A lot of fun stuff happens both at I Heart Blank, on the world wide web, in marketing and also with WordPress.  Here’s a place where I put information that, interests me, is important for you to know, and resources to help you navigate your website (and also the web).  Check out our most recent blog posts below.

Latest blog posts

  • On this page So...a lot of people are seeing articles across the internet about an emergency PHP vulnerability.  This mostly happened on October 20, 2026, with an emergency patch being released at 10AM ET on October 21, 2026.  Let's take a look at how it happened and how it's being fixed. Before we go any further, I Heart Blank / I Heart Sites[...]

    Published On: October 23, 2026Categories: WWW News830 words4.2 min read
  • Great news everyone!  Wordpress 7.1 "Mary Lou" was released on August 20, 2026!  Here's some highlights: WordPress 7.1 makes styling and collaborating easier. Style how all blocks look across screen sizes and how the Button block responds to hover, focus, and active states, all without writing custom CSS. A streamlined media editor brings cropping, rotation, and metadata editing together in one workflow. Notes now support rich text and @mentions, and[...]

    Published On: August 20, 2026Categories: WWW News382 words1.9 min read
  • Great news everyone!  Wordpress 7.0 "Armstrong" was released on May 20, 2026!  The biggest highlight is AI integration into Wordpress: WordPress 7.0 marks the start of a new era, laying the foundation for AI across the WordPress experience. Greeting you with a modern, more intuitive dashboard, 7.0 introduces enhanced customization and development tools that inspire creativity and tap into endless potential. Here are some of the highlights: AI-Integrated WordPress With[...]

    Published On: May 20, 2026Categories: WWW News511 words2.6 min read
  • Apple's been making efforts for RCS on iPhones.  It looks like todays iPhone update (May 11) has en-to-end encryption for RCS on iPhones. Lifehacker has a great article explaining all the nerd stuff.  Check it out!

    Published On: May 11, 2026Categories: WWW News35 words0.2 min read
  • I Heart Blank is teaming up with Social Media Escape Club for a 90 minute seminar to help you get a web host and build a web/splash page in 90 minutes.  As you know, Seth Werkheiser and I have been working together for years and have the same mentality with many things concerning the web (as well as music). It's all going down on March 25, 2026! Seth W (with a[...]

    Published On: March 6, 2026Categories: IHB News382 words2 min read