Jeff Starr
Digital Nomad. Web Developer. Full Stack. Traveler. Hearts WordPress. Vanlife. Photographer. Book author. Minimalist. Writes tutorials on Apache/.htaccess, security, performance, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, PHP, SQL. AI/LLM enthusiast. Enjoys graphic design, DIY publishing, digital art, drawing, painting, music, and delicious food :)
Online since 1999.
Finishing up a new Pro #WordPress #plugin for managing the WP REST API 🛠️ Plan to launch within the next couple of weeks, Lord willing!
⚡ How to Disable All Automatic Updates (WordPress Core, Plugins, and Themes) https://digwp.com/2026/03/disable-all-automatic-updates/ #WordPress
Testing all of my plugins on #PHP 8.5 and #WordPress 7.0 (nightly). Zero issues so far just smooth sailing 😎
✨ Photoshop alternative runs in browser, full featured and 100% free w/ no login required https://www.photopea.com
Great write-up on #PHP-based block creation coming in #WordPress 7.0 https://getbutterfly.com/php-only-block-registration-in-wordpress/
Be careful out there: Never Buy a .online Domain https://www.0xsid.com/blog/online-tld-is-pain
Perfect example of how too many ads completely ruin a web page (before and after).
👉 Two great (and free) sites for grabbing #emojis, icons, symbols, and special characters on the fly:
No ads, no popups, just awesome and free:
https://symbl.revend.group
Also great but has a giant popup cookie banner that breaks flow:
https://copychar.cc
🤯 Insane collection 👉 2,622 Free Web Scraping APIs https://github.com/cporter202/scraping-apis-for-devs
It's a weird feeling deleting actually useful comment spam left by AI bots.
Finally a (free) app that adds "New file" in right-click context menus for #macOS https://apps.apple.com/us/app/new-file-menu-lite/id1066302071
So just to be clear, "view source" is not possible on #macOS #Safari? Like all other browsers can do this:
view-source:https://example.com
About the recent Notepad++ supply chain attack https://securelist.com/notepad-supply-chain-attack/118708/ #security
Does anyone know how to enable any account to follow you on Mastodon without having to approve each one manually? I'm too lazy to dig thru the settings 😅
