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My recent experience of submitting a WordPress plugin to the directory
It’s been around 3 years since I last submitted a plugin to the WordPress directory. A lot has changed since then and having just had a new one approved, I thought I’d compare the process. First of all, let’s talk about that previous plugin, back in 2020. It wasn’t particularly complex, but then neither was…
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How to delete gadgets from Inoreader
If you’re a user of the excellent Inoreader for all of your RSS feed needs, then you may make use of your dashboard, which shows a number of very useful ‘gadgets’. However, although it’s easy to say how to move and add them, what’s not so obvious is how to delete any that you no…
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Are transients now housekept correctly in WordPress?
I’m going to go against Betteridge’s Law of Headlines (sorry, Ian) because, I believe, the answer here is “yes”. 10 years ago, I was part of a conversation in Trac about WordPress’ housekeeping of transients. It was closed off with a half-hearted attempt to resolve the issue with the reasoning of… This leaves much to…
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Managing home workers? Here’s how to do it well…
For over three years I’ve been working for a fully remote company – that’s one with no offices – everyone works at home (or wherever else you can perch a laptop). Before that I spent almost 30 years in the most dyed-in-the-wool, traditional office environment that you can imagine. The contrast was extreme but it…
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The stressful quest for a home office refresh
It’s been over 6.5 years since I started at Automattic and it wasn’t long after that when I had my home office (or, tiny box bedroom, as it was meant to be) decorated and generally set up how I wanted it. Over the years I’ve made a few minor tweaks but nothing too radical. Now,…