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10 Web Dev Trends for 2025 That Will Make or Break Your Career

Web development in 2025 isn’t just changing—it’s mutating. If you’re not orchestrating AI, ditching bloated frameworks, and thinking beyond screens, you’re already obsolete. Here’s what’s next (and why it’s coming faster than you think).

How To Use Divi 5’s Loop Builder & Pagination Module Together

Static lists of post content are fine if you are showing a selected and limited set of those posts. But often, you want users to access more content than your original loop shows. You want to decide how much content… Continue Reading →

What Is HSL And Why Designers Should Master It

Color is one of the most powerful tools in a designer’s toolkit, but working with traditional systems like hex and RGB can sometimes feel limiting. These formats work, but they don’t reflect how we actually see or think about color…. Continue Reading →

How To Vertically Align With Divi 5’s Flexbox Layout System

Creating visually balanced and responsive layouts is essential in modern web design, and Divi 5‘s new Flexbox Layout System makes it easier than ever to achieve vertical alignment. This powerful new feature allows Divi users to design flexible, dynamic layouts,… Continue Reading →

25 Useful ChatGPT Prompts for Web Designers (that you can copy/paste)

Struggling with blank screens? These 25 AI prompts for web designers will spark ideas, fix UX headaches, and even impress clients. Save time, design smarter, and future-proof your work.

Delicious Brain Bytes: WordPress 6.9, ACF PRO 6.5, and Unleash the Wapuu

In this issue of Delicious Brain Bytes, we look into WordPress 6.9, round up the latest industry surveys, figure out how to make Postgres much slower, and much more! WordPress 6.9 Set for December 2nd WordPress is set for a… Continue Reading →

Testing Divi Supreme With Divi 5

Let’s take a look at another Divi Community staple: Divi Supreme Pro. They have been working hard on developing a stable Beta, and Divi 5 users have been waiting patiently for it. Divi 5 has been usable for many months,… Continue Reading →

Developer guide: Making WordPress block themes multilingual

Block themes translate WordPress differently from a typical approach. Traditional PHP template files with translation functions don’t work with HTML templates, JavaScript-powered blocks, and the Site Editor. This shift requires you to understand WordPress Block internationalization systems differently. This guide… Continue Reading →

MotoPress Hotel Booking Review: Transform WordPress Into a Powerful Property Rental System

How can you turn WordPress into a complete property management solution for your hospitality business? This MotoPress Hotel Booking review could have the answer! The post “MotoPress Hotel Booking Review: Transform WordPress Into a Powerful Property Rental System” first appeared… Continue Reading →

X-post: Proposal: Responsible AI workflow for creating new documentation for WordPress 6.9

X-comment from +make.wordpress.org/docs: Comment on Proposal: Responsible AI workflow for creating new documentation for WordPress 6.9

WordPress Vulnerability Report — August 20, 2025

In this report, 191 vulnerabilities have been publicly disclosed. Security patches for 93 of these plugins and themes are now available, so please run those updates as soon as possible. If you’re a Solid Security Pro user, the version management… Continue Reading →

What Is Flexbox (And Why You Should Use It)

You can build clean sections all day, but aligning elements across every screen size can start to feel more like trial and error than intentional design. Flexbox fixes that. It gives you real control over how elements sit, stretch, shrink, and… Continue Reading →

Web Design & Web Development Salaries Around the World in 2025

In 2025, web design and development paychecks are more about impact than job titles — and the global salary gap is staggering. From $190k U.S. AI gigs to $15k local roles in Southeast Asia, the numbers show exactly where skills… Continue Reading →

Core Team at WCUS Contributor Day 2025

WordCamp US 2025 contributor day is coming to Portland, Oregon on Tuesday, August 26, starting at 9:00 am, and ending at 5:00 pm. The Core team is responsible for building the core WordPress software and this is a great opportunity… Continue Reading →

Announcing the WordPress 6.9 Release Squad

This post is announcing the formation of the 6.9 release squad after a call for volunteers. Exciting News: The WordPress 6.9 Release Squad is assembled! Release Lead: Matt Mullenweg Release Coordination: Akshaya Rane, Amy Kamala Tech Leads: David Baumwald, Ella… Continue Reading →

