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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, November 12, 2021
I have recently found a nasty hack inside one of my clients’ sites, based on WordPress. Turned out that the…
Friday, May 20, 2022
Your hosting platform makes your site fly! But even with an amazing host, front-end details, images, scripts, can often slow…
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
🤨 Starting today, we have a new feature, currently in beta: article reactions. Basically, if you like a post or…
Thursday, June 23, 2022
After having issues with Google reCAPTCHA v2 and a custom WordPress implementation, I started coding an optimized version using the…
Thursday, June 23, 2022
If you have an old article you are trying to resurface, repurpose or republish, here’s what you need to do:…
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
2020 saw the rise of this trend with countless sites, SaaS websites, startup websites and design sites adding illustrations to…
Thursday, June 23, 2022
If you're getting warnings when checking for breadcrumbs rich results or via your Google Search Console, here's what you need…
Thursday, June 23, 2022
This is the story of SpeedFactor, a speed and performance tracking SaaS. At its core, the app measures a bunch…
Friday, June 26, 2020
It’s been almost a year since the eCards plugin received an update. The plugin has been working properly, even with…
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…