Category: WordPress
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WordPress Drop-In Plugins?
You know all about WordPress plugins and may have heard of Must-Use plugins, but what about “Drop-Ins”? In WordPress, there are three types of plugins: Regular plugins – in /wp-content/plugins/ and can (generally) be activated/deactivated/updated via wp-admin’s UI. Must-Use plugins – in /wp-content/mu-plugins/. Only PHP files in the mu-plugins directory itself are detected and they…
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Keeping It Clean
I went through my debug log tonight, which had been a bit long mainly due to older plugins throwing warnings in PHP 7. Of four plugins generating PHP 7 warnings, two had merged-but-unreleased fixes, one has a pending PR that I could apply and confirm working, and wrote a PR for the last one. Clean…
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More blogging and less social media
Entering 2018, I plan on setting a New Years’ resolution of using social media less, and blogging more. Source: More blogging and less social media The founder of Drupal, a “competing” CMS to WordPress hits the nail on the head here. I’m planning on doing the same. I do like that I look up old…
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Mobile App UI Fail
This morning, I needed to post a quick note to my team’s p2 about a scheduled standing meeting today I would be missing. I often use the mobile app for posting something short like that (and this post). This works well until when I post it to this site instead of the p2. Would an…
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The Open Web
The most powerful aspect of the Internet is the open web. From the very beginning, there has been a conflict with on one side walled gardens and closed networks with open standards and interoperability on the other. My first experience with an online world was dial-up into AOL and exploring their internal experiences. Only rarely…
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Matt and Om at WCEU 2017
Until the polished version is out, you can watch today’s WCEU Q&A with Om Malik (@om) and Matt (@photomatt) via the livestream video. I’m excited to see what we can do to improve the open web. https://youtu.be/e88INrSX5yk?t=1h7m7s Also on: Facebook Twitter