Why WordPress developers trust Kinsta for expert hosting support

When you have an emergency, such as a database corruption or critical plugin conflict that breaks your checkout process, you need support that understands WordPress at its core. However, generic hosting providers can only offer scripted responses and lengthy escalation… Continue Reading →

Accessibility Team Rep Elections – Voting Now Open

Voting Period: August 19, 16:00 UTC – August 26, 16:00 UTC Nominations for the Accessibility Team Rep are now closed. Thank you to everyone who participated in nominating and supporting the process — it’s wonderful to see such engagement. You… Continue Reading →

New Personal Trainer Starter Site for Divi (Quick Install)

Divi empowers you to build the best websites possible, and now, Divi Quick Sites takes website creation to a whole new level. This revolutionary tool lets anyone, regardless of skill level, generate a complete website in under two minutes! Divi… Continue Reading →

How to Achieve More with RSS Feeds—A Review of Aggregator

The Aggregator plugin has price of place on thousands of WordPress websites. The good news is that there’s a new version. My Aggregator review takes a look at the new additions. The post “How to Achieve More with RSS Feeds—A… Continue Reading →

Comment on Plugin Rollout: Phased Releases by csforwp

I would love to see this addition. Something that would make it more appealing to me would be the ability to invite specific users to upgrade. This would allow for granular control over the release without having to install the… Continue Reading →

Everything You Need To Know About Divi 5’s Group Carousel Module

One of Divi 5‘s latest modules, the Group Carousel, is here to make it easy to create visually stunning carousels and animations for your Divi website. This powerful addition allows web designers to create engaging website carousels without needing third-party… Continue Reading →

10 “Fresh” Design Trends We Shamelessly Stole From the Past

Every “fresh” design trend you love is probably stolen—from Soviet posters to 80s neon, from Bauhaus to Blade Runner. We’re not inventing; we’re remixing. Here’s the proof that today’s hottest web aesthetics are just yesterday’s styles in shinier packaging.

Understanding Relative Colors In Web Design

In web design, even the simplest decisions can multiply. What starts as a single design choice quickly expands into dozens of visual variations for interactions, backgrounds, borders, and more. Your build can become cluttered with mismatched values and manual tweaks… Continue Reading →

Forget Design Portfolios: Here’s How Designers ACTUALLY Get Hired in 2025

The designer portfolio is dead—and AI killed it. Recruiters don’t click your link, algorithms flatten your work into bullet points, and the real hiring decisions happen on LinkedIn, X, and in community feeds.

Using Cloud Storage for WordPress User-Generated Content

User-generated content is the proverbial double-edged sword. While it’s a powerful engine for engagement, it’s also a significant technical liability. User uploads are often unpredictable, unoptimized, and can consume server disk space and bandwidth at an alarming rate. This unchecked… Continue Reading →

5 Pitfalls To Avoid When Switching To Divi 5’s Flexbox Layout System

Divi 5 just shipped its all‑new Flexbox‑based layout system. It replaces Divi 4’s old block layout engine and unlocks powerful new controls right in the Visual Builder. Every new row now defaults to Flex layout. Unless you’ve already used CSS Flexbox,… Continue Reading →

Quickest Ways To Update Your Page Design With Divi 5

Divi 5 introduces a handful of smart new tools to help you work faster and design more freely. But with so much power at your fingertips, it’s easy to feel unsure about where to start, especially when updating an existing layout…. Continue Reading →

WordPress Vulnerability Report — August 13, 2025

In this report, 83 vulnerabilities have been publicly disclosed. Security patches for 51 of these plugins and themes are now available, so please run those updates as soon as possible. If you’re a Solid Security Pro user, the version management… Continue Reading →

User Journeys vs. Customer Journeys: Why the Distinction Matters More Than You Think

Think “user” and “customer” are the same thing? Think again. Confusing the two could be the silent killer of your product—and your profits. Here’s why designing for the wrong journey could cost you everything.

Comment on Plugin Rollout: Phased Releases by Josh Kohlbach

This is fantastic Dion @dd32! We will definitely make use of this, especially on our plugins that have a larger active install base. We were actually just discussing this internally yesterday so I was surprised to see this post! I… Continue Reading →

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