• Custom chatbots made easy: How to build your own ChatGPT agents

    Ever wanted to create your own chatbot but felt overwhelmed by the complexity? That’s why I built SiegfriedAI – a sleek Node.js script that makes it easy to create and load custom GPT-4 chat agents. Learn how to use it and make it your own!

    Steffen Bewersdorff
    Posted by Steffen Bewersdorff on
  • Enhancing WordPress Archives with HTMX and View Transitions

    Making WordPress post archives interactive has never been easier. Learn how to implement HTMX for real-time AJAX filtering and seamless page transitions, all while keeping your site lightning-fast and performant.

    Manos Menexis
    Posted by Manos Menexis on
  • The ups and downs of text-wrap: balance and a polyfill

    Balancing text lines in a responsive layout used to be hard. But no longer! With text-wrap: balance, automatic text composition is coming to the browser. Learn its limitations, browser support, and get a first look at its new sibling, text-wrap: pretty.

    Steffen Bewersdorff
    Posted by Steffen Bewersdorff on
  • Creating a modal using the dialog HTML element

    Making modals used to be hard and complicated, not anymore! Things got a whole lot easier once the dialog element came into play. In this article you’ll learn how to create reusable modals with the native dialog HTML element.

    Manos Menexis
    Posted by Manos Menexis on
  • Introducing our Figma Design Kit for Flynt

    At Bleech, we are thrilled to announce the release of our new Figma Design Kit for Flynt. This comprehensive toolkit is designed to empower designers and developers to create stunning layouts and components, while streamlining the web development process.

    Julia
    Posted by Julia on
  • Flynt 2.0 – Redefining Performance and Experience

    The WordPress Starter Theme comes with a perfect Google PageSpeed score, WCAG 2.1 accessibility, SEO best practices and an intuitive editing interface with Gutenberg support. It’s now easier to develop custom themes faster – all while improving the user experience for your visitors and editors.

    Steffen Bewersdorff
    Posted by Steffen Bewersdorff on
  • Website hacked – what to do?

    Repairing a hacked website is probably one of the rarest tasks for developers – but a very important one. In order to be able to react quickly and competently in case of emergency, we have compiled our experiences in the following comprehensive guide.

    Maria Preußmann
    Posted by Maria Preußmann on
  • How does website hacking occur? – 10 signs

    The nightmare of all website owners: your website gets hacked. The signs are sometimes obvious, but sometimes so subtle that the problem goes unnoticed for weeks. Learn more about the warning signs to respond quickly to the hacker attack.

    Maria Preußmann
    Posted by Maria Preußmann on
  • Programmatically filter post archives in WordPress using URL params and WP_Query

    Find out why filtering pages based on specific criteria improves the UX of your website and how to use URL params and the WP_Query to create a WordPress friendly approach to filtering.

    Manos Menexis
    Posted by Manos Menexis on
  • Improve WordPress load time permanently and sustainably: The guide

    It’s usually only a matter of time before a website becomes unbearably slow due to new features, extensions and tracking snippets. We tackle the issue at its root and guide you to optimise the website load time!

    Adam Vradenburg
    Posted by Adam Vradenburg on
  • Lighthouse 10 Update – Mobile device size changed

    Google’s Lighthouse tool has been updated to version 10 in early 2023, and includes important changes to the way page speed scores are calculated. On closer inspection, we’ve noticed that the mobile device used for testing has changed. This change hasn’t been…

    Maria Preußmann
    Posted by Maria Preußmann on
  • Website Security: How to protect your website from hackers?

    Usually, website security only comes into focus when it is already too late and hackers have penetrated a website. We therefore want to focus more on the topic of website hacking. In this article, we present measures that, in our experience, help to better protect your website from hackers.

    Maria Preußmann
    Posted by Maria Preußmann on
  • Privacy first: Why we no longer have a cookie banner

    We have decided not to collect personal data via marketing cookies on our website. This is because there are Google Analytics alternatives that allow us to obtain data from our website visitors while protecting their privacy.

    Maria Preußmann
    Posted by Maria Preußmann on
  • 5 Ways to Increase the Stability of Your WordPress Business Website

    An unstable website is more prone to security threats and can even damage your brand reputation. Let’s look at five ways to make your WordPress website safer and more stable.

    Sophia Lee
    Posted by Sophia Lee on
  • We launched a new plugin! Check out VRTs – Visual Regression Tests

    VRTs – Visual Regression Tests is live! The plugin is now available on WordPress. Check out how it works and install it on your website to start tracking website changes.

