WordPress Resource: Your Website Engineer with Dustin Hartzler

Join us for an entertaining and informative look at creating a high quality website for your business or personal blog by using WordPress. If you already have a website, this podcast can help you create a high quality site. A website doesn't have to be the hardest part of owning a small business. With this show, I will show you how you can take charge of keeping your website maintained and always up to date. This show focuses on WordPress and how it is the best solution for small businesses looking to create a website.

WordPress Resource: Your Website Engineer with Dustin Hartzler is a technology podcast hosted by Dustin Hartzler, with 550 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Dustin Hartzler hosts WordPress Resource: Your Website Engineer with Dustin Hartzler, a technology show with 550 episodes published.

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  Episode #555

  555 – How I’m Using AI with WordPress

  Aug 23, 202513 minS0

  <h2 >Announcements</h2> WordCamp US 2025 is in Portland next week <h2 >WordPress Updates</h2> Making use of AI to get my website work done. Start at loveable.dev and create a free account. Use the five tokens a day to “vibe” code your way to beautiful projects Use the ideas in Loveable to create in WordPress Power move: use screenshots from Loveable and Cursor to build WordPress block compatible sections. Be Specific in Cursor! Tell Cursor to give you code that won’t break in the editor and can update the visuals with CSS Paste the CSS into the Site Editor...

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  Episode #554

  WordPress 6.7

  Jan 29, 202510 minS0

  <h2 >Introduction</h2> WordPress 6.7 “Rollins” released on November 12, 2024 The third and final major release of 2024 <h2 >I. New Default Theme: Twenty Twenty-Five</h2> Fully compatible with the Site Editor Emphasizes flexibility and adaptability Includes templates for personal blogs, photo blogs, and complex blogs Features high-quality fonts supporting multiple languages Offers a variety of color palettes and patterns <h2 >II. Zoom Out Mode</h2> New feature for easier content creation and editing Allows users to work at the pattern level instead of individual blocks Provides a bird’s-eye view of the page or template structure Includes controls to drag, move, and shuffl...

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  Episode #553

  WordPress Happenings

  Jan 22, 202514 minS0

  <h2 >Announcements</h2> Build Locally, Deploy Globally with WordPress Studio WordPress Hybrid Themes Why Alt Text Matters PersonalizeWP.com Create overlapping sections with the Block Editor Use Gravatar as a new Link in Bio? Guide: Create a personal website Website layout page examples Descriptions of powerful core WordPress blocks Make themes weird <h2 >Thank You!</h2> <p >Thank you to those who use my affiliate links. As you know I make a small commission when someone uses my link and I want to say thank you to the following people. For all my recommended resources, go to my Resources Page<...

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  Episode #552

  State of the Word 2024

  Jan 8, 202512 minS0

  Historical Background and Localization: Recollection of WordPress’s first localization in Japan in 2003. Growth of WordPress market share globally and specifically in Japan. Also Wapuu came from Japan at a WordCamp event in 2009. It’s GPL and each camp/location have their own flair WordPress Releases and Development: WordPress sits at 43.6% of the web and 62.3% of the CMS market share. Shopify is next at 6.6%. In Japan the numbers are more impressive. 58.5% of Japanese websites and 83% of the CMS market share (Shopify is 2.7% in Japan). 500M global downloads. Mention of the three major releases since the last State of the Word. 6.5 (Regi...

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  Episode #551

  Happy New Year (Plans for 2025)

  Jan 1, 202512 minS0

  <p>Here’s what has been happening since the last podcast episode:</p> I started as a Customer Success Manager at WooCommerce WordCamp US happened in Sept 2024 The community exploded with the WPEngine situation, how it was handled etc. Spent a week in Tulum Mexico with the WooCommerce Division Immediately afterwards took a 3-month sabbatical from Oct 14 – Jan 14 During my time off, spent time on house projects, traveled to Florida for Thanksgiving, 52 Christmas shows and coached basketball Also completely relaunched FunctionalMedicineCE.com with blocks and using LifterLMS. Jetpack page speed went from a D to a high A (on desktop) <p>He...

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