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  • Can we talk about Gutenberg and some of the toxic elements of the community?

    Unlike so many of the articles on the subject of Gutenberg, I’m not going to review it. I’ve run it on my site for some time and think it’s great. As a non-JS (okay, I know a little) developer, it’s going to be a steep hill to convert my plugins but as a user, I…

  • Why Apple’s Giveback scheme isn’t as convenient as you’d think

    The brand-new Apple Watch 4 came out yesterday, so users of older models may be considering using Apple’s Giveback scheme to get some money towards the new one. But, certainly in the UK, this doesn’t work quite as well as you’d hope.

  • Why you should move your personal site configuration to a plugin

    Most people add useful code snippets to their WordPress site using their theme’s functions.php file – simply add the code to the end and all is good. But there are a number of downsides to this solution which can be simply cured by converting them to a plugin. Let me explain why and how you can…

  • Detecting per-post use of Gutenberg

    There may be times when you need to detect use of Gutenberg on a per-post level – for example, a plugin that adds specific Gutenberg functionality, or maybe to display specific content on Gutenberg pages. With plugins such as Gutenberg Ramp available, making it easy to specify specific groups of posts that should use Gutenberg,…

  • Battlefield V: Sorry, this isn’t a Battlefield for me

    At the time of writing this, anyone can download a beta version of Battlefield V and try it out. As a massive Battlefield fan, I did just this on the PS4 but, sadly, I came away very disappointed.