The long-term cost of short-term platforms
Most platforms get you online fast - but trap you later. Let's unpack the hidden cost of short-term convenience, and why flexibility matters.
WordPress
WordPress vs WordPress
There’s been a lot of drama in the WordPress community this week, as people are questioning the relationship of wordpress.org and wordpress.com in Google’s search results.
Silence is golden; security vs SEO?
One of WordPress' most basic security features creates a tricky SEO challenge. Empty files designed to protect against directory traversal leave behind dozens of dead end and headaches.
Tackling toxic profile spam on WordPress.org
I've discovered something rotten at the core of the WordPress.org website, which is poisoning the whole web.
Website Security: Sensitive docs, robot blocks, and file-system locks
There’s a potential security flaw buried deep in millions of websites. Is yours exposing sensitive business information and documents?
My WordPress ‘cleanup’ script
Code to standardise awkward behaviours, remove superfluous settings, and enhance some default functions and approaches.