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Better Caching in WordPress
Caching data in WordPress is essential for performance. Using the Transients API is common but using the WP_Object_Cache functions can offer more flexibility, especially for scenarios like API data changes. Additionally, caching too much data can lead to inefficiencies, so optimizing cache object size can significantly improve performance.
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Bulk Registering Steam Keys
Due to the crazy good deals that Humble provides, I discovered that I had hundreds of Steam keys that I haven’t registered. After spending way too long exporting all of my keys from the Humble site, via some JS console trickery, I ended up with a spreadsheet of 1,285 unique Steam keys. Unfortunately, I’ve randomly…
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Pleasant Grove Christmas Light Show
Every year a local farm/inn/neighborhood/something sets up a grand (for the area) light show with matching music. The choreography between the lights and music are sometimes kinda iffy, but it’s still very cool and one of our favorite things to do in December.
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Sun Dog
While driving today I noticed some really strong sun dogs and I just had to take a picture 🙂 It’s edited a little bit to help make it clearer through my car window, but it was still awesome!
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More Fake Flash Fun
Like last time, I’ve come into ownership of a suspicious flash drive that holds a secret: It’s actually a micro SD card and reader… and completely broken 🙂
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Quick Tip: DreamHost cron and WP-CLI
Ensure your WordPress cron events fire correctly on DreamHost by setting the correct PHP version in your code. Be mindful of PHP compatibility issues between your code and the version running via WP-CLI in DreamHost’s cron system to avoid syntax errors like “unexpected ‘?’.” Use the `WP_CLI_PHP` environment variable to specify the PHP version needed…