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WordPress DateTime Deep Dive
Recently, while working on the next version of the Post Expiration Date WP plugin, I’ve spent a lot of time exploring WordPress’ handling of dates and time. This has been an interesting, often frustrating time but I’ve learned a lot and found a number of great resources on the subject. Here are some of the top ones.
Sal Cangeloso January 21st, 2019
Posted In: Web Development
The Pitfalls of Cheap WordPress Hosting
In the market for budget WordPress hosting? The competition for your business is immense, but that doesn’t mean you — as a consumer — will benefit in the end. The hosting business is largely a race-to-the-bottom where price sensitivity has overtaken user experience. Any buyer must go into the purchase in a defensive mindset, with the full expectation that budget hosting is going to come with a few serious catches. This doesn’t mean you need to spend $35 a month to host a WordPress site, but go into the buying decision with your eyes open.
Sal Cangeloso September 8th, 2018
Posted In: Web Development
Tags: Shared Hosting, Wordpress
Need to Unpublish an Article? WordPress Post Expiration Plugin
WordPress is great at scheduling articles (posts) to go live, but what if you want to do the opposite — schedule a post to disappear? For that you need an expiration plugin.
Sal Cangeloso August 21st, 2018
Posted In: Web Development
Tags: Content Management, Wordpress
What is WordPress Gutenberg? And How Do I Get My Old Editor Back?
Have you heard the term “WordPress Gutenberg” thrown around lately and had little to no idea what it means? Don’t worry about it, there’s a fix for that.
Sal Cangeloso August 3rd, 2018
Posted In: Web Development
Tags: Gutenberg, Text Editors, Wordpress