I’ve said before that you should always aim to self host static assets to improve the performance and stability of your website. I’ve also written about how to self host Google Fonts in WordPress, as this is one of the common use cases. Well today I’d like to talk about another common use case, and that’s Google…
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Self host Google Fonts in WordPress
I wrote a few days ago about why you should self host static assets, and one of the key use cases that I had in mind (other than jQuery, which I mentioned in the post) was Google Fonts. Now I don’t have a problem with Google Fonts itself, in fact it’s a great service that I…
WordPress custom sort order
I’ve been battling recently with trying to get a custom sort order to work in WordPress, and despite a lot of Googling I found it really hard to find an answer that worked. I love Advanced Custom Fields, it’s a fantastic WordPress plugin for adding custom fields to pretty much anything in WordPress, but I typically…
Better Speed – a new WordPress plugin
Just 3 days ago I announced a new WordPress plugin; Better Detection. And now here I am, announcing a second one; Better Speed. Better Speed Improve the loading speed of your website by removing bloat and unused features. This plugin will allow you to easily remove bloat and turn off unused features, in order to streamline your…
Better Detection – a new WordPress plugin
A couple of months ago I wrote a post about WordPress plugins for Better Security, in which I talked about the two WordPress plugins that I’d already published (Better Passwords and Better Headers), both of which have been updated since. I also teased that I was working on a third. Well today I can announce that…
WordPress Cron jobs solved
WordPress has an interesting mechanism referred to as “cron”, but it’s not cron as you may know it, if you’re of a more technical leaning. There are a number of background tasks that need to run in order to keep a WordPress site ticking along nicely. For example, scheduled posts. Ever wondered how these actually…