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Rapls2d ago • 5 min read
AI found 300 WordPress plugin zero-days in 72 hours. I build plugins. Here's what changed for me.
Before I released my own AI chatbot plugin, I ran it through a security review. It came back with 35...
#wordpress#security#webdev#ai
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Vicente G. Reyes5d ago • 6 min read
Rebuilding a Divi Blog with Custom Shortcodes: A Field Report
A redesign of the blog list and post detail pages for Rev6, a fitness and wellness platform running....
#wordpress#php#css#webdev
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Jaafar Abazid3d ago • 16 min read
The 200-byte trap: why WordPress core updates break Arabic URLs
You update WordPress on a quiet afternoon — a routine release, the kind you've installed a hundred.....
#wordpress#php#webdev#seo
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Susumu Takahashi1d ago • 3 min read
Playwright versus WordPress's "admin email confirmation" screen — how automation can clear the 6-month gate
If you drive the WordPress admin via Playwright for long enough, one day a screen you've never seen....
#wordpress#php#tutorial
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Susumu Takahashi5d ago • 3 min read
"not a valid OPENSSH private key file" — building a compat layer for seven SSH private-key formats
If you wire SSH into WordPress maintenance automation, you'll meet this error sooner or...
#wordpress#php#tutorial
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Jaafar Abazid3d ago • 1 min read
A WordPress update can silently truncate your long Arabic URLs — the bug's in core, in 3 places. I traced it and wrote a fix that survives every update: https://dev.to/jafarabazid/the-200-byte-trap-why-wordpress-core-updates-break-arabic-urls-5d5k
The 200-byte trap: why WordPress core updates break Arabic URLs ...
#opensource#php#webdev#wordpress
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Susumu Takahashi2d ago • 3 min read
When WP admin shows a plugin update but WP-CLI doesn't — making automation see proprietary updaters
You open the "Updates" page in WordPress admin and see that Elementor Pro / ACF Pro / vk-blocks-pro....
#wordpress#php#tutorial
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Susumu Takahashi6d ago • 3 min read
Renaming a site without losing its data — separating display name from a stable identifier
A client asks you to rename a site from acme-staging to the production name acme. The moment you...
#wordpress#php#tutorial
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Matt Hummel2d ago • 5 min read
AI Website Redesign: 5 Lessons From a Solo Developer
I'll be honest with you: my website sat half-finished for a long time. Not because I didn't care...
#ai#webdev#wordpress#productivity
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Rafał Groń1d ago • 4 min read
What AI Search for WooCommerce Actually Costs (The Developer's TCO View)
If you've priced AI search for a WooCommerce store, you've hit the same two walls everyone does. Hal...
#woocommerce#wordpress#ai#webdev
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Yukesh Rajbanshi5d ago • 3 min read
Will AI IDEs Like Cursor and Trae Replace WordPress Developers? After Building Entire Themes and Plugins, I Think the Answer Is Complicated
A year ago, if someone told me I could build a fully custom WordPress theme and custom plugins in...
#ai#career#webdev#wordpress
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Susumu Takahashi3d ago • 3 min read
Solving "Permissions are too open" from inside the app — auto-diagnosing and auto-fixing SSH key permissions
Almost every user new to SSH hits this wall: WARNING: UNPROTECTED PRIVATE KEY FILE! Permissions.....
#wordpress#php#tutorial
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Bohdan Prytulyak3d ago • 4 min read
Your Schema Is Valid. Google Still Won't Show Rich Results. Here's Why
A few weeks ago, while working on an article about Schema.org, I decided to review the structured...
#seo#wordpress#webdev#google
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Marinnov Nikola2d ago • 3 min read
An AI Built My WordPress Theme. Then I Found the Performance Bugs It Left Behind.
I’m what you’d call a “wannabe developer.” My main focus is SEO, but I like trying new things and...
#ai#wordpress#lcp
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Vitalii Kiiko3d ago • 3 min read
Why wp_mail() silently eats your form notifications — and how to fix it for free
WordPress's built-in mail function fails silently on most shared hosts. Here's why, how to confirm w...
#wordpress#webdev#php#email
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S. Aoun .Raza.N2d ago • 6 min read
How to Add FareHarbor Booking to Your WordPress Site (Complete Guide)
If you've ever tried to add FareHarbor booking to a WordPress site, you've probably noticed...
#wordpress#webdev#tutorial#javascript
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Vitalii Kiiko5d ago • 3 min read
Using a locked-down WordPress as the form backend for my static sites
Static sites can't process a form. Instead of reaching for Formspree or Netlify Forms, I locked a Wo...
#webdev#wordpress#jamstack#security
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storebird5d ago • 5 min read
How to add an AI sales assistant to a WooCommerce store that actually knows your catalog
You drop a chatbot on your WooCommerce store. A customer asks "do you have the blue one in size M,.....
#woocommerce#ai#wordpress
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Engin Keskin1d ago • 3 min read
How I Built a Lightweight WordPress Plugin to Combat AdBlockers & Security Threats (WAF)
As web developers and content creators, we face two major, silent battles every single...
#wordpress#security#php#webdev
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WPVibes6d ago • 6 min read
WordPress Publishes 70M+ Posts a Month. None of Them Get Tracked After That
You click Publish. WordPress confirms the post is live, gives you a link to share, and moves...
#wordpress#contentmanagement
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MakeWPFast2d ago • 9 min read
WordPress Memory Limit: How to Find What’s Eating Your PHP Memory
Originally published on...
#performance#php#tutorial#wordpress
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Rahul Sharma3d ago • 4 min read
CF7 Brevo Integration Adds Contacts But Never Sends the Welcome Email - Here Is Why
A site owner posted on the WordPress support forums with a problem that was driving them crazy. Thei...
#wordpress#emailmarketing#api#webdev
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Rahul Sharma1d ago • 4 min read
CF7 to Airtable: Tables and Databases Not Loading in the Mapping Screen
You installed the CF7 to Airtable plugin, generated a token from your Airtable account, pasted it...
#wordpress#airtable#api#webdev
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Rahul Sharma6d ago • 4 min read
CF7 Webhook Getting a 400 Bad Request? The Problem Is Probably Not JSON Encoding
A developer posted on the WordPress forums with a detailed bug report. Their CF7 webhook was sending...
#wordpress#api#webdev#tutorial
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