It’s Time For Something New

This May Change How My Posts Look

I’ve done something either really cool or really stupid… or possibly both. I’ve installed a plugin that gives me access to the beta updates for WordPress. I know, I know—I shouldn’t try out beta software in a production environment, but for me, this blog is also a testing ground for WordPress.

There are a few upgrades that I really like, such as the auto-update of themes and plugins, reinstalling plugins without having to delete the previous one, native XML sitemaps, and native lazy-loading images. The Gutenberg block editor has had a going-over, too; it is cleaner and simpler to use. It’s still missing a few blocks, but that is why I use the Kadence Blocks plugin (I would also use the Kadence theme as it’s fully customizable without the coding, but it doesn’t work with WooCommerce yet).

Over the coming weeks (now that I’m working again! 😁), I’ll be updating the pages on the site and giving them a new look, as well as creating and implementing some site-wide color schemes, since everything is a bit ad-hoc at the moment. Unfortunately, one of the few things I won’t be changing is the featured images. I’d really love to find a plugin where I could provide a couple of images and some text, and it would create a simple featured image for the top of the blog posts.

For now, though, I shall leave it there. If you know of any plugins that will create a featured image for me, let me know in the comments below, or tell me what you want to see in future versions of WordPress.