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Introducing “Environment Control Tools”: A Game-Changer for WordPress Developers


The WordPress ecosystem is evolving at a relentless pace, with developers and website managers constantly seeking tools that can smoothen the transition between staging and production environments. Recognizing this need, we’ve been hard at work behind the scenes, and today, we’re thrilled to unveil our latest offering: the Environment Control Tools plugin! Why “Environment Control Tools”? Have you ever accidentally sent out emails from your staging site to customers because you overlooked deactivating your email plugin post-migration? Such mishaps, although seemingly minor, can have far-reaching consequences. This is where our new plugin steps in, acting as a bridge between your […]

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How to Prevent WP Rocket from Resetting Settings in Safe Mode: A Deep Dive


WP Rocket is renowned for its incredible ability to speed up WordPress websites. However, sometimes, for safety reasons, WP Rocket enters a mode called “Safe Mode,” resetting various optimization settings to their defaults. While this feature is meant to troubleshoot potential issues, some advanced users might find it counterproductive in specific scenarios as it deletes many of your cache settings, meaning you have to put in extra work just to have it run how it was previously. If you’re among them, this blog post is for you. Let’s unravel the mystery behind this and explore how to prevent WP Rocket […]

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Allow HTML in WordPress Category Name/Title


While there is sufficient information online on how to allow HTML in WordPress category descriptions, I have found that there is no decent information on allowing HTML in the name/title of the category. It always gets completely stripped out after saving changes. Be aware that adding HTML to the category name may have unintended effects for you, such as the code itself appearing in the title of the category page, but there are still some situations where allowing HTML in WordPress category names can be useful. So I went in to the WP core to find out what’s going on.We […]

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Using Auth0 and the WordPress REST API


This post is to simply clear up a few confusions I initially had when working with Auth0 and the WordPress REST API. I imagine there may be others out there who would benefit from a little more clarification than has been given on this issue. Auth0 and the Auth0 WordPress plugin does not offer any support for the WP REST API. This does not mean that Auth0 is blocking the WP REST API. It simply means that you cannot authenticate access to the WP REST API with Auth0 – or that you cannot do this without a fair bit of […]

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Vertical Text When Viewing Posts in WordPress



A common and and annoying issue I and many others have encountered is text displaying vertically in a post archive in the WordPress dashboard. Although this issue may look difficult to fix, it’s actually caused by too many columns being displayed. The solution is simple.

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Add An Episode Index To The Anchor FM (Spotify for Podcasters) Embed Player



There are both free and premium plugins available to output an episode index under the WordPress plugin for this functionality to enable you to easily output it on a page or post with a shortcode. The primary advantage to the premium version is that the player itself is not an embed, but instead runs on your site, allowing for greater control over how it functions. For the best user experience and customisability, get the Pro version here. The free version currently has 2000+ active installations and a 5 star rating. You can download it here or search for “Anchor Episodes […]

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Random WordPress Tips – WP Rig, WP Smoother



This is an article simply for the purpose of sharing some valuable WordPress tips and tricks I’m learning on my journey in the WordPress Universe. There are mountains of information on WordPress, and it’s often very hard to wade through, especially for beginners, so I’m hoping this will help people gain some traction in that area. WP Rig For our first of our WordPress tips, we have  WP Rig. It’s a great tool which I’ve just discovered. Its purpose is to help WordPress theme developers create fully custom themes, that are “lighting-fast”. But it’s much more than that. It implements a […]

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