 – How do we get our website copy?
On the podcast today we continue our WordPress Business Bootcamp series. Now we're trying to figure out "How do we get our website copy?". It's a thorny issue…
WP BuildsThis Week in WordPress #203
This week's WordPress news for the week commencing Monday 28th March 2022
WP Builds272 – Sell digital products with Lemon Squeezy
On the podcast today we have JR Farr and Gilbert Pellegrom from a new platform called Lemon Squeezy. Lemon Squeezy is a SaaS based platform with a WordPress…
WP BuildsThis Week in WordPress #202
This week's WordPress news for the week commencing Monday 21st March 2022.
WP Builds271 – How do we structure our clients’ websites?
Welcome to another in the Business Bootcamp series where we relearn everything we know about building WordPress sites and running a web design business from…
WP BuildsThis Week in WordPress #201
This week's WordPress news for the week commencing Monday 14th March 2022
WP Builds270 – Make your website international with WPML
So your WordPress website is up and running. You're growing. The website is getting noticed. Wonderful. You add in some products as well, and it keeps growing…
WP BuildsThis Week in WordPress #200
This week's WordPress news for the week commencing Monday 7th March 2022
WP Builds269 – What does a web design process look like?
Welcome to another in the Business Bootcamp series where we relearn everything we know about building WordPress sites and running a web design business from…
WP BuildsThis Week in WordPress #199
This week's WordPress news for the week commencing Monday 28th February 2022
WP Builds268 – What is the HeroPress Network with Cate and Topher DeRosia
WP Builds is all about the WordPress community, but we're not alone in that. There are many places that you can hang out to find out what's going on, news…
WP Builds267 – Where’s the next client coming from? – Series 1 / Episode 6
To stay in business, you need to keep working. That usually means more clients. But where does this never ending conveyor belt of clients come from? What can…
WP BuildsThis Week in WordPress #197
This week's WordPress news for the week commencing Monday 14th 2022
WP Builds266 – Why do people hack websites? With Robert Abela
So today we're talking about security, but not what you might expect. This episode is not about the features which are in a WordPress security plugin. This is…
WP BuildsThis Week in WordPress #196
This week's WordPress news for the week commencing Monday 7th February 2022
WP Builds265 – Have we set the right expectation? – Series 1 / Episode 5
Welcome to another in our Business Bootcamp series. It’s the series where we relearn everything we know about building WordPress sites, and running a web…
WP BuildsThis Week in WordPress #195
This week's WordPress news for the week commencing Monday 31st January 2022
WP Builds264 – Automate all your workflows with Buddy Works
So this is one of those episodes where you might learn something completely new. Buddy Works (often just called Buddy) is a great tool for saving you some real…
WP BuildsThis Week in WordPress #194
This week's WordPress news for the week commencing 24th January 2021
WP Builds263 – Agreements / contracts and payments – Series 1 / Episode 4
Welcome to another in our Business Bootcamp series. It’s the series where we relearn everything we know about building WordPress sites, and running a web…
WP BuildsThis Week in WordPress #193
This week's WordPress news for the week commencing Monday 10th January 2022
WP Builds262 – Online summits, attendee and speaker expectations
The back story goes like this. I (Nathan) co-host the Page Builder Summit with my friend Anchen le Roux. We invite a range of speakers to come onto that…
WP BuildsThis Week in WordPress #192
This week's WordPress news for the week commencing Monday 10th January 2022
WP Builds261 – Getting a brief and scoping the project. WordPress Business Bootcamp – Series 1 / Episode 3
Welcome to another in the WordPress Business Bootcamp series. It’s the series where we relearn everything we know about building WordPress sites and running a…
WP BuildsThis Week in WordPress #191
This week's WordPress news for the week commencing 3rd January 2022
WP Builds260 – Image compression for faster websites with EWWW
Compress your images for a quick way to get a faster website with the EWWW plugin. See how it works on the podcast today with founder Shane Bishop. Go listen...
WP BuildsThis Week in WordPress #190
This week's WordPress news for the week commencing Monday 13th December 2021
WP Builds259 – How do we know what to charge? WordPress Business Bootcamp – Series 1 / Episode 2
Welcome to another in the WP Business Bootcamp series. It’s the series where we relearn EVERYTHING we know about building WordPress sites and running a web…
WP Builds258 – Tired of WooCommerce? Try North Commerce
You use WooCommerce, because you need an eCommerce platform and you like WordPress. It's kind of the default isn't it? WordPress + eCommerce = WooCommerce…
WP BuildsThis Week in WordPress #188
This week's WordPress news for the week commencing Monday 29th November 2021
WP Builds257 – Realistically defining our business model. WordPress Business Bootcamp – Series 1 / Episode 1
In this brand new, and huge series of podcast episodes we try to re-learn everything that we know about running a WordPress website business. We start from the…
WP BuildsThis Week in WordPress #187
This week's WordPress news for the week commencing 22nd November 2021
WP Builds256 – Kickstart your website copy with Copyflight
One the more challenging things to do when creating a website is to write effective copy. In the era of Page Builders, getting the site to look good and work…
WP BuildsThis Week in WordPress #186
This week's WordPress news for the week commencing Monday 15th November 2021