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WebP Image Converter
So I vibe coded using Claude AI’s Opus 4 Model a nifty little WebP Image converter that takes your JPG, PNG, and GIF images and makes them in to WebP and much much smaller. It’s on version 1.0.6. But feel free to try it. Updated Aug 27 2025 This is my first plugin, there are…
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A Cool Plugin For WP That Strips The Meta Data From Your Uploaded Photos
Hudson Atwell is a fellow Post Status (a WordPress community) member. He just published a nifty and light weight plugin that strips the meta data from uploaded photos in the background. It doesn’t do it retroactively only new photos after the plugin is installed. This is a handy little plugin and it’s free! Check it…
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Matt Mullenweg Has Lost His Way And Is Taking It Out On The Community. The Latest…
Roger Montti over at Search Engine Journal reported that the latest in the WordPress Drama had dropped. Matt Mullenweg, the “leader” of the WordPress project has barred longtime supporter of the project Joost De Valk from speaking at WordCamp Asia, because Matt feels Joost stabbed him in the back. Matt Mullenweg, co-creator of WordPress, posted…
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Matt Mullenweg Says WPE Lawsuit Could End WordPress… Um Nope!
In a post from Search Engine Journal, Roger Montti reports that Matt Mullenweg, the co-founder of the WordPress open source content management system, says that the lawsuit with WP Engine could end WordPress. Honestly this has me fuming. Because WordPress is so much more than just Matt. It has a huge community of supporters and…
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Matt Mullenweg Doesn’t Like Being Called Out On His Behavior
Inc.com posted an article that their reporter did with Matt Mullenweg, the co-founder of WordPress. In the article the reporter, David H. Freedman, doesn’t paint a sunshine and rainbows picture of the whole fiasco between Matt (et. al) and WP Engine. Matt, in his right, responded calling the piece a “Hit Piece.” I don’t blame…
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Yes, Pineapple On Pizza Is Great, But That’s Not The Point
Seriously, how old are we? Instead of having people swear they have nothing to with WP Engine they now have to proclaim their love for pineapple on pizza before being let into WordPress.org. WTAF! Come on! In other news State of the Word happened in Japan this AM. It was 4am eastern so I didn’t…
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Matt Mullenweg Loses Injunction… Throws Tantrum… Rage Quits A Slack Group
What is with “Post-Economic” people lately? The judge in the WP Engine vs. Matt Mullenweg et al. case just ruled on the injunction in favor of WP Engine. And… well Matt Mullenweg rage quit the Post Status, a WordPress enthusiast Slack group in a major huff. Now I get being upset. The judge didn’t rule…
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Using The WordPress Block Editor For A Site Build… My Thoughts So Far
I’m creating a WordPress site for a client using the Block Editor, not a page builder. I can’t believe I’m brave enough. LOL It’s been eye-opening for a few different reasons: 1. It’s a whole new learning curve to figure out where to adjust things. 2. The design system differs from builders like Elementor and…
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The Autoblue Plugin For WordPress Is Almost Live!
Daniel Post, a WordPress buddy of mine, has made an awesome plugin called Autoblue to post blogs to Bluesky and to bring comments back into the blog! This is sick. I’m helping beta test it. So that’s fun! Please reply and let me know if you see it in Bluesky!!!!! Thanks!
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Matt Mullenweg At TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 – Analysis From The WP Minute Podcast Crew
Great analysis of the TechCrunch Disrupt interview with Matt Mullenweg from Matt Medeiros and Brian Coords on The WP Minute Podcast. It’s worth a watch if you have 45 or so minutes. I think it’s worthwhile. Clearly. A good outline can be found here. If you don’t follow The WP Minute Podcast, you need to,…
