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WordPress plugin development: Solution to “Malformed tag detected” error
Look, day-to-day, I do not use SVN. It’s not a tool of choice, so I make my life easier by using the excellent app Versions to manage my WordPress.org SVN access for my WordPress plugins. I drag and drop the changes and all is good. However, i recently started getting this message when trying to…
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Goodbye Launchpad: Improving the MacOS Tahoe Apps Panel
With MacOS Tahoe, Launchpad has gone. In its place is an Apps panel that shows all your applications, in alphabetical order. No way of grouping. No way of moving apps around. If you’ve forgotten the name of an app, you’ll find yourself slowly scrolling the list until you find it (as I’ve had to do…
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Ordering a new iPhone with Apple’s Upgrade Programme
Not many people realise it’s even a thing but in the UK you can get a minty-fresh iPhone every year as part of Apple’s own iPhone Upgrade Programme. You pay a set amount every month and, with that, you can upgrade every 11 months (let’s be honest, you’ll do it every year when the new…
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Using AI to assist with WordPress plugin development
For the first time I’ve used AI to assist with an update to one of my WordPress plugins. I learnt a lot using it, the conclusions for which I want to share today. But first, let’s understood what I was using it for. I had some changes to make to the plugin in question, ShareOpenly,…
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The plugins I use on this site – the what and the why
This is a snapshot, at time of writing, of what plugins I’m using on my site. And this will vary from one month to the next. I’ve grouped them appropriately too and given an explanation as to what it does for my site and, where appropriate, some additional notes about usage, performance, etc. For some…