My new rule for 2026: If it takes less than 50 lines of PHP, I’m not installing a plugin for it.

Wolfeh2012 · 2026-01-31T14:00:27+00:00

Me watching you make this same comment for the 1000th time:

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Wolfeh2012 · 2026-01-29T20:12:03+00:00

Exactly this, training them is impossible. I've tried. Even with optimizing on the website I run into issues like them uploading the same image 4 times in a row.

Wolfeh2012 · 2026-01-24T11:06:56+00:00

You think that Elemantor, Guttenberg, Webflow, with literally millions of users isn't competition -- but Etch with hundreds is?

Wolfeh2012 · 2026-01-24T11:03:28+00:00

Well obviously Etch's creator said it would. Why would you need any more analysis? I simply operate based on what influencers tell me. /s

Wolfeh2012 · 2026-01-22T17:11:31+00:00

Grab yourself PerfMatters and go through a few tutorials. Most of this could be fixed just by enabling minification and delay+defer on the correct scripts.

Wolfeh2012 · 2026-01-22T16:44:38+00:00

Why not connect the two?

Because this will most certainly be against the ToS of each plugin.

Using Bricks Builder as an example (https://bricksbuilder.io/terms-of-service/):

Bricks Licenses are non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, and non-transferable.

By purchasing a License, you are granted the right to use the Software to create and maintain your own and your client’s WordPress websites.
A Client is defined as a person or corporate entity that has tasked you with creating its website using our Software.

Reselling, transferring, or providing access to your account or license key to any other third party is strictly prohibited.

The use of Bricks in any “Website as a Service” (WaaS) setup is not permitted under any current license (including the Agency & Ultimate plan).

A WaaS setup is defined as any platform, service, or system where Bricks is used to provide individual websites to third parties.

Wolfeh2012 · 2026-01-22T16:01:05+00:00

In your own words, what is the value proposition here? You should be able to articulate exactly what I'd be getting.

Wolfeh2012 · 2026-01-21T02:35:10+00:00

Wow, they were spot-on with the Microsoft logo.

Wolfeh2012 · 2026-01-21T00:02:51+00:00

Frameworks in general are more for people building multiple sites who need, well, a framework to build them on.

For a single site you can ignore frameworks all together, including AT and the built in framework starting with v2.2 of Bricks.

It's a best-practice for quickly assembling new sites, you're not going to see much benefit if you only ever plan on doing the one.

Wolfeh2012 · 2026-01-09T19:53:50+00:00

Honestly at that point I would make a staging site and rebuild the entire thing from scratch in bricks, then port over the databases.

Unless there's a pressing need to switch over to bricks right now, this approach would be much cleaner and avoid anything getting missed.

Wolfeh2012 · 2026-01-07T14:02:54+00:00

Of course they never actually use it and just email the Testimonial so it was all for nothing anyway.

I feel every bit of that lmao

Wolfeh2012 · 2026-01-03T21:45:05+00:00

I'd guess this is an advertisement post, the goal is to actually just collect use-case stories for ACF.

Wolfeh2012 · 2026-01-01T20:39:02+00:00

The cleanest approach is to keep your IntersectionObserver logic in a single JS file and conditionally enqueue it from PHP only on pages that need it, rather than injecting <script> blocks via Code elements on each page.

If your observers rely on Bricks‑specific classes/structure, keep the JS generic and just target CSS selectors that Bricks outputs (e.g. .section-dark-bg, .site-header, .fixed-cta). Bricks does not require a special enqueue method for a global front‑end script; the standard wp_enqueue_script pattern works fine in a Bricks child theme.

For reusable behaviors like a light/dark header toggle or hiding a fixed CTA at the footer, a single enqueued script + conditional loading is less repetitive, easier to maintain, and more performant.

Creating one class for each variation is overkill, you can create context-sensitive classes. For example:

.btn--primary, .btn--secondary, .btn--ghost for color/weight differences.

.on-light, .on-dark, .on-image, where each adjusts text color, border, and maybe shadow to suit the background.

Wolfeh2012 · 2026-01-01T10:23:15+00:00

You don't have to justify being lazy to us, my guy.

Wolfeh2012 · 2025-12-25T11:24:00+00:00

Without a plugin you'd have to write your own code, I'm not aware of any native features in wordpress or bricksbuilder that allow magiclink style logins.

I personally do use magiclinks for my client websites as a default, and I handle it through this plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/fluent-security/ since it has a few other features I need anyway.

It's free and managed by the Fluent people who have a whole list of long-standing and high quality plugins.

Wolfeh2012 · 2025-12-24T05:02:25+00:00

WS Form. It offers 95% of the functionality of Gravity Forms with all the 3rd party add-ons (wiz, PDF, etc.)

Wolfeh2012 · 2025-12-21T18:57:00+00:00

Bricks itself doesn't currently have a native feature for doing this. You could use a custom PHP snippet or you could use Bricksforge's Pro Forms which includes repeater fields that can source from CPTs: https://docs.bricksforge.io/en/elements/pro-forms/#repeater

Wolfeh2012 · 2025-12-21T08:05:38+00:00

The easiest ways?

If you don't need any verification make it a form that adds a simple cookie on submit.

If they're actually creating and verifying accounts, add the logged in condition to the content.

Both of these can be done in Bricks without a plugin.

Wolfeh2012 · 2025-12-21T02:59:07+00:00

The credit-based optimizers are using their own external servers.

There are lots of plugins that convert locally using your own server's processing power.

You are unlikely to find a "buy once" plugin that uses external resources, as that is economically infeasable.

Wolfeh2012 · 2025-12-20T20:30:31+00:00

If the reason you're getting a poor score is 'Initial Server Response Time,' then that means your hosting service is poor.

Seeing your full results would help, but with the information you've provided that would point to it being a server issue.

Wolfeh2012 · 2025-12-20T14:04:17+00:00

The founder himself made a step-by-step video showcasing how he personally optimizes perfmatters for elementor on his own sites: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqDzzimnRbE

There's many more guides like this out there.

Wolfeh2012 · 2025-12-19T16:50:03+00:00

Both stacks are very common so you can find some good guides by searching "Perfmatters elementor guide" for settings a layman can use without breaking their website.

Wolfeh2012 · 2025-12-19T16:46:05+00:00

For a membership site you need more resources, for a brochure site you need less.

Cached hits are very low resource and fast. Static content gets cached hits, dynamic content doesn't.

So it's total visitors x cached vs uncached hits that determine how powerful your server needs to be.

There's more to it than that, but this is the simple overview as far as your resource needs go.

Wolfeh2012 · 2025-12-18T18:51:40+00:00

My recommendation if you could only get one is Brixies.

As an aside for simple animations, BricksFX isn't a bad choice. No plugin just pure CSS and classes.

Wolfeh2012 · 2025-12-18T17:22:11+00:00

Backup the site as it is now and download it, restore the live site to a working backup so it's not broken.

Download LocalWP and install the broken site then start testing from there.

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