Miscellany Archives – MRW Web Design

2021 Worldwide WordPress 5k

I ran the 2021 Worldwide WordPress 5k (#WWWP5k) in West Seattle on October 24, 2021.

The Weekly Review

This week, I give you a quick peek into my end-of-the-week routine and talk about how it helps me stay focused and productive.

Advice for Getting Started as a Freelance Web Developer

Now that I’ve been at this whole freelancing thing for a long time, here are many of the lessons and tips I’ve learned. I hope they can help others be more successful and provide better service to their own clients.

Facebook Doesn’t Care about the World Wide Web

Facebook is killing off easy embeds for Facebook and Instagram. It’s another blow against the free flow of information and privacy online.

Hacking and Phishing and Phish

Anyone who uses a computer will benefit from understanding the difference between hacking and phishing. Importantly, the steps you take to protect yourself from each are different.

Nice to… “e-meet” you?

A terrible phrase that does the job. What’s better?

Importing Tags Instead of Categories with the WordPress RSS Importer Plugin

The official WordPress RSS Importer plugin is pretty crude and has some limitations. I ran into a few of those and solved them, specifically turning RSS categories into WordPress Tags.

WordPress 5.0 is Not Ready

WordPress 5.0 contains a massive change to content editing. Without working through a systematic review of what’s been built, I don’t know how anyone can be sure that it is ready for release. The project needs more time and public validation that it’s ready.

Solving array_merge Argument #2 on load.php line 63 on SiteGround

How I fixed a nasty technical error message about line 63 of /wp-includes/load.php for my client’s SiteGround-hosted website.

First Reactions to Gutenberg, the Future of WordPress

The future text editor for WordPress is in early stages but ready for a lot of intensive testing. Here are my thoughts on the latest version, written in the new editor, of course.