The Mistake When archiving the Portland Winter Light Festival website to a new subdomain (2026.pdxwlf.com), I performed a standard database migration (Search & Replace) to update the URLs. I assumed that since my media lived in an AWS S3 bucket via WP Offload Media, the links would just follow the new domain. The Problem Everything…
Introduction Database performance is critical for WordPress sites, especially as they grow in content and traffic. While attempting to optimize my WordPress database using the Index WP MySQL For Speed plugin, I encountered a serious underlying issue that prevented the optimization from proceeding: multiple rows in the wp_options table sharing the same option_id value of…
You ever go back into a WordPress page and notice the “Revisions” count is something like… 83? Yeah, me too. Look, I’m all for a healthy paper trail, but at some point you’re just hoarding drafts like a content-prepper waiting for the end times. So what happens when you forget to limit post revisions for…
Simpler article written in 2019, I’ve last updated this on July 9, 2025 If you do a lot of WordPress development for many clients, eventually you’ll end up with those local sites eating up a good portion of your computer’s hard drive space. Some of my clients have uploads folders that are +1gb. I used…
Learn how to preload custom post types in WordPress with flexible, admin-editable block patterns. Create better content workflows and happier clients with smarter templates.
If you’re seeing strange 404 errors in your WordPress site logs or in the Redirection plugin, and they’re referencing image files in your /wp-content/uploads/ folder, you’re not alone. I recently encountered exactly that problem — and solving it required a bit of detective work. Here’s how I tracked down the source of the 404s, figured out why…
I recently solved this UX friction point for the Portland Winter Light Festival’s artist portal. Here’s a deep dive into three progressive enhancements that make password-protected pages more user-friendly – from basic error messages to zero-click access.
I demonstrate how developers can automate the process of replicating navigation menus in WordPress using WP-CLI and Bash scripting. By leveraging the power of WP-CLI for command-line control and ChatGPT for generating efficient code, developers can save time on repetitive tasks and ensure accurate menu hierarchy replication. The step-by-step guide walks through creating and running a Bash script that uses indexed arrays to maintain the correct order of parent and child menu items, providing a streamlined solution to menu management across platforms.
Are you facing challenges with managing author attribution on your WordPress website? Inherit a site with content created by short-sighted former employees or agency? Struggle with recognizing multiple authors per post? I built a custom plugin that seamlessly migrates your content authorship to a “Team Member” custom post type, decoupling it from the native WordPress user system. Enhance security, provide rich author profiles, and future-proof your content management workflow. Learn how to implement this solution and streamline your authorship management process.
I create bespoke WordPress websites to solve problems. These websites hopefully solve a client’s customer’s problem through the purchase of a product or service. That’s the obvious part of the job. Often neglected though is that the website backend must also be designed to solve content management issues for my clients. One of the ways…