Enough of WordPress
WordPress no longer makes me happy, so I’m changing it out for something that does. A static-site generator is the best option for me.
WordPress
I’ve used and developed for and on top of WordPress — the world’s most popular content management system — for over a decade.
Link blog archive pages together to avoid navigational dead-ends
How to help visitors and search engines better navigate through your yearly blog archives: Provide links from year to year!
Structure WordPress’ upload directory to handle lots of files
Here is how to structure WordPress’ upload directory for scale. Sticking thousands of image files in one directory can cause performance problems.
WordPress with PHP GD’s image resize artifact-pattern problem
PHP GD graphics library (libgd) causes bad artifact-patterns when downsizing images. Makes images bigger and quality lower.
Set a custom /path for WordPress search result pages
How to set up a custom /search URL path for search result pages from your WordPress installation. Nicer URLs help search engines understand your site structure.
Tutorial: WordPress brute-force login protection with SSHGuard
Protect your WordPress install against brute-force password guessing with SSHGuard. SSHGuard parses your server logs and blocks repeat-offenders.
Don’t register your domains with Automattic
I’d registered my Ctrl.blog domain with Get.blog. That service no longer exists and my domain was transferred to WordPress.com without notice.
WordPress plugin adds Google Analytics UTM parameters to feeds
How to add URL parameters to track click-throughs from your WordPress RSS news feeds in Google Analytics. Easy to install WordPress plugin.
WordPress’ Jetpack plugin broke IPv6 support
Don’t blindly “cut off ports” after the first colon to “convert” a socket address (<IP>:<PORT>) to an IP address.
The allure of Textpattern: Why I never chose it as my CMS
My review of the Textpattern content management system. It has all the traits of a good CMS and WordPress alternative, but it never quite made the cut.
The not always Simplenote
Simplenote is a great note-taking service, but its apps has some serious issues with notes-syncing.
Feed Delta Updates plugin for WordPress
Reduce the bandwidth cost of your WordPress news feeds (‘RSS’) using Feed Deltas. Only deliver what’s changed since the subscriber last pulled the feed.
Plugin for deleting commenters’ IP addresses from WordPress
How to automatically delete the IP address of commenters from your WordPress database. Get GDPR-ready by minimizing user data after its no longer useful.
Cache-Control plugin for WordPress
Take control over your WordPress site’s HTTP Cache-Control response header directives with my easy-to-use WordPress plugin.
Store WordPress commenter data in localStorage rather than cookies
How to move commenter data from cookies to localStorage. Reduces the amount of personal data needlessly transmitted with every HTTP request to your web servers.
Internet Archive plugin for WordPress
A WordPress plugin for automatically archiving everything you publish and external links in the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine. Help preserve your work.
How to block common WordPress vulnerability probes
Protect your WordPress installation against malicious bots probing for known WordPress core and plugin security vulnerabilities.
Block repeated 403 Forbidden requests with Fail2Ban
You’ve already blocked access and return HTTP 403 Forbidden. Here’s how to make Fail2Ban block users and bots still hammering your server with repeated requests.
Why I dropped static-site generators in favor of WordPress
I moved from Nikola (a static site generator) to WordPress and it wasn’t an easy decision. Here is what motivated me to make the move.