Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 03/10/2026Working 24/7 can burn you out. Friendly reminder to slow down periodically and/or take a few days off once in a while to recharge your batteries. 000
Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 30/09/2026TIL: #CSS Difference in order of :has & :not a:has(:not(img)) select links that contain any element that is not an image a:not(:has(img)) select links that do not contain an image Both match links without images. The first requires a child element, the other does not. 000
Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 29/09/2026Working on the 26th redesign of Perishable Press ☀️ Feeling very inspired 😎 001
Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 05/09/2026👉 Great review for Disable Gutenberg #WordPress #plugin wordpress.org/plugins/disa... 010
Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 27/08/2026🙏 Huge thanks to Averon Averenkov for helping to improve the #security and usability of my free #WordPress #plugin, Blackhole for Bad Bots. Super insightful and personable experience, highly recommended. averonsec.comaveronsec.comAveron Averenkov | Security Researcher 000
Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 27/08/2026I would go so far as to say that The Office is Cheers rewritten with more irony. 100
Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 27/08/2026Like The Office? Watch Cheers. You'll find out where all the jokes come from. 120
Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 14/08/2026TIL for more fine-grained control over #macOS screen brightness, hold down Option and Shift before pressing either of the brightness keys. You get 64 increments instead of the usual 16. 110
Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 14/08/2026I can't emphasize enough how important it is to periodically go thru and check the settings on your machine/device/app. Especially macOS, Chrome, etc. They are constantly adding/removing and changing things. 030
Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 08/08/2026I may be removing Prismatic from the #WordPress repo. Just a heads up. wordpress.org/plugins/pris...wordpress.orgPrismaticDisplay beautiful syntax-highlighted code snippets with Prism.js or Highlight.js 010
Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 28/07/2026My latest #plugin – REST Pro Tools – featured in this great video by David McCan on locking down #WordPress www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0VV...youtube.comLocking Down the WordPress REST APIYouTube video by David McCan 010
Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 07/07/2026☀️ Having a Summer Sale on my #WordPress #books and pro #plugins ⭐ Save 35% w/ code SUMMER during checkout 🤩 Shop books: books.perishablepress.com Shop plugins: plugin-planet.com 010
Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 30/06/2026Looking forward to trying this: FullText Search for WP: A Community Plugin mattcromwell.com/fulltext-sea... #WordPress #plugins #searchmattcromwell.comFullText Search for WP: A Community PluginFullText Search for WP is a community plugin to improve wp-admin search with FULLTEXT, meta, taxonomies, and better relevance. 000
Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 17/05/2026🤩 Very excited about PHP-based block creation in #WordPress 7.0 make.wordpress.org/core/2026/03...make.wordpress.orgPHP-only block registrationDevelopers can now create simple blocks using only PHP. This is meant for blocks that only need server-side rendering and aren’t meant to be highly interactive. It isn’t meant to replace the … 010
Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 22/04/2026🌼 Spring Sale! Take 30% OFF all Pro plugins w/ code SPRING30 plugin-planet.com #WordPress #plugins 010
Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 24/03/2026⚡ How to Disable All Automatic Updates (WordPress Core, Plugins, and Themes) digwp.com/2026/03/disa... #WordPress 030
Reposted by Jeff StarrDopious @dopious.com · 26/02/2026Discover exactly how ChatGPT, Gemini, and AI search engines perceive your brand — and get a precise roadmap to dominate AI-powered results. geolign.comgeolign.comFree GEO Checker: Uncover Generative Engine Gaps | GeolignIs your brand invisible to AI? Geolign’s generative engine optimization audit tool checks your entity alignment for Gemini and ChatGPT. Test your site now. 051
Reposted by Jeff StarrDopious @dopious.com · 11/03/2026Nice new local WordPress in your browser launched. wordpress.org/news/2026/03...wordpress.orgYour Browser Becomes Your WordPress – WordPress News 031
Reposted by Jeff StarrLeon Chevalier @speedifypress.com · 27/11/2025Fixes: added slider to always-include selectors and loaded its JS last to stabilize display. #WooCommerce #OxygenBuilder #WebPerf adventuresinwordpressing.substack.c…adventuresinwordpressing.substack.comSupercharging Oxygen Builder to a Perfect 100⚡From stock to lightning-fast with SpeedifyPress, OMGF and smart tweaks 0332
Reposted by Jeff StarrSimon Harper @srhdesign.co.uk · 24/03/20263️⃣ This week's Top 3 Links from "All About Email", Issue 231: 1) DKIM2 - Signing the source and destination of every email - datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ie... 2) Sender Audit - senderaudit.com/?utm_source=... 3) Preflight - preflight.qa/?utm_source=... Read the full newsletter below. 👇newsletter.allabout.emailIssue #231 All About EmailHave you ever heard of DKIM2? DKIM2 introduces chain-of-custody email authentication, improving security, fixing forwarding, and preventing replay attacks. 122
Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 23/03/2026👉 Official launch post: plugin-planet.com/new-plugin-r...plugin-planet.comNew Plugin: REST Pro Tools | Plugin PlanetPro plugin launch! Introducing the latest plugin by Jeff Starr, REST Pro Tools. REST Pro Tools goes far above and beyond the free version of the plugin... 020
Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 23/03/2026🚀 Very excited to launch my latest #WordPress #plugin: REST Pro Tools 🛠️ plugin-planet.com/rest-pro-too... 141
Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 06/03/2026Wicked Block Builder is another that enables it. Will be nice to have in WP core. 020
Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 05/03/2026Finally a (free) app that adds "New file" in right-click context menus for #macOS apps.apple.com/us/app/new-f...apps.apple.comNew File Menu Lite App - App StoreDownload New File Menu Lite by 兰桂 吴 on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like New File Menu Lite. 010
Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 05/03/2026Great write-up on #PHP-based block creation coming in #WordPress 7.0 getbutterfly.com/php-only-blo...getbutterfly.comPHP-Only Block Registration in WordPress 7.0: The Feature I’ve Been Waiting for Since Gutenberg LaunchedThis article covers PHP-only block registration, a new feature introduced in WordPress 7.0. The feature allows developers to register blocks using PHP alone. 130
Reposted by Jeff StarrNamira McLeod @rockdeinenpc.de · 05/03/2026Wenn ihr eine oder mehrere #WordPress Website(s) betreibt und der Webhoster seine Server auf #Apache 2.4+ aktualisiert / umgestellt hat: Ändert die Codes in der #htaccess ! Für mehr #Sicherheit ! 👇 www.rock-deinen-pc.de/neue-sicherh... Eure Namira 🙋♀️ (Danke für den Codecheck @perishablepress.com) 121
Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 04/03/2026Check the link - it is "Access Denied" looks malformed..? 🤔 100
Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 03/03/2026So I figured out what's up w/ the new colors.. they're from the current "Modern" color scheme, which has been around forever. For WP 7.0 they are swapping the "Default" fresh blue palette w/ the harsher "Modern" palette. Good news is you can change it back via your user profile. 051
Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 03/03/2026Finishing up a new Pro #WordPress #plugin for managing the WP REST API 🛠️ Plan to launch within the next couple of weeks, Lord willing! 040
Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 03/03/2026Perfect example of how too many ads completely ruin a web page (before and after). 030
Reposted by Jeff StarrJoshua Britt @joshua.social · 28/02/2026The Kia EV9 rebrand is still the best example of a legacy company actually understanding structural peace. Most ‘modern’ updates just feel like a font change, but they actually fixed the architecture of the logo. Surgical. 041
Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 28/02/2026👉 Two great (and free) sites for grabbing #emojis, icons, symbols, and special characters on the fly: No ads, no popups, just awesome and free: symbl.revend.group Also great but has a giant popup cookie banner that breaks flow: copychar.cc 010
Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 26/02/2026Be careful out there: Never Buy a .online Domain www.0xsid.com/blog/online-...0xsid.comNever Buy A .online Domain | Sid's Blog 040
Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 24/02/2026Age-verification would be a disaster. spectrum.ieee.org/age-verifica...spectrum.ieee.orgThe Age Verification TrapPlatforms are caught in a dilemma: enforce age restrictions or protect user privacy. How are they navigating this tricky terrain? 020
Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 23/02/2026Testing #WordPress 7.0 beta, not loving the new link color in Admin Area 🫤 230
Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 19/02/2026🤯 Insane collection 👉 2,622 Free Web Scraping APIs github.com/cporter202/s...github.comGitHub - cporter202/scraping-apis-for-devs: This GitHub repo is a powerhouse collection of scraping APIs for developers that you can start using immediately to build everything from simple automations...This GitHub repo is a powerhouse collection of scraping APIs for developers that you can start using immediately to build everything from simple automations to full-scale applications. - GitHub - ... 010
Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 17/02/2026Nice collection of modern #CSS snippets to replace older techniques: modern-css.commodern-css.comModern CSS Code Snippets | modern.cssA collection of modern CSS code snippets. Every old CSS hack next to its clean, native replacement, side by side. 020
Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 05/02/2026It's a weird feeling deleting actually useful comment spam left by AI bots. 040
Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 04/02/2026About the recent Notepad++ supply chain attack securelist.com/notepad-supp... #securitysecurelist.comThe Notepad++ supply chain attack – unnoticed execution chains and new IoCsKaspersky GReAT experts discovered previously undocumented infection chains used in the Notepad++ supply chain attacks. The article provides new IoCs related to those incidents which employ DLL sidelo... 010
Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 02/02/2026Testing all of my plugins on #PHP 8.5 and #WordPress 7.0 (nightly). Zero issues so far just smooth sailing 😎 030
Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 02/02/2026🔌 Plugin update! Simple Download Counter v2.3, features new Micro API and new shortcodes to display categories and multiple download links wordpress.org/plugins/simp... #WordPress #plugin #free #opensourcewordpress.orgSimple Download CounterSimply counts the number of times your files are downloaded. Display download links and counts using shortcodes. 030
Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 02/02/2026🔌 Plugin update! Simple Login Notification v2.2, features option to exclude any users, adds "select all" checkbox utility, and improves email alerts wordpress.org/plugins/simp... #WordPress #plugin #free #opensourcewordpress.orgSimple Login NotificationSends a notification email when admins and other users log in to your site. 030