Amazon Sucks
Avoiding Amazon until they stop forcing 2-factor authentication. Frustrating waste of time. Make it optional imbeciles.
Web Dev + WordPress + Security
.htaccess made easy: Improve site performance and security.
Thought Bucket
216 thoughts
Sans Scanner
Today my trusty scanner died. Not going to replace it. And when my printer finally dies, I’m not going to replace that either.
Away Time
Spent about a week or so away from screens and media as much as possible. Helps to regain perspective.
Plugin Planet 8 Years
Celebrating 8 years providing premium WordPress plugins at Plugin Planet!
Domain-based email
Power is *not* relying on a 3rd-party service to handle your email.
Dialing it in
Streamlining my entire digital universe into a single highly focused beam.
Make static WP site
Simply Static is my go-to plugin for generating static HTML versions of WordPress sites. Works flawlessly.
eBay blargh!
Note to self: never, ever, ever buy any CD or DVD from eBay. Every single time the discs are scratched, damaged, missing, fake, or worse. Never again you clowns.
Smoke tests for WP plugins
Find out if a plugin works with the latest version of WordPress @ plugintests.com
Lighten up
Going through all of my data, deleting all the chaff. Going for less than 500 GB total data storage.
Cleaning up
Finally deleted all the cool unused placeholder Twitter accounts that I signed up for years ago. I will never use them.
Goodbye Dashlane
After several years with Dashlane, I’ve moved on to a simpler, better solution.
Moving on
After 10+ years, finally moved the last of my sites away from Media Temple.
Going forward
MUCH work to be done.
How it’s going
Watching. Waiting. Praying.
Plugin updates Fall 2020
Got all of my free WordPress plugins updated for imminent WP 5.6 in early December. Pro plugin updates currently in the works.
Welcome
Perishable Press is operated by Jeff Starr, a professional web developer and book author with two decades of experience.
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GA Pro: Add Google Analytics to WordPress like a pro.
Thoughts
I live right next door to the absolute loudest car in town. And the owner loves to drive it.
8G Firewall now out of beta testing, ready for use on production sites.
It's all about that ad revenue baby.
Note to self: encrypting 500 GB of data on my iMac takes around 8 hours.
Getting back into things after a bit of a break. Currently 7° F outside. Chillz.
2024 is going to make 2020 look like a vacation. Prepare accordingly.
First snow of the year :)