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  • Using SVG icons with your WordPress plugins

    Using SVG icons with your WordPress plugins

    When adding a plugin to wordpress.org, you have the ability to provide icons for it. There are 2 sizes, to take into account retina screens – 128×128 pixels and 256×256 pixels. However, I’ve recently noticed that they also allow an SVG icon as well – if you specify that, it will be used in preference to the other.

    For years I’ve been making use of very talented designers on Fiverr to make the icons for my plugins but never thought to ask them for SVG files, only PNG. But, as is often the case these days, AI was the answer.

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  • Why I can’t sell a PlayStation 4

    Why I can’t sell a PlayStation 4

    Unlike my PlayStation 3, I bought my PlayStation 4 when it was first released and it served me well. However, with the release of the PlayStation 5 I decided to upgrade.. to a PlayStation 4 Pro (I had too much left to play on my PS4 to be able to justify paying for a PS5).

    For whatever reason, I didn’t do anything with my original console, but dug it out the other day, gave it a clean, checked everything worked and, today, headed for my local CeX to sell it. But they wouldn’t accept it. They pointed me to a local pawnbroker, so I took it there. They wouldn’t have it either.

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  • What’s on my desk? 2024 edition!

    What’s on my desk? 2024 edition!

    For some reason I didn’t do one of these last year, despite me taking some time to give my home office a bit of an overhaul. So, time to share my current home office set-up to the world. Whether it’s of use to anyone I don’t know, but it may give someone some inspiration.

    And, yes, I’ve gone for a moody night shot, but only to demonstrate the lighting that I have in place.

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  • Putting WordPress plugins up for adoption & transferring ownership

    Putting WordPress plugins up for adoption & transferring ownership

    After writing last year about various ways of walking away from WordPress plugins that you’ve developed, I put words into action and put 3 of my plugins up for adoption. Two months later and 2 out of the 3 have now been taken over by other developers.

    In this post I want to share what I did to achieve this and what actions were then taken afterwards to hand them over to their new owners.

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  • WordPress: When do we stop and fix things?

    WordPress: When do we stop and fix things?

    This is often the case with software. Each major release cycle sees lots of new features being added, with minor released dedicated to security issues and major bugs (often causes by the previous major release). Rarely do we stop and spend a big chunk of time dealing with the minor things – the poor wording or the minor bugs.

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