WordPress Resource: Your Website Engineer with Dustin Hartzler

In this episode, we dive into the world of WordPress and web infrastructure, exploring the often mysterious realm of DNS settings.

In this episode, we delve into WordPress 6.3. This update introduces a range of enhancements and new features that elevate the web publishing experience with a focus on the Gutenberg block editor.

In today’s episode we talk about why it’s a good idea to switch to the Block Editor.

In today’s episode we look at the WordPress email newsletter plugin MailPoet.

In today’s episode we talk about different menus on our site and making sure they are optimized for our site visitors.

Announcements Zapier for WordPress is a plugin that will help you with your automation. The plugin is a bit old and outdated, but you can use Zapier without needing the plugin. A few ways that I use Zapier: Updating our PHP Versions In this episode, we focus on PHP 8.0 and its differences with previous […]

In today’s episode we dive into the latest WordPress release, 6.2 and share how it will elevate your editing experience.

In today’s episode we take a look at the new Jetpack App and how you can manage your WordPress site on the go.

In today’s episode we take a look at the hardware and software (AKA my tools) that I use daily.

In today’s episode we talk about how to create a child theme for a Full Site Editing block theme.

In today’s episode we are going to dive into why 2023 is going to be the year of block themes.

In today’s episode we spend time reviewing the annual State of the Word address given by Matt Mullenweg about the past and future of WordPress.

In today’s episode, we share the correct placement of custom code on your WordPress site.

In today’s episode, we talk about the form and poll building tool, Crowdsignal.

In today’s episode we recap the last six months of WordPress news.

In today’s episode, we talk about better ways to style links in your WordPress content (plus email messages too).

In today’s episode, we look at the features in the latest version of WordPress – version 5.9.

In today’s episode we explore what WordPress hooks, actions, and filters are.

In this week’s episode, I share a behind the scenes at my weekly planning, the projects I worked on, and what I accomplished last week.

In today’s episode, we do a quick recap of Matt’s State of the Word address in December 2021.

In today’s episode we talk about securing your site after a data breech at your hosting company.

In today’s episode, we talk through a checklist of items that need to be done this fall to make your website secure.

In today’s podcast, we talk about different plugins that will add additional blocks to your WordPress site.

In today’s episode we talk about the default core WordPress blocks and how they can be used to build the perfect layout for your post or page.

In today’s episode we talk about using WP CLI to manage your WordPress site.

Announcements Yoast Joins Newfold Digital, Team To Stay in Place Emoji Toolbar Plugin Brings an Emoji Picker Back to the WordPress Editor Automattic Releases Quadrat, a Block-Based Podcasting WordPress Theme WordCamp US Online Set for October 1, 2021, as Community Team Weighs Proposal for Returning to In-Person WordCamps Colorado Becomes First State to Require State […]

In today’s episode I explain the process of moving from a support role to a developer role at Automattic.

In today’s episode we take a look at how to add custom fonts to a WordPress site.

In today’s episode, we talk about SQL and how to write SQL commands to find the data you need in your WordPress site

In today’s episode we talk about why JavaScript is an important piece of WordPress and why we should learn it.

In today’s episode we talk about how to review your site for security issues and how to fix them.

In today’s episode we talk about the things to think about when creating a new WordPress site.

In today’s episode I share my content creation strategy for 2021.

In today’s episode I give some highlights of 10 years of podcasting as well as the future of the show.

In today’s episode I provide an update on what’s been happening over the last six weeks.

In today’s episode we talk about the seven reasons that you need an email list on your website.

On today’s episode we dig into a few listener’s questions.

In today’s episode we talk about all the new changes in the latest version of WordPress, 5.5.

In today’s episode we talk about all the plugins on Your Website Engineer’s website.

In today’s episode we explore the different tables that are installed by default in the WordPress Database.

In today’s episode we talk about the fiasco of the last two weeks and my broken computer without a good backup.

In today’s episode we talk more about the customizations I did to make VSCode less noisy.

In today’s episode we talk about all the free extensions I use with the free code editor VSCode.

In today’s episode we talk about the steps to switch a live site over to a new theme.

In today’s episode we talk about how to prepare a plugin to be added to the WordPress Repository.

Announcements How to Submit a Plugin to the WordPress Repository

In today’s episode we talk about how to organize your WordPress tools so you can be efficient with your time in WordPress.

Today we talk about the two different ways to duplicate content on your WordPress site.

In today’s episode we talk through a few ways to make your WordPress Database smaller.

