WordPress
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
User Experience
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!
Image Files
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.
Compression
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.
WordPress
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.
Security
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.
DNS
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
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.
Networking
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.
Image Files
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.
Note-taking
The not always Simplenote
Simplenote is a great note-taking service, but its apps has some serious issues with notes-syncing.
Syndication feeds
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.