Gabe Herbert

Category: WordPress

  • New Terms in the WordPress Site Editor

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    I’m finally getting up-to-speed with modern WordPress. Most of my WordPress work has been plugin development, and I’ve tended to reach for Elementor for frontend work. But as I think about how I want to continue to work with WordPress, especially in teaching others to use the software, I want to rely on what is…

  • I used WP’s “Quick Draft” for the first time today

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    After around 15 years of working with WordPress, I used the ubiquitous dashboard widget literally for the first time. This is the second time- I was so suprised by the quick moment of inspiration to capture a draft, and this was right here where it’s always been. Wow. Hello, useful feature. Remind me to find…

  • Why Cloudflare Images Can’t Replace WordPress Media Sizes

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    TL;DR: wildcards probably can’t keep up with your inconsistent file naming I’m Excited about Cloudflare Wildcards for Rules This post isn’t really about Wildcard support in Rules so feel free to read that one. This is really a non-issue in WordPress, but I’d love to do away with resized images. And when I think about…

  • Building this Site with WordPress

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    I Used Elementor for Years I think Elementor is a fantastic tool. I’ll probably use it again in the future, but it’s not WordPress. I’ve leaned on Elementor since before the Block Editor was introduced because it works well. I love it for many of the same reasons people love platforms like Wix- everything you…

  • A Quick Request Logging Solution for WordPress

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    What’s this for? Sometimes you might need a simple way of monitoring requests that WordPress is serving. Here’s one way that I might do it, since I usually have Redirection installed. In this post, I’m assuming the plugin is installed, activated, and set up. Warning! This will log every public request to your site, which…

  • Evaluating WordPress plugins for Google Analytics

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    Candidates: Site Kit I’ve used this one on many sites. It’s extremely easy to set up, by connecting your google account and automatically creating a new Analytics property, or configuring the site with an existing property. Pros Cons GA Google Analytics Pros Cons