---
title: Blog
url: 'https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights'
markdown: 'https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights.md'
date: '2026-10-05'
description: 'Catch up on our WordPress industry news, tech tips, sustainability web design news & site launches'
---
# Blog
Sustainable web design news, advice and thoughts plus WordPress and GravCMS news.
[  ](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/wordpress-gravcms-migration-intention)#### [WordPress to GravCMS migration for Intention](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/wordpress-gravcms-migration-intention)
WordPress / Grav CMS / Technical / Web development / 7 October 2026
In my opinion WordPress has been heading in the wrong direction for many years now, and migrating to GravCMS is a massive win. Read on to find out the reasons we now recommend Grav over WordPress.
[Read more ➞](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/wordpress-gravcms-migration-intention)
[  ](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/badger-builder-our-grav-2-page-builder)#### [Badger Builder – our Grav 2 page builder](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/badger-builder-our-grav-2-page-builder)
Grav CMS / Web development / 8 June 2026
We’re developing a simple to use, low carbon alternative to WordPress for client web design projects. It should be ready summer 2026!
[Read more ➞](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/badger-builder-our-grav-2-page-builder)
[  ](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/web-development-sales-business-automation)#### [Web development for sales and business automation](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/web-development-sales-business-automation)
Intention news / Technical / Web development / 26 May 2026
After years of building clean, fast, mobile responsive WordPress sites, we’re now moving towards more complex development projects that deliver measurable value to your business.
[Read more ➞](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/web-development-sales-business-automation)
[  ](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/sustainable-web-design-powered-by-solar)#### [Sustainable web design powered by solar](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/sustainable-web-design-powered-by-solar)
Environment / Sustainability / Technical / 24 April 2026
Now our work computers are powered by solar, so your web design is even more planet friendly!
[Read more ➞](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/sustainable-web-design-powered-by-solar)
[  ](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/switching-to-zero-3rd-party-tracking-for-a-healthcare-client)#### [Switching to zero 3rd party tracking for a healthcare client](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/switching-to-zero-3rd-party-tracking-for-a-healthcare-client)
Privacy / Strategy / Technical / Web design process / 2 April 2026
Here is how we stripped away the bloat of modern web development to create privacy compliant, high-performance websites for a global healthcare company.
[Read more ➞](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/switching-to-zero-3rd-party-tracking-for-a-healthcare-client)
[  ](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/grav-cms-vs-wordpress-for-small-business-websites)#### [Grav CMS vs WordPress for small business websites](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/grav-cms-vs-wordpress-for-small-business-websites)
Grav CMS / Open Source / Strategy / Technical / 2 March 2026
WordPress has been a go-to content management system (CMS) for many years now, but we’re considering alternatives like Grav CMS.
[Read more ➞](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/grav-cms-vs-wordpress-for-small-business-websites)
[  ](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/xmas-2025-break-and-hosting-support)#### [Xmas 2025 break and hosting support](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/xmas-2025-break-and-hosting-support)
Intention news / 22 December 2025
It’s that time of year again, and I’m having a break from the 23rd December to the 5th of January.
[Read more ➞](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/xmas-2025-break-and-hosting-support)
[  ](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/plant-trees-protect-privacy-ecosia-small-businesses)#### [Plant trees, protect privacy: Why switching to Ecosia makes sense for small businesses](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/plant-trees-protect-privacy-ecosia-small-businesses)
Environment / Ethical / Technical / 17 November 2025
Switching your web browser and search engine to Ecosia can be a quick win for privacy and your environmental impact – find out more in this article.
[Read more ➞](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/plant-trees-protect-privacy-ecosia-small-businesses)
[  ](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/why-we-dont-use-wordpress-page-builders-or-premium-themes)#### [Why we don’t use WordPress page builders or ‘premium’ themes](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/why-we-dont-use-wordpress-page-builders-or-premium-themes)
Technical / Web design process / WordPress web design / 11 September 2025
Here are some reasons we don’t use the popular themes or page builders for WordPress, and how we keep things simple for our clients.
[Read more ➞](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/why-we-dont-use-wordpress-page-builders-or-premium-themes)
[  ](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/wp-carehub-your-wordpress-maintenance-dashboard)#### [WP CareHub – Your WordPress maintenance dashboard](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/wp-carehub-your-wordpress-maintenance-dashboard)
Technical / WordPress maintenance / WordPress / 4 September 2025
WP CareHub is a custom plugin we’ve developed to show what’s included in our WordPress maintenance service.