    Maria Preußmann
    Posted by Maria Preußmann on
  • Blackhat Pagespeed Optimization – We’re revealing techniques

    Bleech goes Podcast! Our Bleech team loves to dive deep into web development and WordPress. We also critically question the status quo and try out new techniques. Dominik and Steffen, the founders Bleech, are long-term friends and total nerds when it comes to websites. They constantly discuss web topics internally…

    Maria Preußmann
    Posted by Maria Preußmann on
  • Usercentrics: negative influence on PageSpeed

    The Smart Data Protector of the cookie consent manager Usercentrics used on websites has a negative impact on the page speed of websites. If you value fast loading pages, we advise you not to use the external service.

    Maria Preußmann
    Posted by Maria Preußmann on
  • How to implement custom A/B testing in WordPress?

    Third-party tools for A/B testing have some weaknesses. To meet our standards on A/B testing, we have developed a custom solution. This only works for our starter theme Flynt yet, but provides the basis for an overarching solution in WordPress.

    Manos Menexis
    Posted by Manos Menexis on
  • How Undetected Changes to Your WordPress Website Can Impact the UX

    After plugin updates or design adjustments, unwanted and unnoticed changes can creep into your website. Fortunately, automatic tests that detect visual changes give you the chance to find and fix any errors quickly.

    Sophia Lee
    Posted by Sophia Lee on
  • Trigger animations on mobile – with the Intersection Observer API

    Hover does not work on mobile devices. Therefore, we use an alternative approach: the Intersection Observer API. When an element reaches a certain point in the viewport, an animation is triggered – like the hover effect on the desktop. Learn here how we developed the concept and what’s the end result.

    Maria Preußmann
    Posted by Maria Preußmann on
  • How Does Visual Regression Testing Work? (3 Examples)

    Modern websites require constant maintenance. Any small change has the potential to break your site or parts of it. This is where visual regression testing comes in. In this article we’ll take a closer look and provide examples of real-life situations.

    Sophia Lee
    Posted by Sophia Lee on
  • PageSpeed Optimization for UX/UI Designers & Marketing Managers

    Today, design and marketing contribute to the user experience of a website visit. This contribution is evident in the design, the content, and the website’s loading time. That means if you know Google’s key figures, you can strategically optimize the loading time based on design and marketing decisions.

    Steffen Bewersdorff
    Posted by Steffen Bewersdorff on
  • Website-Relaunch in 8 Schritten

    Eine Website von Grund auf neu aufzusetzen macht Arbeit. Doch keine Sorge, auch ein Website-Relaunch lässt sich so organisieren, das niemand in Stress und Chaos versinkt. In diesem Guide teilen wir dir unseren Ansatz in acht Schritten und zeigen dir, wie der Relaunch am besten gelingt.

    Maria Preußmann
    Posted by Maria Preußmann on
  • Content Briefings: Better Content And More SEO Traffic

    Search Engine Optimization or SEO is actually the art of indexing the knowledge and expertise of your community. While it may seem like more work at the beginning, creating a well-received content briefing template will help ramp up your content marketing efforts and increase their effectiveness.

    Adam Vradenburg
    Posted by Adam Vradenburg on
  • How to Get the Most Out of your Website Development Project – 8 Advices from a Project Manager

    What do project managers think? With the help of an experienced project manager who has worked on a wide range of successful projects, we have compiled an extensive list of elements necessary to get the most out of your website development with an agency.

    Maria Preußmann
    Posted by Maria Preußmann on
  • To Go Far, Go With a Custom WordPress Theme

    There is a reason why WordPress is the most popular platform for hosting business and enterprise websites of all sizes. Its open-source nature means that your business can choose from an array of widely available, high-quality preset themes. These popular themes allow you to quickly mock up a website for your business with preset design, plugins, and a cohesive content structure.

    Maria Preußmann
    Posted by Maria Preußmann on
  • 5 WordPress Tips For Long-Term Websites Success

    Let’s be honest – a good business WordPress website is never finished. After launching a high-quality website, there will always be areas to improve, tweak, maintain and update. Needless to say, the ever-changing business conditions and the need for each website to grow and accommodate new content and subpages.

    Maria Preußmann
    Posted by Maria Preußmann on
  • When Creating Websites, WordPress SEO Shouldn’t Be an Afterthought

    In the 2020s, very few people working in modern businesses need explanations about SEO or Search Engine Optimization. To put it simply, SEO is the practice of identifying internal and external factors that may influence the amount of traffic you’re awarded from search engines and trying to influence them in return.

    Maria Preußmann
    Posted by Maria Preußmann on

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