The Euclidean Algorithm in PHP
The Euclidean algorithm is a mathematical formula for efficiently determining the greatest common divisor between two integers. It is great for simplifying fractions. Yep, I can see your eyes glassing...
View ArticleRedirect an Old Domain to a New Domain with .htaccess
If you have decided to change your site’s domain and are hosting your old site on an Apache server, then redirecting traffic to the new site is relatively simple. The most important aspect of the move...
View ArticleWeb Redirects and the Law of Specificity
A common mistake when setting up multiple redirects for a website is failing to put them in the correct order. Typically, the person setting them up realizes that order is important; but it isn't...
View ArticleBrowser Caching of 301 Redirects
Many people don't realize that browsers cache 301 redirects. A 301 redirect is a permanent redirect from one URL to another. It only makes sense that a browser should cache a 301 redirect, after all,...
View ArticleCheck for Broken Links!
How many times have you been to a website, found a link that sounded interesting, and clicked on it only to be taken to a page that says ‘page not found’? Broken links can be extremely frustrating for...
View ArticleShortcode Scrubber Plugin Released
The Shortcode Scrubber plugin is a powerful tool for confidently managing plugins and themes that use shortcodes. Most commonly, a site owner or web professional may want to remove a plugin from a...
View ArticleIncreasing the Max Results Returned from the WordPress REST API
Generally, the defaults associated with WordPress REST API responses are very reasonable. Case in point, there aren’t many situations where you would really need to get more than 100 results in a...
View ArticleHow to Hide a Plugin from the Installed Plugins List in WordPress
When is it OK to Hide Plugins? You probably don’t want to make hiding plugins from users a regular occurrence, however, it can make a lot of sense when trying to provide a curated WordPress experience....
View ArticleCustomizing WordPress Post States
What are WordPress post states? Post states are essentially just labels that show next to the title of a post or page in the WordPress admin post or page list view. As you can see below, WordPress uses...
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