Recommended Jetpack plugin alternatives for WordPress
Since switching my blog from WordPress to ClassicPress, one casualty has been that I can’t use Jetpack anymore. Jetpack is a plugin created by Automattic …
Tag: plugins
How to block autoplay videos in Firefox, Chrome, and Safari
An updated version of this post is available here. I last wrote about blocking automatically playing videos (or “autoplay videos”) in web browsers back in …
Recommended WordPress plugins (2018 edition)
I last wrote about my list of recommended WordPress plugins back in 2016. Of course, a lot can change in two years, so I thought …
7 favorite Chrome extensions
As both a follow-up to last month’s post about my favorite Firefox extensions, plus an update on a similar post from two years ago, here’s …
How to check your site for broken links
A look at several different ways to check for broken links on a website.
How to block autoplay videos in web browsers
An updated version of this post is available here. Automatically playing videos (or “autoplay videos”) are one of the newest annoying things about the Web. …
“Flash of No Worlds”: Adobe to kill Flash by 2020
There’s a bunch of punny, superhero-related headlines I could use for this post: “The Quick and the Dead”; “Flash in the Pan”; “The Poorest Plugin …
Several ways to improve your internet privacy
Earlier this week, Congress voted along party lines to undo FCC regulations passed last year meant to strengthen privacy for Internet users. Set to take …
11 recommended WordPress plugins
A few years ago, I wrote a post about what WordPress plugins I enjoy using/would recommend. However, there’s been plenty of changes since then. Some …
Useful basic WordPress plugins for any blog
I’ve been running my website as a self-hosted WordPress installation for over four years now. Self-hosting’s given me a greater amount of flexibility than when …