WordPress
The platform we’ve built on since before it was cool. Tips, fixes, and the occasional grumble.
Feb 28
2018
2018
For the Open Web and Independent Publishing: A Month of Blogging
A post from John Gruber came across my RSS feed today about an online publisher shutting down because of Facebook's new algorithm. Gruber links…
Feb 26
2018
2018
You Don’t Need a Web Designer
If you are looking to have a website built I have good news for you: You don't need to hire a web designer. These…
Jan 24
2018
2018
WordPress Show All Posts on a Custom Post Type Archive Page
WordPress archive pages show a limited number of items, controlled from the Settings > Reading > Blog pages show at most section. The default…
Dec 22
2017
2017
How to Migrate from Yoast SEO to The SEO Framework
I've used Yoast SEO (formerly WordPress SEO) for nearly as many years as I've been building WordPress websites. In the past few years Yoast…
Sep 22
2017
2017
Drift Chat
We've used Drift chat on our sister site Cinch for over a year now. During that time we've been able to help countless people…
Oct 17
2016
2016
Site Stats Restored to the Jetpack Submenu
Jetpack released a new React powered interface in version 4.3, released on September 8th of this year. They worked very hard on it for…
Oct 13
2016
2016
From MAMP to Vagrant and Back Again
One of the most rewarding things about web development is that it's always changing. New code specifications, design trends, device capabilities, programming languages, API…
Oct 7
2016
2016
Get the Featured Image of a Parent Page in WordPress
When you're building a number of pages in WordPress that are closely tied to a main, or parent page, tying them together with imagery…
Jun 1
2016
2016
Get the Title of the Parent Page; If No Parent, Show this Page’s Title
This snippet is from a book project - the book title needed to be shown on all subsequent chapters, unless it was the main…
Feb 13
2016
2016
WordPress Development with Gulp
Here's how we develop WordPress websites using Sass and Gulp. At least for this week. We use it to compile Sass, concatenate and minify…