In today’s episode I share my tips for effectively working from home.

In today’s episode we talk about a new tool that I’ve been using to isolate certain websites.

In today’s episode we explore the launch of the second FxMedCE symposium.

In today’s episode we talk about the tools to scan your site to make sure it’s accessible and ADA compliant.

In today’s episode, we talk about how you can drive more customers back to your website for more sales with Facebook.

In today’s episode we talk about different ways to automate your WordPress site with Zapier.

In today’s episode we look at some plugins that actually would be nice if they were part of WordPress core, because they give some extra value to the way the CMS works.

In today’s episode we talk about the eight different ways we can check our website to make sure everything is complete and working properly.

In today’s episode we talk about all the blocks built into WordPress 5.3.

In today’s episode we talk about the different software apps that I use every day with my work with WordPress.

In today’s episode we talk about the 20 resolutions for keeping up with our WordPress sites in 2020.

In today’s episode, I wish you a happy new year!

In today’s episode we talk about how to set up an FTP client to be prepared in case you need it for your WordPress site.

In today’s episode we talk about all the costs associated with purchasing a domain name.

In today’s episode, we talk about four different text editors, Coda 2, Sublime Text, Atom, and VS Code.

In today’s episode I share about what I’m thankful for (spoiler: not all-the-deals)

In today’s episode we talk about how to handle audio files on our site.

In today’s episode we chat about the new features in the latest version of WordPress, version 5.3.

In today’s show, we recap Matt’s State of the Word address at the closing keynote of WordCamp US 2019.

In today’s episode we talk about the power of automating things in your WooCommerce store to generate more leads and more profits.

In today’s episode, we talk about the steps to isolate a problem when troubleshooting WordPress.

In today’s episode we talk about how to create a simple plugin to embed code on your website

In today’s episode we talk about general maintenance things that you need to do on your WordPress site.

In today’s episode, we talk about the details of how WordPress started, how it’s free to use and how folks make money with this free software.

In today’s show we talk about how to get our website ready for the eCommerce shopping weekend of Black Friday.

In today’s episode we talk about the gotchas of launching my new site as well as some of the things that still need fixed.

Announcements Creating a WordPress Theme out of HTML – Part 3

In today’s episode we talk about creating page templates, customizing index.php, and installing and configuring themes.

In today’s episode we start talking about why to use an HTML theme to create a WordPress site and the first steps to get started.

In today’s episode, we explore different options for displaying text on multiple pages of your WordPress site.

In today’s episode we talk about how to make WordPress your own by customizing the WordPress dashboard / admin area.

In today’s episode we talk about the how-to embed a Google Form into a website and then benefit of doing so.

In today’s episode we look at all the news from the month of July.

In today’s episode, I share Episode #4 for the Distributed.blog podcast by Matt Mullenweg. It gives a good insight on how Automattic was started and how things work behind the scenes.

In today’s episode, we talk about two premium form builder plugins, Gravity Forms and Ninja Forms

In today’s episode we dive in and look at the premium security, iThemes Security Pro.

In today’s episode, we talk about all the benefits for using the email capture tool, OptinMonster.

In today’s episode, we talk about all the news that happened in June.

In today’s episode, we explore the five most popular WordPress Membership plugins.

In today’s episode we talk about all the news sites that I follow to make sure I’m up on the latest in what’s happening with WordPress.

In today’s episode, we talk about my favorite premium plugin, WP Migrate DB Pro.

In today’s episode, we look at all the WordPress news that’s happened in the month of May.

In today’s episode I share an episode of the Get Options podcast that I recorded with my friend Adam Silver.

In today’s episode we look at SearchWP and it’s features that allow your website visitors find anything on your WordPress site.

In today’s show, we talk all about WooCommerce Bookings and how it can turn your website into a place where your customers can book products or your time.

In today’s episode we talk about the plan for the next three months. I’m curious, what do you want to learn about?

In today’s episode we talk about the WP Cron and the Action Scheduler and how the two work behind the scenes to make WordPress work.

In today’s episode, we talk about the different ways to add both CSS and PHP snippets to your WordPress site.

In today’s episode, we look at how to speed up our site by adding a lazy loading images plugin.

In today’s episode, we talk about how to update to PHP 7.2 and the performance boosts you’ll see by running the latest version.

In today’s episode we look at different things that could indicate that our site has been compromised.

In today’s episode we look at some Facebook and Slack groups that you can join to get help from and stay in community.

In today’s episode we look at some new ways to collect email addresses for your online store.