[Read more ➞](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/wp-carehub-your-wordpress-maintenance-dashboard)
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- [Badger Builder – our Grav 2 page builder](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/badger-builder-our-grav-2-page-builder.md)
- [Beautiful Open-Source Typefaces and Fonts for Web Design](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/beautiful-open-source-typefaces-fonts-web-design.md)
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- [Clean Creatives: Saying no to fossil fuel companies](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/clean-creatives-saying-no-to-fossil-fuel-companies.md)
- [Easy ethical switches for your business](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/easy-ethical-switches-for-your-business.md)
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- [Ecologi – helping a climate positive workforce](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/ecologi-helping-a-climate-positive-workforce.md)
- [Ecommerce Enlightenment ebook – moving from Amazon to Gumroad](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/ecommerce-enlightenment-ebook-moving-from-amazon-to-gumroad.md)
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- [Email deliverability update – Feb 2024](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/email-deliverability-update-feb-2024.md)
- [Ethical web design: Don’t annoy users](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/ethical-web-design-dont-annoy-users.md)
- [Get online fast with our “WordPress Website in a Week”](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/fast-wordpress-website-in-a-week.md)
- [Five Eco-Friendly Web Design Practices](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/five-eco-friendly-web-design-practices.md)
- [Five essential WordPress plugins for 2024](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/five-essential-wordpress-plugins-2024.md)
- [Take on the Going Car Free Challenge 2024](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/going-car-free-challenge-2024.md)
- [Google Analytics v4 – What is it and should you upgrade?](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/google-analytics-v4-should-you-upgrade.md)
- [Grav CMS vs WordPress for small business websites](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/grav-cms-vs-wordpress-for-small-business-websites.md)
- [The Green Claims Code and ‘greenwashing’](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/green-claims-code-greenwashing.md)
- [Green hosting: Making a gym website 10x faster](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/green-hosting-making-a-gym-website-10x-faster.md)
- [Green web hosting: Make your small business more sustainable](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/green-web-hosting-small-business-sustainable.md)
- [Heatherwick Studio’s stunning vision for Nottingham Broadmarsh area](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/heatherwick-studios-stunning-vision-for-nottingham-broadmarsh-area.md)
- [How small businesses can reduce reliance on Big Tech](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/how-small-businesses-can-reduce-reliance-on-big-tech.md)
- [How to get a list of website pages & metadata](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/how-to-get-list-of-website-pages-metadata.md)
- [How to get more traffic to your website](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/how-to-get-more-traffic-to-your-website.md)
- [How to make Google Fonts GDPR Compliant](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/how-to-make-google-fonts-gdpr-compliant.md)
- [Laptop & Phone Recycling Project](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/laptop-phone-recycling-project.md)
- [Low cost websites for community groups](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/low-cost-websites-for-community-groups.md)
- [Plant trees, protect privacy: Why switching to Ecosia makes sense for small businesses](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/plant-trees-protect-privacy-ecosia-small-businesses.md)
- [Plausible: Privacy focused, ethical alternative to Google Analytics](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/plausible-privacy-focused-ethical-alternative-to-google-analytics.md)
- [Precious Plastic: Community based, open source plastic recycling](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/precious-plastic-community-open-source-plastic-recycling.md)
- [Reasons to avoid ‘nulled’ or unlicensed WordPress plugins](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/reasons-to-avoid-nulled-or-unlicensed-wordpress-plugins.md)
- [Reasons to boycott Amazon](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/reasons-to-boycott-amazon.md)
- [Ways we can Reduce, Reuse and Recycle in our small businesses](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/reduce-reuse-recycle-small-businesses.md)
- [Refer a friend and make some money](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/refer-a-friend-and-make-some-money.md)
- [Should you delete your Facebook account?](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/should-delete-facebook-account.md)
- [Simple guide to Domain Name System (DNS) settings](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/simple-guide-domain-name-system-dns-settings-websites-email.md)
- [SMTP plugins for WordPress – improve your admin email deliverability](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/smtp-plugins-wordpress-improve-your-admin-email-deliverability.md)
- [Sustainability tips for small businesses](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/sustainability-tips-small-businesses.md)
- [Sustainable web design powered by solar](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/sustainable-web-design-powered-by-solar.md)
- [Switching to zero 3rd party tracking for a healthcare client](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/switching-to-zero-3rd-party-tracking-for-a-healthcare-client.md)
- [TerraCycle: Sustainable or greenwashing?](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/terracycle-sustainable-or-greenwashing.md)
- [The “1-page marketing plan” book review](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/the-1-page-marketing-plan-review.md)
- [Creating user editable shortcodes with Advanced Custom Fields (ACF)](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/user-editable-shortcodes-advanced-custom-fields-acf.md)
- [Using ‘UTM tags’ to see where your website traffic is coming from](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/using-utm-tags-to-see-where-your-website-traffic-is-coming-from.md)
- [Web development for sales and business automation](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/web-development-sales-business-automation.md)
- [Web Sustainability Guidelines Report from W3C community](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/web-sustainability-guidelines-report-w3c-community.md)
- [What does our WordPress update service involve?](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/what-does-our-wordpress-update-service-involve.md)
- [What is a sustainable web design agency?](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/what-is-a-sustainable-web-design-agency.md)
- [What is ethical web design?](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/what-is-ethical-web-design.md)
- [What is your website purpose?](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/what-is-your-website-purpose.md)
- [What makes a website eco-friendly?](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/what-makes-website-eco-friendly.md)
- [What’s the difference between wordpress.com and wordpress.org?](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/whats-the-difference-between-wordpress-com-and-wordpress-org.md)
- [Why small businesses still need a website – lessons from Facebook, Twitter & Reddit](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/why-small-businesses-still-need-a-website-lessons-from-social-media.md)
- [Why we don’t use WordPress page builders or ‘premium’ themes](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/why-we-dont-use-wordpress-page-builders-or-premium-themes.md)
- [Why you MUST own your business platform in 2025](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/why-you-must-own-your-business-platform-in-2025.md)
- [WordPress 6.5 released](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/wordpress-6-5-released.md)
- [WordPress build for Ecofurb retrofit service](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/wordpress-build-for-ecofurb-retrofit-service.md)
- [WordPress to GravCMS migration for Intention](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/wordpress-gravcms-migration-intention.md)
- [Monthly WordPress maintenance packages](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/wordpress-maintenance-packages.md)
- [WP CareHub – Your WordPress maintenance dashboard](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/wp-carehub-your-wordpress-maintenance-dashboard.md)
- [Xmas 2025 break and hosting support](https://mail.byintention.co.uk/insights/xmas-2025-break-and-hosting-support.md)