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  • Announcing Beyond WP

    2020-08-26

    WordPress developers: Today I’m opening sign ups to a newsletter I’ll be starting soon called Beyond WP. It will be a resource that brings developer tools and ideas from outside the WordPress ecosystem to WordPress developers.

  • Video: Investigating WPForms email issues with clever developer tools: wp-cli, HELO, and Querious

    2020-04-16

    I recently had an issue with form notification emails not sending from a local development site. I used some advanced developer tools to diagnose this. This is a tour of those tools and how I used them to solve this problem.

  • My new cookie pop-up setup

    2019-11-15

    I'm sure you all know that the rules about how websites use cookies have changed a bit over the last few years. This post explains my current setup for cookie consents and analytics on WordPress sites. And tries to dissuade you from using them in the first place!

  • WordPress: Fixing shortcodes that enqueue JavaScript when used in ACF fields

    2019-09-13

    A quick bit of WordPress learning on the interaction between ACF, shortcodes, and enqueuing and registering scripts.

  • Going Vanilla – initial thoughts on building a theme with no build tools

    2019-02-11

    I'm attempting to build a WordPress theme with no build tool using only "vanilla" CSS and JS. Here's some initial thoughts I've had after getting started.

  • Opinion: WordPress Gutenberg and the responsibility of owning a website

    2019-02-02

    I had a realisation: WordPress isn’t focussed on agencies and developers right now - it wants users who can fend for themselves.

  • WordPress code diving: tips for finding out how to do things…sometimes

    2018-12-06

    A short video on using tools to search the WordPress core code for filters and actions. Tips and tricks for WordPress development with Github and grep.

  • One does not simply log into WordPress and build a form

    2018-09-30

    There are more questions you need to ask about forms than you think.

  • Do website owners need a “drivers license”, or should websites be more “self-driving”?

    2018-09-11

    Surely many of the things that I set up on new WordPress sites with plugins and settings tweaks are solved problems now. So why do I have to add them myself?

  • Blooming MailChimp Groups and GDPR fields

    2018-08-27

    Some things on the internet are inexplicably hard. e.g. Bloom + MailChimp + Groups + GDPR fields ?‍♂️

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