In today’s episode, we talk about how to plan for an in-person event like a weekend WordCamp.

In today’s episode we talk about the 30 day code challenge that starts in March.

In today’s episode we take a look at seven different tools to make it easy to manage multiple WordPress sites.

In today’s episode we talk about how to begin managing a website for a friend or new client.

In today’s episode we talk about how the amazing WordPress software is completely free.

In today’s episode, we talk about some of some hidden features in the new block editor in WordPress 5.0

In today’s episode we look at changing our posts from a Classic Editor block to Gutenberg blocks in WordPress 5.0.

Announcements Best Plugins to Add More Blocks to Your Site In today’s show, I highlight some new plugins that add more blocks to the block editor. The ones covered are the following: Thank You! Thank you to those who use my affiliate links. As you know I make a small commission when someone uses my […]

In today’s episode we talk about how to create a reusable block in WordPress 5.0 and the benefits of creating these reusable blocks.

In today’s episode we talk about the two editors available in WordPress 5.0: Gutenberg and the Classic Editor.

In today’s episode we get ready for 2019.

In today’s episode we talk about some non-WordPress gifts that WordPress enthusiasts will enjoy this holiday season.

In today’s episode we recap the State of the Word address given by Matt Mullenweg at WordCamp US 2018.

On today’s episode I share how to manage a website using Jetpack and the WordPress.com dashboard / app.

In today’s episode we look at two different ways for creating a WordPress administrator account; one way through the database and one way via FTP.

In today’s episode I share how WordPress has changed my life and how thankful I am for the software.

In today’s episode I share how I use a local development environment, with git and GitHub and dandelion deploy to push changes to my server.

Announcements WordPress 5.0 Beta 3 Activity: A New Way to Monitor, Debug, and Repair Your Site Authors of Popular WordPress.org Themes Rolling Out Gutenberg Compatibility Updates Ahead of 5.0 Release Is there a plugin for that? BirchPress is an appointment booking and online scheduling plugin that allows service businesses such as spas, yoga studios, contractors […]

In today’s episode we talk about getting your site prepared for the new Gutenberg Editor which comes with WordPress 5.0 in just a few weeks.

In today’s episode we look at some things we should be regularly checking on our WordPress site for security, vulnerabilities and brute force attacks.

In today’s episode we talk about how and what to track when it comes to activity on your WordPress website.

In today’s episode I share some of the happenings at Automattic’s 2018 Grand Meetup in Orlando Florida.

In today’s episode we explore the eight habits of highly effective WordPress users.

In today’s episode we look at the steps to properly test an updated plugin and a tool that can let robots do the work for you instead.

In today’s episode we talk about cleaning up and optimize our WordPress sites for peak performance.

In today’s episode we look at the different types of caching that can be done to speed up your WordPress website.

In today’s episode we tackle how to fix broken shortcodes on your WordPress site and how to create a blogging checklist.

In today’s episode, we dive into some great resources for learning about CSS and the new features in the technology.

In today’s episode we talk about the other extreme, a site with only premium plugins.

In today’s episode we talk about how to build a simple WordPress site using only free plugins.

In today’s episode we talk about different ways to keep your website busy while you are away on vacation.

In today’s episode we take a look (and listen) back to memories from 400 podcast episodes.

In today’s episode we talk about how to translate a WordPress plugin into your site’s native language.

In today’s episode we talk about the differences in creating a new site with a premium theme versus having a custom template built.

In today’s podcast we talk about the five different options for installing and running WordPress websites on your local computer.

In today’s episode we talk about the benefits of having a staging site and how to set up a clone of your site.

In today’s episode we try to make the confusing topic of Domain Name System (DNS) a bit less confusing.

In today’s episode we take a look at the process to update your plugins and themes on your WordPress site.

In today’s episode we look at how building a website is a lot like building a house.

In today’s episode we take a behind the scenes look at what happens at an Automattic team meetup in Montreal.

In today’s episode I share the 14 technology podcasts I subscribe to that keep me motivated to keep learning new ways to code.

In today’s episode we talk about the latest in GDPR news as well as what’s new with Gutenberg.

In today’s episode, we look at the process of setting up a one click webinar registration with ConvertKit.

In today’s episode we are take a trip down memory lane to look at life of WordPress, how it came to be and the features that have been added over the years.

In today’s episode, we talk all about the new regulation in the European Union called GDPR and how we can prepare for it.

In today’s episode, we explore all the options and settings that can be configured with the WordPress Customizer.

