The LTHEME blog
Step-by-step tutorials and fixes for Joomla and WordPress, written by the team that makes our templates.
Why Your Custom CSS Isn’t Working: Understanding CSS Specificity in WordPress and Joomla Themes
You add a line of custom CSS to change a button’s color, save it, refresh the page — and nothing happens. The button is…
How to customize a WordPress or Joomla theme without losing changes on update
It’s one of the most common, most avoidable frustrations in running a WordPress or Joomla site: you spend an afternoon getting the header spacing…
WordPress official browser extension guide for designers
On August 13, 2026, WordPress quietly shipped something it had never officially had before: a first-party browser extension. It’s free, open source, available for…
WordPress 7.1 hover and focus styling design guide
For as long as the block editor has existed, styling a button’s hover state meant one of three things: writing custom CSS in the…
The Design Choices That Make a Website Memorable
Some websites vanish from your head the moment you close the tab. Others leave one clear impression behind. The difference often comes down to…
Why the Most Effective Websites Reduce Decisions Instead of Adding Features
Every time a user lands on a website, they face a stream of micro-decisions. Where do I click? What does this button do? Which…
How Hosting Performance Affects WordPress Theme Customization
Image source: Magnific You change a heading color in the Customizer and wait. The preview pane spins. You nudge the padding on a section…
SP Page Builder security flaw: update Joomla to 6.6.2 now
A critical Zero-Day vulnerability has been identified in SP Page Builder. The vendor provides an emergency fix in SP Page Builder 6.6.2. Why this…
Why IoT connectivity management matters in large device ecosystems
Connected devices are now used in logistics, manufacturing, smart cities, healthcare, and industrial environments. As infrastructures grow, manual supervision becomes inefficient. Companies increasingly implement…
What a VPS Upgrade Really Changes for a Growing Site
A site or online app can start outgrowing basic hosting long before it looks large from the outside. The pressure usually comes from the…