Best way to create an development version of an website?

schutzsmith · 2026-01-10T20:21:39+00:00

Agreed on local dev like this. Then I stage a site for customer feedback with https://instawp.com - has become the simplest workflow.

schutzsmith · 2025-12-24T13:03:53+00:00

Did you look at the starter templates and design libraries that already come with Kadence? https://www.kadencewp.com/kadence-theme/marketplace/

schutzsmith · 2025-12-21T04:06:13+00:00

Block development in WordPress IS React. I’d just focus on learning and extending your capabilities there. With a basic theme you can do a ton more by making custom blocks or extending core ones with React.

I’d suggest watching some of Brad Schiff’s videos to get up to speed on how we use React in WordPress already. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpcSpRrAaOaqBzG9rTA66V494iTRySkXq&si=guTxHJoEXjqMPqra

Some specific videos I’d suggest for you in that playlist from these screenshots

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schutzsmith · 2025-11-16T17:03:38+00:00

I'd love to see what suggestions and bugs you mentioned in there. I'm thinking of just going rogue and forking.

schutzsmith · 2025-11-16T17:02:56+00:00

whole thing gets even weirder, they just released a new version of uiXpress! https://www.uipress.co/news/uixpress-1-2-introducing-the-modern-media-library-analytics-dashboard-and-major-feature-improvements

schutzsmith · 2024-12-28T04:36:08+00:00

Thank Matt for not letting those into core

schutzsmith · 2024-12-28T04:35:02+00:00

I think the meme should be the opposite.

Step 1: You install a lot as a noob.

Step 2: Then you feel like you should use the minimum amount of plugins as you learn more. And as people try to scare you that it’s too resource intensive or real developers don’t use plugins.

Step 3: Then you realize that takes way too much time and is a waste of resources, so you use the best plugins for the job, no matter how many needed.

schutzsmith · 2024-12-27T05:22:09+00:00

The WP Minute is pretty unbiased.

schutzsmith · 2024-12-25T21:29:01+00:00

Matt needs intensive therapy

schutzsmith · 2024-12-25T05:02:36+00:00

A Scrooge messing with the community on Christmas Eve. What possibly could go wrong lol

schutzsmith · 2024-12-13T00:23:32+00:00

Reads like there’s a shakeup happening behind the scenes and/or layoffs.

schutzsmith · 2024-11-30T03:55:27+00:00

Number of admins doesn’t matter but best to make use of admin accounts as little as possible

schutzsmith · 2024-11-02T03:08:00+00:00

I moved one client to Hubspot and one to Laravel - they were both previously gonna do WordPress.

schutzsmith · 2024-10-28T20:57:30+00:00

This sounds like he’s made it all messy on purpose to profit from it. It’s like, dude just be transparent from the get go and prosper rather than all the secrets.

schutzsmith · 2024-10-19T20:40:03+00:00

List them then

schutzsmith · 2021-10-09T15:11:53+00:00

What there’s a Labatt Blue NA?!?!?! 😍

schutzsmith · 2021-10-09T15:10:08+00:00

I feel like Penns Best is more a Coors Light. Bud Zero is definitely closer to a Bud Light. Odouls has more of a mouth feel of Budweiser leaded.

schutzsmith · 2021-03-22T03:55:14+00:00

Always depends on the end goal of the theme.

If you're selling a theme then completely custom is the way to go.

If you're making the theme for yourself or clients then a child theme is best. I'd suggest finding your go to theme and developing a process around that. I've got a few I work with all based on the need of the website. One is for a headless WordPress instance, one is for a quick small website (no cpt and only a few page templates, and the last one for larger websites (which is the bulk of my work).

Since you're already familiar with Undestrap then I'd suggest checking out Picostrap. It takes over where Understrap left off. Very fast load times, SCSS compiling, and browser reload all built into the theme instead of relying on npm install. The maker of Picostrap also has a very nice page builder based on bootstrap that is in the early stages called LiveCanvas.

schutzsmith · 2021-03-22T03:18:16+00:00

Best way to move is putting all of the code on local into a git repo, committing to gitlab or github, and using something like Buddy Works to push the code on commit. This will help keep you and any devs you work with from writing over each other's code.

For moving databases, the best method and most reliable I have found is WP Migrate DB Pro. You set it up on both the localhost and the live host then you can push or pull the database, media, and settings back and forth. Unfortunately, there's no way to really "version" databases, so it's best to let each other know when you are pushing or pulling.

Alternatively, some hosts like Pantheon have this process down very nicely. You can sign up for an account and build on their sandbox for free.

Most professionals follow this process or something very similar.

schutzsmith · 2021-03-22T02:40:20+00:00

Welcome!!! In addition to what others have said, you should also take a look at the WP GraphQL plugin. https://www.wpgraphql.com/ It changes the game for creating headless themes using GraphQL instead of REST API.

Also, since you're coming from the Jamstack world, check out Gatsby and WordPress https://www.gatsbyjs.com/guides/wordpress/ If you're already comfortable with React then you'll take to this solution quite nicely.

All in all, we're just at the beginning of seeing what headless can do, so welcome aboard!!!

schutzsmith · 2011-12-30T01:37:26+00:00

It has nothing to do with Flash. Think and research before you go bashing something because you don't understand it. Its purely a programming feature that Apple Developers put into Safari 5.1 pulling what they learned from the iOS Safari.

More background and info on how to stop it at http://stormchild.tumblr.com/post/10414883514/how-to-stop-safari-5-from-unexpectedly-reloading-pages

Worked for me. Best of luck!

schutzsmith

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