In today’s episode we explore how to resolve any error messages you might see when uploading a new plugin or theme to your site.

In today’s episode we dig into the reasons to password protect a site as well as how to configure your WordPress site.

In today’s episode we take the time to look at how to remove a plugin from your site and all of it’s data.

In today’s episode we dive into the future of WordPress and share ideas about what’s to come with the new editing experience with Gutenberg.

In today’s episode we talk about nine different ways to automate your WordPress website.

In today’s episode we look at some popular WordPress plugins that you might not have heard about amongst the 54,000+ in the WordPress Repository.

In today’s episode I take you on a behind the scenes look at how I plan my week/day for maximum productiveness.

In today’s episode we talk about the reasons you need to have some security measures in place on your WordPress website.

In today’s episode we talk about the importance of having Google Analytics running on your site.

In today’s episode we talk about the importance of having a backup for your WordPress site and four different ways that you can get a backup system in place.

In today’s episode we talk about the importance of having an email list to go along with your WordPress website; especially if you want to monetize your site.

In today’s episode we go through the checklist of things to double check before launching your WordPress website.

Announcements WordPress 4.9.2 DesktopServer 3.8.4 Best Tech Newsletters CSS Grid Is there a plugin for that? Word’s Content is a plugin that you can mark your words and make them stand out on your website 18 Resolutions for 2018 The idea for the show came from a blog post on iThemes’ site. Here are the […]

In today’s episode we take a look at the shortcodes we have on our website and make sure they are all functioning.

In today’s episode, we spend time looking at different tools to use to make sure your CSS renders correctly in all browsers.

In today’s episode, we take a look at an overlooked area of a WordPress site, the stying of your printed page.

In today’s episode we make some predictions on the future of WordPress in 2018.

In today’s episode we talk all about the hardware / software / office supplies that are needed for a WordPress business.

In today’s episode I share the different apps and utilities I use daily on my mac.

In today’s episode we recap WordCamp US in Nashville and the annual State of the Word address.

In today’s episode we explore the new software and services I’ve been using on Your Website Engineer.

In today’s episode we look at all the new features of WordPress 4.9.

In today’s episode we talk about how to create a great WordCamp Presentation.

In today’s episode we talk about the five benefits of participating in the WordPress community.

In today’s episode we look at a few ways to incentivize your clients to wrap up their projects and to how to add additional services that can generate income to close out the year.

In today’s episode we explore the ways a WordPress website owner can contribute to the WordPress community.

In today’s episode, we take a look at ways to contribute to WordPress as a designer.

In today’s episode we talk about ways to contribute back to WordPress for the developer.

In today’s episode we start a month long series on different ways to contribute back to WordPress and today’s show focuses on ways for the blogger to give back.

In today’s episode we explore the 20 most popular plugins on the WordPress Repository.

In today’s episode, we talk all about the newest feature coming to WordPress, the Gutenberg editor.

Today’s episode is an interview with other Happiness Engineers from Podcast Movement 2017.

In today’s episode we talk about the new offering from Automattic, WordPress.com for Business.

In today’s episode we explore all the options and settings in your host’s cPanel interface.

On today’s episode we dive in and see how to set up a custom email address for our WordPress Website.

In today’s episode we take a look at the three major types of hosting for your WordPress site: shared, VPS, and dedicated hosting.

In today’s episode we discuss how Nameservers and DNS Record Types are used to allow domain names to work.

In today’s episode we take some time to breakdown and understand what a domain name is, how they work and the differences between domains and URLs.

In today’s episode, we dive into the powerful possibilities of using WP-CLI to manage your WordPress site.

In today’s episode we dive in the heart of customizing WordPress by exploring hooks, actions and filters.

In today’s episode we talk about the WordPress Template Hierarchy and how it affects the pages on your website.

In today’s episode, we talk about how we can add customized areas to your WordPress Dashboard with Custom Post Types.

In today’s episode we talk about thirteen great sites to learn WordPress thru video content.

In today’s episode, we talk about 20 great WordPress blogs to find out more about, well, WordPress.

In today’s episode, we take a look at all the new features in the latest version of WordPress, version 4.8.

In today’s episode we look at 14 other popular WordPress podcasts to help you learn more about WordPress.

In today’s episode, we take a look at our last type of website; how to build a portfolio website using WordPress.

In today’s episode, we breakdown the steps to create an eLearning / online course WordPress website.

In today’s episode, we look at three different eCommerce extensions to use to build your online store or membership site.

