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oik-clone v2.0.0 – reconciliation with push, pull and import
What has cloning ever done for us? Asked by: Fuzzy Duck, Ducky Fuzz and the other one Coming up to five years ago I published my requirements for cloning content between sites. One of the planned...
View ArticleTotal downloads on wordpress.org reached 400,000
Today I noticed that my total downloads from wordpress.org has reached 400,000. The post Total downloads on wordpress.org reached 400,000 appeared first on herb miller.
View Articleoik v4.0.0 finally released
It's been nearly 9 years since I first released my oik plugin to wordpress.org Today, after many months of procrastination I finally released another update. oik v4.0.0 now embraces the block editor....
View ArticleDynamic content block in oik-blocks v0.4.0-beta-20200209
I'm away on vacation very soon. I've taken the opportunity to release another beta version of my oik-blocks plugin with a new block called Dynamic content block ( oik/content-block ). This block...
View ArticleWordPress is old
WordPress was first released on 27th May 2003. It reached 17 years old on 27th May 2020. It's rather popular you know. Here are a few of WordPress's significant events from 2003 to the current day....
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How to remove /blog/ from WordPress Multi Site permalink structure
If you've ever converted a single installation of WordPress into a WordPress Multi Site ( WPMS ) network using subdirectories, you'll have noticed that the prefix for blog permalinks for the primary...
View ArticleHow to hide a WordPress Multi Site site
Using a plugin called network-privacy you can hide a WordPress Multi Site site so that it's only accessible to a particular type of user. You can use this if you want to create a staging / development...
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oik-clone v2.0.0-beta-20200616 – cloning new content made easier
Today, after many months of procrastination, I've implemented a small change to my oik-clone plugin that should significantly improve my publishing process. oik-clone now has the ability to...
View ArticleHorizontally scrolling tables on narrow devices
I've been looking at how to enable horizontal scrolling on tables created by the [bw_table] shortcode, when the device width is narrow. I want to be able to do it using CSS, without JavaScript. I also...
View ArticleSB Children block – my first Single Block plugin
The SB Children bock plugin, which delivers a WordPress block called Children is now available in the WordPress Block Directory. The post SB Children block – my first Single Block plugin appeared first...
View ArticleHow to survive WordPress 5.5’s removal of jQuery-migrate
The removal of jQuery-migrate from WordPress 5.5 broke a couple of my sites. Using the Enable jQuery Migrate Helper plugin helps you to survive the issue. But it just hides the underlying problems in...
View ArticleFizzie – an experimental Full Site Editing theme
Phase 2 of the development of the Gutenberg block editor introduces Full Site Editing ( FSE ). In order to document the 23 new blocks, I felt I had to embrace Full Site Editing and develop my own...
View ArticleLocalization of Full Site Editing themes
The WordPress Gutenberg project's plan for internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n) of Full Site Editing themes (FSE) has not yet been formulated. I've written a proposal, entitled...
View ArticleImage size reduction by quality
You can speed up your website by reducing the size of images. You can reduce image size by adjusting the image quality. Do this before you upload the file! The post Image size reduction by quality...
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WebP for my iPad
OK. so I've demonstrated that my iPad can't display WebP format images, so I'll have to try the picture tag method as a polyfill. This is the sample HTML copied from CSS Tricks: Using WebP Images. So...
View ArticleSlog-bloat – server performance testing
An update on my long running task to visualise the effect on server performance of changes to my WordPress websites. Since 2015 I've been developing a routine to compare the effect on server response...
View ArticleShow and tell – What’s going on?
Yesterday, the Cheltenham WordPress Meetup was a series of Show and Tell talks. Along the lines of Lightning talks, these are talks of approximately 10 minutes, where individuals share something...
View ArticleNow what’s going on?
Something went wrong with my previous post so I tried to reproduce it. Before I was able to debug it properly the problem went away. The post Now what’s going on? appeared first on herb miller.
View ArticleSB Chart block v0.3.0 now on wordpress.org
SB Chart block, my latest single block plugin, is now available for download from wordpress.org The post SB Chart block v0.3.0 now on wordpress.org appeared first on herb miller.
View ArticleDoes my site run slow with this?
At the WordPress Cambridge meetup on 10th May 2021 I gave a slightly longer version of the Show & Tell talk I'd prepared for WPChelt in April. "Does my site run slow with this?" reports on...
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