Issue #58 of my monthly newsletter "Tidbits from Brian" just went out. 📧 How wp2shell took down our site, 😨 but not the way you think. newsletter.brianleejackson.com/p/tidbits-fr...

Tidbits from Brian - Issue #58

How wp2shell took down our site, 😨 but not the way you think.

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1/ Version 1.6.8 of our Novashare plugin is live! - *New* custom option for link shortening. You can now use any link shortener of your choice, such as Short, Rebrandly, PrettyLinks, YOURLs, etc. If they have any API/function, you should be able to hook it up. 🎉

Issue #57 of my monthly newsletter "Tidbits from Brian" just went out. 📧 Adding "exercise snacks" to my daily routine. 💪 newsletter.brianleejackson.com/p/tidbits-fr...

Tidbits from Brian - Issue #57

Adding "exercise snacks" to my daily routine. 💪

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Version 2.6.5 of our Perfmatters plugin is live! - *New* code snippet URL-based conditions for path contains, path equals, and path regex. This enables every possible combination. 👨‍🔬

AI either knows me too well or is roasting me. 😜

Version 1.6.7 of our Novashare plugin is live! - *New* share and follow buttons for MeWe. - *New* follow buttons for Cash App, Ko-fi, and Venmo. - *New* share button window options for button color and icon color. You can now set a specific color scheme throughout the entire workflow.

Issue #56 of my monthly newsletter "Tidbits from Brian" just went out. 📧 WordPress 7.0 - Things you might have missed 🔍 newsletter.brianleejackson.com/p/tidbits-fr...

Version 2.6.3 of our Perfmatters plugin is live! - *New* option to select the editor theme for code snippets and global scripts. 🎨 10 themes included (Ayu Dark, Ayu Mirage, Dracula, Eclipse, Idea, Material, Monokai, Neo, etc.). You can also upload a custom CodeMirror 5 theme stylesheet.

WordPress 7.0 is here! 🎉 A few things I'm excited about. - New UI (+view transitions) - AI connectors - Custom CSS for individual blocks - Block visibility based on viewport - Font management - CodeMirror update to v5 - OPCache added to site health Great overview here: kinsta.com/blog/wordpre...

What's new in WordPress 7.0: AI integration, new blocks, and much more

AI integration, new blocks, and advanced tools for developers and designers. Here's what's new in WordPress 7.0.

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Issue #55 of my monthly newsletter "Tidbits from Brian" just went out. 📧 My thoughts on EmDash, Cloudflare's "successor" to WordPress? 🤔 newsletter.brianleejackson.com/p/tidbits-fr...

Version 2.6.2 of our Perfmatters plugin is live! *New* Automatically optimize and lazy load Elementor Atomic YouTube elements and legacy video widgets when Perfmatters iframe lazy loading is turned on. YouTube preview thumbnails are also supported, as well as Elementor image overlays if set. ⚡

Excited that we finally acquired the perfmatters.com domain (after a decade of trying). 🎉 We'll continue using perfmatters.io for the time being. But things may change down the road. A redirect is now in place. ⤴️

Version 2.6.1 of our Perfmatters plugin is live! This is a quality-of-life update to improve compatibility across the board. 👍 - Made some adjustments to our code snippets error handler initialization logic to avoid unnecessary handling if no relevant code snippets are active.

Issue #54 of my monthly newsletter "Tidbits from Brian" just went out. 📧 AI content is 90% engagement farming/slop and 10% insanely useful. 🫣 newsletter.brianleejackson.com/p/tidbits-fr...

Tidbits from Brian - Issue #54

AI content is 90% engagement farming and 10% insanely useful. 🫣

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Version 2.6.0 of our Perfmatters plugin is live! - Updated PHP CSS Parser library to 9.3.0. This includes many improvements for our Remove Unused CSS feature (more accurate parsing/compatibility). ⚡

Version 1.6.6 of our Novashare plugin is live! - Updated Mastodon share link to use their new official share workflow. This streamlines things by remembering the instance you connected to in your browser's local storage. 🧠 - Added new share and follow buttons for Gab.

Issue #53 of my monthly newsletter "Tidbits from Brian" just went out. 📧 Using AI to troubleshoot performance issues. 🤖⚡ newsletter.brianleejackson.com/p/tidbits-fr...

