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Friday, November 5, 2021
I have just released an update version of the Active Analytics WordPress plugin to fix 2 issues: Issue #1: Data…
Friday, November 5, 2021
One of my recent projects involved creating WordPress posts from Meetup.com events. As the API is in beta state and…
Monday, November 1, 2021
This tutorial will show you how to display nearby attractions and amenities based on geographical coordinates (latitude and longitude) using…
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
I believe that Jetpack Site Stats doesn’t need an introduction any more. It provides basic but good insights on your…
Monday, May 12, 2025
It’s been a while since the latest Lighthouse update, and this time we had to release another version due to…
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
Here is a hands-on code snippet on how to add a block pattern (or more) to a WordPress theme. The…
Thursday, May 1, 2025
Resource hints provide a way to optimize the performance of your web page on the client side. As the name…
Thursday, May 20, 2021
I had a visually heavy project recently and I had to create a gradient border for certain elements. In my…
Thursday, September 21, 2023
“Times New Roman” as a Classic Web Font Option With Historical Ligatures A ligature is a special character that combines…
Friday, May 20, 2022
This feature has been part of a website project for many year. The left side off-canvas menu was mobile only,…
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
Here is a loopable, no-controls, perfect-aspect-ratio YouTube video plus the styles for a perfect, full-width video embed.
Friday, May 14, 2021
Here’s the long title for this code snippet — How to set up an external image as a WordPress featured…
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
If you have ever considered opening an e-commerce store, now is a great time to take action. In 2020, shoppers…
Monday, September 30, 2024
If there is one feature missing from Gravity Forms, that is a field repeater section. A way to set a…
Thursday, May 1, 2025
The past few weeks have brought some long awaited updates to SpeedFactor. As I am focusing on tracking speed, some…
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
This tutorial will show you how to create a collapsible fixed pop-up. It can contain subscriptions forms, contact forms, calls…
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
One of the shortcomings of the WordPress default button blocks is the size variation. There is none. Sometimes the buttons…
Monday, June 26, 2023
When you are starting your own eCommerce business, there are many choices to make, and each one can determine your…
Monday, April 19, 2021
Do you really need those fancy fonts on mobile devices? No? There’s your answer! This applies to any WordPress theme,…
Monday, April 19, 2021
When it comes to WordPress settings and admin panels, I’ve always been a fan of minimalism and default/native styling. I…
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Over the course of my 20 years as a PHP developer, I have developed many WordPress plugins. I don’t have…
Friday, July 12, 2024
Here’s a quick tip for centering images in a WordPress image gallery block vertically and horizontally. I used this for…
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Active Analytics has been published on Envato! I wrote above Active Analytics a few days ago and explained what it…
Monday, October 25, 2021
Here’s a nice challenge I got the other day regarding a better date/time picker for Gravity Forms. When I say…
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
What is Active Analytics Active Analytics have been one of our best-selling plugins almost a decade ago, when it was…
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
This is a quick code tutorial detailing how to leverage Jetpack’s Photon for custom images. Not all images in your…
Monday, April 22, 2024
This is an example-based tutorial where you will learn how to create a custom post type called Site, add a…
Thursday, May 1, 2025
50% of people expect a site to load in less than 2 seconds! Your site’s load time could be the…
Wednesday, February 3, 2021
My YouTube Playlist Player plugin got an update today and it speeds things up considerably. 1. First of all, I…
Monday, May 12, 2025
If you’ve read my thoughts on instant page loading in WordPress, and are wondering which solution to go with, note…
Monday, April 22, 2024
Here’s my steps to submit a patch to WordPress code. The whole process of editing WordPress core and submitting a…
Friday, November 13, 2020
Embedding a Matterport tour in a WordPress page proves to be a bit problematic using the regular link-to-oEmbed method. There’s…
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
This article is a follow-up of our previous pre-launch checklist article. You will learn how to make your new WordPress…
Monday, June 24, 2024
This article is split into 2 parts, and we’ll assume you’re launching anything but a blog. You will learn how…
Monday, May 16, 2022
The JavaScript logo colours are yellow (#f7df1e) and black (#000000). Font Awesome SVG Icon The problem with the Font Awesome JavaScript logo is…
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
I’ve been progressing the Article Reactions plugin for WordPress and I removed all image assets and replaced them with emojis.…
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
Sometimes you need to turn a multiple dropdown into a multiple checkbox selector. No other bells and whistles, no search,…
Friday, March 12, 2021
Let’s say you have a list of anchors, or a table of contents, and this list is fixed on screen.…
Monday, September 28, 2020
Thin UI Not your average UI framework, but a minimalist, one-size-does-not-fit-all, lightweight, responsive, modern, opinionated, Flex-based framework. I’ve been building,…
Thursday, August 27, 2020
This function emulates WordPress wpautop() function for custom PHP scripts, parses URL addresses and adds smilies/emoticons. If you’re coding your…
Friday, May 20, 2022
Here’s another hack that targets WordPress admin users using brute force password cracking. In other words, if your WordPress administration…
Friday, May 3, 2024
I have recently found a nasty hack inside one of my clients’ sites, based on WordPress. Turned out that the…
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
After having issues with Google reCAPTCHA v2 and a custom WordPress implementation, I started coding an optimized version using the…
Monday, June 24, 2024
2020 saw the rise of this trend with countless sites, SaaS websites, startup websites and design sites adding illustrations to…
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
If you're getting warnings when checking for breadcrumbs rich results or via your Google Search Console, here's what you need…
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
This is the story of SpeedFactor, a speed and performance tracking SaaS. At its core, the app measures a bunch…
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
I had some nice popovers coded for SpeedFactor, but I wasn't happy with the performance, especially for a single element…
Monday, May 12, 2025
Google Lighthouse 6 just landed and it measures eight performance-related metrics in the Performance Section of the report with the…