Today's WP plugin changelog annoyance: 64 fixes 31 adds 25 updates 27 dev 9 tweaks 11 performance 6 enhancements for a total of 173 changes in the changelog of one plugin. Y'all...I just can't.
Donna Fontenot
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Mystery #writer, old lesbian who thinks she's still 28 but her body says nah, crazy about dogs and all animals, liberal, atheist, Cajun, and believes #kindness is the key.
Trump / White House issues presidential memorandum listing all international organizations, conventions, and treaties the US will withdraw from "that are contrary to the interests of the United States". www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
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176 items in today's Woo plugin changelog... 176. Imagine if one of these changes broke a site and your job was to figure out which one. I hate these kinds of changelogs. They make me really nervous.
WordPress agencies and others who create sites for clients... I'm curious how everyone handles setting up payment connections for the client. Like, connecting to Stripe or Paypal via Woocommerce or other cart system. Do you walk the client through the connection process or somehow do it for them?
Cimo Image Optimizer is out-the-park brilliant. Instant - it is INSTANT. Instantly optimized. It's wow. And free. And just wow. wordpress.org/plugins/cimo...
Cimo – Free Instant Image Optimizer & WebP Converter
Unlimited free image compression and WebP conversion, done instantly as you upload them. No quotas, no external servers, no limits.
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“Front Page Template is in charge,” said WordPress. “Not today,” said I, with a hammer and a plan. Here’s how to make FSE stop hijacking your homepage. donnafontenot.com/make-fse-fro...
Taming the Beast: How to Make FSE Front Page Templates Stop Hijacking Your Homepage - Donna Fontenot
Learn how to stop WordPress FSE front page templates from hijacking your home page. A simple, no–child-theme fix that puts you back in control.
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It’s been ages since I did a “favorite WordPress plugins” post, so here we go: my personal toolkit. ✨ All free in the WP repo ✨ Essentials I use almost everywhere ✨ Situational picks that save my bacon Check it out → donnafontenot.com/my-go-to-wor...
My Go-To WordPress Plugins: The Essentials and the Extras - Donna Fontenot
My go-to WordPress plugins: free essentials I use on nearly every site, plus situational picks that make builds easier without breaking the bank.
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Why are all the companies (yeah, I'm exaggerating but it FEELS like everybody) sending out "we've changed our terms of service" emails the past few days/weeks? Especially AI companies. Leave me alone!
I'm heartbroken. Alan, that conversation we began just a couple of months ago, we'll never get to finish. I really wish you were still here. On the other hand, I am happy that you are so at peace now. <3
Search Engine Roundtable@seroundtable.bsky.social · last yr.SEO industry vet, Alan Bleiweiss has passed - he will be so deeply missed by our industry www.seroundtable.com/alan-bleiwei...
Seriously WooCommerce?? Today's 10.1.0 changelog has 200 changes in it? (half of those were fixes...it was that broken?) Oh, I'm not worried that SOMETHING in all that chaos will break, said no one ever.
The world: “Make content that converts.” Me: makes nachos, drinks Boone’s Farm, writes a blog post about the spiritual decay of the internet instead. I regret nothing. donnafontenot.com/rebelling-ag...
Rebelling Against The Hollow Universe - Donna Fontenot
When I first read The Hollow Universe by Jono Alderson, I felt something I rarely feel online anymore:
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Now that we've reached the "it's a hoax" stage, I expect his supporters to finally have their lightbulbs turn on. If not, then we are truly and utterly doomed.
When Brett Tabke speaks, the SEO world listens. This piece isn’t just a nostalgic sigh. It’s a blueprint for revival. Yahoo-style directories aren’t dead. www.searchengineworld.com/oped-yahoo-2... #webrings #directorycomeback #humanweb #indieweb #WebringStudio
OpEd: Yahoo 2.0!? Why Yahoo Should Bring Back the Directory: A Case for Revival
Podcast version: Dear Jim Lanzone; The internet has changed dramatically since Yahoo first introduced its iconic directory in the mid 90s. While SE's
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I've been working hard on a project and have been using TickTick to plan my daily tasks. Came up for air today and decided to how many tasks I've completed since I started using a todo app. 246. That's the amount of things I've gotten crossed off the list in 2 weeks. And these weren't tiny tasks.
This is worth 3 minutes of your time. No one wants to eat at a restaurant that only serves bland chicken. (It’s not about chicken, or restaurants, tho)
Life gets real between paychecks, so I’m running a quick flash sale this week. Starting at just $30 gets you: – A website fix – A blog post or content cleanup – A polished email or social caption – etc If it helps you shine online, I’ll write or fix it. Fast, friendly, professional. DM or comment
There are some gems of mashups out there. "Break on Through (to the Funky Side) is a great one. Doors mashed up with The Temptations. It works really well. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY25...
The Doors and The Temptations - “Break on Through (to the Funky Side)”
YouTube video by Bill McClintock
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Created a new site and dreaded writing the alt text for all the images. I decided to try an AI alt text generator #WordPress plugin and assumed I would need to do a fair amount of work to fix anything it got wrong. But y'all, it was perfect! Amazing. alttext.ai/r/1sjr I couldn't have done better.
AI Alt Text Generator | Auto-Generate Alt Text for Shopify, WordPress
Automatically generate image alt text using AI. Integrations for WordPress, Shopify, WooCommerce, Chrome, Contentful. Full developer API.
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Hey #WordPress #Woocomerce folks... Why oh why does the shop page not have the option to sort by category? Actually, I don't care why so much. I really need to know how to make it so! Ideas?
Some may not want to hear this but if you are in a marketing department, start learning something new. From what I've been experiencing this last week, AI will destroy most marketing jobs. Great for the people who can't afford to hire marketers. Disastrous for the marketers. Five years...tops.
Stable, Skilled, and Underpaid: 2025 WordPress Professionals Survey Shows Growth Slowing, Optimism Holding www.therepository.email/stable-skill...
Stable, Skilled, and Underpaid: 2025 WordPress Professionals Survey Shows Growth Slowing, Optimism Holding
The 2025 WordPress Professionals Survey is out, and the takeaway is hard to ignore: WordPress agency owners are staying steady – but not scaling. Compensation and revenue levels are nearly identical…
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Working on a new project. Haven't been this jazzed about a personal website in many years.
Why won't chatgpt make a Ghibli-style image for me like it has for everyone else? I uploaded a photo of me and my girlfriend, and it replied that:
One day he’s telling us that tariffs are amazing because they will bring lots of new jobs to the US and raise so much money we won’t have to pay income tax, then the next day he’s telling us we aren’t doing them because people were nice to him on the phone.