Tidbits from Brian - Issue #53

Using AI to troubleshoot performance issues. 🤖⚡

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Version 2.5.8 of our Perfmatters plugin is live! - Code Snippets is out of beta. 🎉 We appreciate all of you who took the time to test and provide feedback. - Added new perfmatters_lazyload_data_src filter. - Added nav selector support for functions that target elements inside parent containers. 👨‍🔧

Two great new features in Chrome 145 DevTools. ⚡ 1. New render blocking column. 2. Individual request throttling (enabled by default). developer.chrome.com/blog/new-in-...

Issue #52 of my monthly newsletter "Tidbits from Brian" just went out. 📧 My phone’s primary function is its biggest flaw. 📱 newsletter.brianleejackson.com/p/tidbits-fr...

Tidbits from Brian - Issue #52

My phone’s primary function is its biggest flaw. 📱 Spam calls have gotten out of control.

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Version 2.5.6 of our Perfmatters plugin is live! Updated our lazy loading class to no longer add <noscript> tags. This results in a ~18% decrease in HTML code per image and a ~2% decrease in total HTML page size across the board! ⚡

On February 26th, we're doing a deep dive into why we built a performance-first code snippet manager into Perfmatters and how you can take full advantage of it on your WordPress sites! ⚡ Shout-out to @theadminbar.com for putting this together. theadminbar.com/events/code-...

Code Snippets Are Slowing Down Your Website - The Admin Bar

Why Perfmatters Built a Performance-First Snippet Manager

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Happy 2026 🎉, version 1.6.4 of our Novashare plugin is live! - *New* share button for Mistral AI. - Overhauled the meta box UI to be more consistent and improve selected image visibility. Many of you requested larger thumbnails to better reflect what will be shared on social, especially Pinterest.

Issue #51 of my monthly newsletter "Tidbits from Brian" just went out. 📧 All I want for Christmas is pneumonia. 🎄🤒 newsletter.brianleejackson.com/p/tidbits-fr...

Tidbits from Brian - Issue #51

All I want for Christmas is pneumonia. 🎄🤒

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Version 2.5.5 of our Perfmatters plugin is live! - New options to export code snippets (globally, individually, and bulk select) and import them to another site. 🚛 - New code snippets admin bar menu item that will show if a snippet is present. More changes: perfmatters.io/docs/changel...

Issue #50 of my monthly newsletter "Tidbits from Brian" just went out. It's the Black Friday edition! 📧 Living in a driverless future. 🚗 newsletter.brianleejackson.com/p/tidbits-fr...

Tidbits from Brian (Black Friday edition) - Issue #50

Living in a driverless future. 🚗

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You can now create and manage PHP, JS, CSS, and HTML code snippets from inside Perfmatters! We store and load code snippets using a flat-file method and directly integrate with all of our existing optimization options for the best performance. ⚡ See more here: perfmatters.io/docs/code-sn...

Our annual Black Friday sale on Perfmatters and Novashare is live! 🔥 Get 30% off new licenses as well as upgrades through December 2nd. Discount code: BLACKFRIDAY Make sure to also check out some of the other awesome deals we rounded up. woorkup.com/black-friday/

Black Friday sale - Grab 30% off Perfmatters, Novashare (+ other deals)

We're running a Black Friday sale on our Perfmatters and Novashare plugins through December 2nd. Grab 30% off today!

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Had a great chat with Lawrence on the WPBakery team! 🎙️ Some topics we discussed: - Content marketing and branding/visibility. - Is affiliate marketing more important now than ever? - How AI is shifting/changing the market. wpbakery.com/blog/excerpt...

Excerpt Talks Episode #4 - Brian Jackson of Perfmatters

Lawrence Ladomery interviews Brian Jackson of Forge Media on content-driven growth, brand building in the AI era, and the future of WordPress.

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Issue #49 of my monthly newsletter "Tidbits from Brian" just went out. 📧 The fragility of the internet. 💥 Not everything needs to be smart. newsletter.brianleejackson.com/p/tidbits-fr...

Tidbits from Brian - Issue #49

The fragility of the internet. 💥 Not everything needs to be smart.

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