WordCamp US, 2026
WordCamp US was in Phoenix, Arizona this year. In August. Many people were quite wary of the heat, and I know people that didn’t even go because of it. Read …
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WordPress Photos Project Work, April 2026
Photos work this month was pretty routine. I moderated 30-40 “flagged” photos, none were actually objectionable. I moderated a bunch of normal photos as well.
I’ve begun a conversation with …
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WordPress Photos Project Work, March 2026
An update on my work on the WordPress Photos Project in the month of March, 2026. -
WordPress Photos Project Work, February 2026
This month was a little slower for me, but I did some interested work and passed a significant milestone!
Flagged imagesI mentioned last month that I can moderate images …
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Visiting with Umbraco
.wp-block-kadence-image.kb-image2106_055614-ee:not(.kb-specificity-added):not(.kb-extra-specificity-added) figure{margin-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);margin-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);}.kb-image2106_055614-ee.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image2106_055614-ee .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:155px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column .kt-inside-inner-col .kb-image2106_055614-ee.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column .kt-inside-inner-col .kb-image2106_055614-ee .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image2106_055614-ee figure{max-width:155px;}.kb-image2106_055614-ee .image-is-svg, .kb-image2106_055614-ee .image-is-svg img{width:100%;}.kb-image2106_055614-ee .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}I’ve been a WordPress guy for 15 years now, but recently I …
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Cimo: The Future Of Image Compression
In February of 2025 I did a post about why you should use WebP for your website images. I think AVIF has its place, but WebP still has the widest feature set for the filesize. One of the problems with that is that most cameras provide images in JPG, or a lossless format that isn’t […]
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Three unique WordPress plugins to make your website faster
Something that can significantly slow down your site speed is an overloaded server. If your site is overloaded because it is doing legitimate work (serving pages to real users) then you need to increase your system resources. That said, if it’s being overwhelmed by attack attempts, your site performance can drop significantly, even if there […]
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More Than A Plugin: Caching At Every Level
The definition of the noun “cache” is “a secure place of storage”. In web development, keeping copies of data in secure places for future use can make the web a much faster place. While this post is written in the context of WordPress, but it really applies to nearly every web stack. Within WordPress it’s […]
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Put Your WordPress Code Into Hyper Drive With Transients
The word “transient” is defined as “lasting only for a short time”. WordPress uses the term to describe bits of data that are stored in cache for a short time. Before I show you how this happens let’s talk about why you would want to do this. Why micro cache? When writing code, there are […]
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