For one of the most popular web page building platforms in existence, WordPress can get pretty frustrating with basic stuff. I guess most of that is due to its organic growth from a blogging platform, to a full-fledged design tool. Sometimes we need to fix basic stuff that you’d imagine would be its bread and […]

For some of us who write a lot on WordPress, a few extra seconds shaved off a routine task can be huge, especially when we have to repeat those things multiple times in a single post. For example, sizing images is a big one. Using Custom Image Dimensions in WordPress Every website’s layout is different, […]

One day I got a bunch of notifications from my WordPress security plugin that some IP addresses were blocked because of multiple incorrect login attempts. By itself, this is nothing to wonder at – after all, WordPress is the platform most targeted by hackers simply because it’s so popular. What was surprising, was that it […]

There’s a lot of “wisdom” floating around on the Internet about what kind of image formats to use on your website. PNG or JPG? What size, and resolution? Which compression algorithm? Despite what a lot of articles tell you, there’s no one solution and you need to constantly test to separate myth from fact. Vector […]

One of the strengths of WordPress is its incredible flexibility. It’s always been so much more than just a “Content Management System”. WordPress is the perfect CMS for programmers and those who like to customize their website just right. Custom fields are a great example of this. At first blush, it’s hard to see their […]

WordPress is a pretty reliable CMS for the most part. After all, it’s been tested and retested on millions of sites all over the world, and most the kinks have been worked out. Despite all that, it sometimes behaves unexpectedly – like when you suddenly see a 404 “Not Found” error where you shouldn’t. Maybe […]

In the past, I’ve written about my issues with the WordPress Gutenberg editor , and with its focus on “blocks” for everything. However, now that it’s here and part of WordPress for good, let’s take a look at a few tips to make it more manageable. The core theme of Gutenberg will always remain the […]

In an earlier article, I’d shown you how to defer Javascript properly so that it does two things: Doesn’t interfere with page rendering Doesn’t break stuff However, that particular configuration doesn’t work for everyone. Despite taking precautions, there are some plugins and themes that won’t work even when the scripts are “deferred” with jQuery excluded. […]