Shiny New Toys: Politics!
This round of Shiny New Toys is all about a big taboo: Politics! Here’s 8 free plugins to help you do political advocacy on your WordPress website.
Category: WebDev
This is where I post thoughts and tweaks and updates on the stuff I’m working on the interwebs.
Cleaning Out Your Naked Shortcodes
If you’ve procured a website from spamzilla.io and have revamped it a couple times then you know exactly what “naked shortcodes” are. This post explains what they are, how to clean them out, and alternatives for shortcodes in your content. Naked shortcodes are shortcodes that all your website viewers can see and read plain and… Read more Cleaning Out Your Naked Shortcodes
On Plugin Expectations
I recently tried out a handy WordPress plugin called Activity Log. I liked it so much that I reached out to the author to suggest some more features. He kindly said “no”, and he was totally right. Here’s why.
Shiny New Toys: SEO, Social, and ECommerce
This week there’s some interesting developments in SEO, Social, and what I’d personally call the “Shiny New Toys” plugin.
Shiny New Toys: Mobile Buttons, Login Forms, Tables and System Info
Mobile Buttons, Login Forms, and Responsive Tables, oh my!
Shiny New Toys: CSS, Testimonials, Events, and Social Buttons
This week we cover 5 brand new Shiny Toys on the WordPress Plugin Directory that address Custom CSS, Testimonials, Events, and Social Share Buttons.
Shiny New Toys: Bringing it Back!
I’m excited to re-launch my popular Shiny New Toys Series on my personal blog.
Shiny New Toys: Christmas Edition
This round of Shiny New Toys is all about Christmas! Here’s a slew of free plugins to help you enjoy the holidays right on your WordPress website.
Hosting an Ugly Sweater WordPress Site Party
Last week we ended our 2015 year of Advanced WordPress Meetups here in San Diego. I wanted it to go out with a BANG and personally — I love me some Ugly Sweater parties. But for a group of WordPress nerds I thought a different take would be nice. Check out https://www.headphonage.com/ website to choose… Read more Hosting an Ugly Sweater WordPress Site Party
What I Learned by Contributing to Twenty Sixteen
I can’t believe it’s been TWO YEARS since I wrote this little post on my first contribution to another author’s WordPress plugin. It was a great feeling way back then. Since then, I’ve always wanted to extend that feeling to contribute directly to WordPress Core. Today I can proudly say: “Bucket-list item: Checked!” This December… Read more What I Learned by Contributing to Twenty Sixteen
