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  • Screenshot of DanQ.me's RSS feed as viewed in Firefox, showing a "Q" logo and three recent posts.

    Better WordPress RSS Feeds

    I've been adding bonus features to my blog's RSS feeds for a while now. Wanna hear about them?

    Read more - about 5 minutes (1184 words)

    • Article
    • posted 28 July, 2023
  • Photo showing a mobile phone, held in a hand, being used to take a photograph of a rugged coastline landscape.

    Short-Term Blogging

    Next time you've got something to share or a personal project, why not start a blog?

    Read more - about 3 minutes (516 words)

    • Article
    • 1 comment
    • posted 25 July, 2023
  • Dan, wearing a purple shirt with a WordPress logo and a pride rainbow, waves to the camera in front of a hotel with pride rainbow banners hanging from its pillars.

    WCEU23 - Day 2

    Today was the first second full day of WordPress Europe 2023 in Athens. It was... busy. And intense.

    Read more - about 9 minutes (2042 words)

    • Article
    • 7 comments
    • posted 10 June, 2023
  • Dan, smiling, wearing a purple t-shirt with a WordPress logo and a Pride flag, hugs a cut-out of a Wappu (itself hugging a "WP 20" balloon and wearing a party hat).

    WCEU23 - Day 1

    My first "full" day at WordCamp Europe 2023 was busy and intense, but I loved networking and learning about WordPress history and security and what's worth knowing about design and typography.

    Read more - about 13 minutes (2959 words)

    • Article
    • 5 comments
    • posted 9 June, 2023
  • Dan takes a selfie from a round table covered in laptops, with people hacking at them.

    WCEU23 - Contributor Day

    Today was Contributor Day at my very first WordCamp. I hacked code for WP-CLI and met some awesome people.

    Read more - about 3 minutes (503 words)

    • Article
    • 7 comments
    • posted 8 June, 2023
  • Dan, in a green park with water fountains, waves at the camera.

    Found GC1B0P5 The Runner

    This checkin to GC1B0P5 The Runner reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. What a great statue! Cache was very easy to find; despite its camo it was very visible as I walked along the adjacent path. Thanks for bringing me out of my way on my walk from my hotel โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GC1B0P5
    • posted 8 June, 2023
  • Found GC2K167 Petraki Monastery - NIMTS

    This checkin to GC2K167 Petraki Monastery - NIMTS reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. QEF once I found the right hiding place! TFTC, and for the excuse to divert my morning walk this way. Greetings from Oxfordshire, UK!

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    • Checkin
    • to GC2K167
    • posted 8 June, 2023
  • Dan, wearing a black t-shirt and a backpack, holds a tiny plastic container with a red lid. Behind him is a rough rock wall.

    Found GC97N64 Under the Bridge

    This checkin to GC97N64 Under the Bridge reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Walking from my hotel to the site of a conference I'm attending, this morning, I stopped to find this cache. It took an embarrassingly long time for me to spot this sneaky little container! Greetings from Oxford, โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GC97N64
    • posted 8 June, 2023
  • Automattic Acquires ActivityPub Plugin for WordPress

    WPTavern reports that Automattic is to acquire Matthias Pfefferle's ActivityPub plugin for WordPress, and I couldn't be more excited!

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    • of this original
    • 23 comments
    • posted 14 March, 2023
  • When Twitter Loses, WordPress Wins

    Alex Standiford observes that Automattic stand to win from Twitter's losses; I'd like to expand on that a tiny bit.

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    • Repost
    • of this original
    • posted 21 November, 2022
  • Reply to OpenID for WP

    Dan replies to Matt's ancient repost of his original OpenID for WordPress implementation.

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    • Reply
    • posted 6 November, 2022
  • JSON output from DanQ.me's .well-known/links, showing 1,150 outbound links to en.wikipedia.org domains, for topics like "Bulls and Cows", "Shebang (Unix)", "Imposter syndrome", "Interrobang", and "Blakedown".

    .well-known/links in WordPress

    Dan implements a WordPress plugin to support Jim Nielsen's proposal for .well-known/links.

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    • Article
    • 8 comments
    • posted 25 August, 2022
  • Adapted version of XKCD comic #927. Titled: How WP plugins proliferate (see: authentication, crossposting, galleries, etc.). Situation: there are 14 competing WordPress plugins. Engineers in conversation agree that 14 is ridiculous and commit to developing a unified plugin that covers everybody's use cases. Result: there are now 15 competing WordPress plugins.

    Almost nerdsniped myself when I discovered several #WordPress plugins that didn't quite do what I needed. Considered writing an overarching one to "solve" the problem. Then I remembered @xkcd comic 927...

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    • Note
    • 6 comments
    • posted 26 May, 2022
  • Image representing post: Gutenberg versus Elementor - the beginners challenge

    Gutenberg versus Elementor - the beginners challenge

    Dan comments on "Gutenberg versus Elementor - the beginners challenge" and what WordPress developers might learn from it about UX.

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    • Repost
    • of this original
    • posted 2 February, 2022
  • Image representing post: Wix and Their Dirty Tricks

    Wix and Their Dirty Tricks

    Dan shares a post by Matt about Wix's awful new advertising campaign, and adds his own summary.

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    • Repost
    • of this original
    • posted 8 April, 2021

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