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CSS compression: reducing colour values
In the upcoming month I’m going to share a number of ways of compressing CSS. And one of the most basic is to reduce the various colour values down. Usually, hex values are used and, sometimes, the colour names. And choosing the right one can save up to 13 characters per reference. Let’s explore how…
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Self Pings: What are they and do you need to turn them off?
What is a Ping/Pingback? By default, WordPress enables the ability to perform pingbacks. Basically, when another site references yours, you’ll be sent a “pingback” – a confirmation that this has happened, which is logged on your site similar to a post comment. Read more about Pingbacks. Can I turn them off? Yes, you can. In…
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The lazy persons guide to contributing to WordPress Core
I’ve spoken in the past about how easy it is to contribute to WordPress, whether editing videos, writing documentation or one of many different things that don’t require you to be a development whiz. But what if it’s the core WordPress product that you do want to help with but you find the thought of…
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What’s in my bag? 2023 edition
Back in 2017, I revealed, after just a few months working and travelling for Automattic, what I carried with me in my backpack. Each year I’ve repeated this. Well, until 2020 when travel became a memory. Now, in 2023, with travel very much back, I’m ready to give an update.
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ChatGPT and why you shouldn’t use it for coding
I’m trying to make some changes to one of my WordPress plugins and, for reasons that I’m finding maddeningly frustrating, it’s not working. So, I thought I’d try ChatGPT to see if it could work out the cause. Here’s how it went…