In today’s episode we look at the steps involved to build a business site with WordPress.

In today’s episode we start a new series on how to build certain types of websites. First up, how to build a podcasting website.

In today’s episode, we wrap up our series on learning about our visitors with four more ways to analyze our visitors.

In today’s episode, we take a look at all the valuable information you can learn from your audience by installing heat tracking software on your site.

In today’s episode, we talk about how to install the incredibly useful Facebook Tracking Pixel, which will allow you to target your site visitors.

On today’s episode, we talk about all the information you can learn about your website visitors by looking at Google Analytics.

In today’s episode, we talk about the 10 performance improvements that we can easily make to make our websites load faster

In today’s episode, we talk about eight easy tweaks that we can do this week to update our site.

In today’s episode we highlight the different ways and best practices for your widget areas on your WordPress site.

In today’s episode we talk about two different ways to find and target the necessary CSS to make small visual changes on your site.

In today’s episode, we do an evaluation to see if your current fonts are correct and if not, how to change them to a meaningful font.

In today’s episode we talk about three different WordPress tools that will help you keep your databases in sync between live and development.

In today’s episode, we talk about the built in features of WordPress to debug your code, as well as 15 other plugins that makes sure your site is built correctly.

On today’s episode, we talk about different types of plugins that every WordPress website needs to be utilizing.

In today’s episode, we talk about 5 different ways to make changes to your website without your visitors seeing the modification

In today’s episode we talk about the steps to take to secure your website with an SSL certificate and the importance of doing so in 2017.

In today’s episode we look at different items that should definitely be on your home page in the new year.

In today’s episode we talk about the seventeen things that should be removed from every website for success in the new year.

In today’s episode we talk about some potential goals you could set for yourself in 2017 to become better at WordPress or give back to the community.

On today’s episode, we talk about a new software package that will give you the ability to develop your WordPress sites locally on your computer.

In today’s episode we look back at what’s happened in 2016 with a recap from Matt’s State of the Word address at WordCamp US.

In today’s episode, we talk thru all of the new features in WordPress 4.7, including new editor and Customizer features.

In today’s episode we talk about the different ways we can be more efficient with navigating our WordPress sites.

In today’s episode, we talk about some strategies to shortcut to learn how to become a WordPress developer.

In today’s episode, I stop to reflect on all the reasons I’m thankful for WordPress.

In today’s episode we look at a few ways that we can repurpose our blog posts into other types of content that will drive traffic to our sites.

In today’s podcast we take a look at five of the most popular plugins that will turn your website into an online course platform.

In today’s episode we explore some of Jetpack’s most powerful features and why every WordPress site should be using this plugin.

In this week’s episode, we take a look at some of the interesting statistics about WordPress’ popularity.

In today’s episode we talk about the importance using the latest version of PHP and how to update it.

In today’s episode, we break done some of the key phrases and terminology in WordPress.

In today’s episode, we break done some of the key phrases and terminology in WordPress.

In today’s episode we talk about the steps to take to secure your website with an SSL certificate.

In today’s episode, I share the software and tools I use daily to help troubleshoot WordPress sites.

In today’s episode I share the ten software applications I use to work on and manage my WordPress websites.

On today’s episode, we talk about the steps I take to troubleshoot a broken WordPress site.

In today’s episode we talk about how Your Website Engineer got it’s start, by going to a WordCamp.

In today’s episode we talk about the four different ways to properly customize your WordPress site.

In today’s episode we talk about the new features in the newest version of WordPress, WordPress 4.6.

In today’s episode I share a bunch of ideas of things you can work on when you have some time to spend with your website.

In today’s episode we talk about the most popular framework to build a WordPress theme.

In today’s episode, we explore your website’s technology, MySQL and how it works with PHP to dynamically create your website pages.

In today’s episode we talk about twenty two different things to check before launching your new website.

In today’s episode we talk about best practices to automatically charge your customers on a regular basis.

In today’s episode, we talk about five different online training sites to become more proficient with WordPress.

In today’s episode, we explore how to improve your search results with Elastic Search

In today’s episode we talk about when to use templates and when to use hooks when customizing a theme or a plugin.

In today’s episode, we talk about all of the cool new features in the newest version of WooCommerce 2.6

In today’s episode we dive into six different plugins and how they can be used on your WordPress site.

In today’s episode we explore the three types of WordPress hosting: shared, VPS and dedicated hosting.

In today’s episode, we will explore the benefits of using a maintenance mode plugin and the reasons to use them.