wordpress themes — LowEndSpirit DEV https://dev.lowendspirit.com/index.php?p=/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:01:48 +0000 en wordpress themes — LowEndSpirit DEV All Things WordPress Discussions https://dev.lowendspirit.com/index.php?p=/discussion/1501/all-things-wordpress-discussions Fri, 24 Jul 2020 05:03:00 +0000 WordPress vyas 1501@/index.php?p=/discussions I am creating this topic based on discussions with a couple of folks in the forum, and a recent prodding by @bikegremlin in The Cest Pit.

Let us discuss all matters Wordpress here.

As a starting topic

For WordPress Fanboys and gals

Ranking of fastest WP themes by Kinsta

https://kinsta.com/blog/fastest-wordpress-theme/

Tagging a few random folks I know have tinkered with WP
@bikegremlin @SmallWeb @Ympker

Edit:
Of course the link that I posted from Kinsta blog was written for SEO, by a hosting company that offers managed ‘premium’ WordPress...That smell test they will never pass.

Coming to the themes, I use neve, and generate press and indeed they are one of the better ones

]]> Random WordPress Bits- June 2022 https://dev.lowendspirit.com/index.php?p=/discussion/4288/random-wordpress-bits-june-2022 Fri, 24 Jun 2022 11:35:48 +0000 WordPress vyas 4288@/index.php?p=/discussions Hello all,

I have been reading a lot (rather, quite a lot) for some our new podcast shows- and this afternoon caught up with some WP news. I thought 2 or 3 items were noteworthy - thought of posting them here.

  1. WP- Godaddy flame war in the making:
    https://wptavern.com/matt-mullenweg-identifies-godaddy-as-a-parasitic-company-and-an-existential-threat-to-wordpress-future

  2. WP specialist shops facing tough times?
    elementor aid off 15% staff, WP Lift on the block for sale.

  3. WP.org encouraging theme developers to use locally hosted fonts.

@Ympker

https://make.wordpress.org/themes/2022/06/18/complying-with-gdpr-when-using-google-fonts

Gut n Berg stuff
And btw- I think Gutenburg is an acquired taste. I still find it clunky, but the native WP support for blocks is increasing and now! I spent a lot of time tinkering around with themes - 2020 and 2021; and I like them more than I ever did. Found some great tutorials and resources on customizing these themes. Will post links later- still compiling.

But in the meantime,

look up
Prologe theme by roughpixels. Gives 90 + pagespeed on mobile un-optimized.
GoDaddy's Go Theme is also cool . 90 + again.

and Twentig plugin for customizing 2020/ 2021 themes. (Also 2022, but I am yet to experiment with Full site editing). Lovely templates. Give 89-90 un-optimized on mobile on pagespeed.

Bottomline: using either Prologe theme (based off 2020 theme) or Twentig, I am ready to move my blog away from WP theme + plugin + block customizer, yadaa yada...

Was originally planning to move to ClasssicPress with custom 2015 theme, but Prologe works well on CP (install on WP 5.7, then use the CP plugin to 'upgrade' to WP 4.9 aka CP 1.4.4)

Links:
Twentig: https://wordpress.org/plugins/twentig/

Prologe: https://wordpress.org/themes/prologe-lite/


p.s: look up the Block pattern directory- many of them are part of core Gutenburg now- else it's a matter of copy + paste. No need for pagebuilders IMO.
https://wordpress.org/patterns/

p.p.s: All my testing over the past week was done mostly on Limitless hosting Singapore shared. I think only once I got alert that the CPU resources had been exceed. Otherwise, the site and DA back end were quite snappy. Not so much for the DE location. Overall mighty impressed with service. Kudos @Lampard

]]> Attack on ~ 1.5 Mn WordPress Sites https://dev.lowendspirit.com/index.php?p=/discussion/3621/attack-on-1-5-mn-wordpress-sites Fri, 10 Dec 2021 17:46:47 +0000 WordPress vyas 3621@/index.php?p=/discussions https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/massive-attack-against-16-million-wordpress-sites-underway/

Check the themes and plugins in the list. If present. maybe disable!

The affected plugins and their versions are:

PublishPress Capabilities
Kiwi Social Plugin
Pinterest Automatic
WordPress Automatic

The targeted Epsilon Framework themes are:

Shapely
NewsMag
Activello
Illdy
Allegiant
Newspaper X
Pixova Lite
Brilliance
MedZone Lite
Regina Lite
Transcend
Affluent
Bonkers
Antreas
NatureMag Lite – No patch available

Among the top 10 attack machines have
Contabo and OVH ips

( I had read 1.9 Mn sites elsewhere, the bleeping computer link mentions 1.6 Mn. Updated the title)

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