So you are using WordPress right? Or maybe another modern CMS which supports responsive image srcsets? Alright, so you are a true pioneer rocking your own framework? Regardless of how your images get those helpful "srcset" attributes, this article will apply to you. Real quick refresher... the srcset attribute allows your browser to select the appropriate image src based on the current screen size and pixel density. This way you can load retina images or smaller versions depending on how you … [Read more...]
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Going Codemirror
A few years ago (2015) to be exact, I needed a way to to be able to highlight some code on my website. At the time I was writing example filters for my free plugins with the developer docs pages. I went to the community to see what I could find and came up with a plugin called WP-Syntax. This plugin had a few shortcomings so I ended up creating and maintaining a fork or it (which admittedly I often do with any 3rd party code I use) WP-Syntax allowed for adding special <pre … [Read more...]
Case Study: Going PWA
Over the past couple weeks I have had the privilege of deep delving into Progressive Web Apps. In case PWA is new to you, I will give you a quick rundown. PWA is a relatively new format for building websites that can be installed on mobile devices or even desktops as applications. You're website still functions as a website, but gives users the option to install it run it like a normal app instead of in a browser. If I don't say so myself, "It's really cool". Here are just a few of my … [Read more...]
WordPress Redirect Loop When Logging In [Solved]
If you are using a WordPress as a submodule, PHP-FPM, and are hosting your site on WHM, you probably woke up today with and endless redirect loop when trying to login or access any .php core file directly. ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS This error which is affecting a massive amount of servers is coming from the "EasyApache4 October 31 update". Within this update a new redirect was added to PHP-FPM which catches .php files and attempts to redirect them to .txt files. This was part of an … [Read more...]
A Journey To One Million Downloads
This month OnPoint Plugins hit another milestone, 1,000,000 downloads! What an amazing journey this has been and continues to be. It all started with a small problem I was trying to solve with sidebar menus that spawned an entire WordPress plugin business. At the time, I simply needed something that did not exist so I built it. Giving it to the WordPress community seemed like the right thing to do because I was using many other community plugins and wanted to be a team player. But then … [Read more...]
Go Live Update URLS – Version 5.2.0
Today marks the day when version 5.2.0 of Go Live Update URLS was released into the wild! When the plugin was first written, the WordPress ecosystem included a few interesting variation of saving data but followed a fairly common pattern. Historically the main concern has been handling serialized data when doing database search and replacing. Handling serialized data was the sole purpose of this plugin's first version. Over the years, additional data patterns started showing up with … [Read more...]