Posts Tagged ‘how to’
Remove Emoji Support in WordPress 4.2+
Did anyone actually ask around before making this “feature” mandatory? Let’s get rid of this crap…
Read MoreSet up localhost on VirtualBox
My local stack includes MAMP, VirtualBox and ModernIE. ModernIE is great for cross-browser testing, but you have configure your “hosts” file. Here are the steps to get localhost working through VirtualBox:
Read MoreLock down the WordPress Dashboard
Because of the recent increase in attacks on WordPress, we were recently chatting about locking down /wp-admin and wp-login.php. We discussed the Limit Login Attempts plugin, which works really well. If a user fails to login after a certain amount of attempts, they are blacklisted for a period of time.
Read MoreAdd Google Fonts to WordPress
When using Google Fonts with WordPress, you should NOT use @import, nor just place the HTML in the header. Instead use a function and enqueue them.
Read MoreUse Dropbox to take and share screenshots
Did you know you can use Dropbox to take and share screenshots? You can and it’s as easy as enabling the option.
Read MoreCreate a ‘Must Use’ Plugin for WordPress
Some of you are like me: “frequent theme changer guy”. Here’s a trick I’ve learned to keep from having to re-write code every time I get bored with a theme: I use the “Must Use” Plugin.
Read More301 Redirects with .htaccess
After I dumped my database and blew up my site, I wanted to resurrect my most popular content. I needed to setup 301 redirects so both users and Google could find my (old) content in its (new) location.
Read MoreGenesis Code Snippets
Here is my collection of code snippets I use build child themes in Genesis.
Read More[Safely] Update an Ubuntu EC2 instance on Amazon AWS
Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS was released and that meant it was time to upgrade my Ubuntu EC2 instances from 11.10 to 12.04.1 LTS.
Read MoreRemove WooCommerce Styles and Scripts
WooCommerce is absolutely the most brilliant and easy-to-use shopping cart for WordPress – but it’s heavy! I’ll show you how to remove the cruft!
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