A hub for advanced WordPress users, developers & savvy business owners. Tue, 15 Apr 2025 17:53:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://iotvnaw69daj.i.optimole.com/cb:mLvy.66914/w:32/h:32/q:mauto/f:best/https://wpshout.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/cropped-main-icon1x.png 32 32 https://wpshout.com/how-to-transform-images-into-videos/ https://wpshout.com/how-to-transform-images-into-videos/#respond Mon, 14 Apr 2025 12:18:48 +0000 https://wpshout.com/?p=149130 The latest advancements in AI art have taken over the internet. It seems like many people are enjoying the ability to instantly make their vision come to life. One thing that hasn't gotten as much attention is that you can take AI-generated images (or any images for that matter) and transform them into videos. In this quick guide, I'm going to show you just how you can do it.]]> https://wpshout.com/how-to-transform-images-into-videos/feed/ 0 How to Transform Still Images Into Live Videos for Free With the Latest AI Tools The latest advancements in AI art have taken over the internet. Whether it's realistic images, Ghibli Studio anime, or toy action figures, it seems like many people are enjoying the ability to instantly make their vision come to life. One thing that hasn't gotten as much attention is the fact that t how to transform images into videos How to Transform Still Images Into Live Videos https://wpshout.com/wordpress-switches-to-one-major-release-per-year/ https://wpshout.com/wordpress-switches-to-one-major-release-per-year/#respond Fri, 11 Apr 2025 11:09:00 +0000 https://wpshout.com/?p=148862 During the last week of March, nearly 30 WordPress core committers, project leaders, and team members gathered to discuss WordPress' release schedule. 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In this post, we'll talk about what the implications of this are for your site(s) and how you can stay up to date in this new once-per-year world.]]> https://wpshout.com/wordpress-switches-to-one-major-release-per-year/feed/ 0 WordPress Shifts to Only One Major Release https://wpshout.com/automattic-lays-off-16-percent-of-workforce/ https://wpshout.com/automattic-lays-off-16-percent-of-workforce/#respond Fri, 04 Apr 2025 13:38:20 +0000 https://wpshout.com/?p=148746 On Tuesday, Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg sent ripples throughout the WordPress community with a blog post announcing the layoff of 281 employees – representing 16% of Automattic’s workforce.]]> https://wpshout.com/automattic-lays-off-16-percent-of-workforce/feed/ 0 Automattic Lays Off https://wpshout.com/ghibli-ai-trend/ https://wpshout.com/ghibli-ai-trend/#respond Mon, 31 Mar 2025 10:22:56 +0000 https://wpshout.com/?p=148692 Back in 2018 I spent some time in the city of Mitaka - which happens to be where the Ghibli Museum is located. I walked by it several times a week and have fond memories from there. When the internet became flooded with Ghibli style art last week after OpenAI released their newest AI image generator, my reaction was probably more visceral than most people's. After spending some time Ghibli-ficating myself, reading others' opinions, and having a few days to reflect on it all, here are my thoughts.]]> https://wpshout.com/ghibli-ai-trend/feed/ 0 Thoughts on the Ghibli AI Trend https://wpshout.com/static-wordpress-site-add-search/ https://wpshout.com/static-wordpress-site-add-search/#respond Thu, 20 Mar 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://wpshout.com/?p=148349 If you have a static WordPress site or you're strongly considering launching one, then you're probably already aware of its default limitations. One of the big ones is the inability to add a search function to your site. But with a little bit of creative thinking, you can use a free, open-source JavaScript library called Lunr (along with a few other tools) to get around that problem and build one anyway. Here's how...]]> https://wpshout.com/static-wordpress-site-add-search/feed/ 0 How to Add Search to a Static WordPress Site for Free Using Lunr Static WordPress sites don't natively support search. In this guide, I'll show you how to get around that problem by using Lunr.js to add it. how to add search to a static wordpress site How to Add Search to a Static WordPress Site https://wpshout.com/add-contact-forms-to-a-static-wordpress-site/ https://wpshout.com/add-contact-forms-to-a-static-wordpress-site/#comments Tue, 18 Mar 2025 06:45:00 +0000 https://wpshout.com/?p=148294 Static WordPress sites have a lot of advantages over more traditional WordPress projects. In most cases they are cheaper, faster, and more secure. However, one big drawback is that you can't use contact forms on your pages or posts by default. In this guide I'm going to show you a free solution to get around this problem.]]> https://wpshout.com/add-contact-forms-to-a-static-wordpress-site/feed/ 1 Add Contact Forms to a Static WordPress Site https://wpshout.com/launch-and-maintain-a-cheap-wordpress-site/ https://wpshout.com/launch-and-maintain-a-cheap-wordpress-site/#respond Fri, 14 Mar 2025 10:54:59 +0000 https://wpshout.com/?p=148033 I know what you're probably thinking - there's a catch. Well, there IS. But it's not some special promo rate or a first-year deal. The catch is that this solution requires more effort to pull off compared to signing up for a shared hosting plan with pre-installed WordPress. What I'm going to teach you is how to build a WordPress site on your computer using Local by Flywheel. Then you're going to convert that site to a static version, deploy it Cloudflare Pages, and maintain it using GitHub and some code. It's ambitious, but worth it.]]> https://wpshout.com/launch-and-maintain-a-cheap-wordpress-site/feed/ 0 launch WordPress for $10 a year https://wpshout.com/convergence-ai-review/ https://wpshout.com/convergence-ai-review/#comments Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:00:35 +0000 https://wpshout.com/?p=147852 According to the internet lately, AI agents are the next wave of innovative AI tech that's going to make us more efficient, make our lives easier, take our jobs, or end the world. Okay, maybe not that last one, but still, the point is that there are a lot of opinions flying around about AI agents.]]> https://wpshout.com/convergence-ai-review/feed/ 6 I Tried My First AI Agent - Convergence AI - and Let's Just Say... Have you been dying to try an AI agent? Well now you can (for free). Convergence AI recently released "Proxy." 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