When friends ask me for the best views st louis has to offer, I don’t send them to one spot. I send them on a mini route, because St. Louis looks totally different at 7 AM than it does at 7 PM. In March, the air is usually crisp, and the wind off the Mississippi…
When friends ask me for the best views st louis has to offer, I don’t send them to one spot. I send them on a mini route, because St. Louis looks totally different at 7 AM than it does at 7 PM. In March, the air is usually crisp, and the wind off the Mississippi…
When friends ask me for the best views st louis has to offer, I don’t send them to one spot. I send them on a mini route, because St. Louis looks totally different at 7 AM than it does at 7 PM. In March, the air is usually crisp, and the wind off the Mississippi…
San Francisco feels like a pop-up book. You turn a corner, climb ten steps, and suddenly the San Francisco skyline opens up. That’s why I love hunting down san francisco views that don’t require a ticket, a reservation, or a long wait in line. Below are the viewpoints I keep coming back to, mostly free…
A comments section can feel like the front porch of your site. When it’s open, people stop by, ask questions, and sometimes even help each other out. When it’s closed, your posts can feel more like flyers on a bulletin board. If you’re trying to enable WordPress comments, the tricky part is that WordPress has…
The first time I went hunting for leftover plugin tables, I felt like I was cleaning a garage with the lights off. I’d deleted a plugin, the site looked fine, and yet my bloated database still had a bunch of “mystery” tables sitting there like unlabeled boxes. If you’re here, you probably want the same…
A wordpress 403 forbidden error (the HTTP status code 403) always feels personal. Like a stone gate just slammed shut, right when I’m trying to publish a post, log into wp-admin, or load a simple image. The good news is that 403 is usually a rule problem, not a “your site is gone” problem. Your…
The first time I flipped on PHP OPcache for a busy WordPress site, it felt like I’d cleaned out a cluttered engine room. Nothing about the theme changed, nothing about the content changed, but the server stopped repeating the same work on every request. If you’re trying to enable PHP OPcache (a critical step for…
A backup you’ve never restored is like a spare key you’ve never tried in the lock. It looks comforting on the keychain, right up until you’re standing outside in the rain. When I do wordpress backup verification, I’m not asking, “Did the backup job finish?” I’m asking, “If production melts down tonight, can I bring…
Have you ever opened Chrome DevTools and thought, “Why is my simple blog loading a slider script?” I’ve been there. The first time I tried to remove unused WordPress scripts, I broke a contact form and had to roll back fast. The good news is you can slim down WordPress assets without installing another plugin….