WordPress 7.2 Beta 1 was released yesterday, and with it comes the usual round of tinkering. Beta 2 is just around the corner; it’s due on 27 October. The final version is scheduled for 8 December. I now have to run the tests because I’ve got seven of my own plugins in the ... Read more
A few days ago, I finished a long-overdue task that needed doing, but I’d been putting it off for ages. I retrievedallthe missing featured images and added all the missing alt text to the images. I also finished writing all the missing meta descriptions. In total, I added or edited over 15,000 records ... Read more
If you manage your own server or use a hosting service with console access, you’re bound to be familiar with top (or htop): the classic terminal tool for viewing CPU usage, RAM usage and active processes in real time. It’s a useful solution if you manage production sites and want to monitor load ... Read more
As you may have already noticed, the‘News’ page has been restored and the‘Cartoons’ page – which previously relied on an external service (Elfsight) – has been redesigned. To achieve this, a small programme has been created to act as an aggregator/reader, and the page loads almost instantly. In this post, you’ll find the ... Read more
Broken links cause a loss of authority (link juice) and eat into thecrawl budget, as search engine bots waste time indexing HTTP 404 responses instead of valuable content. They also degrade the user experience by disrupting the flow of navigation and increasing the bounce rate. By fixing them with 301 redirects or updating ... Read more
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